Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (September 2012)
393 points| whoishiring | 13 years ago | reply
Pardon the technical difficulties this month
Also see: "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4463692
393 points| whoishiring | 13 years ago | reply
Pardon the technical difficulties this month
Also see: "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4463692
[+] [-] patrickyeon|13 years ago|reply
Good luck to searchers on both sides in finding your own perfect fit.
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[+] [-] blader|13 years ago|reply
We work with a lot of recruiters and by far the most qualified candidates come from HN. We've hired 25% (i.e. 1 person) of our team so far from HN and I'd expect that number to increase to 50% over time.
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[+] [-] phmagic|13 years ago|reply
Others: Romotive is hiring software engineers (iOS experience preferred), graphical designers, and robot geeks from all over!
Here's the pitch:
We’re a team of nerds who grew up tinkering with robots. We’re out to put a robot in every home by combining the power of the smartphone with a flexible robotic base.
Our first product, Romo, is a smartphone powered robot that allows you to video chat with someone across the world. You can also customize his behavior through a graphical programming interface, and extend his capabilities through an easy-to-use API. Teaching Romo new things is as easy as updating an app.
We’re well-funded by an awesome team of investors including the likes of Tony Hsieh, Lerer Ventures, David Cohen, Techstars, David Tisch, and Lightspeed.
Interested? Email: [email protected] and tell us about cool things you've built.
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[+] [-] djb_hackernews|13 years ago|reply
Heads up, the image used for iOS SDK is the wrong one: http://romotive.com/developers
[+] [-] amccloud|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] blader|13 years ago|reply
What we do: subscription based social hyperlocal mobile gamified dating discovery engine with loyalty coupons. For the enterprise.
Just kidding.
We're a stealthy team of technical generalists filling a hole in the universe by building software that enriches the human experience. Everyone on our team codes and contributes on every level, front to back. We've all built web scale products and scaled them to millions of daily active users with zero marketing spend.
The world is becoming a different place: everyone is going to be carrying around a network connected super computer with ambient sensors in their pockets. We can see the future that is enabled by these devices. We are making that future happen.
Real talk: We've been running our prototype for 3 months now and we all use it multiple times a day, every day. Every person we've showed it to has asked us if they can have it. Every single person who's had it installed has gotten mad when our testflights expire.
We are well funded by a long list of top tier investors: http://angel.co/herelabs
We're looking for a select few product generalists (designer hackers with mobile expertise) and systems generalists (systems automation, machine learning, distributed computing) who can come in and contribute at speed on day one, and who are world class at more than one thing.
Ideal candidates are brilliant, fearless, and passionate individuals who are uncompromising in their pursuit of building an incredible product that will positively affect the lives of every human being every day.
As teammates we value commitment and accountability; honing our craft; building tools to create leverage; and seeking to learn from and understand each other.
We are offering founding team equity and competitive salaries. Retina Macbook Pro (or Air) & 30 inch monitor are standard issue. Office space in the heart of the SoMa district in beautiful San Francisco. Willing to relocate. Willing to fly you in for interviews. Willing to tell you our stealthy secrets.
We are not your typical San Francisco stealth startup. We are NOT another me-too-social-local-sharing app. We DON'T sell condoms by subscription. We are NOT the place to share photos of your dog taking a leak. There will be NO gamification.
Life is short. Build stuff that matters.
Email siqi at herelabs.com. Interns and H1Bs welcome.
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[+] [-] spicyj|13 years ago|reply
Our mission is to provide a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We're scaling quickly.
Our students answer over 2 million math problems per day (over 600M total so far), all generated by our open source exercise generation framework (http://github.com/khan/khan-exercises), and our videos (now from a variety of authors including Sal) have been viewed over 180MM times. We're tracking all that data and using it to customize each student's experience. We could use your help.
Working for Khan Academy is one of the highest educational impact positions you can imagine and we've been called by Wired one of the best places to work in Silicon Valley: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4157078.
We're hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, whatever you want to call yourself. Big plans ahead.
http://www.khanacademy.org/careers
[+] [-] tsumnia|13 years ago|reply
Thanks.
[+] [-] 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
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[+] [-] dubisaweapon|13 years ago|reply
Did you know there's a company based in Soho that has enough technology to be considered among the world's Top 250 supercomputing sites? One that imports over 5TB of data every single day, and has alumni from Google, Intel, and Microsoft?
You might think I'm talking about some stealth-mode startup, but I'm talking about where I work: Two Sigma Investments. 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!
Dave Hahn [email protected] http://www.twosigma.com/careers.html
[+] [-] toomuchcoffee|13 years ago|reply
In that case ("tend to... but") you might want to fix the language in your CL ads, which explicitly contradict what you're saying here as to the strict requirement of bachelor's degrees (which had also better be from an elite school, apparently):
"Successful candidates will have, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in computer science from a top university..."
