Open Role: Backend Dev

[kanonFodder]

Description of project

Landlord Mapper is seeking to create a mapping tool for the general public to easily lookup, and spatially visualize, what properties a landlord of interest in the Travis County region owns. This tool will also give users access to details about landlord properties, ranging from total # of Austin Code violations/fines filed, to an estimated # of people living on premise as well. The final product may look something like the following websites:

https://landlordmapper.org/chi/home
https://whoownswhat.justfix.org/en/?utm_source=orgsite&utm_medium=productcta

Description of role

The Landlord Mapper project is seeking Developers to assist in the spinning up of back-end technical infrastructure for the mapping tool it wants to create. Specifically, there are open questions on how best to host the data and mapping tool used by the project, in a performant and low-cost manner. Consultation and IT expertise are desired to find answers to these issues.

Timeframe

This role does not need to be urgently filled, but we would like to get the ball rolling on this by April.

Project docs

Google Drive Folder containing initial property data being used by this project:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UaIsyeUlhZHJpNhtYOODHl7FEBNvIKKa?usp=sharing

Google drive folder for product team files:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e2Ahq9sNNQ2K_Q-RuTrdkWzDL6FH_gAa?usp=sharing

Who to contact?

Directly message 'Kevin O' on the Open Austin Slack, or post about your interest in the '#p-landlord-mapper' channel within the same Slack server. Alternatively, reach out to any server admins about your interest in the project.