Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)
309 points| whoishiring | 12 years ago
Also see: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2013) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970190
309 points| whoishiring | 12 years ago
Also see: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2013) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970190
[+] [-] nrp|12 years ago|reply
We’re a well-funded startup based out of Irvine, CA. Our vision is delivering immersive, wearable, and affordable virtual reality technology to the world. We launched on Kickstarter in August 2012 and now we’re looking to expand the team.
We’re looking for the best and brightest engineering minds passionate about building the next generation platform for virtual reality gaming. As an engineer at Oculus, you’ll have a direct hand in solving the incredible array of challenges around virtual reality and human computer interaction. We’re looking for software, embedded systems, and hardware engineers to build the full hardware and software stack that comprises our product. You can check our careers page for specific positions we have open.
Email us at [email protected] with HN in the subject line. Looking forward to hopefully chatting with a few of you soon!
[+] [-] thisisnotmyname|12 years ago|reply
Software you write at Codified will directly influence healthcare decisions for thousands of patients. We're looking for experienced software engineers who are up to that challenge, and who have a track record of working in an environment that demands a high level of quality.
We do clinical genomic variant analysis. We take whole exome sequence data and predict clinical outcome for the variants we observe in patients, which is then used by clinicians to inform treatment. To do this, we aggregate large amounts of additional data on individual genes and variants, and apply a series of proprietary algorithms. We started with seed funding and are currently profitable with revenue from our first customer.
We're hiring our first engineer. At Codified your responsibilities will be wide - you will probably end up touching every piece of software we write, with an emphasis on the user facing applications. We are currently using GWT and mysql with some scripting in Python. Additionally, you'll help us grow our team over the next few months as we continue to add engineers.
We have a large number of interesting projects under active development, spanning natural language processing, machine learning, user interface design and of course sequence analysis.
We're looking for someone who is experienced, flexible and willing to work outside of their comfort zone. A willingness to learn is more important to us than a Biology background, but the job will require you to learn the basics of the Biology that we're working with.
We're willing to consider remote work for experienced candidates, but preference will be shown to candidates in the Houston area.
We are offering 70k+ salary and equity. Contact us at [email protected]
[+] [-] snowmaker|12 years ago|reply
Scribd (social publishing & eBooks, top 100 website, 35 people) is hiring talented hackers and other technical people for a broad range of technologies.
We've hired FIVE full-time people and TWO summer interns from these "Who is Hiring" threads, including one just last month ... 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 (well, we use Coffeescript)
* iOS
* Machine Learning / data mining / recommendations
* Back-end infrastructure: scalability, web crawling, big data, 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've hired people from these threads with everywhere from 0 to 10 years of experience. We're profitable, very well funded and have a really fun office environment (go-karts + a rock climbing wall!).
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.
We are always looking for international people interested in moving to the US and can help you secure a visa.
Scribd's vision is to build the digital library of the 21st century. Just as Wikipedia built the successor to the encyclopedia, we want to build the successor to the library. It is a big vision and we have a long way to go, but I'd be happy to tell you more about what we're working on now and how we plan to get there.
See more at scribd.com/jobs and feel free to email me directly: jared at scribd.com
[+] [-] sethbannon|12 years ago|reply
- We helped win marriage equality: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/11/the-soci...
- We're well funded: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/13/amicus/
- We work on interesting problems, for example: Open source projects, including our own in house, soon to be open sourced, real time Model View Presenter javascript framework with bi-directional data binding
More details at http://jobs.amicushq.com/ or shoot an email with your github profile and why you might be a good fit to [email protected]
[+] [-] sgrove|12 years ago|reply
We're a YC company wrangling SaaS to work together (as they should), starting by bringing the biggest apps our customers use right into Gmail.
We work with dozens of API's to show our users profiles of their customers without having to jump out of the email flow - imagine having http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtzqRSlgqkw available when helping customers.
Thousands of people use it every day for hours on end, and are happy to pay for it to make sure they can continue using it. But there's still so much polish and improvement possible.
Looking for an engineer who loves the craft, who cares about building product, and is excited about helping customers.
We also explore some pretty awesome ways to escape from getting crushed under the heel of complexity, and we're all excited to start toying around with ideas like http://clojure.com/blog/2013/06/28/clojure-core-async-channe... for the frontend.
This is both UI and backend work.
Languages: Clojure, Clojurescript, Ruby, Javascript.
sean @ zenboxapp
https://www.zenboxapp.com
[+] [-] probst|12 years ago|reply
My name is Sebastian, and I am the CTO at Aircloak. Aircloak is a young and well-funded startup working on privacy preserving data processing and analytics. We are a spinout from the German Max-Planck Institute for Software System research institute, where we also currently have our offices.
