Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2013)

A Different Engine is looking for a Technical Director who will work with our design and development teams in building applications across a variety of platforms. We're looking for someone who can work directly for our Managing Director (and current Technical Director) and Founder who can mentor and manage a 5 - 10 person development team. This role will work with our producers to keep projects on track as well as provide technical leadership. While we do need candidates who can manage a team, we expect most of the TD's time to be spent writing code.

A Different Engine is looking for a software craftsmen who take the vision from our design team and turns it into a reality for our clients. We’re looking for folks comfortable across a variety of languages, platforms and frameworks, who can code, and get things done regardless of language. Our primary development work is done in JavaScript however we frequently need to build quick and dirty tools for our clients to host, or their existing CMS (Drupal a lot) so PHP is frequently used however we also have an affinity for frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Django/Python and Nodejs/Express when we can choose the full stack.

We are an interactive agency which means we build applications for our clients. Unfortunately this frequently forces us into more of a "Waterfall" development methodology. We're trying to address this by using Agile and iterative methodologies as much as possible. From a management perspective we're looking for folks who have experience with using and adapating agile practices to less then agile projects.

Skills & Requirements

Gets thing done. We need someone who can help get our applications built and QA'd and out the door for our clients.

Someone self-motivated with an eye towards getting applications over the finish line.

Smart and solves problems. As a company our best asset is the ability to solve our clients problems. We’re known for this, you should be known for it too. Creative problem solvers are our best employees.

Not afraid, and knows how to learn new technologies and stacks. Look we frequently get stuck with a development kit for a new platform, in a language which we don’t know with some bad docs which have been poorly translated from another language and a project that needs to be done.

Understand the art of programming. Can you architect a solution that is scalable and clean? Do you understand what makes a good library? Are your apps future proofed?

Understand the qualities that make for a good user experience and able to work closely with design teams on the usability of our apps.

About A Different Engine LLC

A Different Engine is a interactive agency with offices in San Francisco and Brooklyn. We specialize in developing for emerging platforms like Mobile Devices, Gaming Consoles, and Connected TVs for large media brands such as the UFC, Warner Brothers, Showtime and Starz. Our San Francisco office is a cool brick and timber space right on the edge of SOMA and the Financial District on Mission between 3rd and New Montgomery. Our Brooklyn office is in DUMBO in a spacious well lit loft. We're a small team and while we're not a start up we try to foster that kind of atmosphere and team. We provide a lot of room to grow as a developer and, we turn over projects quickly so you'll get a lot of variety with respect to the scope and nature of projects and technologies. We'll set you up with the tools you need and you won't get stuck iterating on the same code base over and over. We like smart, creative and fun folks. Join Us!

You can email us at jobs@adifferentengine.com with any questions. My email if you want to reach me directly (I'm the founder) its in my profile.

We're a healthcare startup focused on improving patient safety in hospitals.

Our software platform enables clients to detect, track, and analyze patient safety issues across hospital systems.

Open positions:

Java Engineer - Core Java developer to help build out our SaaS platform. Experience with play! framework, event processing, distributed systems a plus.

QA Engineer - QA engineer with experience developing and executing rigorous test plans for web applications and a passion for seeking & destroying software defects.

UI Engineer - Front-end developer with knowledge of CSS, HTML5, Javascript for our SaaS platform. Knowledge of MVC frameworks and CSS organization desired.

Systems Engineer - Engineer to build scalable infrastructure based on puppet. Linux and scripting experience required. Configuration management experience a plus.

Check us out at http://www.pascalmetrics.com

Full job listing: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/PascalMetricsInc

If you're interested in getting involved with healthcare, improving work culture, and tackling hard technical challenges, please feel free to reach out to me directly to chat in detail.

theo at pascalmetrics.com

hopOn (hopon.com) is a brand new startup in the social travel booking space.

We've just raised a seed round from top-tier investors. The founders have an excellent track record of building great companies, and we’re now looking to round out our core product team. Our headquarters is in SoMa in San Francisco.

We’re looking for 2 senior/lead engineers who are ready to make a name for themselves by driving the development of the next Uber/HotelTonight/Airbnb type of experience on iOS & Web. We’re looking for people who are not only well versed in iOS and/or Full-stack Web development, but also have a strong understanding of simple, clean UX. Ideally, we’d like engineers who can work with our CTO and designer to develop the product from scratch, and can then grow into managing our Mobile and Web teams in the future.

Sound exciting? Want some more details? Reach out to me at doug@hopon.com.

We are hiring a full-time junior developer, focused on front-end development, at our offices in Stuttgart, Germany.