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[+] [-] eoghan|13 years ago|reply
San Francisco, H-1Bs offered:
* Head of Marketing
* Head of Business Development
* Head of Product Design (UX)
* Senior Visual Designer
Dublin:
* Senior Front-end Developer
* Senior Ruby Developers
We offer zero bullshit perks. Our focus is on producing the best work of our lives. We're turning down acquisition offers. We intend on building something meaningful and being around for a very long time.
Talk to me in confidence: eoghan AT intercom DOT io
[+] [-] 320kbps|13 years ago|reply
Thanks.
[+] [-] lpolovets|13 years ago|reply
Remote work is possible for exceptional candidates who are US citizens and living in the US ('exceptional' meaning you are a great engineer and have lots of machine learning/data extraction/NLP/etc. experience that is relevant to what we do).
Factual's vision is to be an awesome and affordable data provider that enables developers, startups, and big companies to focus on innovation instead of data acquisition. We have a terrific team that is still fairly small and an incredible CEO who was previously the co-founder of Applied Semantics (which was bought by Google and became AdSense). Factual has venture funding from Andreessen-Horowitz and our partners/customers include Facebook, Yelp, Foursquare, Trulia, and Newsweek.
There are many challenging problems to work on at all layers of the stack: data cleaning and canonicalization, deduping, storage, serving, APIs, improving data using machine learning, etc. If you love data, Factual is the place to be. Our main criteria are that you're smart and get things done, but you'll get bonus points for experience with Clojure, machine learning, NLP, algorithm design, or Hadoop. Our LA office is our headquarters and our Palo Alto office recently opened so new hires would have a huge impact on the culture there.
You can email me personally at leo -at- factual.com, or view our job postings and apply directly via Jobvite:
Palo Alto Software Engineer: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oTR1Vfwq&s=Hackernews
Los Angeles Software engineer: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oQR1Vfwn&s=Hackernews
Los Angeles Data Engineer: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oSS1Vfwq&s=Hackernews
[+] [-] drags|13 years ago|reply
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 looking to hire a couple more engineers who are interested in being part of a team but would prefer to work 24-40 hours per week instead of the usual 50+. If it sounds interesting let me know ([email protected])
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About us:
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.
About 225 colleges and universities use our applications to acquire low-cost inventory and price textbooks competitively. Then millions of students visit our white-labeled sites to transparently compare the bookstore's offers against online competitors, and around 80% of students choose to buy from their local bookstore.
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 on the technical side, 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, and we're always looking for ways to provide more control to our support team so they can provide top-notch customer service.
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. :)
[+] [-] knowtheory|13 years ago|reply
DocumentCloud is a 100% open source 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, 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.
DocumentCloud is looking for someone with a 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.
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.
Investigative Reporters & Editors is based in Columbia, Missouri, on the University of Missouri’s campus. DocumentCloud is comfortable operating with a distributed team.
You can email us at [email protected]
[+] [-] heyfouad|13 years ago|reply
FULLTIME or INTERN in SAN FRANCISCO, CA
ClassDojo is used by thousands of teachers to manage students’ behavior in the classroom, using real time feedback and rewards that can also be shared with parents. We're an edtech startup funded by some of the biggest names in the valley, and we're one of the fastest growing education companies of all time. PG has invested in us, but we didn't do YC.
We've built a product that makes a real difference and gets huge engagement with millions of kids, and we're about to take it to the next level, hopefully with you on board. If you're a strong hacker who wants to use JavaScript to change the world, apply here:
Or email [email protected]. You can read about the work and environment here: http://www.classdojo.com/jobsWe are looking for:
If you think you're a good developer but don't fit into those buckets, get in touch anyway.[+] [-] bartonfink|13 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] mivok|13 years ago|reply
Site Reliability Engineer at OmniTI Computer Consulting
The OmniTI Ops team is a flexible and progressive group. We work closely with developers, DBAs, and client groups to help them manage availability and performance in the midst of constant changes. We are not risk averse; instead we strive to understand why things fail and understand the true impact of those failures, so that we can empower others. Collaboration is a cornerstone, and we understand that being friendly and outgoing are keys to making that work.
See http://omniti.com/is/hiring/site-reliability-engineer
[+] [-] eli|13 years ago|reply
Industry Dive provides B2B News and Intelligence for your phone. See www.utilitydive.com or www.educationdive.com to see what I mean (check the sites on your phone to see the mobile version).
I'm looking for smart, self-motivated people interested in helping develop new products, add features to our Django-based CMS, and help us turn our mobile websites into native apps. This is a great opportunity to work for a growing early-stage startup. Python experience a plus, but not a prerequisite. You must be able to work from our office in Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.
Apologies for the brief ad, but I haven't actually posted it anywhere else yet, so HN gets the first crack. Feel free to contact me with any questions or clarifications. eli at industrydive dot com.
edit: I believe we're also still accepting candidates for a marketing internship (focused on audience acquisition) for the Fall semester.
[+] [-] LisaG|13 years ago|reply
Do work that matters on big data! Common Crawl is an open repository of web crawl data with a corpus of over 100 TB.