Our technology allows us to process highly private streams of data and only ever make fully anonymous data available to our customers. One of the features that make our system unique is that no one, including operators, customers, and ourselves, ever has access to the sensitive raw data. This property holds true even after we update the software running on the machines processing the sensitive data!
You should:
Our system spans many machines and services, with major components written in Erlang and Java, in addition to components written in C, C# and ruby. Knowledge of functional programming is a plus. Experience with web development is not going to hurt either.We are:
The work environment is highly international and diverse, and we would like to keep it that way. We are looking to hire two more full time engineers. You can either work on site with us in our offices in Kaiserslautern, Germany, or, for the right candidate, remote. We offer good and stable salary, generous equity and great facilities.We hope to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions!
You can find more on our website: http://www.aircloak.com/join.html
[+] [-] suitabletech|12 years ago|reply
Suitable Technologies - http://suitabletech.com Contact: [email protected]
Suitable Technologies is a growing startup building remote presence technology (aka telepresence robots). We’re shipping product, and we have funding, strong compensation, and a fun work environment, including free lunch and snacks. We provide top-of-the-line development hardware, adjustable desks, and will get your workspace just right. We’re looking to fill a few technical roles:
Expert C++ generalist -- Someone who knows how to design, build, and optimize highly performant and memory-efficient applications in C++, and is up on the latest in C++11. Experience with audio, video, Qt, or networking is a plus.
Expert Python/Django web engineer -- A test-first, scalability-minded backend web engineer to help us take our service global. Our stack includes Django, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, Fabric, etc. Front-end skills are a plus.
Server operations admin and engineer -- A network administrator to support our product and software development teams, implement and maintain our production web-based environment, and maintain our internal corporate network. Linux, Python, Nagios, Munin, Nginx, etc.
Videoconferencing engineer -- A software engineer with strong domain expertise in audio and video codecs and standards.
[+] [-] pixelmonkey|12 years ago|reply
http://parse.ly
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We're a fully distributed team (see http://bit.ly/distributed-teams for a post by me, the CTO) -- which is to say, a merit-based, technology-forward, super-bright team of Pythonistas who happen to collaborate using the same methods of major open web projects like Wikipedia, Ubuntu, and Mozilla.
We're looking for a full-time Dev Ops lead. You should be comfortable with Git & have some familiarity with Python. You should be willing to learn, or already know, technologies like Fabric, Chef, MongoDB, Redis, Solr, Storm, Rackspace Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and OpenStack.
You should be extremely handy at a UNIX command line, possessing all the skills of a sysadmin.
If you join us, you'll be part of a well-funded and high-revenue SaaS analytics company that is rewriting the rules of online media. Our software aggregates data on over 5 billion pageviews per month of traffic, and we work with major media companies as customers, such as Reuters, The Atlantic, & Arstechnica.
Get in touch with us directly at [email protected] if you are interested -- mention HN and ask for Andrew.
[+] [-] fredley|12 years ago|reply
Skin Analytics (http://skin-analytics.com) is looking for a resourceful Image Processing Research Engineer, to complement our existing team and collaboratively apply the latest research to our product to solve the complex problems that invariably arise when implementing cutting-edge computer science. As well as offering a flexible working environment, we are giving you a chance to work on a cutting edge project with a great team and be instrumental in defining the future technical roadmap of the company.
Job Responsibilities
* Work with our existing team to identify promising research techniques, assess them for applicability then apply them to Skin Analytics products
* Work with our Scientific Advisory Board to ensure the medical validity of our system
* Collaborate to design and implement a video based mole image capture system
About You
* You are a Researcher with a burning desire to apply the latest research to new, ground‐breaking services. You are open-minded, inquisitive and love a challenge
* You work well in a small team and enjoy the added responsibility of being able to influence and shape the direction of startup
* You enjoy working with others but are capable of getting on and getting through a problem alone
* You have experience in Image Processing and Computer Vision, good C/C++ programming skills and a solid mathematical background
To apply, please send a CV to [email protected]
[+] [-] ThomPete|12 years ago|reply
Having had a melanoma myself, this area obviously interest me.
Have you thought about a grander vision i.e. using a high def camera taking picture of he entire body in one snap and then analyzing that data?
I have more than a thousand moles, many of them abnormal, so using a camera on a per spot basis is simply not safe enough with the current technology.
[+] [-] lovitt|12 years ago|reply
Vox Media is a technology-driven media company and the publisher of The Verge, Polygon, and SB Nation. Do you care about the future of journalism? We're working hard to solve the problem of scaling and sustaining high-value journalism & storytelling. We're hiring a front-end engineer to hack on Chorus, our publishing platform (built on Ruby & Rails, among other tech).
http://jobs.voxmedia.com/apply/z72Cnq/FrontEnd-Engineer-Ad-P...
