Mailman 3 October 2016 - python-uk

Reliability Engineering Role
by Daniel Pope Oct. 31, 2016

Oct. 31, 2016

Hi all, My team at Two Sigma is looking to fill a number of roles for reliability engineers: http://pythonjobs.github.io/jobs/twosigma_reliability_engineer.html Two Sigma is a hedge fund, but unlike most financial companies we try to cultivate a genuine hacker culture, and more than half of our engineers don't come from a finance background. Don't believe me? This is the kind of stuff that happens in our New York office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxAPXN5UKa8 Now, to be fair, the London office is young and small, and we don't have this kind of event... yet. But every engineer in London has just been issued one of these to hack on, based on the esp8266 (I understand MicroPython can run on this <https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp8266/esp8266/quickref.html>!): [image: IMG_20161026_225856.jpg] Reliability Engineering does all manner of interesting things in the devops space, from the basics like automation, monitoring, metrics, release management, and supporting production systems, to working with teams to improve process and practice or conceiving and implementing new tooling. You'll need to be a problem solver, a generalist with broad knowledge covering diverse software stacks and languages, distributed systems, networking, and operations, and to be willing to travel and connect with people from across the organisation. Some of my colleagues in other teams in London are also hiring. We're doing some green-field full-stack development, or if you're data science inclined for example, there are roles listed here: https://careers.twosigma.com/careers/SearchJobs/United+Kingdom%7CUK%7CLondo… Feel free to drop me an e-mail at daniel.pope(a)twosigma.com if you'd like to ask more, or apply via the above link. I don't have authority to deal with recruiters so please don't contact me.

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Roadmap for Mu - a beginner's editor
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Oct. 29, 2016

Oct. 29, 2016

Hi Folks, Apologies for cross posting - but these email lists contain people who may be interested in or who may already know about Mu - an editor for beginner programmers that was written as part of the BBC micro:bit project. I've promised this for a while and have finally got round to writing it - the Mappa MUndi, or roadmap for Mu. https://github.com/mu-editor/mu/pull/180 I'd love feedback! This is a straw man so please feel free to review it, provide constructive critique and suggest ideas. I'm not precious about anything I write, so, jump in! Thanks in advance, N.

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London Python Dojo - 3rd November
by Matthew Power Oct. 26, 2016

Oct. 26, 2016

The next London Python Dojo is at 6:30pm on 6th October 2016. It will be held at Methods Digital, who are at 16 St Martin's Le Grand, near St Paul’s Tube Station. Arrive from 6:30pm for our usual mix of pizza and beer and socialising and hacking and silliness. For more details, and to register for a free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-8-episode-3-t… Hope to see you there!

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Next CamPUG meeting: Tue 1st Nov 2016
by Tibs Oct. 25, 2016

Oct. 25, 2016

The next Cambridge Python User Group meeting will be on Tuesday 1st November at 7pm, in the Raspberry Pi offices, top floor of 30 Station Road, CB1 2JH System modelling and orchestration with Actuator Tom Carroll will talk about his project Actuator, a declarative Python front end for Openstack. He may also talk about Errator, a package to help create human-readable exception narrations for your libraries and end-user programs. Afterwards, some people will undoubtedly go on to the pub. Please note that we are now on meetup.com, at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/. If possible, please RSVP there for meetings so we have an idea of numbers. As an incentive, there's normally more detail about each meeting there, and you can also find out about future meetings. Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython Tibs PS: Note that the January meeting will occur on Tue 10th January 2017, a week later than normal.

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Good people wanted, small London startup between Liverpool St and Mooregate
by Alistair Broomhead Oct. 25, 2016

Oct. 25, 2016

Hi everybody, Some of you might know me through the London Python community, or at least from spamming this list about meetups, or in fact sending this same message about a month ago. I'm currently working at a small start-up called Novastone ( novastonemedia.com) which works in the secure messaging space and we're looking for full-stack developers to join the team. Our current web stack uses Flask, SQLAlchemy, MQTT, MSSQL, Angular and AWS, and we have apps for Android and iOS, but we're more interested in experience with architectures and methodologies than specific frameworks. We're interested in people who can bring strong front-end experience with a good base in Python, but would look at anyone with an interesting set of cross-discipline skills. I could talk about silly perks and how we're 'doing' agile, but it's a cool place with good processes, and that's why I work here. If you're interested you can email me on alistair(a)novastonemedia.com or the CTO on ravi(a)novastonemedia.com, or you can grab me at a meetup, Al

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Using Python for social good.
by Oisin Mulvihill Oct. 24, 2016

Oct. 24, 2016

Hello List, Does anyone know of any Python developers who are free or are thinking about a new permanent role? - https://unicornhunt.io/jobs/senior-python-developer-at-supercarers SuperCarers is a chance to put their Python expertise to social good and truly help people. I'm keen to work with anyone I don't have to sell TDD to. We are about to close our next investment round, so its a great time to join and have a real influence on tech stack and direction. They can contact me directly at oisin(a)supercarers.com or have a chat over skype: oisinmulvihill All the best, (No recruiters please) Oisin

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BBC micro:bit hardware released under open license
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Oct. 20, 2016

Oct. 20, 2016

Here: http://tech.microbit.org/ Please upvote this on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=12744016 Yay... you can't imagine how happy I am this is all finally out there... everything is open and anyone can go make a micro:bit. N.

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London Python Project Nights (Build Something)
by Alistair Broomhead Oct. 13, 2016

Oct. 13, 2016

Good morning, The next Build Something will be next Wednesday- sorry for the late notice (again) RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/234670759/ It's the SW1 Broadway, not the East London (or any other) one. With many thanks again to BMLL Technologies Ltd, and Steve Holden, for agreeing to provide a place for us to meet. Thanks, Al

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