Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords INTERN, REMOTE, or H1B if the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome. Feel free to post any job that may interest HN readers from executive assistant to machine learning expert to CTO.
Pardon the technical difficulties this month
Also see: "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4323612
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InstaEDU is an on-demand video tutoring marketplace. We're making personal study help accessible and affordable for everyone.
We're looking for ambitious full-stack engineers who love working on a wide variety of challenges to join our team. As we transition from prototype to a global web application, we need new teammates to help develop key features, scale our infrastructure, and take an algorithmic approach to improving product effectiveness. This is a unique opportunity to play a major role on a small team and help millions of students get personal academic attention.
Our tech stack includes Python, JavaScript, and MySQL. We also use a few third-party APIs such as TokBox, Facebook Chat, and Firebase.
Benefits:
* Small team where everyone has a major impact
* Competitive salary with great equity compensation
* Casual, open office environment
* Medical, dental and vision insurance
* Downtown San Francisco location close to awesome food and easy transit
Requirements:
* Proficiency with Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
* Passion for InstaEDU’s product and mission
* BA/BS degree with a strong academic record (or equivalent work experience)
Feel free to ping me at riley@instaedu.com if you have any questions. To apply, send your resume, GitHub profile, blog, and/or any projects that you're proud of to jobs@instaedu.com. If you're awesome, we want to hear from you!
Stealth - consumer web and mobile
# Designers # Engineers (Full-stack / Frontend or Backend) # Mobile Developers # Data Scientists (Search / NLP)
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We are a funded startup focused on improving how people fundamentally browse and interact with online services. We combine UX/UI innovation with data algorithms to allow users to accomplish tasks in a more usable, efficient, and social manner.
We work mainly with JS (jquery and node.js) and HTML5. Mobile developers should be familiar with iOS/Android.
Curious? Contact [my username] at alum.mit.edu. Including your portfolio is preferable!
Altera is one of the leading designers of FPGA devices in the world. I'm an engineer in the software team, developing mostly embedded design and instrumentation tools for FPGAs. We are looking for software developers experienced or with a strong desire to learn about Computer Architecture, FPGA design, Digital Logic, Embedded Systems, and more, while at the same time developing engineering design tools in high level languages.
To give you an idea of what we do, these are some of the projects that involved me at Altera :
If the above sound interesting to you, then Altera might be the place that you've been looking for. Send me an email to sbrugada at altera.com telling me why you think this would be a good match. You should attach your resume too.I've mentioned before that we have a few engineers who work half-time-ish (and do their own things the rest of the time) and it got some positive feedback: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3850480
We're ready to hire a couple more in this vein, so if it sounds interesting let me know!
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Advantages for you:
- you get 2-3 extra weekend days for fun and profit
- we provide health insurance and all that jazz
- if some weeks you don't have lots to do and want to work more, and other weeks you have lots to do and want to work less, we can be flexible
- we're profitable and growing! so if you decide "wow I really love Verba and want to spend every waking moment there" we can make that dream come true
Advantages for us:
- you have more time to learn new things, meet new people and generally be a friendlier, happier, more knowledgeable person in our workplace
- we can hire faster with less anxiety (instead of the "gulp i just committed $100k/yr" feeling, we have the "smaller gulp i just committed $50k/yr" feeling :)
- you get to be a part of what we're doing, we get to hear about all the cool stuff you're doing, and that can only lead to good things for both of us
Anyway, I've included our spiel and "what we're looking for" summary below, so shoot me an email if you're interested (ragalie@verbasoftware.com).
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The college textbook market is currently being disrupted. Verba helps college bookstores transform themselves so that they a) understand and embrace the power of the nets, b) become agents of change in the textbook industry instead of agents of reaction and c) continue to make a healthy profit.
We're a B2B company working with around 225 colleges and universities, and we're looking for people familiar with Ruby, Rails, MySQL and JS who can help us grow faster. We (thankfully) don't have too many scaling problems, but we have a ton of opportunities (product and partner-based) that we could move on much faster with a few more hands on deck.
The ideal person has strong Rails knowledge, solid testing practices, a good head for architecture and knows enough JS to help out on front-end.
Be sure to check out our website (http://www.verbasoftware.com) so you can read all about our current products and hear people say nice things about us.
Like everybody else in the industry, we're finding hiring to be a difficult problem. For those of us on the UI team it's been an extra challenge -- there are lots of people out there who have experience with toolkits like jQuery, Ext, Sencha Touch, and a whole bunch of other ones, some of which we've never heard of. But we're not simply using frameworks, we're pushing them well beyond what they were intended to do. So if you've got relevant framework experience, that's great. But we really need engineers that are good at the basics: JavaScript, DOM, HTML, and CSS. You'll also need to be decent at UI design and user experience. If you're not just good but great at either of these things (or both!), that's awesome, but we also need you to be able to write code. This isn't just a run of the mill web dev job. This is actual, hard core software engineering, it just happens that the stuff we're (the UI team) doing is all running in the browser.
