Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (June 2012)
294 points| whoishiring | 13 years ago
Please also see: "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053078
294 points| whoishiring | 13 years ago
Please also see: "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053078
[+] [-] streeter|13 years ago|reply
Want to help solve an important problem? We are looking for extraordinary people who want to make a difference solving immensely challenging problems for an industry in need of innovative solutions. If you’ve ever wanted to use your technical skills and other talents as a force for good, here’s your chance.
We’ve made it extremely easy to teach online. We think that it should take someone five minutes to create a five minute lesson, and it is a principle that has guided us along the way. Teachers and students love what we have built and use our app and website every day. We were part of the first cohort of Imagine K12 and are looking to grow the team rapidly.
We are looking to make our first hires. If you want to change the world and are a strong Python hacker, have experience with Objective C or are an awesome designer, we want to talk to you.
http://www.educreations.com/careers/#jobs or email [email protected]
We are looking for:
[+] [-] BenS|13 years ago|reply
Pinterest is hiring engineers and designers. We're still a small team (~35 people). You can read what it's like to work at Pinterest here:
http://www.quora.com/Pinterest/What-is-it-like-to-work-at-Pi...
Millions of people use Pinterest to discover things they love. For many people, Pinterest has replaced Google as their first place to find things to buy, food to cook, and places to visit.
We have hard problems to solve at scale in areas like search, recommendations, and product design. We're still a young company so every person has a big impact and knows everyone else's name.
http://www.pinterest.com/about/careers
[+] [-] afarrell|13 years ago|reply
We're small, fast, and profitable. Our mission? Make it easier to do trade across borders. Setting up a production line and looking for a valve supplier that won't flake out on you? Use us to search for suppliers (or buyers) of any goods that go into or out of US ports and see credit reports, corporate responsibility audits, and customs records. Then, use us to reach out to them, communicate, and close the deal.
We're looking for exceptional software designers and engineers who can solve hard problems and design beautiful systems for our users. As a designer, you'll need experience both sketching out concepts and building them. As an engineer, you'll need experience with full-stack web application development, both server-side and client-side: A given day’s checkins may include performance tweaks to our backend data processing pipeline, an updated multivariate landing page test, a parsing expression grammar for a new data source, upgrades to our deployment infrastructure to make better use of our CDN, or new parallelizing queries to make Panjiva search faster. We're growing quickly, so our ideal candidates are ready to grow and learn just as fast in order to take the lead on critical projects.
We work in ruby on rails, but will teach you if you're coming from another platform.
If you're interested, email me at andrew@panjiva with your resume and a link to something cool that you've made.
[+] [-] stochastician|13 years ago|reply
P(K) is a small team in downtown San Francisco pushing the frontiers of probabilistic machine learning to the masses. Our first product is Veritable, a predictive database. We like to think of it as a database for things you don't (yet) know.
We're passionate about discovering the hidden causes behind data, and are currently split pretty evenly between machine learning experts, scalable systems engineers, and people used to working with horribly messy, complex, and sparse data. We're backed by Peter Thiel's grou, Founders Fund, who share our commitment to long-term technical innovation.
One of our interns backed out last-minute (due to issues with his NSF fellowship) so we also have an open slot for the summmer!
http://priorknowledge.com/join-us/ describes a bit more about what we're looking for, and you can always e-mail me ([email protected]) for more info! Or swing by our offices at the intersection of 3rd and Market to meet the team.
[+] [-] njs12345|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jesstess|13 years ago|reply
The Ksplice group at Oracle
Does writing Python clones of your favorite childhood computer games sound like a fun weekend project? Would you hack on an old-school graphics demo that fits into a DOS MBR in your free time? Have you ever told a joke whose punch line was a git command? If you answered yes to any of the above, we want to hear from you!
About us
We are a small, tight-knit team of 12 women and men excited to work on technology that most people will tell you is impossible: updating an operating system kernel while it is running. Our product, Ksplice Uptrack, is a subscription service for Linux that provides completely non-disruptive, rebootless kernel updates. (You can read more about the underlying technology at http://www.ksplice.com/paper)
Our open positions
Kernel engineer: Help us bring Ksplice to new Linux distribution releases, build rebootless kernel updates, and improve and scale the infrastructure around distributing them to our users.
