YC W09 startup seeks Python dev(s) to help us fix travel search [updated]

We were in the YC Winter 09 batch and took a small round of funding out of demo-day to keep us going while we worked on developing and testing our product and building relationships in the travel industry. We've been soft-launched since February and have cultivated a passionate community of travel enthusiasts.

We're now looking for one or more talented Python hackers to join our team and help us in our quest to make airfare search work right.

Apart from outstanding Python capabilities, we don't have any specific technical requirements, though experience with any of the following will be an advantage:

- Django

- jQuery/JS magic

- Natural language processing/query parsing

- Horizontal scaling

- Shortest Path/TSP algorithms

- Large datasets

- API integrations

The ideal applicant will have a love of travel, and will be excited by the travel opportunities we offer as part of the role, along with the formidable technical problems we're seeking to solve in our attempt to vastly improve travel search for travellers and airlines alike.

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Updates:

Location is not especially important to us at this point; we currently operate between San Francisco and Australia, but it's currently more important for us to find great hackers regardless of location.

We're open to either an employee or co-founder arrangement, and can offer a combination of cash & stock depending on the value offered and what's preferable to both parties.

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For more info, please contact ephextom@gmail.com.