Front-End Django Developer

Description

Company Overview

At Quest CE, we make compliance simple. Our innovative technology helps financial professionals, including executives at broker-dealers and investment advisory firms, navigate complex state and federal regulations. By streamlining compliance processes and ensuring firms meet industry requirements, we empower businesses to stay focused on their goals while staying on the right side of regulatory standards.

Why Quest CE? We're not just keeping pace with industry evolution; we're setting the standard. If you thrive in dynamic environments driven by innovation, this is your opportunity to lead the charge.

Quest CE is located on the western edge of Milwaukee, providing the benefits of a city environment without the parking problems associated with a downtown firm. Parking is free, as are the snacks, coffee, and soda available to our team every day. We enjoy a casual work environment while working with top technology systems.

We are proud to be nationally and locally recognized as one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For”. Our inviting culture fosters collaboration, innovation, and motivates team members to take on important work, every day. We also offer great benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, 401K, career growth and professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, sustainable work-life balance and flexibility. Our recently renovated office location offers a casual-dress workplace, complimentary snacks and drinks, a ping pong table, free onsite gym access and more.

Position Overview

We seek a skilled Django Developer with a strong front-end focus to join our team. You’ll leverage your expertise with Django’s templating engine to create dynamic, responsive user interfaces that seamlessly integrate with backend services, enhancing user experiences for our compliance-focused financial applications.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the front-end modernization and rewrite of existing applications using Django’s templating engine, HTMX, Alpine.js, and Bootstrap 5.
• Develop responsive, interactive user interfaces and seamlessly integrate them with backend services and APIs.
• Implement secure form handling, dynamic content rendering, and optimized user experiences.
• Ensure front-end code quality, performance, responsiveness, and accessibility.
• Proactively utilize tools for debugging and performance enhancement.
• Collaborate closely with the development team to streamline our efforts.
  
  

Requirements

Experience & Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional experience developing Django applications, emphasizing front-end technologies.
• Expertise in Django’s templating engine, including template inheritance, custom tags, and context processors.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs for real-time data display within the user interface.
• Strong proficiency with front-end technologies, including Bootstrap 5, HTMX, and Alpine.js.
• Familiarity with Django’s form handling capabilities, including server-side validation and AJAX-enhanced form submissions.
• Understanding of security best practices related to user interface and user input handling.
• Knowledge of Django’s asynchronous features for interactive and real-time scenarios.
• Strong experience with Python package management (PIP) for efficient dependency handling.
  
  

Technologies & Skills

• Django 5.x & Python 3.x
• Django templating engine (template inheritance, custom tags, context processors)
• Bootstrap 5 (responsive, mobile-first design)
• HTMX & Alpine.js (interactive, lightweight UI experiences)
• Django Forms & ModelForms (validation, custom widgets, AJAX submissions)
• API integration for dynamic, real-time data
• Static & media file management
• Performance and debugging tools (browser developer tools, performance profiling, progressive enhancement techniques)
• Version control (Git or GitLab)