Python Senior Software Engineer

Added on April 6, 2012 and expired on May 7, 2012
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Senior Software Engineer:

Safari Books Online, the leading provider of online, on-demand technical and business books and videos, has immediate openings for full-time Python senior software engineers. You will be joining our Boston-based software engineering team to further develop new products using HTML5 and other modern web technologies. Our new Boston office is in Fort Point Channel, a short walk from South Station and easily reachable by I-90 and 93.

Requirements

Candidates must be proficient in Python as well as JavaScript.

Our software development stack:

  • Django
  • Backbone.js / RequireJS / jQuery
  • Git
  • Nose / QUnit / Selenium
  • MySQL
  • Linux (Ubuntu) servers, Mac (typically) developer workstations

About the company

Safari Books Online offers a competitive benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Safari Books Online does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, physical condition, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

We’re passionate about:

  • The future of reading
  • Mobile and HTML5
  • Testing
  • Accessibility
  • Maintaining a work-life balance and an engineering-focused culture

In addition to web-based applications, we are also considering candidates with experience in data analysis and services, and are actively developing services involving Hadoop, data mining, and streaming data.

Country: United States

Gig Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Site: http://safaribooksonline.com/

Required to work on-site