More about Vox:
* Read about our team and projects at our product team blog: http://product.voxmedia.com/post/25113965826/introducing-syl...
* Episode 2 of Press Reset, the documentary our video studio made about the development of Polygon, our gaming site (good behind the scenes footage of what it's like to work on our product team): http://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/5/3293687/press-reset-e...
* Video from Vax, our recent hack week where the Vox product team flew to Austin, took over the 20th floor of a downtown building, and made a bunch of neat things: http://product.voxmedia.com/post/44715740828/vax-13-document...
* Photos of our new HQ in DC: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clockwerks/sets/721576334439387...
Vox was named Publisher of the Year by Digiday in March 2013. Our investors include Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Allen & Company. Together our properties have a monthly audience of over 30 million.
[+] [-] bdotdub|12 years ago|reply
Lead iOS Engineer - We're looking for a super technical iOS engineer who knows the ins, outs, and annoyances of the iOS platform.
We're a venture backed startup (Spark + OATV) that is making reminiscing online fun by taking your digital exhaust (ditial photos, tweets, checkins, etc) and showing you the most interesting things you've done on this day in history.
In an age where we're creating more digital data than ever before, we're trying to take the 90% of stuff that isn't real time and searching for the important signals and making it useful again.
Our stack is mostly Rails with PG (and decommissioning Mongo). As of late, we're adding more and more Go into our stack.
As the lead iOS programming, you'd be leading the iOS efforts on all fronts: making major decisions about how the codebase progresses (libraries, code conventions, etc), major part in hiring, and managing the iOS team. Since we're a small startup, you'd also have a huge amount of input into the product.
We're also looking for junior iOS folks as well!
Shoot me and email, I'd love to hear from you! [email protected] (tech cofounder)
[+] [-] asolove|12 years ago|reply
Webs is the rarest of all birds: an actual consumer web company in DC. We don't do contracting, work for the government, or apply for grants. We sell a product to real people that makes them happy and helps them make money.
Webs helps small and micro businesses get online with our in-browser web site builder and Facebook engagement tools. We do the hard technical work so that our customers can easily and beautifully build a site, improve their SEO, increase their site stats, and sell their products online.
We're always looking for excellent developers, whether you're front-end, back-end, or full-stack. You'll get to work with other smart people, have input into the product, contribute to open source, and enjoy our hackathons.
Our front-end is a great new architecture with Backbone, Less, RequireJS, and all the other new hotness. Plus our main product (a WYSIWYG website builder) is interactive enough to actually need these things to provide customer value. Our back-end is a mix of Java, Groovy, Rails and Node, with Oracle and Mongo holding the data. We have a lot of fun projects coming up.
Email me at [email protected] and we can see if there's a good fit.
[+] [-] francoisdelame|12 years ago|reply
We're looking for a full-stack engineer/CTO to love the hell out of this problem. You'll be the 4th member, and technical lead, of an incredibly talented team with a track record in insurance, startups, consumer marketing and design/UX. We have had a successful alpha phase and are already revenue positive.
http://knowitowl.theresumator.com/apply/
Do you want to solve:
A problem with scale. Insurance is a $2 trillion industry. That’s 36 times larger than Google and Facebook combined. Insurers pay their aging sales force a mint to sell insurance the old-fashioned way (with paper, face-to-face). We’re going to change this.
A problem that’s socially important. Nobody’s helping people figure out insurance – and that’s bad. Under-insured medical problems contribute to over half of all personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures. We’re going to deliver social impact.
A problem in desperate need of a new approach. The consumer problem in insurance is deceptively simple: insurance is hard to sell because people don’t want to think about bad things like death and illness. Insurers just throw money at the problem: advertising, hefty commissions, pushy sales agents. We’re introducing a new approach.
We’re looking to build our team with people who understand the importance of what we’re doing and want to apply their talent and energy to solving a Big Problem. We’re searching for Davids ready to take on Goliath. Come join Virgil and the KnowItOwl team to bring the $2 trillion insurance industry into the 21st century.
[+] [-] carterschonwald|12 years ago|reply
Your post has pizazz, but it doesn't communicate to the CTO candidate what the day to day will look like. Otoh, many places that do CTO searches at your size have some amount of technical debt. I know a few folks who are great at removing technical debt.
[+] [-] cristoirmac|12 years ago|reply
Headquartered in Maryland, Message Systems had our humble beginnings here. The company started out with just a handful of engineers, wholly focused on creating a best-in class solution for managing digital messaging and now has multiple offices throughout US, Candada, Asia, and Europe. Engineering is still based in Columbia, MD.
