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Cambridge, MA - CustomMade (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: http://engineering.custommade.com Tech blog here: 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: http://blog.custommade.com/portfolio/a-very-harry-potter-pro... We're funded by Google Ventures and a ton of others: 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: 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