Full-stack engineer with strong Python experience: Help us bring the Ksplice Uptrack client to new Linux distribution releases, improve our server infrastructure, and develop and extend our REST API and Django-based web interface.
If this technology excites you, let's talk! Feel free to direct questions to me at [email protected] or to [email protected]. Oracle is an equal opportunity employer.
[+] [-] joelg87|13 years ago|reply
We're Buffer, a smarter way to share - http://bufferapp.com
Looking for devops - PHP (CodeIgniter), MongoDB, beanstalkd, Apache/nginx on Debian.
We have just two focuses - building an awesome product and wowing our users through outstanding, speedy, helpful and fun support. We work hard to focus completely on these two things.
We have over 200,000 users, great revenue and the most amazing investors and advisors: http://angel.co/buffer
We care most that the whole team has a great day, every day. We work hard and make a lot of progress. We also talk a lot about happiness and improving ourselves.
Sound fun? Whether you're interested in the role or want to say hello, drop me an email directly: [email protected]
[+] [-] Jose_GD|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] snowmaker|13 years ago|reply
We've hired TWO people from these "Who is Hiring" threads ... it really works!!
We're looking for people who want to work with:
* Ruby on Rails (we're the #2 largest rails site, after Twitter)
* Javascript
* iOS
* Machine Learning / Data mining kinds of problems
* Back-end problems: scalability, web crawling, analytics
That said, we care way more about your personality and general hacking skills then what languages you've used so far, so if you haven't used these but want to break into mobile or web development, this could be a good opportunity for you.
We're well funded and have a really fun office environment (go-karts + a zipline!). We've got flexible hours, a very engineer-driven company culture, and a really terrific team.
Scribd alumni have gone on to found 4 other YCombinator companies, more than from any other startup. We think this says something about the kind of people that we like to hire.
Looking for full-time and INTERN hires (junior year or older). H1B and relocation are no problem.
See more at scribd.com/jobs and feel free to email me directly: jared at scribd.com
[+] [-] dman|13 years ago|reply
Python development for scientific applications, financial applications and Python toolset development. Enthought has offices in Austin, New York, Cambridge, Mumbai. If you use Python and love numpy / scipy then Enthought would be a great place for you. Come work with numpy / scipy hackers on solving interesting scientific analysis and data visualization problems. Also we are building the next generation of Python development tools, so there is no shortage of interesting problems to work on. Send applications to [email protected] and mention that you saw this on the hacker news Feb 2012 thread. Looking forward to working with some of you. If you have any questions about Enthought, what jobs are on offer and what problems keep us up at night feel free to reach out to me at dsharma at enthought dot com
[+] [-] avar|13 years ago|reply
Booking.com is always on the lookout for good developers, DBA's and sysadmins on-site in the center of Amsterdam. I'm a developer there currently working on search and relocated over there about a year and a half ago, and have been very happy with it.
We have people from all over the world relocating to work with us and are very well set up to handle relocation and visa issues, most of the people working in IT are expats so we've got a lot of experience with bringing people in.
It's a rapidly growing company that represents the biggest chunk of the Priceline (PCLN) group of companies where problems that look relatively mundane on paper become much more interesting due to the scale and growth levels we're operating at.
We use Perl for almost everything with a MySQL backend and Git for development. We get our changes out really fast, it's rare for your code not to be on our live systems within hours of you pushing it. We're also very open to open sourcing code that doesn't contain any business logic, I've personally been involved in open sourcing a few of our internal tools, including https://github.com/git-deploy and a few CPAN modules.
We have a relatively flat hierarchy with minimum levels of bureaucracy since we're very data driven and have a clear goal: helping our customers. Everything we do is aimed at solving problems for our customers, if it doesn't help our customers we're not interested in doing it.
You don't have to know Perl in advance to be a developer there. We've hired people who've done C, Java etc. before. The sort of people we'd like to hire are good technically, excellent at communication, and can acquire a good sense of how they fit into the big picture.
I'd be happy to answer any questions at [email protected] and/or forward your resume, I've posted in a similar thread here a couple of times before and have already helped get one person hired, many others have had or are having interviews, and I've fielded a bunch of questions from would-be applicants. http://booking.com/jobs also has some good information.
