Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2014)

TechEmpower - Los Angeles area, California (El Segundo, near LAX)

You may recognize us from the Web Framework Benchmarks that have been discussed on HN periodically: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/

Work Hard, Have Fun, Be Nice

Let's be honest: you became a developer because you like to build things. Interesting things, useful things, cool things. It's like building with Legos, only you get paid, and there are always plenty of the right color pieces.

At TechEmpower, we build things. Interesting things. Cool things, mostly in webapp form. We build them as individuals, because we're creative people. We build them as teams, because we like to help each other grow, and because we know that collaboration improves even the best code.

Having the best people doesn't hurt, either. We've got most of them already, and we're looking to find the rest. You can build things with us. What's the catch? We're pretty darn selective.

To work as an individual, you have to be motivated and creative and thoughtful and serious. To work on a team, you have to be respectful and energetic and open and absolutely not a jerk. We need developers who can work on every part of an application, from the data store to the page–sometimes known as full stack developers. And to be a full stack developer, you have to know technology and want to learn more technology, because those acronyms just keep coming.

Our clients expect us to work with them, not for them. We help them define their problems, and we provide solutions, on time and on target. We're service-oriented, and you should be too.

Still reading? Please apply! And check out our Web Framework Benchmarks while you're at it. We pretty much wrote the book on that one.

Just so you know:

   Teams range between 2-6 people
   Developers are exposed to 3-4 projects per year
   All development is done on high-performance workstations with 4K displays. A lot of code fits in 3840x2160 pixels!
   We maintain an informal, comfortable environment, just like the old college computer science lab, but with grown-up hours
   Everybody's nice

The technologies we use vary over time with our mix of projects. Here is a snapshot of what we're using now:

   Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, Ruby, PHP
   Tools: Git, Jenkins (Continuous Integration), Sonar (static code analysis), Eclipse, IntelliJ, Ant, Maven
   Web: Dropwizard, .NET MVC 5, Play, Django, Rails, Mustache, Handlebars, Backbone, Angular, Knockout, JSP, Servlets, jQuery, etc.
   Mobile: iOS, Android, PhoneGap
   Hosting: AWS (EC2, RDS, etc.), Rackspace Cloud, Linux deployments
   Data Persistence: ORM (Hibernate, etc.), MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB)

We don't expect new hires to have experience with all of these, but we do expect you'll learn more about them every day.

If this sounds like the kind of place you'd like to work, please apply here: http://jobs.techempower.com/hn2

There are definitely engineering internship positions open. I'm not sure why we don't post them, but please go ahead and apply! I'll forward your comment onto the right folks here to look into it.

Curriculet - Full Time - San Francisco, CA - http://curriculet.com

Curriculet enables students to read more deeply and teachers to teach better in their classrooms. We're an online reading platform that allows teachers to embed lesson plans on top of books, articles, other texts. Our team is made up of former educators and startup veterans. You'll be joining a well funded company that is Senior Software Engineer:

* 5+ years experience

* Smart, motivated, ready to build something that isn't another todo app

* Ruby on Rails / Backbone experience preferred, but not required

Mobile Engineer:

* iOS or Android (or both!)

* Someone who can own the entire app cycle from development to deployment

* Has an opinion about API design and isn't afraid of looking at backend code

Introduce yourself here: jobs+hn@curriculet.com

Mobile Defense | Cleveland, OH

Mobile Defense continues to grow, and are looking to add to our passionate team of Android, iOS and Server(RoR) Engineers.

We are a mobile-first company based in Cleveland, OH.

Our applications have an international reach and are solving security-related and customer care issues. Our solutions are helping millions of people and trusted by some of the largest companies in the world.

We offer some great perks, a competitive salary, ability to work with all the latest mobile technology, devices, tools and development practices- and have a culture focused on knowledge exchange/personal growth.

Here's a look at the newest application that is causing a buzz with our partners! Our Device Care App: http://care.mobiledefense.com/

Let me know if this looks like some technology you'd like to be working on!

Contact us at careers@mobiledefense.com!

BetterCompany - San Francisco

BetterCompany is a seed stage startup based in SF's financial district. The company is well-funded by some of the best enterprise angels and VCs in the business (https://angel.co/bettercompany).

Our app facilitates anonymous sharing within companies. Getting feedback in the workplace is hard. Suggestion boxes suck, 360 reviews suck, questionnaires from HR suck. We can do better. Although we monetize with paying enterprise customers, our focus is on creating a product loved and trusted by individuals.

We're looking for solid developers to work on all aspects of the app. Experience with node.js, Python, Objective-C, Java, client-side Javascript or Linux would be directly relevant, but we're also interested in hackers with experience with "mind-expanding" technologies, like Lisp, Smalltalk, Erlang, Haskell etc.

We're also looking for a security engineer—someone who can audit the codebase, find and fix vulnerabilities and evaluate proposed features for their security impact.

If you're interested, contact me at colin@bettercompany.co