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CommunityScale | https://communityscale.com | Lead Python Developer (Housing Forecast) | REMOTE (US, EST-friendly)
About the Role
We’re an urban planning consultancy building the CommunityScale Housing Forecast, tools and maps that help cities plan housing and growth. We are a small, focused team with real-world impact.
Responsibilities
You'll work on:
- APIs & performance: Extend FastAPI endpoints (forecast overrides, analytics), tune queries/caching, containerize heavy jobs on Cloud Run.
- Data engineering: Ingest ACS/FRED/Zillow; refactor transforms to SQL/dbt; manage schema migrations; keep tilesets fresh.
- Geospatial UX: Improve PostGIS/GeoAlchemy2 pipelines and map rendering (e.g., overlapping township/municipality z-index issues).
Stack
Python 3.13+, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy 2, Pydantic, Pandas; Postgres 16 + PostGIS, DuckDB; dbt; HTMX, Tailwind, Jinja2, Mapbox GL JS; Docker, GCP (Cloud Run), GitHub Actions, uv, pytest, Ruff, Pyright. Nice-to-have: Prefect, BigQuery, dlt; familiarity with US Census data.
Requirements
- 2+ yrs building Python web apps
- Strong SQL & schema design
- ETL/ELT experience
- Collaborative Git workflow
- Geospatial familiarity (nice-to-have)
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- 401(k) match
- Paid vacation
- Health insurance stipend
- Remote-first with limited travel
- Optional Boston/Cambridge meetups
Compensation
- $85k–$125k base
- 401(k) match
- Health stipend
- PTO
Visa
- Not available
Apply
Email nels@communityscale.com with subject “Job application: Lead Python Developer, ”. We’re actively hiring and will respond to applicants.