Tidemark is building a hosted business analytics system, which is way more interesting than it might sound. The company is well-funded and we have people with decades of experience in the field.
We've got a bunch of other openings as well (see http://tidemark.net/company/careers)
If any of these positions sound interesting, my email is on my profile page.Looking for senior Ruby on Rails, JavaScript rich client, or Django developers for our young, privately-funded startup (no plans to take any more $$). We're building technology to help disrupt the small/medium business recevables space. Our software will help mom-and-pops collect money that is owed to them; without us, their options are pretty bleak (try and recover themselves or go to the guy around the corner who will do the proverbial "baseball-bat on kneecaps" ploy).
Requirements are: Super smart, amazing at Ruby on Rails OR JavaScript OR Django. You must be willing to attend and/or present at meetups, conferences, etc. and represent Funding Gates so that other awesome folks want to work here, so you must have great written and verbal communication skills.
Our company is optimized for developer happiness, have unlimited (mandatory) vacation and a Results Only Work Environment (http://www.gorowe.com), and is run by folks that know how to treat developers. See one of my submissions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3729302
Contact rogish at fundinggates.com with your github, stackoverflow, etc.
Thanks!!
-- Matt
★ Ruby On Rails Developer ★
Our startup SupaDupa.me (http://supadupa.me/) is seeking a talented Ruby on Rails developer.
Our stack is latest Rails,HAML,Rspec etc.
You would be working with some talented people on a high quality product with some interesting technical and user challenges at all levels.
I personally promise every day will be different :)
Shoot me an email jason@supadupa.me to discuss.
SavingStar is looking for talent to help us revolutionize the digital coupon industry. In particular, we could really use some additional Rails developers-
Requirements:
Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals
Experience building web applications at scale with Ruby (Ruby On Rails preferred)
Capable of “full stack” design and development, from the database to the view and everything in between
Comfortable working in a Unix based environment (Mac OSX and Linux)
Participate in the full software development life cycle, from requirements to development to production support and troubleshooting
Able to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
Nice To Have:
Hands on experience with git
TDD and/or BDD with rspec and/or cucumber
Experience with “NoSQL” databases (MongoDB a plus)
From my own experience, I can tell you that SavingStar is a great company to work for - We have a great atmosphere, collaboration without micromanagement, and we're working with some very big brands and making something cool. What else could you want? ;)
Send me a email.
Amicus Labs - http://www.amicuslabs.com/careers
We are mapping the legal genome. Using data mining, semantic analysis, machine learning and human computer interface technologies, we are extracting deep meaning from legal documents and creating the most powerful litigation tools in the world. We are developing in Python, Django, JavaScript, and Java.
We are seeking both engineers with a strong interest in the law and lawyers with a background in programming.
Requirements for engineers: 2+ years of experience. B.S. / B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience. Strong interest in U.S. law.
Requirements for lawyers: 2+ years in litigation. J.D. from a top 15 law school. B.S. / B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Contact us if you are interested: careers@amicuslabs.com
BetterServers is building the fastest and most reliable cloud-based VMs in the world, and we could use some help. We're looking for passionate, energetic (really), full-stack engineers (preferably Perl or PHP). We use a lot of different technologies, so the ability to learn new things quickly is the most important skill. We're small (currently 20-ish employees), but have benefits and great salaries. We love foosball and table tennis. Lots of free sodas and food in the breakroom, etc. It's a nice gig :)
* HTML/CSS/Javascript * solid Perl/PHP
Email résumé to mike@betterlinux.com.
ShopKeep brings modern technology to brick and mortar retailers. We make an iPad POS system. This is a huge market. We have real customers (a lot!), funding and revenue ;)
Third party integrations: yes Interesting data analysis: yes High stakes and a matching passion for functional testing: yes
We are looking for solid developers who want to join a fast-growing (from 5 to 30+ ppl in the last 6 months - dev team is around 10) startup and work on non-trivial problems. We are polyglots enjoying Objective-C, Ruby, and CoffeeScript daily.
Join us.
jonathan@shopkeep.com
http://www.trialpay.com
For the last 5 years, we've been quietly changing the world of online advertising. We work on getting users to try new products and services, install new mobile apps, play new games, and visit new stores by giving them stuff that they already want for free.
