Python/Django Developer Contractor - London

Rate:        £350 - £400

Start Date: ASAP

Location:    Old Street, London

Blackwell’s are looking for a Django/Python Developer with proven experience to join our team in London. You will work as a key part of our development team to deliver an ambitious project at what is a very exciting time for Blackwell’s.

We’re building Blackwell Learning, an eLearning / eBook platform launching later this year. See http://www.blackwell.co.uk/learn for more information. We’ve built the foundation and now we’re looking for someone to continue building into next year.

You’ll be working with:

• Continuous deployment/delivery and Agile processes

• Cloud servers

• Automated server provisioning using Chef

• Clean code with good test coverage

• A small, friendly team including close collaboration with UX and design

• Difficult technical challenges

• Development as well as scoping and research

• Development on a long term project with ambitious plans

Required:

• At least 5 years backend development experience

• At least 2 years Python and Django development experience

• Experience working in an Agile development environment

• Experience deploying Python/Django applications on Linux environments

• Solid understanding of version control

• Postgres experience

Beneficial experience

• Jenkins

• Chef

• Cloud server automation

• JS/HTML/CSS experience

• MongoDB

• Celery

As mobile continues to move “beyond the banner” marketers are increasingly looking to companies who specialize in the mobile and connected device space; this is JUICE. At JUICE, we work exclusively in the connected device space.  We think that any firm that passively participates in mobile to supplement their core business is not devoting enough time to be a true expert in the space. We are looking for smart people; people who are intelligent and proactive enough to learn an industry that is moving 10x as fast as any other medium. We are interested in people who know that their mobile phone is becoming the converter of their life and who are enthusiastic about immersing themselves in this culture. We are interested in people who know the media world is increasingly moving towards a “release based culture;” one based on innovation, technology, and product development. The aspiration of JUICE is to become the next great technology company. We would like people who aspire to these same types of goals.

We are currently seeking a Senior Python Developer to lead the design and the on-going development of our next generation state of the art mobile advertising platform. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person, who is used to a startup culture ready to take on the challenge of building out a platform that already connects many high profile mobile developers and publishers to the world’s leading agencies and brands. You must be a self-starter and willing to work hard to drive the rapid iterative innovation of the product. You will be rewarded with the unique opportunity to work with great talent and leading edge technology.

As part of a small highly motivated team, you will have the opportunity to design and develop innovative technology solutions for Canada’s leading mobile advertising company.

Roles and responsibilities

·         Architect, design and develop Juice Mobile’s next generation disruptive mobile advertising platform

·         Help to build, lead and coach a small team of software engineers and testers to achieve technical and business objectives

·         Write and encourage clean well documented and tested code

·         Contribute in all phases of the agile development lifecycle

·         Inspire team members to innovate and code with a sense of urgency

·         Work with the business and product owner to produce products with function points aligned with the company’s core strategic vision

Requirements

·         University degree in Computer Science or related field

·         3 – 5 years of experience in server side software development

·         Highly proficient in Python (not just scripting) and experience with the Django framework a definite plus

·         Solid understanding  in object oriented design principles

·         Previous experience with server side scalability and performance

·         Passion for coding best practices and technical excellence including unit testing and TDD

·         Experience with relational and non-relational databases (prior experience with Splunk would be a plus)\

·         Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs including REST, JSON and XML

Nice to have:

·         Experience with front end technologies including JavaScript, Jquery, HTML and CSS

·         Experience with client side frameworks like Angular.js or Backbone.js

·         Experience with cloud infrastructure deployments for example Amazon Web Services

·         Domain expertise in either mobile, or online advertising

If you are an individual that consistently exceeds expectations, please forward your resume to careers@juicemobile.org Please indicate in the subject line: Senior Python Developer including salary expectations.

Catchafire (www.catchafire.org) is looking for a passionate, quality-focused senior software engineer with a social conscience. Your job will be to support, enhance, and expand Catchafire's pro bono matching website, where we match nonprofits and other social good enterprises to volunteers who are willing to donate their skills. If you have passion not only for technology but also for applying technology to further social causes in new and innovative ways, we'd like to speak with you.

About Muster

Muster, which is in development and nearing launch, and its software tools are a cloud based SaaS that serves clients and end users with advocacy needs.

Requirements

We are seeking an experienced Python/Django developer to work with us on site to help build and maintain our web application. You would be one of the very first developers to join our team and will have the unique opportunity to help shape the future of our product.

● Extensive experience with Python/Django 
● Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript 
● Full-stack development skills 
● Experience with APIs 
● Able to communicate complex ideas in simple and understandable terms 
● Ability to be resourceful and creative in a fast-paced startup environment 

Preferred/Nice to Have 

● Experience with Heroku, AWS, or other cloud-based infrastructure providers 
● Experience with performance optimization, scaling, and event analytics 
● Experience with or knowledge of GIS and GeoDjango 
● Creative thinker able to provide an idea and execute perfectly from inception to launch

About the Position ...

This position is a full-time, on site role in Richmond, VA. 

To Apply ...

