I’m delighted to announce that Caktus is looking for two Python and/or Django web developers to join our team on a contract or part-time basis, with the potential for full-time work in the future.

Caktus builds custom web applications for local and remote clients using a variety of open-source technologies. We are a small team based in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area of North Carolina (currently residing in Carrboro Creative Coworking). We believe in face-to-face contact, both with clients and amongst ourselves, and employ agile development techniques that emphasize teamwork and collaboration. We encourage you to meet the team and learn more about what we do.

We’re looking for two experienced Python and/or Django web developers who enjoy working on a team and are excited to work on new projects. We have a preference for local candidates, but will consider all submissions. Your work will involve creating and integrating Django apps, working on existing Django projects, deployment, and database work.

You will be working in Linux (Debian-flavor) production environments with Apache and WSGI. Python and relational database experience is required. Django experience is a (big) plus. HTML/CSS and JavaScript experience are also a must, and jQuery is a plus.

If you’re interested in one of these positions, please send us your resume, some sample Python code that you wrote, and links to any open-source projects you’ve contributed to. We’re looking forward to meeting you!

DjangoCon 2010 is just around the corner, and I’m proud to announce that Caktus is sponsoring the conference again this year!

DjangoCon is the annual gathering of software developers who use the open source, Python-based Django web framework. We use the framework every day here at Caktus to create custom web applications and dynamic, content-rich web sites. Additionally, starting this year, we’ve put some of that knowledge to use extending and developing applications for the RapidSMS framework. For more information about why we use Django and think it’s so great, check out our blog post titled Why Caktus Uses Django.

This year, the conference is being held again the week of September 6th in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. We’ve grown a little since last year at this time; it looks like 6 Caktus team members—Colin, Alex, Karen, Mark, Mike, and myself—will be attending the conference. We’re positively thrilled to be going again this year and we hope to see you there!

Django is a tool we use on a daily basis to build fantastic web apps here at Caktus, and DjangoCon is the annual conference for Django developers and other community members. We are proud to announce that Caktus Consulting Group, LLC is sponsoring DjangoCon 2009!

This year, the conference is being held the week of September 7th in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. Two Caktus partners, Colin and myself, will be attending. We hope to see you there!