P/T Django/React SWE (contractor) @ Nimble (AI to help schools hire great teachers)

Nimble (YC S17) uses AI to help schools recruit & hire great teachers. We're seeking a full-stack SWE contractor for 15+ hours per week over the next 2-3 months, beginning in early to mid August. Must have 3+ years' experience with Django and 2+ years with React.

If interested, please email a resume and/or github to talent at hirenimble.com

What you'll be doing:

• Developing and maintaining secure and scalable features for our web platform in React and Django
• Working with various databases and data stores to reliably and quickly manage application data
• Building out extensive tests to ensure feature stability and quickly catch regressions

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in Django web framework and its ORM
• 2+ years of experience with React, including functional components and React Hooks
• 3+ years experience with relational SQL databases (Postgres knowledge preferred)
• Familiarity with event-driven development in Python (using Celery, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Understanding of REST API design and development best practices

Bonus Points:

• Familiarity with Heroku and/or strong understanding of deployment pipelines
• Experience with ElasticSearch
• Strong understanding of statically-typed languages or frameworks (e.g. Typescript)