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TrueCar (<a href="http://www.truecar.com" >)
Santa Monica, CA
Looking for On-Site Python and Front End Developers
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TrueCar.com is a revolutionary Internet company whose mission is to reinvent how cars are bought &amp; sold and make the car buying experience awesome! Driven by industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs and superior technologists, we are growing quickly, and we’re looking for energetic new talent.
We’re looking for talented Python and Front End developers to build the technology used to power our APIs, mobile apps, production websites, and internal tools. We’re lucky enough to have an amazingly great (and fun) team and are smart enough to know that only by keeping our team’s DNA at the top of the chart can we continue to grow into the game-changing company we feel destined to be.
We are:
- Highly energetic and committed to a great product and culture
- Newly public, fully funded, and have a great upside
- Highly experienced industry and start up veterans
- Growing with viable revenue streams
You:
- Possess a burning internal goal of creating game-changing product
- Will leave your ego at the door and thrive in healthy debate
- Have passionate integrity and a healthy sense of work/life balance
- Can work productively together with and learn from other top-level players
- Are a world-class developer looking for the right team &amp; opportunity to really make an impact
Responsibilities include:
- Designing and writing production-ready code and unit tests meeting both technical and business requirements
- Optimizing and enhancing systems with high-volume data logging and processing needs, and high performance requirements
- Contributing architecture input to new systems as well as rewriting legacy systems
- Contributing domain-specific expertise by reviewing code, reviewing design docs, giving technical talks, and mentoring junior members of the team
- Helping support the operation of our production services
Requirements include:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience producing web-based systems in a Linux environment with Python, Ruby, or Perl
- Passionate about software development, excited to teach and learn from others on a small team
- Solid understanding and practical experience using object-oriented design principles and patterns
- Well versed in Agile processes such as Scrum, TDD, Continuous Integration
- Experience with an MVC web framework (Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, etc.)
- Familiarity with Git, SQL, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS
- Experience with a JavaScript framework (Backbone.js, AngularJS, jQuery, etc.), Bootstrap, and responsive experiences are a big plus
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent
Benefits:
So of course we offer a highly competitive salary, performance bonuses, and a wealth of great benefits including company equity, 100% paid family medical, dental, vision, and a healthy 401k.  Add that to an environment with world class leadership, explosive growth, passion for fun, and great work. We are constantly evolving our employee perks, like generous vacation, gym reimbursements, referral and patent bonuses and incentive programs.
Interested?
Please contact me at REDACTED_EMAIL with your resume, cover letter, links to your portfolio and I’ll get in touch.
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)