VendVice runs the back office for vending and micro market operators: machines, inventory, restocking, and sales in one place. We are live with paying customers, growing, and currently a one-person engineering team. The work has outgrown one person, so I am hiring a part-time developer to take real tickets off my plate, with room to grow into more hours as the business does.

WHAT YOU WOULD DO
- Own well-defined tickets (bug fixes, small features, integrations) from branch to merged pull request
- Write tests first for backend changes; the project is test-driven and CI enforces it
- Work with third-party APIs from vending hardware and payment providers
- Occasionally touch the Flutter mobile app, if that is in your skill set

THE STACK
- Python, FastAPI, async SQLAlchemy, MariaDB, Alembic
- HTMX, Jinja, and Tailwind on the front end (no React)
- pytest, GitHub Actions, Linux servers
- Flutter for iOS/Android (nice to have)

WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR
- Solid Python and SQL; you can read an unfamiliar codebase and find your way around
- Comfortable with git, pull requests, and code review
- AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) are welcome, but you understand and stand behind every line you submit
- Careful by nature: this is a multi-tenant app with real customer data
- Clear written communication; most work happens over tickets and chat
- Some overlap with Eastern business hours

LOGISTICS
- Part-time W-2 employee, paid hourly through payroll, roughly 10-20 hours a week to start
- Fully remote within New Jersey; occasional in-person meetup is a plus, not required
- Schedule is flexible within Eastern business hours, so this works alongside a day job or freelance work
- Starts with a short paid trial ticket so we both see if it is a fit
- NDA and standard employment agreement

TO APPLY, reply with:
1. A short note about your Python/web experience
2. A GitHub link or a code sample you wrote
3. Your hourly rate and weekly availability
4. The word "vending" in the subject line, so I know you read this

No agencies or recruiters, please.