1. Well, not H1B, but we'll take care of the Dutch equivalent.
[+] [-] StaceyW|13 years ago|reply
At our core, we're a technology company applying our talents to the domain of finance. We've created a system that combines artificial intelligence and keen human insight—a system that's constantly improving and advancing.
We're looking for a diverse set of technologists to join our team. Our challenges require mastery of areas such as kernel level development, machine learning, and distributed systems. Our team includes a Unix Lifetime Achievement winner, Putnam medalists, ACM Programming competition finalists, and International Mathematics Olympiad medalists. We are proud of our individual pedigrees, but even prouder of our teamwork.
We tend to hire people with at least a bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field and experience with C or languages that target the JVM, but we are open-minded in our search for critical thinkers who are passionate about technology. We analyze the data-rich domain of finance, but financial experience is not a requirement. We hope to hear from you! [email protected]
http://www.twosigma.com/careers.html
[+] [-] benhedrington|13 years ago|reply
Best Buy is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Product Manager to be key part of our fast growing "Digital Experience Team" business; focused on producing a diverse array of Mobile and wider digital products; to help envision new digital tools to deliver Best Buy's strategic goal of 'making technology work for you'. This role will bring to life new digital products that empower consumers to learn, explore, and engage with consumer electronics across Best Buy's digital and physical touch points.
Official job post: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Product-Line-Manag...
I am the hiring manager, willing to talk over email, phone, etc. No need to go through the machine to simply learn more. ben dot hedrington at bestbuy.com or http://linkedin.com/in/benhedrington
[+] [-] mindcrime|13 years ago|reply
Open Software Integrators is hiring, especially in Chicago. We're looking for senior consultants and senior developers to staff our Brand Spanking New office here in Chicago (headquarters is in Durham, NC).
OSI specializes in helping our clients build and deploy solutions using F/OSS packages, with a big emphasis on Java related technologies: Spring, Hibernate/JPA, JBoss, Tomcat, etc. We also have a focus on NoSql technologies, including MongoDB and Hadoop. In addition to green-field development we offer training, research, and remote support as well.
OSI was founded by a former JBoss guy, who originally wrote Apache POI, and we have a long history of commitment to supporting Open Source Software. The company has a really cool, laid-back culture, some seriously smart and talented people to work with, and is generally a great place to work. Anyone who's interested, feel free to shoot me an email and I'll get your info to the right people. prhodes (at) osintegrators (dot) com
[+] [-] twakefield|13 years ago|reply
Run Marketing / Developer Evangelism at Mailgun (YC W11)
Mailgun's growth to date has been entirely organic. We are now looking for someone to build and run our marketing efforts.
We are looking for someone that:
- Knows how to sell a BMW to people who think their Ford Pinto is good enough.
- Has a technical background and wants to make the world a better place for other developers.
- Believes in data driven decision making over intuition.
- Has experience building scalable lead generation channels.
- Can write engaging content about technical topics.
- Enjoys attending meetups/hackathons/conferences and discussing hard problems with other smart people.
- Likes traveling.
We offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Meaningful equity.
- A complete marketing greenfield with the freedom to create your own strategies and implement them.
- The confidence and satisfaction that comes with marketing the best product in the field.
- The self-fulfillment of knowing you were essential to the success of Mailgun and all of the fame and fortune that comes with it.
About Mailgun:
- YC W2011 company, funded by SV Angel, Paul Bucheit, Yuri Milner and other top-tier investors.
- Located in San Francisco (Union Square).
Email [email protected] if interested.
[+] [-] kenrikm|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ih|13 years ago|reply
Udacity is leading the way in massively open online courses by delivering quality higher education to people all around the world. We have new and exciting technology and classes in the pipeline and we need great engineers to help shape this movement.
Check us out at http://www.udacity.com/ and http://www.udacity.com/jobs and feel free to send me a message if you're interested/have questions [email protected].
[+] [-] epi0Bauqu|13 years ago|reply
Android and Front-end. http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216387
[+] [-] mehuln|13 years ago|reply
Flutter (YC W12, A16z, NEA funded) is looking for folks interested in innovating, designing, and solving some tough problems. We recognize gestures over the webcam, and our first app Flutter has been very well-received - check it out on Mac App Store. We are looking for folks interested in computer vision, machine vision, using JavaScript to integrate gestures into browsers both computers and tablets.
