Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2010 Edition)

  * Business Ops Associate
  * SIP Software Engineer
  * DevOps Engineer
  * Junior and Senior Software Engineers
  * Developer Interns (paid)
  * Product Manager
  * Front-end/Website Developer

Now hiring back-end (mostly Ruby on Rails) and front-end (jQuery/HTML/CSS) developers.

Swipely is part social network, part financial application, and part gaming platform, and we have plenty of interesting problems to work on in all those areas and more. This is hands-down the strongest engineering team I've worked with. We work in weekly iterations and push new code to production at least once per iteration. Though not a strict requirement, we have a strong preference for full-time employees who can work out of our office in Providence.

Our perks blurb: "Swipely offers competitive salaries and full benefits, similar to "big" companies. We also offer everyone equity in the company, to share in Swipely's long-term success. Our kitchen is stocked at all times with free drinks and snacks. Lunch is catered every day from a nearby sandwich shop, and we even keep a dedicated fridge stocked with craft beers from around the globe. We want you to have the best tools for the job, so the Macbook Pros are fast, the Internet pipes are fat and the screen pixels are unlimited. Go for it!"

We specialize in high-frequency trading in equities and futures. We are a small firm of seven people who build and execute automated trading algorithms.

We are looking for another software developer to join us. The ideal candidate will have experience with many of the following:

- high-performance computing

- asynchronous/non-blocking IO

- FIX protocol and parsing

- statistical analysis

- alpha model simulation

- market microstructure

- ticker plants and feed handlers

- absurdly large data sets

If the new hire does well, he will have the opportunity to move into a trading position.

We are NOT looking for anyone who believes in manually monitoring the system, watching CNBC, or sending Word documents.

Send us your cover letter with an explanation of who you are and what you're looking for. Your resume is optional, though we'd be more impressed if it had been typeset with LaTeX.

As part of the interview process, serious candidates will be required to give a brief (5--10 minute) presentation on any technical topic of their choosing. It may involve technology in finance, the math of music, your thesis topic, etc.

Start the ball rolling with an email to me, Chris Aycock, at caycock AT tachyoncm DOT com