View all jobs
Full Stack Developer - Python/Django
Arlington, VAOr client, a transportation consulting and advisory firm headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is seeking a lead Django/Python Developer to help us build their new platform as a service software offering.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Experience with Django (most important)
Experience with backend development, specifically with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases (very important)
Experience with front-end web development using NextJS or ReactJS (nice to have)
Education:
Bachelor’s in computer science or Engineering (Preferred)
Experience:
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Build robust, performant, user-facing web applications in Python/Django supporting queries to millions of rows of data that clients will access daily.
- Develop, create, and ship new functionality for user interaction and data visualization using modern APIs and frameworks.
- Work as an integral part of an agile product team to deliver an unbelievably excellent user experience.
- Deliver responsive, accessible, mobile-friendly code of high quality (automated test/build/deploy). Understanding front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Next.js. Experience with relational database modeling and data migration. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and team player
Experience with Django (most important)
- 3-5+ years of experience developing backend systems in Django.
- Deep understanding of Python and HTTP requests.
- Experience with algorithm and query optimization.
- Understanding of how to build robust testing environments.
Experience with backend development, specifically with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases (very important)
- 2+ years of experience working with SQL-based backend development
- Experience with large datasets
- Indexing
- Knowledge of optimizing table schemas
- Python scripting
Experience with front-end web development using NextJS or ReactJS (nice to have)
- Ability to create re-usable and testable functional components
- Understanding of JavaScript / TypeScript
- Familiarity with HTML and CSS
Education:
Bachelor’s in computer science or Engineering (Preferred)
Experience:
- PostgreSQL and Python: 3 years (Preferred)
- Paid professional development: 3 years (Required)
- Full-stack development: 4 years (Preferred)