We're looking for strong back-end engineers and people who like playing with huge volumes of data!
aline@trialpay.com
Android developer
The Woven team is looking for talented people to join our Copley Square-based team. We’re the company that brought you the litl webbook, an Internet computer for the home that’s been hailed as a “design miracle” by Fast Company, “truly new” by John Gruber, and “bold” and “refreshing” by Walt Mossberg.
With the launch of Woven, our photo viewing app, we’re increasingly focused on helping people enjoy their treasured photo collections through smart and simple mobile apps, desktop software, and supporting services. More information about Woven is available at its website, woventheapp.com.
As an Android developer at litl, you will build upon our Android app for Woven. You will be bringing a wide set of new features, working closely with our design, backend and QA teams. While initially working on Android, you will have opportunities to explore other areas, such as iOS or backend development.
While our headquarters are in Boston, we have developers from various parts of the world. Working remotely is common practice at litl.
Skill and requirements
. Proven record as an excellent Android developer, ideally a few applications in the Google Play store.
. Strong emphasis on code quality and maintainability. Code samples are most welcome.
. Experience with git strongly desired.
. Experience interfacing with web services is desirable.
. Experience with other platforms appreciated.
. Experience working in a small team of developers with strict code review policies is appreciated.
About litl
We're a small computer company with big ideas. Located in Boston, we also have people in London, Brazil, the Greek Isles...you get the idea. Our 60 person team consists of software developers, hardware engineers, industrial designers, user experience experts, graphic designers, evangelists, logistics gurus, and top-notch customer support. An unlikely mix, perhaps, but what we have in common is passion for creating compelling user experiences. Our four-year pursuit has been continually fueled by enthusiasm and excitement about our diverse set of projects. The results are always simple, useful and delightful.
http://woventheapp.com/careers/
jobs@litl.com
Silk (www.silkapp.com) is looking for Front-end engineers and a DevOps engineer.
We're building a product that makes it easy for people to create sites with content that is easy to query, visualize and share. On a deeper level, our vision is to bring the semantic web to the masses and build an amazing company around that.
We're working on many interesting and challenging problems, with a custom-built Haskell graph-database on the back-end and a cutting-edge Functional Reactive client-side framework in Javascript on the front-end.
The team is still small (~9 people), so you'll be able to make a large impact. We are well-funded by top-tier VCs (we just announced our round with NEA and Atomico - http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/01/content-crunching-app-silk-...) and located in the city center of Amsterdam.
More on http://jobs.silkapp.com/
The Position: Web Developer Intern
Us: We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly.
You: You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project. Help us build the next generation visualization software as a state-of-the art web application.
Interested parties can apply by emailing us through our website, http://visual.ly/about/jobs
DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com)
Android specifically, but also anyone who really loves what we're doing and wants to make a difference in general Internet search.
More at http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216387
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/09/inbound-hiring.h...
Who we are
DocumentCloud (http://www.documentcloud.org/home ) is a web based platform allowing journalists to upload, analyze, annotate, and publish primary source documents. We want give journalists the tools to show their audience their source material, not just tell them about it. In addition to the newsrooms worldwide who use DocumentCloud, our open source software projects (see: http://github.com/documentcloud ), such as Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Docsplit, and Jammit, are relied upon by companies such as LinkedIn, Walmart, Foursquare and more. DocumentCloud is run by Investigative Reporters & Editors (http://ire.org ).
What DocumentCloud is building
- DocumentCloud is growing fast, and we’re looking to accelerate that pace by expanding our tools into other languages beyond English. In the next year we’ll adapt our platform to accommodate multi-language OCR, search indexing, and entity extraction tools.
- DocumentCloud always looks for new ways to present documents and engage readers. We are extending DocumentCloud’s document viewer and annotation tools so that readers can make their own comments and notes on documents.
Who we're looking for:
DocumentCloud is looking for a developer with some combination of the following skills: Experience with Ruby and JavaScript; API driven web applications; working on and fostering FOSS; user-centered products; Experience the JVM toolchain; linux administration on Platform as a Service providers such as AWS.
Things we like and hope you like too!
Literate programming; Extracting libraries from app code; Polyglot programming; Web standards; Journalists; Natural Language Processing
You can email us at jobs@documentcloud.org
Beautiful trees, and like a hundred feet from the quad!
We're hiring at Cosm (http://cosm.com) - we're a service for getting devices onto the Internet of Things
We're looking for good developers (Ruby, but other languages are always interesting) and have an excellent engineering culture where you get to play with lots of real traffic and interesting technologies.
Take a look at https://cosm.com/jobs for more details
Our motto is "If you're going to squander your life, please, do it with us." And we feel the same way about our careers. So if you, like us, are excited about devoting your brief, precious time on Earth making mindless entertainment for the vast messy mass of humanity, you have found the best place to do it. Welcome!
