Cambridge, MA - CustomMade (<a href="http://www.custommade.com/" >)
Full-time devs. Python work, would likely be working with Django. Django could be more or less often depending on the type of position.
Boilerplate about stack / team here:
<a href="http://engineering.custommade.com" >
Tech blog here:
<a href="http://engineering.custommade.com/sawdustsoftware/" >
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/" >
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 just raised an 18 million series B!
We're right at the point where all the graphs are hockey-stick shaped and we're breaking our own records every week. Of course, 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. Opensourcing is encouraged. Tech blogging is encouraged.
More about our stack / team here: <a href="http://engineering.custommade.com" >
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.
Rarely, we'll do a remote position. Get in touch with me at mali -at- custommade dotkom