Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)

At PROTAGONIST we're building the analytical tools for the post-factual world! We know that this is not necessarily a new world, as propaganda has always been around, but the sheer scale and reach of it in the digital era calls for a drastically new approach. PROTAGONIST is a such approach.

Even though we believe in facts and their validity over non-facts, we don't believe detecting real vs. fake news is the key to understanding the post-factual world. Instead, we're much more interested in people's _beliefs_ regardless of whether or not those beliefs are true. We think people are guided by what they believe to be true, not necessarily by what is objectively true. To that end we have built PROTAGONIST, a machine-learning-powered analytical engine that takes a novel approach to computational linguistics and natural language processing. We have proprietary algorithms that can detect various patterns of subjective language that is indicative of an underlying belief. We call these NARRATIVE patterns and are convinced they hold the key to "mining for beliefs" in the vast and wild media jungle.

Interested to hear more? Wanna come work with us in uncovering the new frontiers of NLP and Narrative Analytics? Check out the open positions at: http://protagonist.io/careers/

We have two locations: San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC

Keywords: linguist, full stack, backend, Python, language, fake news, narratives, beliefs.

EquityZen | Engineering Lead | New York City | Full-Time | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead

Tim Draper & Dave McClure backed, EquityZen is an early-mid stage FinTech firm, bringing private markets to the public. Our platform enables large, private companies to helps their shareholders get cash, while providing investors access to invest in these pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 60+ premier tech and digital health companies, and is proud to be considered a liquidity provider by 1 out of 3 of the largest unicorns. https://equityzen.com/press/

We're looking for an Engineering Lead eager to help us as we redefine private markets. Join us if you're looking to work alongside extremely brilliant engineers while rolling up your sleeves, diving into code, and driving our product vision.

Some of the things you'll do: Architect and implement the most secure private placement platform that can scale to trading $1B+, Work closely with experienced developers who love discussing software & security, Collaborate with non-engineering teammates to solve difficult practical problems, Partner with Founders and Product Lead to set and manage expectations in delivering high quality technology at a fast pace, Demonstrable experience building robust infrastructure with our developers and data-driven business tools for other teams, Prototype and implement new product ideas with engineers, with initiatives such relying on NLP and ML based prediction, Gain exposure to all parts of the venture capital, private equity, and startup ecosystems.

Also hiring for: https://equityzen.com/careers/?frontend https://equityzen.com/careers/?frontend-intern https://equityzen.com/careers/?fullstack-intern

Thistle | Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite, https://jobs.lever.co/thistle.co/4a7a1753-162c-4dae-87b7-b10...

Thistle delivers delicious, organic and healthy meals as a subscription - "put your diet on autopilot". We're an early-stage, rapidly growing health & wellness startup in the Bay Area.

We're hiring software engineers (senior and junior; we're good about on-the-job training) for:

- Building our consumer website, with a focus on helping customers understand all the nutrition and health benefits in their meals.

- Kitchen/Ops infrastructure for designing, preparing and delivering thousands of meals in a day.

- Growth: Experiment with new user acquisition and engagement strategies.

I'm also a software engineer here - I actually joined Thistle after reaching out from an earlier HN Hiring thread. It works!

Our stack is Python/Django on the backend, some Javascript on the frontend, (forthcoming) app in React Native. Experience with those technologies is a plus but not required - if you're a fast learner we will be just as interested in what you like to eat for lunch.

Interview: phone screen, then visit HQ to try the food and discuss/pair program with our codebase. No brainteasers.

Apply at https://jobs.lever.co/thistle.co/4a7a1753-162c-4dae-87b7-b10... and if you have any questions or just want to chat, feel free to email me AT .. Please, no recruiters or agencies!

(note: .co, not .com)

Seed (YC W15) - Online Business Banking - https://seed.co

ONSITE in San Francisco or Portland, REMOTE (US)

Role: Backend Engineer, iOS Engineer

Stack: Golang, Swift, Docker, AWS

Skills:

We value core software engineering experience, so being comfortable working w/o a framework and being able to code in other languages are a big plus.

Process:

Phone intro, phone screen, onsite + technical interview, decision. We strive to complete this process within 2 weeks if a candidates schedule permits.

Apply: https://seed.co/jobs/

Please include a cover letter and mention that you found us on HN. Also feel free to reach out to me at brian at seed.co

What we do:

We’re taking on the challenge of modernizing small business banking. We’re building beautiful, easy-to-use tools for banking, invoicing, expense tracking, and more, so our members can focus on helping their businesses thrive. Those tools also need to integrate smoothly with often-antiquated banking systems, and be bank-level secure. It’s a huge challenge, but one we enjoy tackling every day.

Recent press: https://seed.co/press/

Nextdoor (http://nextdoor.com/) | San Francisco, CA | Full-time | Onsite

I'm one of the co-founders and Chief Architect at Nextdoor. Our mission is to use the power of technology to create stronger and safer neighborhoods all around the world. Over 70% of the neighborhoods in the US are using our platform to communicate about the issues most important to them, and we've just started expanding internationally as well in the Netherlands and UK. Founded in 2010, we're backed by Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, and Tiger Global among others, and have raised over $210M in venture capital to-date.

We are hiring across the board, and growing quickly. A list of our open job reqs can be found here at http://nextdoor.com/jobs. In particular, we're always looking for great full-stack generalists who are comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced environment. Our stack is primarily Python and Go servers, running on AWS, with client apps built in Obj-C/Swift (iOS), Java (Android), and JavaScript/React (Web).

Our office is in San Francisco (mid-Market) close to Civic Center BART. If you're looking for a relatively small startup (we're still fewer than 150 people total, with ~60 in engineering) with an opportunity to have global impact, we'd love to hear from you at jobs@nextdoor.com.