Here's our link to iTunes Mac App Store page: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flutter/id522248613?mt=12
We're looking for: - JavaScript Engineer, Node.js, jQuery - C or C++ Engineer - Python Engineers - Hadoop/MapReduce with Machine Learning - Writing API & SDK - Gaming Engineer - Design and build gesture based games - Visual Designers - this is a unique challenge to design UI for gestures based interaction world. - Interaction Designers
We are still a small team, so you will have opportunity to set direction of the company both eng/product wise. You will learn, you will be challenged, you will have to strain your brain, and in many cases, solve problems that seem impossible! If you're up for challenge than send an email to jobs [at] flutterapp.com.
[+] [-] e1ven|13 years ago|reply
SavingStar is looking for Ruby web developers to help us transition the world away from paper coupons, and enable a digital couponing future.
If you can intelligently discuss page vs. fragment caching, if scaling a website to millions of users sounds like fun and if you enjoy a fast paced, flexible environment with challenges to spare, we might be a good fit. We're specifically looking for people who are "Full Stack", from the database to the view, and everything in between.
We're looking for someone who has experience creating web apps at Scale (Rails preferred), works well in a Unix Env (Mac/Linux), and enjoys working in a fast-paced, startup environment.
Our primary database is MongoDB, so NoSQL/Schema-less experience is great.
Shoot me an email ;)
[+] [-] dpryan|13 years ago|reply
We're a funded, early stage start-up creating a revolutionary indoor GPS platform using LED lights. We're looking for an experienced full-stack software engineer to join our team as a senior developer. While the majority of our work is in software, we aren't afraid of blowing stuff up (our most recent addition to the team was a blast shield).
Candidates must have the experience and skills necessary to design and build a product platform from the ground up including server architecture, REST APIs, back office applications, automated testing, deployment procedures, and supporting a stable platform while evolving it.
We're looking for people with the following skills/experience:
-Multiple years creating database-driven web applications
-Strong in Ruby, Rails and front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JS)
-A generalist that can work full stack: from database to front end
-Modern software engineering tools and disciplines such as version control, TDD ,continuous integration, and agile process
-Mature with lots of passion for creating great software
-A great work ethic and the ability to consistently deliver high quality work
-A need to be challenged, wear lots of hats, and create something great
If you're a fan of game changing technology, and not afraid of the occasional explosion, email me at [email protected]. Also check out our complete list of job postings at http://www.bytelight.com.
[+] [-] KB|13 years ago|reply
Frontend, Backend, iOS and Android. Mobile apps crash over 1 billion times a day - let's do something about it!
Crashlytics is mobile crash reporting and analysis as a service. If you're interested in the intersection of great UX, scalable systems, the mobile internet, and big data analytics we want to talk to you!
We're an early stage startup looking for truly talented engineers with a passion for clean code and great products. Our team is fast, smart and independent -- with previous startup success.
We're small and growing rapidly, so it's important to us to have a great company culture to support that growth. We offer all of the usual startup perks: snacks in the kitchen, flexible work schedule, top-of-the-line gear (Macbook Air, Thunderbolt display, iPad/Android Tablet), etc. Additionally, we feel strongly that it's the culture created by shared values that really makes Crashlytics a great place to work.
Here's a brief look at a few of the things we value:
We focus on the modern web - We don't support IE6, so you'll never have to worry about it! We love feedback - you’ll be able to connect directly with customers who are using what you’re building and use their input to make the product better. We’re self-directed - We trust you to manage your own schedule, vacation, etc. without complex policies or forms to fill out. We ship - we're huge fans of TDD, build/measure/learn, and are moving towards continuous deployment. We give back - We encourage open source contributions and community participation. We’re hyper technical - Deep understanding and optimization are in our soul - what can your code accomplish in 18ms?
Interested? Say hello to us at jobs at crashlytics dot com
[+] [-] mattlong|13 years ago|reply
We're looking to expand our talented team. Come join us!
Open positions:
You can find the job descriptions here: https://crocodoc.com/jobs. If you are interested in working at Crocodoc, email [email protected] and tell us why you’d be a perfect fit.