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Posted on 14 August 2015

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Experienced Python programmer wanted to work on humanitarian applications

Posted by s.hettrick on 14 August 2015 - 2:32pm

Flowminder is a non-profit organisation that produces revolutionary analyses for humanitarian purposes based on mobile phone call records. It is used to assist local governments and the UN in responding to major events, such as the Nepal earthquake and the Ebola epidemic.

We are looking for an experienced Python programmer to work full-time with us until the end of December 2015, with the potential for further work after this date. You would be writing code to process large volumes of mobile phone data, producing outputs for aid agencies and performing analyses of these outputs. A professional approach is essential, as you will be producing potentially life-saving information for global agencies using sensitive data.

You must be able to write well-documented, maintainable code, and will have significant experience in Python, along with skills in one or more of:

  • Python data analysis libraries (such as pandas, numpy and matplotlib
  • Version control
  • Automated testing
  • Linux server administration
  • Statistics
  • Machine Learning

Salary: £700 per week. Ideally you will be located in Southampton, UK. Other solutions with repeated travel to Southampton can be discussed.

For further information please contact Robin Wilson

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