We’re looking for someone enthusiastic about open source, net neutrality, open data and keeping the web truly open. Common Crawl is dedicated to building and maintaining an open repository of web crawl data in order to enable a new wave of innovation, education and researchWe’re set to do amazing things this year, and there is no better place to hone your big data skills than helping us manage and process our 100 TB corpus. Plus, you’ll be working within a passionate community and have the chance to interface with plenty of talented researchers, educators, startup folks, and an incredible advisory board.
If you’re looking to do work that matters, come join us!
http://commoncrawl.org/team/jobs/ Email lisa (at) commoncrawl.org
[+] [-] drusenko|13 years ago|reply
Weebly is a bit different than your average startup. We're a small & profitable team and we make a product that our users are obsessed about.
We have 13 million+ users and run roughly 2% of the active websites on the internet.
Email [email protected] or check out more here: http://www.weebly.com/jobs.php
[+] [-] arohner|13 years ago|reply
At CircleCI (https://circleci.com), we're building Heroku for Continuous Integration. We have traction and revenue. Our customers love us, because we move quickly and provide amazing support. All employees talk to customers and are on support rotation.
We're written in Clojure. We eat our own dogfood, DevOps, A/B test, do continuous deployment and customer development.
We're looking for: designers that can write their own HTML & CSS, Frontend Engineers and Backend Engineers. The frontend is a fat javascript client, using HamlCoffee, Less and Knockout.
Backend engineers should know Clojure or another 'weird' language (Haskell, Scala, Scheme, etc), and Linux Devops (C compilation model, make, packaging).
Contact us at [email protected]. Include samples of awesome stuff you've done.
[+] [-] shadchnev|13 years ago|reply
Arguably the most exciting tech position in London.
We are Forward Labs, a startup lab in London. We are a dozen guys coming up with new ideas, building prototypes, testing them using lean techniques and forming teams around products that have solid traction. Essentially, we are a well-funded playground. Our goal is to produce 1-2 new businesses a year.
We have amazing, driven, entrepreneurial people who have a range of skills, from dev to UX/UI, marketing etc all within the team. Since we are part of a larger company, Forward (www.forward.co.uk), we also benefit from access to their expertise.
Please read more about the role on our website: http://www.forwardlabs.co.uk/jobs/lead-developer-for-various...
Email me at [email protected] for details.
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[+] [-] powdahound|13 years ago|reply
HipChat (https://www.hipchat.com) - the chat tool used by the smart teams at Quora, Instagram, Tumblr, Wired, Uber and thousands of other companies. Also the people who put the Y U NO guy on a billboard on 101 (http://blog.hipchat.com/2011/06/23/a-tale-of-a-ridiculous-bi...).
We're a team of 5 working in Atlassian's beautiful San Francisco office after our acquisition in March. Currently seeking;
- An engineer interested in doing application development (desktop and mobile) for any combination of iOS/OSX/Android/Windows. We're moving away from AIR and our users are quite excited about it (http://help.hipchat.com/forums/138883-suggestions/filters/to...).
- An engineer knowledgeable in Python, PHP, and web stuff to work on our website and XMPP backend (Twisted Python). You'll also be working with Redis, CouchDB, and MySQL.
Since we're a small team inside of Atlassian, you'll have all the benefits and responsibility that working on a small team provides, but also the security and excitement of a larger pre-IPO company. Plus, working on a product that people absolutely love is a wonderful feeling.
Full details on our jobs page: https://www.hipchat.com/jobs
[+] [-] seanmccann|13 years ago|reply
Freedom Freight
Rails Developer, iOS Developer
The last 50 years has seen the reinvention of almost every major industry except for one: Trucking. Freedom Freight is here to change that by deploying the world's first mobile platform for on-demand freight shipping. Over $30 billion dollars a month is spent trucking freight around the US, without it, the country would grind to a halt overnight. In such a massive market, it's hard to believe that the entire industry today still runs on phones and fax machines, but until now, it has. This means hundreds of millions of dollars worth of freight capacity goes unfilled every month due to the old-school inefficiencies of the industry. We are changing that.
If you're ready to change the trucking industry, send your resume and GitHub profile to [email protected]
[+] [-] alleynkearney|13 years ago|reply
Hi HN! J.Crew is expanding rapidly right now both domestically and internationally and we are looking for good devs -- and techies of all kinds actually! -- for our NYC headquarters. (We don't work with recruiters. Sorry, recruiters). My contact info is in my profile if you're interested in finding out more and are in the New York area or are interested in moving here (We don't permit remote work - except with our team in India).
Also, please keep in mind that, while you are free to apply for the job listings you can find on our website, if you're good and have an interest in working for us, at the moment (because of our rapid growth) there is very likely to be another role that can be carved out for you depending on your skills and/or interests. I may be able to help if you fall into the latter category.
Some of the perks include 5 weeks of paid time off (to be precise, 25 days of paid time off includes sick days, personal days and vacation days), half-day summer Fridays (just ending! sob!), free in-house masseuse, Starbucks coffee, balanced gender ratio, clothing discounts that can be as high as 75%, tuition reimbursement, in-house technical training and a really nice office building overlooking Astor Place with views towards lower Manhattan.
Regards,
Alleyn
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