The application team operates in a Scrum/XP environment using various web technologies (PHP, Perl, Python, Javascript, etc) so we are looking for versatile, hard working, team players that love to write great code and know the importance of automated testing and continuous integration. While taking our work seriously, we also take time for fun with hackathons, tech talks, weekly lunches, and regular outings.
http://www.messagesystems.com/careers-openings.php
Check out our list of fantastic customers on our homepage including Facebook, Linkedin, Zinga, Paypal, and Groupon
http://www.messagesystems.com/
[+] [-] wiredd|12 years ago|reply
ZipRecruiter is a small (~40 employees/10 programmers) internet software company focused on the jobs industry. We have two successful products: a job posting/distribution/applicant-tracking service and a job-search/email-alerts service.
We're bootstrapped (have never taken investment) and profitable, and we're growing rapidly. We're looking for programmers (or sysadmins or DBAs who like to program a little) to help us in these areas:
- ZipRecruiter web site (primarily perl + catalyst)
- search engine & related backend services (python)
- database (mysql) and EC2 infrastructure (linux)
We're a very relaxed group of talented people, with a lot of autonomy and a minimal amount of meetings and process. Two of our staff have written books on programming.
If you're interested in learning more, please email me at will - at - ziprecruiter.com or apply:
http://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/Software-Engineer-perl-and-o...
[+] [-] sv123|12 years ago|reply
Who We Are:
We’re Leafly (leafly.com), a growing startup dedicated to building a comprehensive, useful directory of cannabis strains and dispensary locations to help patients safely and securely find the best solution for their particular needs. Our web and mobile visitors browse strain ratings, study reviews, read recommendations, and find trusted dispensary locations.
What We Need:
We’re looking for a senior level software engineer with an understanding of the full stack, web generalist and a ridiculous enthusiasm for joining an exciting, growing startup with employees who work hard, have fun, laugh a lot, and are dedicated to providing the best directory for cannabis patients on the web.
Responsibilities:
-Build out new, exciting projects for the Leafly community
-Design, implement, benchmark and deploy simple, elegant, high-performance code
-Work on the full stack, web and mobile web client and server development
-Interact with designers, content providers and others to build products people will love
Requirements:
-Experience building large-scale ASP.NET MVC web applications (or equivalent platforms such as RoR)
-Experience with document databases, like RavenDB, MongoDB or CouchDB
-Ability to work with latest MV* Javascript front-end frameworks
-Proficient in markup
-Knowledge of the latest HTML/CSS trends and technologies
-Familiarity with responsive design best practices
-Understanding of good user experience and what constitutes good design
-Good communication skills with an ability to communicate complex ideas easily and quickly
-Strong CS background
[+] [-] adamgibbons|12 years ago|reply
We’re looking for a solid full-stack javascript engineer who loves Settlers of Catan, remote development, and can tell the difference between an IPA and a Lager...
ABOUT US
We’re passionate about building software that dramatically improves the customer experience, end-to-end, around moving. Our web product is at the heart of it.
We are also working with a world-class set of investors and advisors, who you’ll have the opportunity to meet and interact with on a regular basis.
ABOUT YOU
- You are fluent in Javascript – our stack is MEAN: Mongo/Express/Angular/Node.js (and Backbone)
- You are passionate about code and elegant solutions, and want to work with others who are similarly so. You can’t sleep at night knowing you left something not DRY’d.
- You have architected and developed end-to-end products that are currently running business applications on a production environment.
- You have an obsessive attention to detail.
- You thrive when you are working closely with others on a small team.
- Want to build stuff that solves real human problems
- Have a panic attack if you don’t push code before noon
- Don’t care that the moving industry isn’t sexy
- Would rather make money than make the front page of TechCrunch (though we do that too)
COMPENSATION
Market salary and meaningful equity is available. We’re based in New York (Flatiron FTW) are also accepting remote applicants for this position.
https://www.moveline.com/careers#senior-engineer or [email protected]
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[+] [-] jasonrr|12 years ago|reply
Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Over 1 billion math problems have been done on our site and 2 million more are done each day. Here's some stuff we've been working on lately:
If this sounds interesting to you, we'd love to hear from you. Right now, we're focusing on hiring product designers and mobile developers. Come build with us:[+] [-] kanwisher|12 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] MichaelSalib|12 years ago|reply
We're looking for software engineers, especially with systems experience. We're also looking for a UI dev and a QA team lead.
http://www.mediamath.com/careers/postings/
We're working on lots of big data challenges in the online advertising space. MediaMath bought out Akamai's ADS division a few months ago and most of the Cambridge office consists of those folks. I'm happy to answer any questions: [email protected].
I personally work on our high performance streaming data analysis language that compiles to LLVM and runs on Hadoop. We're definitely looking to hire in my group.
[+] [-] carterschonwald|12 years ago|reply