THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN BECOMING OUR ROCKSTAR WOLF. THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.
Location:
Anywhere in the world, collaborating with a UK team (GMT)
Contract:
We are on a tight deadline to deliver our online shop in early/mid November so will consider any working patterns which help us deliver this. Your work to build our online shop will provide the income we need to keep you on!
Deadline:
4 Nov 2019 12:00 GMT
What’s the job?
We are an educational technology social enterprise called Museum in a Box. We bring museum objects and their stories directly into classrooms and into students’ hands anywhere in the world. From Egyptian archeology, transatlantic slavery, to explaining how the justice system works, we work with major insitutions such as the V&A and Smithsonian Institution to bring the curriculum to life. We’re also working on a Make Your Own kit version, too – a method for students (or families or organisations) to create their own collections, learning all sorts of cross-curricular skills as they go, and we’re launching a Shopify presence as soon as we can.
The Box itself is powered by Raspberry Pi, running a Node.js app to manage interactions, media and simple usage data, and we have a working Django web application that already manages users, collections, boxes, and other bits and bobs. We already have users who are making their own collections remotely too.
We are looking for someone who can primarily integrate Shopify with our Django web app.
We are a team of designers and programmers, and a growing crew of freelance creatives. The big gap that this position would fill is bringing two separate services together so Box and Kit sales can be easily managed by staff, and also easily configured by folks buying kits. We expect to do this work manually to begin with, but you can definitely help with that, and hopefully, you’re the type of person who loves throwing great software solutions at tedious manual workflows!
In the role you will:
- Lead on ensuring Shopify is fully integrated with our existing Django web platform.
- Add a Django-based user forum to our web platform.
- Add a short list of new features to our web platform to accommodate group operations and group Box ownership
The ideal candidate will:
- Be fluent in Django/Python/JavaScript.
- Have at least three years professional engineering experience.
- Have programmed a Shopify integration previously, demonstrably.
- Have worked on a demonstrable web application used by more than 1,000 people.
- Have an active Github presence.
- Enjoy UX filigree, both conception and execution.
- Likes showing rough working software in progress.
About Museum in a Box Ltd.
We’re a small company based in Hoxton, London. Our mission is to help museums increase access to their collections and help put culture into hard-to-reach places.
We are updating the idea of museum handling collections with 21st Century tools like 3D printing, Raspberry Pi, and great stories combined with multisensory interaction design.
There’s a lot more information on the web:
How to applyPlease send us a one-page cover letter explaining how you meet the role requirements and your resume via email to info@museuminabox.org with the subject ‘Django+Shopify Rockstar Wolf’. Links to online projects/code are expected. We are a small team and cultural fit is very important for us so use your application to help us learn more about your interests, passions and ways of working.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN BECOMING OUR ROCKSTAR WOLF. THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.