Aptivate volunteers, Cambridge

Aptivate is an NGO that specialises in IT for International Development. We work with other non-profits, charities, and NGOs as technical consultants, facilitators and trainers, web / software developers, and to provide hosting services, on a wide range of projects.We also carry out projects in our own areas of interest, mainly focused on increasing global access to web resources, by promoting low-bandwidth web design, making tools to help network managers and people browsing the web in less well connected environments, and providing training workshops and resources, both for network managers and for people new to using computers and the internet.

We’re currently 10 people working full and part time, both in and out of Cambridge, assisted by a number of part-time volunteers. We’ve got a heap of requested work on at the moment and we could really use some skilled help to take on some of the workload! We’re currently looking to hire experienced web developers. We also take on a number of volunteers every year.

We mainly work on Linux environments, and we’re developing in Django/Python and PHP at the moment, having moved on from a lot of Java projects previously. We use test-driven-development and agile methodologies adapted for small projects. Although everyone has areas of expertise and responsibilities within the organisation, we all wear many hats; we manage the organisation collectively, and we expect and encourage anyone working with us to take part fully in that.

If you’re interested in finding out more about us you’d be welcome to pop in for lunch and an informal chat anytime; we eat together most days at our office in  the Humanitarian Centre. Contact us on or call 01223 760 887 and ask for Tom Lord.