Python Developer needed (for #techforgood open data standard)
Dale Potter
Hello Bristol Pythonisas!
IATI (the International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard) are recruiting a full-time Python developer to work as part of a leading open data project to transform the impact of billions of dollars of aid and development resources.
Our UN-partnered project aims to leverage technology to improve the availability and use of data on aid and international development. We’re looking to expand our tech team and have a developer role available to work with us in the Bristol office (close to the city centre/Temple Meads).
Worthwhile project, fab colleagues and a nice office! Could be part-time by arrangement.
Summary job description is below, with the full details here. As a python developer myself, happy to have an informal chat (over coffee/phone) about the role, and/or our tech stack and how we work, if this would be helpful.
Please do forward to any contacts who may be interested too…
Many thanks,
Dale
Python Developer (#techforgood open data standard)
Are you passionate about using your skills to write code and build systems to transform the impact of billions of dollars of aid and development resources?
Would you like to join a growing team of analysts and developers who are dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of open development data available to governments, parliamentarians, civil society and others?
IATI (the International Aid Transparency Initiative) needs you!
We are looking to recruit a talented Python Developer to work exclusively for the International Aid Transparency Initiative.
Start date: February 2017 (depending on availability)
Salary: £25,000-£35,000 gross per annum, depending on experience
Location: Bristol, UK
Contract: Fixed term to 31 August 2018
If you would like to make a positive impact increasing the reach of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to get in contact (dale....@devinit.org) if you have any questions or would like further information or an informal discussion about the role.
Click here for the full role profile with details on how to apply
Requirements
Essential:
Good knowledge of Python
Understanding of XML
Web application development
An understanding of design and UX
Experience of version control systems – we use Git and Github
Working collaboratively on software projects
Able to understand business problems and design solutions to solve them
Bonus – understanding and/or experience of any of these would also be an advantage:
Experience with open data projects and/or standards
Use of SQL, plus experience/understanding of ORMs – e.g. SQLAlchemy, Peewee
Working with public web APIs and/or creation of RESTful APIs
Experience and/or understanding of unit testing – we use pytest
Python deployment tools – SaltStack, Chef or Puppet
Contribution of code to open source communities
Ability to administer/configure Linux/Apache
Experience with large datasets
Experience working in an ‘agile’ work environment
Communicating with software users about bugs, upgrades, changes to code, etc.
Understanding of software development cycles and models
Experience of, or demonstrable interest in International Development
What we offer
Fixed term contract to 31 August 2018
Great work-life balance:
35 hours per week
25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
Flexible hours system
Work from home policy
Company pension scheme (after 3 months service) with 5% employer contribution
Opportunities for occasional international travel to attend IATI meetups and conferences
Personal development budget to buy books/training
Choice of high-spec PC/Mac/Linux laptop
Even more benefits...
Office based 5 minutes from Temple Meads train station and 10 minutes from Bristol city centre
Work in a nice, light, youthful office surrounded by people passionate about the use of data to make a positive difference to the world
Casual office dress code
Up to 5 paid days each year to volunteer with any UK-based charity (of your choice) that works to address poverty.
Free fresh fruit, delivered to the office twice a week
About the Company
This job is based at the Bristol office of Development Initiatives – a UK-based international development organisation who are a key member of the IATI Secretariat, maintaining the IATI data standard and delivering tools to use the data. IATI also supports DI’s wider role to enable people to access and use information about aid and other poverty reduction resources.
We believe that supporting efforts to hold governments, donors and service providers to account, and improving the availability of information to support intelligent planning, will increase the effectiveness of aid, and so accelerate poverty reduction.