Django Web Developer

ForeFlight produces the best selling iPad and iPhone app for pilots flying personal and business aircraft, corporate flight departments, and aircraft operators. Customers include individual pilots worldwide, Fortune 500 corporate flight departments, state and federal agencies, leading operators, and leading aircraft OEMs. We have been in the App Store since Day 1 (7/10/2008) and are consistently ranked in the top 50 grossing iPad apps in the App Store.

ForeFlight is looking for a talented Django web developer to join our team. This position is for a unique and technically well-rounded individual with experience building high profile web sites. This person will aid the marketing team in building new features and implementing ForeFlight’s marketing initiatives.

While you know many different web technologies, you find yourself at home within the Python web stack. You’re knowledgeable of both legacy and emerging Python standards, frameworks, and tools. You know what generators are (and aren’t), general best practices for bending the language to your will, and are familiar with client-side performance optimization techniques.You’re knowledgeable of both legacy and emerging JavaScript standards, frameworks, and tools. You know what prototypes are (and aren’t), general best practices for bending the language to your will, and are familiar with client-side performance optimization techniques. You know when using jQuery makes sense and when it doesn't. You love Python for the simplicity and flexibility of the language, especially within the context of web development. You're comfortable working on back-end REST APIs in Python, as well as serving up traditional, templated pages. Shipping software is something you take pride in and you welcome the opportunity to make immediate contributions to software with a passionate user-base.

* Django * A CMS framework such as Mezzanine or Django CMS * Javascript * HTML5, CSS3 * Git * Experience with Gulp, Browserify and AWS a plus.