We are committed to producing the finest "snackable entertainment" ever to clog a router or cause a traffic snarl. (Of course we don't advocate playing our games while driving. Just at red lights. And maybe stop signs, depending on the intersection. Or just pull over, will ya?)
We are looking for smart, talented software engineers, app developers, creative designers and social-media/marketing geeks. Experience helpful but not required. More details here http://angel.co/luckylabs#recruiting
If you want to have massive fun and stimulation creating apps and content that provide massive fun and stimulation to the human race, please let us know... jobs@luckylabs.com
Monetate is a SAAS provider to internet marketers. We do real-time DOM modification to our clients’ sites to put the right experience in front of their users. We’re looking for engineers who want to do highly visible work on great brands and solve tough problems with great coworkers.
About us:
* We were founded in 2008 and are funded by First Round and OpenView (amongst others)
* We pay market comp
* Respect - it's our core value. We have a great team and we work well together. Our vacation policy is the same as Netflix (we don't have one). Our technical teams have full authority over (and responsibility for) the problems they work on.
What we're looking for:
* We use primarily JS and Python as well as all sorts of other open source tools - Google Closure, Hadoop, Mahout, Solr - but we're open to people with any background
* Problem solvers who like to code - we take things apart, figure out how they work, then build software to solve problems
* People who like to ship - we're focused on building and shipping great products - if you like to see your work in production quickly you'll see it here
* People who like hard challenges - we have great problems across our products - data, UX, 3rd party JS, high volume / low latency APIs - we have no shortage of deep problems to work on
We're looking for people not positions. We have people who have joined the team with no background in our primary languages and people from non-traditional backgrounds.
Check out our blog at http://engineering.monetate.com/ and see more about our open jobs at http://monetate.com/jobs/
We've hired great people from HN in the past.
Please feel free to email me with any questions or to apply - tjanofsky monetate com
Python Web Services/Backend Developer
About the Company
TalentDrive is the industry’s most trusted provider of everything “resume sourcing”. Whether you are a Human Resource Technology provider looking to expand your product offering or a recruiter in need of a better process for online sourcing, TalentDrive has the answer. From innovative new hiring practices to tried-and-true online search functions, TalentDrive offers a solution to fit your needs.
TalentDrive is the creator of two leading recruitment solutions: Talent Platform Exchange (or TPX) fills positions fast by connecting employers and agency recruiters directly through their ATS. TalentFilter streamlines the online search process, aggregating resumes from multiple sources into one location.
Job Description
Under general supervision of the Development Lead, the Web Services / Backend Developer will join a distributed team to implement a large scale multi-tenant B2B Web Service.
The Web Services / Backend Developer will be responsible for:
Collaborating with designers, testers and product owners to gather requirements and drive project
Producing and documenting high quality, testable and scalable code
Contributing code to all areas of the product, including but not limited to:
. Data modeling tradeoffs in MongoDB schemas
. Address the challenges of performing 3rd party service integrations
. Consume SOAP and REST Web APIs to push data back to the clients
. Machine learning and document classification/scoring
Requirements
. High proficiency in Python, particularly Web Service micro-frameworks
. Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
. High level of familiarity with Distributed Version Control (Git)
. Self-motivated and strongly oriented to problem solving with emphasis on root-cause analysis and quick resolution of issues
. Five or more years work related experience and B.S. in Computer Science or Information Systems required
. Experience working with Agile development practices
. Experience with or interest in machine learning and document classification problems a plus.
Contact Info:
Web: www.talentdrive.com
Location: Boston, New England or East Coast
Contextly is making online news better. We're currently in a closed beta of our related links service, a beta that includes Wired.com and other top tech blogs.
We're looking for a technical co-founder to build and architect (in the widest possible conception of that term) a better future for online news. Pardon the generalities, but we actually believe that stealth is underrated for startups.
If you are passionate about journalism and big data and want to build something that actually makes a difference, drop us a line, we'd love to talk.
There are many decisions yet to be made about our future stack, so being proficient at choosing the right tools in an honest manner is more important than having X years experience in Python/Ruby/MongoDB, etc. An interest in APIs, big data, graph analysis, etc., as well as open source contributions will help you stand out.
E-mail ryan@contextly.com with "HN" in the subject line.
Do you want to work on a meaningful project? At ECHOage, we are modernizing the birthday party experience with an innovative online tool that lets kids give to charity and get the gifts of their dreams.
We are looking for smart and passionate full-stack web developers. We value initiative and creativity. We offer great work-life balance and flexible work environment.
Your skills and experience are more important to us than exposure to specific technologies. But if you want to know, we use Groovy, Grails, Scala, and AngularJS.
Contact us at jobs+hn@echoage.com.