Custommade (<a href="http://www.custommade.com/" >) - Cambridge, MA
Full-time devs. Frontend Backbone.js / jquery. Backend Python work, would likely be working with Django.
We're a two-sided marketplace that does matchmaking between professional artisans / craftsmen and buyers. You post your dreams, we find someone to make it real. People come up with some crazy ideas like a custom made quidditch set / proposal ring: <a href="http://blog.custommade.com/portfolio/a-very-harry-potter-proposal/" >
Or and r2d2 engagement ring: <a href="http://blog.custommade.com/portfolio/r2d2-engagement-ring/" >
Or a portal one: <a href="http://blog.custommade.com/portfolio/not-your-typical-engagement-ring-custom-jewelry-for-gamers/" >
We're a small, tightly knit eng team. Boilerplate about stack / team here: <a href="http://engineering.custommade.com" >
Various Engineering Positions open: <a href="http://www.custommade.com/careers/" >
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We're funded by Google Ventures and a ton of others: <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/custommade-ventures" > so paying you well is not an issue. We recently raised an 18 million series B! We're growing like crazy, and with that comes scaling challenges. But it's all part of the fun.
We have a great team and a great environment that focuses on customers and product development. When I'm working on product stuff, I get to collaborate with product / UX / support people day to day to build a product that meets a real business need, and makes everyone happy. But when I just need to bang out some code, people leave me alone. When I'm working on platform or architectural stuff, I get great advice and feedback from my coworkers. Expressing opinions and having discussion is encouraged.
Fridays are refactoring / innovation day to scratch your good code itch. Work / life balance is great. Bureaucracy is at a minimum.
Devs get a macbook pro, a huge thunderbolt display, and an Aeron chair.
We love contributing to Open Source, here is a list of what we've released so far, with more to come: <a href="https://github.com/SawdustSoftware" > We also regularly participate in and sponsor the Boston Python group, which is the largest python user group in the world. I've spoken there twice so far. We also often help stream the event for them, check it out here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/bostonpython/" >
Tech blog here: <a href="http://engineering.custommade.com/sawdustsoftware/" >
You're a low-ego programmer who is always learning, has pushed code to production innumerable times, and doesn't cringe at the prospect of collaborating with a team of non-techies every so often. You know the modern web stack well, and specialize in at least one part of it.
Get in touch with our director of talent &amp; culture at sabrina -at- custommade dotkom. Let her know that "Mali" sent you.
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EDIT: If you have any eng-related questions, you can guess my work email.