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Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Men* wanted for hazardous journey You're gonna take too much flak for that. Rewrite it and then bury the body in a large field and pretend it never happened. :)

I think is a reference... to an ad written in the same way. but it was to recruite people to go the first expedition that was going to cross the south pole... I think they all died by the way.

Ah, fascinating. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

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Qwiki

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We're looking for brilliant Front-end engineers and Interactive Developers to create the future of content creation and information experience on the Internet and mobile.

Tech stack: Rails, backbone.js, node.js, HTML5/CSS3, ActionScript for legacy support. Scala for backend services.

http://www.qwiki.com/work-here

email me (Owen) directly: o at qwiki dot com

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#254
New York City - Full Time (onsite)

Fancy Hands is a personal assistant service. We've had a lot of good press, we're growing and we need some help.

Specific details: http://www.fancyhands.com/jobs

We're looking for:

- Python developers (we're on App Engine, but if you know python enough, it's no trouble) - Front End Programmers - Designers

Fancy Hands is a small, profitable company trying to change the way people work. We'll won't call you a guru, ninja, or rockstar.

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#255
San Francisco, CA

VerticalResponse is hiring developers.

VR is an established and successful company. We work with Rails 3, javascript, git, jQuery, RSpec, backbone.js, HAML, SASS, TDD, pair programming, agile development and other leading technologies (you don't need to have experience with all of these). I've been working there as an engineer for almost a year now and really enjoy it.

Apply here: http://jobvite.com/m?3RB34fwj

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#256
Braintree - Chicago, IL

We're seeking exceptional developers.

If this job isn’t right for you, we’ll pay you $5,000 if you refer someone who is hired! Have them contact us or send us their contact information and we will do all of the leg work.*

We are growing our development team. Instead of including a list of requirements we want you to understand how we work. If our environment sounds like a place for you, then go to our ‘How to Apply’ section and follow the instructions.

How we work

We pair...

We pair program to write all of our software. We work on Mac Pros with two keyboards and two monitors. We work in an open team room; no cubicles or private offices. Communication is key to our process, and we don't want to hinder it with walls.

We test...

Testing is at the forefront of our development philosophy. We never need to check our code coverage to know that it's at 100%: with disciplined TDD, no line of code will be written without a test. We don't have a QA team. That might be terrifying when you consider the type of software that we're building, but we're confident that our automated testing is thorough and will catch any regression bugs. We use continuous integration to test every version of every client library against our gateway.

We are agile...

Agile development methodologies mean different things to different people. For us, the most important part of Agile is doing what works best for the team. We have a story card wall and release a few times a week. We keep the team in sync with daily standups and have a retrospective once a month to discuss things that are going well and opportunities for improvements. We’re pragmatic, not dogmatic. Although we have strong opinions, we're never afraid to try to new things to see if they work and reconsider our positions if the situation warrants it.

We are polyglots...

Although most of our software is written in Ruby, we don’t confine ourselves to a single programming language. We believe in using the best tool for the job while maintaining a slight bias toward the tools the team knows the best. We’ve written infrastructure components in Python, and we build client libraries for integrating with Braintree in Ruby, Python, Node.js, PHP, Java, and .NET.

We value our people...

We spend a whole day every two weeks working on whatever we’re interested in, regardless of whether it's relevant to the business. Some examples of the things people have chosen to work on include competing against each other to build a mesh chat client in node.js, contributing to open source projects, and discussing strategies for our Google AI challenge submissions.

Salaries are generous and compensation packages include 401k contributions, and ample vacation time.

Interested?

We're looking for people who are interested in getting in on the ground floor of an incredible opportunity to build amazing software and transform the payments industry.

Take a look at some of our blog posts to see some of the problems we face: http://www.braintreepayments.com/inside-braintree/how-we-bui...

Take a look at some of the code we have on github: https://gihub.com/braintree

Think you’ve got something to contribute to our exceptional team? We’d like to hear from you!

NOTE: The referrer will receive this bonus only after the candidate is employed at Braintree for at least 60 days after his or her start date. The referrer must also complete and return a w-9 in order to receive the bonus. The referrer is responsible for paying taxes on the referral bonus. Also, to qualify for the referral bonus, the hired candidate must have accepted our offer of employment within two months of your referral.

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

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Stripe. We're based in Palo Alto, CA, and we're hiring full-time engineers and designers. More information at https://stripe.com/jobs . (We especially love solutions to our puzzles.) H1B applicants welcome (almost half of the people at Stripe grew up outside the US). Intern applications also welcome.

When do you guys recommend applying for a summer internship by? Stripe look awesome, would love more information!

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#258

Los Angeles or Bay Area or Shanghai preferred, but remote work is possible for exceptional candidates. Full-time only. If you're interested in working remotely, you must live in the U.S. H1B is okay. We also have some summer internship opportunities. Factual aims to be the place where people meet to share, improve, and mash-up data. Our vision is to be an awesome and affordable data provider, so that big companies, s…

Where would I see more about the summer internship opportunities? And when would you recommend applying by?

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#259
Looking to join a future-forward technology company with a team full of brilliant, fun, talented people? At GraphEffect we know that choosing the right individual is what builds a great company. So far we have done just that and are looking for more passionate grade A players to join our team. We are shaking up the online ad industry by building a social campaign platform from the ground up. As an official Facebook Marketing API/Tools provider, our work is put in front of some of the most influential people in tech and the response has been great.

At GraphEffect we are constantly focused on creating the best user experience possible. To do this we need a rock solid and creative UX designer to help take our product to the next level. This individual needs to live and breathe UX and is extremely detail oriented. You must willing to take risks on ideas and iterate based off of feedback. We aren’t looking to reproduce what other ad tech companies are doing. Our goal is to disrupt the industry.

Responsibilites:

* Creating beautiful, intuitive and engaging user interfaces and interactions.

* Work closely with the Director of Product, Design & Engineering teams to make your ideas a reality.

* Organize and standardize design patterns to keep the UI consistent and maintainable.

* Think outside the box, constantly come up with inventive ways to approach functional problems using your design skills.

* Deep understanding of the effect of online social interaction.

* Constantly learning and evolving your craft.

* Wireframing, mocking up and presenting your ideas in a cohesive manner.

Requirements:

* LOVE what you do!

* Be a team player, leave your ego at the door (while still having confidence in your ideas)

* Superior Visual Design skills, from typography to shifting pixels.

* Compassion for the user, understanding where friction lies and how to design a better solution

* Constantly work on reaffirming your ideas by interacting with users and testing actual behavior.

* 4 years + Working experience in web & app design.

Applications will only be considered if you include examples of past/current work. This job is for co-location only(We are located in Santa Monica, CA), no remote applicants please.

Please apply here: http://grapheffect.theresumator.com/apply/1H3w4y/Passionate-...

Thanks!

Chris Lorenz Director of Product http://grapheffect.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)

#260
Xtranormal is looking for full-time Senior Web Engineers to join our seasoned team at our San Francisco HQ (near BART). We're a consumer story-telling company. We have a web-based app as well as desktop.

The candidate must be a strong individual contributor with lead potential, collaborative and takes pride in their work while delivering quality software on time. The candidate will report to the Director of Engineering and will participate in cross-functional projects.

Required Technical Skills:

HTML5 jQuery CSS Python or Ruby

Additional Helpful Skills:

iOS / Objective C Flash Sql Django Unix

Interested candidates please submit your resume to jobs@xtranormal.com.

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