Web / Django Developer

Web / Django Developer at RIPT Apparel

We are seeking a self-motivated, detail-oriented and personable web developer to own and maintain The position will be responsible for future planning and development of website functionality.

An ideal candidate for this position has a love of learning and a desire to grow into a leadership position.

About RIPT Apparel : We sell pop culture, parody art on apparel through the means of a little thing called the internet. We are a small, nimble team of fun, hard-working people near downtown Chicago. We play as hard as we work and we play to Win. Privately held and profitable, RIPT Apparel is growing fast.

Basic Prerequisites

• Loves to be challenged and learn new things
• Examples of launched projects
• Familiar with QA and deployment processes
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with cloud infrastructures (Heroku, AWS)
• Versatility regarding working environment (leading a team vs. working alone)

Responsibilities

• Maintain the current website and ecommerce store
• Architect and build the frontend/backend of future features and projects
• Unit testing and QA testing all releases
• Responsible for the overall systems architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Maintain current technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technology
• Work with a minimum of technical supervision and supplemental engineering support
• Work closely with founders to plan releases
• Work directly with operations staff to debug production issues

Requirements

• Proficient in at least 1 server-side scripting language, preferably Python
• Strong understanding of Javascript and 3rd party JS libraries
• Comfortable with PostgreSQL with an eye towards performance
• Experience developing with the Django framework
• Experience in eCommerce, Payment Gateways & Merchant Accounts, I.E. PayPal, Braintree
• Knowledge of common third-party APIs like Facebook, Twitter
• Knowledge of security risks and solutions in web application development
• Experience with caching, redis, Amazon EC2, memcached
• Experience unit testing, QA testing, and debugging
• Experience using GIT or other version control system
• Strong understanding and development of HTML5/CSS3 and other web technologies
• Results oriented with strong customer focus and good communication skills
• Open, collaborative communication style
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt as technology changes
• Experience working with and designing RESTful APIs

Educational Requirements

BS in computer science, or equivalent experience

Bonus Criteria

• Angular.js or Backbone.js experience
• Celery + Redis experience
• Heroku experience

Benefits

• RIPT merchandise allowance
• Annual Bonuses*
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid Holidays (9)
• Paid Time Off (13 total)
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• 401(k) eligible after 1 year with company match

*contingent upon performance, Company profitability and various other financial circumstances

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How to Apply

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