[OSGeo-Jobs] Open Knowledge Foundation: Python Developers – CKAN/Services team

[Tom Roche]

note geospatial reference below, follow links in original:

http://ckan.org/2012/11/15/we-are-hiring/
> We are hiring!
> November 15, 2012 in Jobs	

> If you’re a Python web-developer who’d like to help build exciting open data projects then we’d love to hear from you.

> Python Developers – CKAN/Services team

> Role Description

> The OKFN is recruiting junior and senior Python web developers,
> primarily to work on CKAN, our open source, open data catalogue. There
> will also be further responsibilities to develop data visualisation
> and other data-driven services.

> CKAN is an open source web-based product written in Python. It allows
> users to submit, search for and find open data. As well as powering
> thedatahub.org, CKAN is the catalogue behind the UK government’s
> data.gov.uk website. It also powers over 30 other catalogues around
> the world. If you are an outstanding Python web developer, with a keen
> interest in open data and enjoy working on open-source products, we’d
> love to hear from you.

> You’d be involved in:

>     customising CKAN for different governments and organisations;
>     helping develop new features for CKAN;
>     supporting existing software deployments;
>     working on other Python programming projects in the OKFN.

> Note: We are interested in hearing from people who are available both
> full and part time.

> Requirements

> Essential:

>     Web app development experience in Python;
>     PostgreSQL;
>     Linux (Ubuntu/Redhat);
>     Git;
>     Enthusiasm about open data and open knowledge.

> Bonus points for any of these (not essential though):

>     Solr;
>     Knowledge of the CKAN codebase and extensions;
>     Project management/consultancy experience;
>     Semantic web/RDF;
>     jQuery and CSS;
>     S3 and EC2;
>     Experience with Agile methods;
>     Knowledge of the geo-spatial community.

> About the Open Knowledge Foundation

> The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is a multi-award winning
> community-based, not-for-profit organisation. The Foundation now has
> projects and partnerships throughout the world and is especially
> active in Europe. We build tools and communities to create, use and
> share open knowledge – content and data that everyone can use, share
> and build on. We believe that by creating an open knowledge commons
> and developing tools and communities around this we can make a
> significant contribution to improving governance, research and the
> economy.

> We’re changing the world by promoting a global shift towards more open
> ways of working in government, arts, sciences and much more. We don’t
> just talk about ideas, we deliver extraordinary software, events and
> publications. How to apply

> If you’d like to apply, please email jobs at okfn.org with the subject
> line “Python Developer – CKAN/Services” and a copy of your CV by
> Friday 23rd November and we’ll take it from there. We are flexible on
> employee versus contractor but we normally contract. We are also
> flexible on full or part time. Being based in and around London would
> be a plus but we are happy to consider applications from elsewhere.