Python/Django Software Engineer Job in Boston 02109, Massachusetts US
FlashNotes.com is a funded, energetic, early-stage startup powering the student-to-student exchange of high-quality academic materials. As our successful service grows and expands to reach a broader audience, we are growing our technology team to scale our services and build new tools and capabilities for our users.
We are looking for an experienced Python software engineer to help build our next-generation learning platform, as we scale our proven business model and expand and refine our feature set. As a member of the technology team, you will build solutions covering a broad range of challenges, including ecommerce, social engagement, large-scale text processing, and crowdsourced multimedia.
This is a great opportunity to join a small and growing team that shares your passion for employing the best technologies to build software that engages, inspires, and empowers users.
What we want from you:
- 2-3 years experience of web development using Python (will also consider experience with similar dynamic languages)
- Strong experience working with Django or other web frameworks and microframeworks (Pyramid/Pylons, Flask)
- Experience working with non-relational databases (e.g., MongoDB) a plus
- Familliarity with NLTK and text processing algorithms.
- Self-motivated and driven when working in an Lean/Agile environment
- Committed to writing solid, testable code.
- Strong desire to help create the next revolution in education.