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We’re happy to announce that we’re looking for an experienced front end web developer for a full time position with an immediate start! Here’s some useful information about our platform:

Our front end application is a collection of Django apps built on an exclusively Python API client (to a RESTful Erlang API), and we’re looking for someone to build out user-facing features. We’ve also recently added a search application that’s powered by Flask.

A typical candidate:

• Hand-written, valid (when required) (X)HTML (although Smarkets values HTML 4.01 Strict, and we’d expect a candidate to be able to explain the difference between XHTML and HTML in practical terms);
• Solid knowledge of Javascript, above and beyond frameworks, but also experience with the benefits of Javascript frameworks, including jQuery and YUI;
• Experience writing cross-browser CSS;
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of how the above things can affect accessibility and performance;
• Experience with Django, Pylons, TurboGears or any other modern Python-based web frameworks. We use Django at Smarkets, so bonus points for that;
• A good cultural fit for a small team that works under the pressure, short deadlines, and high workload start ups are legendary for (we drink a lot of coffee); and
• A proven history of getting the job done on high quality websites.

An ideal candidate:

• Knows your way around Linux;
• Solid Python experience, beyond just Django or Pylons;
• Using Git in a multi-developer environment.

About the job

• This is a full time, on site job;
• The job is based in Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom.

If you’re looking for a flexible, agile team to work with; want to work somewhere free of big corporate politics; would like a cool project to work on; and fit the above criteria we’d love to hear from you! Please provide a CV and some examples of your recent or relevant work.