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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.



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