Working at Akvo

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Akvo is a small non-profit foundation with a big mission. We create open source web and mobile software, and build networks of skilled partners that can change the way development aid is allocated and reported. This is important, because it improves the way projects are implemented in some of the poorest parts of the world, making them more effective, efficient, sustainable and visible. Many of our partners focus on water and sanitation, but we now also cover health, education, economic development and IT projects. We believe the work we are doing is going to have a tremendous impact: ultimately we are going to help millions of people have a better life.

We are a small team of less than twenty people, so anyone joining us will make a difference. We take the job of finding excellent people to work with very seriously. We are more like an internet service startup than your ordinary non-profit. While our investors are looking for a different return on investment than that of a typical software company, they do still expect us to break even in a reasonable time frame.

Choose your location

Our team is spread over multiple locations. Our partner team is in our head office, which is in the centre of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sharing space with The 1%CLUB and Text to Change, two dynamic social enterprises. The office is a short walk from Amsterdam Central Station. Our communications team is based in London, UK, where we have a shared studio space in Bermondsey. Our software development team work from home, primarily based in London, UK; Stockholm & Gothenburg, Sweden and San Francisco, USA.

It is about working with great people

We think job satisfaction comes, more than anything else, from working with great people on exciting projects. Akvo's team is like no other, with motivated and talented people whose diverse backgrounds converge to accomplish a shared mission. It is an exciting time. If this intrigues you, please get in touch with us.

Open positions

 

Front-end web designer and developer (HTML / CSS / Javascript) - part-time or full-time

You are a talented front-end web site designer and developer with proven skills in web application design and implementation. You will be working with the development teams to design, build and integrate front-end templates for a highly transactional family of web sites. Familiarity with Django and Wordpress is a plus. You write and speak fluent English. You are expected to work from home or possibly from the Amsterdam office. You are based in a UTC-5 to UTC+2 timezone.

For more detail please read the full job description.

To apply for this position, send your resume to thomas@akvo.org

 

Technical consultant / project manager – part-time or full-time, based in Amsterdam

You are an Netherlands-based technical consultant with a background in internet software or services sales support. You should be comfortable talking in front of an audience, playing a prominent role in interacting with our customers and lead the work to get our products implemented and used. This is a hands-on position and you need to have a broad technical skills base to help with whatever work needs to be done. You write and speak fluent English and good Dutch is a plus. You will work from our Amsterdam office. You need to have an EU work permit before applying.

To apply for this position, send your resume to thomas@akvo.org

 

Developer / system administrator – part-time or full-time

You are a skilled developer / system administrator with an attention to detail and a passion for keeping systems up and running smoothly. As a dev/ops person you will be responsible for running both the live Akvo platforms, the test server cluster and associated systems. Day to day tasks include improving the infrastructure, keeping the systems running smoothly and supporting the development team.

You must have several years experience with Linux/UNIX systems tooling and systems engineering / administration. You should have run public facing web operations and worked with configuration management tools as well as distributed source code control systems. Experience with infrastructure management tools (Puppet, Chef), virtual machine technology (KVM, Virtualbox, OpenVZ) and proven experience in scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Perl, shell) is required. It is a plus if you have worked with continuous integration, Ubuntu/Debian, Apache, Nginx, Git, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Medcached/Redis, Varnish, Django, Google App Engine, Amazon Web Services and dotCloud. You write and speak fluent English. You are expected to work from home or possibly from the Amsterdam office. You are based in a UTC-5 to UTC+2 timezone.

To apply for this position, send your resume to thomas@akvo.org

 

Java developer - part-time or full-time

You are a software developer with several years experience programming with Java. As a Java developer your role will primarily be focuses on developing, extending and maintaining the Akvo FLOW monitoring platform and Google Web Toolkit development.

We expect you to have excellent core Java skills and a strong experience with web frameworks, such as Spring. You should have knowledge of JDO and other persistence technologies, strong database and SQL skills with knowledge of NO-SQL databases, Google Web Toolkit, good JavaScript/HTML/CSS/Ajax skills and experience developing native Android apps or other mobile apps is a major plus. It is good if you have worked with Google Enterprise technologies (Google Apps, Google Maps, Google Search), GIS software and libraries such as geotools, unit testing, agile development, JDO and other persistence technologies. You write and speak fluent English. You are expected to work from home or possibly from the Amsterdam office. You are based in a UTC-5 to UTC+2 timezone.

To apply for this position, send your resume to thomas@akvo.org

 

Computer sciences intern, based in Amsterdam or Uppsala/Stockholm

This intern position is for a student living in the Netherlands or Uppsala/Stockholm, Sweden.

We are looking for someone with a computer sciences background to work with the Akvo team. You will work on our technical infrastructure, including tasks such as: building our metrics board; installing and configuring data visualisation tools; configuring our web traffic analysis tools; and participating in testing the Akvo RSR system, which is an online service that we are building.

Requirements include: system administration knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, ability to get open source applications up and running (including recompiling and configuring them as necessary). You need good English, both written and spoken. Working experience with Mac OS X is a plus, as we have a GNU/Linux server / Mac desktop setup.

This is an intern position in Amsterdam, The Netherlands or Uppsala/Stockholm, Sweden.

To apply for this position, send your resume to thomas@akvo.org