Python Developer

New Classrooms is a nonprofit organization that leverages classroom design, teacher talent, and technology to enable personalized learning for more than 13,000 students in 38 pioneering schools.

**About the Role** Software Developers at New Classrooms work at the intersection of technology and education. Building and improving on groundbreaking technology, our Software Developers play a critical role supporting the development of new models for personalized education. We are seeking a Python Developer to join our team and help us build and maintain our solutions.

**What You Would Do** * Design, build and maintain backend applications that our internal teams use on a daily basis to power our solutions. Examples include lesson management systems, roster management tools, and operational reports, as well as tools to automate our daily and periodic student personalization processes.

**What We Are Looking For** * Strong desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced start-up environment * 2-3 years of experience developing professional console and web based applications with at least 2 years developing professional grade solutions using Python * Experience with web frameworks such as Django, Django REST framework, or Flask. * Comfort with Git * Familiarity with the MEAN stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node) * General familiarity with Linux * Deep expertise in database centric development using MS SQL server (2012 preferred) and Postgres, using FreeTDS and PyODBC * Understanding of scalability patterns including message-centric design (e.g., Rabbit MQ and Celery) and distributed caching (e.g., Memcached) * Intimate understanding of advanced OOP concepts. * Proven experience building maintainable solutions; emphasis on managed extensibility, versioning, logging and instrumentation * Familiarity with Test Driven Development fundamentals, including the creation and management of tests using popular testing frameworks and approaches (Isolation/mocks, regression testing, etc.) * Familiarity with C# or Java huge plus.