Senior Python/Django Engineer

Sherpany`s mission is to give back time by turning formal meetings from time-wasters into value-creators. Our team is building a mobile and web based platform that allows effective choice making by digitally transforming meetings and decision making processes. In cutting administrative, organizational and repetitive work Sherpany`s platform is actively sparing resources like paper, shipping and transportation. Within the next 5 years we aim to give back over 2 Mio. hours of extra time to people making decisions thereby enabling them to focus on value-adding work. Our headquarter is located in Zurich and we have offices in Lisbon, Berlin, Paris, Milan and Wroclaw.

Your new role in a nutshell:

In this role you are part of our Product team of 50 professionals such as Frontend & Backend Developers, UX & UI Specialists and Product Owners. You work 100% on mission critical projects from the first day on. You create the business logic and server backend for our excellent user interface including message queues, server-side JavaScript, Rest-APIs and concurrent tasks handling.

You contribute to the excellence of our software based on Django, PostgreSQL, jQuery, Less, Sass, etc. Our goal is to create a product, which can compete with any globally renowned application. Finally, we tightly work together to grow our development skills.

This is job is for you, if..

• you bring 4+ years of professional experience in web development with Python/Django
• you are experienced in managing full-life development cycles and developing highly scalable websites/services
• you have hands-on experience developing, releasing, and maintaining large-scale software applications (web/mobile)
• you are a self-starter who enjoys working in a distributed team of other passionate professionals
• you bring expertise with automated unit/regression testing

What you'll love about us:

Youtube video - Sherpany Retreat 2018 in Greece

• You are part of an international company with a flat hierarchy, in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome
• In order to maintain your work-life balance we offer flexible working hours, home office and/or remote-working
• Your personal and professional development is important to us which is why we offer financial support for further education, trainings etc.
• We work with modern Apple products; every employee receives an own MacBook
• Last but not least: Our corporate culture means a lot to us which is why we organize regular team events and cultivate a value-driven cooperation

Looking forward having you on our team soon!