Full-stack Python Developer

A client of Scalable Path is looking for a Full-stack Python Developer. This is a full-time remote position.

CLIENT COMPANY DESCRIPTIONThe client is a leading US lighting and electrical supply e-commerce company with cutting edge, innovative products. They are stable and have been profitable for 10 years, investing heavily in growth and expansion.

OVERVIEW:The client is a tech-enabled e-commerce company building out their internal web application with proprietary tooling and a broad range of features for our employees and partners. The are operating at a large scale and have outgrown the existing e-commerce tools in the market and so they are building their own so that they can operate at top efficiency.

The responsibilities of the role are mostly back-end (Python/Django/Celery/Postgres/AWS) with minimal front-end (HTMX, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS).

The client would prefer someone who has experience working with generative AI provider APIs (GPT4o, Sonnet 3.5, Llama 3.1 405b, etc). There is an element of web scraping, though they're very open to using a third party API for the actual scraping so this is not a requirement. There are both elements of serverless and server-based workloads for this project.

They are looking for a developer who can take ownership of tasks and operate autonomously without needing a lot of management. This means being able to deliver quality work and not need too much direction, management or external QA.

They use Asana for task management and MS Teams for communication.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Build and ship high-quality features autonomously and efficientlyAttend brief daily standups for team alignment and blocker resolutionUnderstand and address user pain pointsConduct code reviews for team membersDebug and troubleshoot software issues.Suggest improvements for code base and architecture.

RELATIONSHIPS - WHO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH:You will be working with 2-4 other software engineers and the E-Commerce Director.There is an existing daily meeting at 9:30am America/Los Angeles (-07:00) PDT.

START DATE:As soon as possible.

EXPECTED CONTRACT DURATION:6-12 monthsThe project is expected to last about 6 months, but could go on longer than that.

NOTES: The client can be flexible on their daily meeting time.

REQUIRED SKILLS:English (Must have)Python (Must have)Django (Must have)PostgreSQL (Must have)AWS (Must have)JavaScript (Strongly preferred)Generative AI APIs (Nice to have)HTMX (Nice to have)Tailwind CSS (Nice to have)Alpine.js (Nice to have)Celery (Nice to have)

Key Skills

• AWS
• Django
• Python
• PostgreSQL
• JavaScript