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Seeking part-time REMOTE contract Python developer to augment our team.

Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) is an alternative to credit scores in emerging markets that are enabling deserving entrepreneurs everywhere to expand their business.

Location - anywhere in the Western Hemisphere, Lima Peru if you're up for some travel, but not necessary.

About us: - For profit social enterprise spun out of Harvard research project - We have developed a psychometric test that is converted to a credit score (like FICO), that a bank uses to give a loan - Small, flexible company, 25 people, with offices in Boston and Lima, Peru and staff also in Africa, India, Indonesia - Working on a very hard problem across many geographies - http://eflglobal.com

What we need help with: - Core systems development: the way we capture, aggregate, scrub, clean and store our data - Data analysis: we're working on additional types of data analysis to augment psychometrics and need experience with working with large datasets - Front-end development: looking to optimize the user experience of the test questionnaire that's delivered in the field

What we're looking for: - Senior level dev to work with the team 2-3 days per week for the next several months - Python expert - Deep experience with Django - Experience with Celery a plus - Experience with R a big big plus - Better than average jQuery skills - NoSQL experience would be nice, but not required

What we can offer: - Good hourly rate - Freedom to make high level design decisions - Flexibility with your schedule - Chance to travel to South America - Trying to do some good in far off the beaten track places

If interested, please email careers@eflglobal.com with subject HACKER NEWS


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EFL (Entrepreneurial Finance Lab): Sendior Dev / Tech Lead Lima, Peru (or remote after 6 months in Lima)

EFL's mission to expand access to finance for entrepreneurs in emerging markets by equipping banks with better tools to identify entrepreneurial potential and lend to small business owners. We started as a research initiative at Harvard and are now working as a for-profit business in 25 different countries across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Basically, we provide an alternative to a FICO credit score in emerging markets by using demographic, psychometric, location, and other data.

We're looking for a senior developer / tech lead. Overall we have 30 employees with a product/dev team of 5. This is a chance to take the reins of the full stack - from how we collect data in rural african markets (Android tablets) to score (Python/Celery) to how we return our product to our customers (Django). You'll also be in charge of growing a small team and taking overall design and implementation ownership of the stack. And in Lima there is great food, great surf, and it's super laid back...

www.eflglobal.com

Contact us at careers@eflglobal.com and put [Senior Dev] in the subject line of the email


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