Interested applicants should send an email to jobs [at] muster [dot] com with their resume attached.

We thank all candidates for taking the time to apply, but only those who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. 

No Agencies Please.

JBS, Inc. is a custom software solution provider looking to hire additional developers as full-time employees. JBS specializes in high volume web applications based on Microsoft and open source platforms. 

All JBS developers work remotely so the position also requires a high degree of independence and self-motivation.

Skills & Requirements:

• 3+ years working with Python
• 3+ years experience with Python web frameworks (Django required;  flask/turbo gears/web2py nice to have)
• 3+ years working with open-source relational database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Feels comfortable and has experience working in a Linux environment (ubuntu preferred)
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to accurately estimate work
• Commitment to provide quality completed deliverables with well-factored, maintainable code
• Experience with VCS (git, hg or svn) 

     Nice to have

• Experience in e-commerce development
• Experience with NoSql databases such as MongoDB
• Experience building and designing REST-based web services using JSON
• Experience with search tools such as Solr and Elasticsearch
• Experience with development operations (configuration and installation of apache/nginx/memcached/varnish, etc)
• Experience with AWS (EC2, RDS)
• Experience with bootstrap and/or foundation
• Experience using javascript frameworks (jQuery, angular, backbone)
  

About JBS, Inc.

JBS is a technology strategy and custom application development firm.  We have a national customer base with global deployments.  Our entire staff consists of high level architects, developers, and technical project managers.  All JBS employees work remotely.

Please forward resumes to hr@jbecker.com 

Firm Description

Horizon Investments is a tactical investment manager with a focus on the global marketplace. Horizon believes markets, along with client needs, are dynamic and therefore require a flexible approach in order to be successful. Horizon provides strategies for the three main challenges investors face throughout their investing life cycles: Accumulation of assets, Protection of those assets and Spending through retirement. 

Horizon develops web applications for our employees, clients, vendors and associates. We are somewhat language/framework agnostic but have found Python to be particularly useful for our industry. 

You will be ... 

• Assisting technology team with key technology goals.

• Assisting the technology team in system and software development efforts.

• Maintaining the firm’s compliance with all compliance mandated technology protocols

You should probably have some ...

• Programming Experience (or Interest)

• Financial Services Experience (or Interest)

• Technology / Programming Expertise or Interest

• Networking 

• Cyber Security  

• Mobile Device App Development and Deployment 

• Development Experience in Python (particularly numpy, scipy, pandas)
  

• Web/ORM Application Experience (django, HTML, JSON, CSS)
  

• Source Code Control (git, mercurial) and server side scripting (linux)
  

• Google Apps (APIs)

About the Position ...

This position is a full-time, on site role in Charlotte, NC. 

To Apply ...

*Interested applicants should send a plain text email to talent [at] horizoninvestments [dot] com  with your cover letter as the body of the email. Attach a resume in PDF format.

No Agencies Please.

We're looking for front end developers to join us in our office in central Bristol, developing web tools and apps for huge audiences. Our clients include Google, YouTube, Skype, PayPal and other agencies such as BBH and Mother.

This role will see you leading the technical aspects of a project with our friendly, expert team. The workload will sometimes be hectic, but the atmosphere is cheerful and proactive. We want to put you and your team in a position to write and deploy the best code that you can.

There are plenty of technical acronyms in here, but fundamentally we're looking for intelligent people who have an eagerness to learn new things, and the communication skills to be able to explain them to humans such as project managers and our clients.

As well as the technical knowledge, we need people that get it - people who can figure things out by themselves but know when to yell for help. Cutting down and simplifying complex problems with interfaces which make them appear straightforward.

We're looking for developers to join us in our office in central Bristol, developing web tools and apps for huge audiences. Our clients include Google, YouTube, Skype, PayPal and other agencies such as BBH and Mother.

This role will see you working as part of a friendly, expert team. The workload will sometimes be hectic, but the atmosphere is cheerful and proactive. We want to put you in a position to write and deploy the best code that you can.

There are plenty of technical acronyms in here, but fundamentally we're looking for intelligent people who have an eagerness to learn new things, and the communication skills to be able to explain them to humans such as project managers and our clients.

As well as the technical knowledge, we need people that get it - people who can figure things out by themselves but know when to yell for help. Cutting down and simplifying complex problems with interfaces which make them appear straightforward.

We're looking for developers to join us in our office in central London, developing web tools and apps for huge audiences. Our clients include Google, YouTube, Skype, PayPal and other agencies such as BBH and Mother.

This role will see you working as part of a friendly, expert team. The workload will sometimes be hectic, but the atmosphere is cheerful and proactive. We want to put you in a position to write and deploy the best code that you can.

There are plenty of technical acronyms in here, but fundamentally we're looking for intelligent people who have an eagerness to learn new things, and the communication skills to be able to explain them to humans such as project managers and our clients.

As well as the technical knowledge, we need people that get it - people who can figure things out by themselves but know when to yell for help. Cutting down and simplifying complex problems with interfaces which make them appear straightforward.