This is a great opportunity for someone relatively new to the software development business that wants to make a consistent, meaningful impact on the ability of the United States to provide humanitarian aid and support partner countries throughout the African continent. We're discovering more opportunities to support the command, and are excited to be able to offer an opportunity for a junior developer to break into the industry.

Projects are varied and iterative with short timelines; you'll regularly score wins and work closely with the people using your tools on a daily basis.

If you're ready to check out the listing, head here: https://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH09/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?or...

Requirements:

-Responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of software programs applied to technical and engineering domains.

- Includes: formal design preparation and presentation using integrated software design and modeling toolsets, code development, documentation preparation, web development, unit testing, and software debugging

- Also: life cycle software documentation development from use cases and system design specifications to test plans and operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals

-Specific expertise with formalized programming languages as well as open source development methodologies and toolsets required

-Works in all phases of software development life cycle, and across all functional applications, systems analysis, and programming activities.

Functional Duties:

-Perform code development in accordance with the established system architecture, coding standards and Information Assurance guidelines

-Perform unit and functional automated test development, functionality and performance optimization

-Perform software deployment, upgrades, troubleshooting, and other O&M activities

-Support development of system documentation, including software design specifications, O&M procedures, and configurations guides

Requirements

Must:

- Be a U.S. Citizen. Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

The best candidate will also be able to check each of these boxes:

- B.S. Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Management or Information Systems.

- A minimum of one (1) or more years as a front-end developer with experience in the design, development, coding, integration, testing and follow-on maintenance and support of software programs.

- Knowledge of the following programming languages and formats: jQuery, JavaScript, REST, JSON, HTML5 and CSS along with a solid understanding of software design principles.

- Experience working within Microsoft SharePoint environments.

- Should be able to design a solution and understand how that solution will affect other related solutions.

About M.C. Dean, Inc.

M.C. Dean is a systems engineering and integration firm focusing on large, complex information systems: electrical, electronic, telecommunication, security, safety, and mission-critical systems. We have more than 2,900 employees with offices in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Richmond, Baltimore, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Clearwater/Tampa, Fort Worth, and in Stuttgart, Germany. Due to extraordinary growth and expanding business development efforts, we are looking to add an exceptionally talented Software Developer to our team of IT professionals.

M.C. Dean, Inc. offers an excellent benefits package including a competitive salary; medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid-time off, tuition reimbursement; 401K Retirement Plan and Military Reserve pay offset.

Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

For more information about our company, you can visit https://www.mcdean.com. M.C. Dean, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer M/F/V/D

For more information or to apply, please visit: https://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH09/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?or...

We're hiring an experienced web developer for a full-time position building rich frontend applications, powered by our machine learning backend. The platform will aim to help teachers assess student work, such as essays or journals, and improve student writing through feedback during the revision and editing process.

Our web services are built in Python using the Django framework, and our backend is powered by state-of-the-art machine learning implemented in Java. Our team has a strong technical background and a history of work in education. In this position, you’ll be implementing a rich web application using client-side frontend frameworks. Your role will be to bridge the gap between our RESTful API for writing assessment and our wireframed user workflows for student and teacher access to these tools.

This job will be highly collaborative in an early-stage, self-funded and profitable startup. Your primary responsibilities will focus on frontend development, but you’ll occasionally dive into our Python web services and collaborate on defining our user workflows including UX and visual design. Dependent on interest and experience, you may be asked to contribute to the Java machine learning software that powers our platform.

No experience with machine learning or natural language processing is necessary or expected, but you need to be eager and interested in finding out how those tools work and how they can help students and teachers. You’ll be working under the guidance of experienced researchers from Carnegie Mellon’s Language Technologies Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

We prefer an on-site employee at our office in Pittsburgh, PA, but may make exceptions for an outstanding candidate. Compensation will be competitive and based on experience.

Skills and Requirements

Ideal candidates will have an active interest in educational technology, are interested in using machine learning for real-world benefit, and have prior experience including the following:

* Rich web application development using JavaScript frameworks like Angular, Ember, or Backbone.

* Web layout and implementation of frontend page design using HTML and CSS.

* Designing and working with RESTful APIs providing complex functionality to frontend applications.

* Agile development on a small, dynamic team.

You might also bring other wonderful things to the table, such as:

* Experience with deployment and continuous integration on Amazon Web Services or another cloud host.

* Live support and operations management for large-scale customer-facing web services.

* Development experience for web MVC frameworks, especially using Python with Django.

* A background in educational technology or enthusiasm about helping people improve their writing.

* Prior real-world experience with machine learning applications.