Python Developer

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Department: Delivery

Workplace: remote

Employment Type: full

Description

Resource Innovations seeks a Django/Python Developer to join our growing Customer Engagement engineering team. Our Customer Engagement engineering team develops personalized digital platforms to support the delivery of E-Commerce and retail programs. The desired candidate will take direction from our lead engineer to further develop, maintain, and enhance Commerce Manager, the practice's operating system built with Django. 

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we're constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we're leading the charge to power change.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of the organization's Commerce Manager software, which powers the core E-Commerce and retail product offerings of the Customer Engagement practice.
• Collaborate with team members (e.g., project delivery staff, senior developers) to scope and design new features and applications used by our delivery staff to implement utility energy efficiency programs.
• Write Python code within a Django web framework securely and efficiently. This includes working with models, model admins, custom views, and custom Django Ninja API routes.
• Work efficiently with Git, GitHub, Heroku, and other components of our ecosystem.
• Ensure data security/privacy and protocols are established and followed based on client and company requirements.
• Make recommendations for improvements to processes and technologies.
• Document code and features in a library system, both from a developer perspective to help other developers replicate where needed and from a user perspective to help program delivery staff and users know how features work.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience writing code.

• Significant comfort level with the foundations of Python programming, intermediate level or above. Must have familiarity with Django and/or Flask.
• Ability to work independently once direction is set and to ask questions to avoid being stuck for extended periods.
• Ability to work quickly, both in grasping concepts and in writing and testing code.
• Ability to work in small, focused bursts on disparate tasks routinely as opposed to longer, singular tasks. This requires quick ramp up on new tasks.
• Git or other version control experience.
• Django web framework experience.
• Experience building and deploying APIs.

Preferred Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or comparable work experience.
• Experience with Heroku, AWS, Jira, and GitHub
• Experience with systems design fundamentals such as model architecture, Postgres schema, and more.
• Experience with developing custom functionality within the Django admin.

Benefits

About Resource Innovations

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women-led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we’re constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges. Load flexibility. Electrification. Carbon reduction. With every step, we’re leading the charge to power change.

Resource Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Resource Innovations complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company does work.

Compensation & Benefits

Resource Innovations offers competitive salaries based on a candidate's skills, experience and qualifications for the position.  The compensation range for the base salary for this position is $90k-$100k  In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.  The stated salary represents the expected compensation for this position. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, education and location. 

In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.  The stated salary represents the expected compensation for this position.  Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, education and location. 

 At Resource Innovations, we believe supporting our people is essential to delivering impact. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote health, financial security, and work-life balance. This includes three weeks of paid vacation annually, paid holidays, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, an employee assistance program, commuter benefits, and additional supplemental offerings.

 Employment with Resource Innovations is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check and reference check. If applicable to the position, a pre-employment drug screen may also be required.

 The above job description and job requirements are not intended to be all inclusive. Resource Innovations retains the right to make changes or adjustments to job descriptions and/or job requirements at any time without notice.