Slader - New York - Python/Django Backend Developer
We are looking for an experienced full-time, NYC-based Django developer to join our amazing team. You'll be responsible for anything and everything on the backend of our education-focused website. We're shaking up the education space with student-centered products for the high school and university space.
About You:
- expertise in Django/Python and related technologies/libraries
- expertise in HTML/CSS/JS
- experience with optimization of high-traffic applications
- familiarity with PostgreSQL
- experience with AWS a plus
- possess a decent sense of aesthetics
- self-directed, willing to take on multiple responsibilities
and meet deadline expectations
- detail-oriented
- a willingness to learn new things
You will be responsible for:
- Working with the dev team to keep the website running day-to-day
- Developing and deploying new products and revamping and upgrading old ones
- Working with design and product teams to develop both front and backend tools to make life easier for all of our end users
- Thinking of new and innovative ways to handle and put to use large datasets
- Optimizing and streamlining rich web applications
- Improving our users' experience through better, faster, more relevant products
About Slader
- The largest student-led academic network
- Reaches over 1.5 million students each month
- Has grown solely via word-of-mouth
- Delivers over 30 million page views per month
- Fun, irreverent, and quirky brand
- Our users LOVE us
- User base of 14-22 year olds with a student-focused interface
- We have educational content, but we try to keep our users (and ourselves!) entertained
- We're constantly working on new things and new ideas
Please email us at (jobs AT slader DOT com) with links to sites you've worked on, a resume, your Github account, and/or any other relevant information.
We are looking for an experienced full-time, NYC-based Django developer to join our amazing team. You'll be responsible for anything and everything on the backend of our education-focused website. We're shaking up the education space with student-centered products for the high school and university space.
About You:
- expertise in Django/Python and related technologies/libraries
- expertise in HTML/CSS/JS
- experience with optimization of high-traffic applications
- familiarity with PostgreSQL
- experience with AWS a plus
- possess a decent sense of aesthetics
- self-directed, willing to take on multiple responsibilities and meet deadline expectations
- detail-oriented
- a willingness to learn new things
You will be responsible for:
- Working with the dev team to keep the website running day-to-day
- Developing and deploying new products and revamping and upgrading old ones
- Working with design and product teams to develop both front and backend tools to make life easier for all of our end users
- Thinking of new and innovative ways to handle and put to use large datasets
- Optimizing and streamlining rich web applications
- Improving our users' experience through better, faster, more relevant products
About Slader
- The largest student-led academic network
- Reaches over 1.5 million students each month
- Has grown solely via word-of-mouth
- Delivers over 30 million page views per month
- Fun, irreverent, and quirky brand
- Our users LOVE us
- User base of 14-22 year olds with a student-focused interface
- We have educational content, but we try to keep our users (and ourselves!) entertained
- We're constantly working on new things and new ideas
Please email us at (jobs AT slader DOT com) with links to sites you've worked on, a resume, your Github account, and/or any other relevant information.