SeniorSoftware Engineer -Python Django and Flask About This Role: The Threadless digital team is building the world’s best platform for artists to share and sell their art.We are growing and adding anadditional Senior Software Engineer to our 9person team.We work inanopen floor plan office that’s covered in amazing urbanart,in the center of Chicago’s West Loop Neighborhood. Threadless is aPython shop.We’re usingDjango withThreadless.com and for our Artist Shops platform. Our API is built ontop of the Flask framework. To handle our asynchronous work, we have a distributed taskqueue system which has been built withCelery.We’re an agile teamthat’s focused on enhancingThreadless.com and our growing Artist Shops platform.Our technology helpshundreds of thousands of artists create and sell amazing productstomillions of people. If you’re a seasonedengineer that’s passionate about coding, solving problems, collaborating, learning, and buildingkick ass products then we’d love to hear from you. About Us: Threadless is made up of creatives from all over the world who come together to make great art. We started with just tees, but tons of products make great canvases. While we work with partners to find these canvases for our artists, its our community who makes and picks the best art for us to offer. Whether its voted-on art at https://www.threadless.com or designs artists choose to include on their very own Artist Shops, when you buy from us, you support great art. The weird art. The geeky art. The beautiful art. Threadless. Make Great Together Education: BS in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent experience Requirements: · 5+ years experience developing large web applications · Expertise with Python, Django and Flaskframeworks preferred · Experience writing scalable and efficient code for largeproduction web applications Bonus Points For: · Full stack engineering: front end and back end experience · Django wizardry: implementation of efficient models, killer views, and DRY templates. · Comfortable writing valid and semantic HTML, leveraging CSS pre-processors (SASS specifically), working with JavaScript · Excellent Git-fu · Quality contributions to open source projects · Experience optimizing the performance of web applications · Hands-on experience refactoring production code · Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services, or other cloud hosting services · Love ofsoftware engineering practices like: test driven development, continuous integration, pair programming, and code reviews · Examples of launched projects Perks: · Full benefits package and matching 401k plan · Unlimited vacation policy and flexible schedules, including the ability to work remotely · Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave · Access to conferences and continued education · Tons of free Threadless merchandise · Workin a casual environment with talented, innovative people · Video games in the office, canine co-workers, table tennis, foosball,kegerators, bottomless LaCroix, endless snacks and catered breakfasts · Fitness program reimbursements · Mass transit benefits