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  • Software Engineer

    Technology
    Washington D.C.

    Does this describe you?

    • You like to hack on web apps and mashups in your spare time
    • You work well in small teams -- you're a self-starter, but you communicate often, clearly, and effectively
    • You have no ego about your work -- you take pride in outcomes, but aren't defensive about your code
    • You are calm in situations that can be pressure-filled or require quick problem solving
    • You aren't satisfied with crufty code and love to refactor -- but you also recognize the perfect can be the enemy of the good
    • You disdain meetings for meetings' sake -- catching up on IRC is much preferred
    • You recognize where tried-and-true solutions and patterns are good enough, and where new development is called for
    • You care about the issues that matter to progressives and the Democratic Party – it makes the occasional long hours more fun and worthwhile

    Responsibilities:

    • Developing custom web and mobile-based applications
    • Developing internal applications to automate various systems within the DNC
    • Collaborating and integrating with technology from the state Democratic parties
    • Working with DNC sysadmins to bring your software to production
    • Working with the teams in DNC Technology & Digital departments

    Required experience:

    • At least 2 years of on-the-job experience developing web and/or mobile-based applications
    • Four-year degree in engineering, computer science, or related field preferred
    • Clear communication skills, both verbal and written
    • Experience with MVC/MTV frameworks (eg., Rails, Django, Flask)
    • Experience with unit and functional tests and integration
    • Experience with RESTful Web APIs
    • Experience deploying and administering web applications
    • Comfort and familiarity at all levels of the web application stack: operating systems, databases, application servers, CDNs, caching, etc.

    Required software:

    • Fluency and proficiency in at least one major Web application language (eg., Ruby, Python, NodeJS)
    • Proficiency with open source database systems (MySQL, SQLite, preferably PostgreSQL)
    • Proficiency with front-end languages, especially JavaScript, including HTML5 and CSS3
    • Proficiency with DVCS (Git, Mercurial)
    • Unix! Pipes and small pieces are your friends

    Resumes should be emailed to techresumes@dnc.org with subject line "Software Engineer."

    NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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