Senior Python/Django developer for a global marketplace (new york)

Sailo is a very successful global online boat rental marketplace that connects people who want to rent boats to boat owners and charter companies. As a senior member of the development team you will work on improving the Sailo platform by architecting, building and deploying innovative products and services. You will work alongside product and technical teams to implement solutions that increase the scalability of the Sailo platform, improve customer experience, and increase our innovation lead in the space. The role includes hands-on coding and system architecture design. Creativity and innovative ideas are always a plus as we encourage all our team members to contribute to shaping the direction of the product and the company.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Build new services and functionality, manage technical debt, be on the lookout for opportunities for platform improvement, and work with system engineers to increase the scale of our production systems
Define technical requirements and solutions and drive projects through to completion.
Work with product, tech, and business leaders to determine the roadmap and deliverables
Work within a geographically distributed team of developers in both the US and Europe.
Actively contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, software development lifecycle best practices, and new technologies.
Growth: mentor junior engineers, and teach industry-wide best practices.
Actively participate in all phases of the project including analysis, design, development, testing and implementation.

The Must Haves
4+ years experience building and maintaining production websites
4+ years working with Python
Data structures, design patterns, and algorithms.
Participation in the development of large projects
Expert knowledge of relational database systems (PostgreSQL)
Django, REST Framework hands on experience
Experience with git
Comfortable taking the lead on projects and working without lots of oversight
Experience maintaining and improving existing software, including testing and refactoring
Computer Science or related technical field university degree
An excellent level of written and spoken English