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django developer

We're looking for someone to come in and take control over the django codebase and support the deployment of mozillaignite.org.

We've been developing in the open for a month or so now and our development site is accessiable at http://ignite-dev.mozillalabs.com/ and the code can be seen at https://github.com/rossbruniges/mozilla-ignite.

We're looking for someone to add in the features that will ensure the platform allows us to promote project contributors coming together online, developing ideas in the open and gives us the ability to provide information to our users on the upcoming news and important milestones. We have a statement of work availiable on request

If you're interested and would like to know more please email [ross@mozillafoundation.org] and I'm happy to answer questions and provide a statement of work

Candidate details

Job Skill Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
2 years of web application development in Python and the Django framework
Hands-on experience with Django
1-2 years of experience in JavaScript, CSS and HTML
Strong grasp of programming fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming
Experience with git
Proven experience in designing and implementing high performancescalable web applications
Understanding of message queues such as Celery or RabbitMQ
Knowledge of deployment tools such as fabric and a passion for automation
Good experience in Web and Application servers. Should haveknowledge about the workings of the server
In depth knowledge of Mysql and MS SQL databases. Knowledge shouldnot be just limited to SQL queries

Preferred Skills

Experience working with localization and global communities
Healthy appreciation for memcache
Time spent working on high-traffic websites
Experience using an issue tracking system (like Bugzilla) to track tasks
Proficiency with reusable component development and deployment
Fluency with UNIX, HTTP, Apache
Understanding of mobile app and website development and ways to optimize for the mobile platform.