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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by streeter »

Educreations (http://www.educreations.com) - Full Time in Palo Alto, CA

Want to use your skills as a force for good to improve education for all? Here's your chance.

At Educreations, we believe that the world's best teachers should be available to all students.

As a first step, we've made it extremely easy for teachers to teach online. Our top-100 app transforms the iPad into a mobile lesson recording studio, and hundreds of thousands of teachers and students are using it daily to learn from each other anytime, anywhere.

Educreations is looking for some sharp, passionate people to help us redefine online teaching and learning. We were part of the first cohort of Imagine K12 and are funded by Accel Partners, NewSchools Venture fund and other top angels.

We've set out to make a dent in the future of teaching and learning and if this sounds like something you're interested in, get in touch.

We are looking for:

    Strong Python or Objective C Engineers
    Lead Visual Designer
http://educreations.wufoo.com/forms/join-educreations/

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by makmanalp »

Cambridge, MA - CustomMade (http://www.custommade.com/)

Full-time devs. Python work, would likely be working with Django. Django could be more or less often depending on the type of position.

Boilerplate about stack / team here:

http://engineering.custommade.com

Tech blog here:

http://engineering.custommade.com/sawdustsoftware/

We're a two-sided marketplace that does matchmaking between professional artisans / craftsmen and buyers. You post your dreams, we find someone to make it real. People come up with some crazy ideas like a custom made quidditch set / proposal ring: http://blog.custommade.com/portfolio/a-very-harry-potter-pro...

We're funded by Google Ventures and a ton of others: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/custommade-ventures so paying you well is not an issue. We just raised an 18 million series B!

We're right at the point where all the graphs are hockey-stick shaped and we're breaking our own records every week. Of course, with that comes scaling challenges. But it's all part of the fun.

We have a great team and a great environment that focuses on customers and product development.

When I'm working on product stuff, I get to collaborate with product / UX / support people day to day to build a product that meets a real business need, and makes everyone happy. But when I just need to bang out some code, people leave me alone. When I'm working on platform or architectural stuff, I get great advice and feedback from my coworkers. Expressing opinions and having discussion is encouraged.

Fridays are refactoring / innovation day to scratch your good code itch.

Work / life balance is great. Bureaucracy is at a minimum. Opensourcing is encouraged. Tech blogging is encouraged.

More about our stack / team here: http://engineering.custommade.com

You're a low-ego programmer who is always learning, has pushed code to production innumerable times, and doesn't cringe at the prospect of collaborating with a team of non-techies every so often. You know the modern web stack well, and specialize in at least one part of it.

Rarely, we'll do a remote position. Get in touch with me at mali -at- custommade dotkom

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

#33

Post by frabcus »

Liverpool, UK - ScraperWiki - CTO

ScraperWiki is a Silicon Valley style startup, in Liverpool, UK. We’re changing how data science is done together on the Internet.

We're hiring a CTO.

If you were doing the job, you'd describe it like this —

I'm , and my job title is Chief Technology Officer.

I make sure our platform works well.

There are trade-offs between our resources and technical quality. Features, lack of bugs, performance, security and backups all matter. I pick what matters most.

I do this by leading technically the platform team. We use Extreme Programming (XP), and I pair program much of the time. I'm confident with open source Unix technologies, have used a wide variety at all levels of the stack, and quickly learn new ones.

I recruit new members of the team, and help them become better programmers by example and by coaching. I organise any out of hours on-call that we need.

I keep track of technologies, both open source projects and proprietary hosted services, so I know which are most suitable for ScraperWiki. I advise on technical aspects of possible acquisitions and partnerships.

I make programmers who use the platform happy by making developer APIs that are a joy to use.

More broadly in the company, I promote a culture of excellent and professional software practices. For example, guiding design of libraries and use of tools amongst data scientists.

I like giving talks and writing technical articles, to communicate what we do. I'm comfortable in commercial situations, and describe the key benefits of the technologies we use in ways customers find compelling.

To apply, send the following: * A link to the code of a piece of software you've signficantly contributed to. * A link to your résumé/CV * Any questions you have about the job

Along to francis@scraperwiki.com with the word swjob9 in the subject (agencies only if you can find someone I know on LinkedIn to recommend your agency).

https://scraperwiki.com/jobs/#swjob9

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by Peroni »

Ovid wrote: post #26
Peroni wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I certainly didn't but it was more than likely because they are a recruitment company - http://www.allaroundtheworld.fr/who-we-are.html

Yup, we're a recruitment company (amongst other things). However, we're very specialized. We focus on international IT recruiting where companies are willing to sponsor you for a work permit (or the local equivalent). This is because my wife and I are both serial expats and we believe that people should be able to live anywhere in the world they want (we're not saying it's practical, but it's still our dream). Thus,…

Hey, don't get me wrong. I'm certainly not saying you deserved to be downvoted. I'm an ex-agency recruiter and I know better than most how much hate recruiters get on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2753958

I was simply shedding some light on why I think people are downvoting you.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by helloburin »

TripCase / Sabre Holdings - Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (Southlake)

TripCase is looking for Rails and JavaScript application devs.

Our tech stack: Ruby on Rails for the service layer and desktop app with RSpec and Capybara for testing. JavaScript/HTML5 for the mobile clients (Backbone.js, Require.js, PhoneGap, Grunt) with Jasmine for testing. Sass + Compass for styles.

TripCase is an app that helps you manage your travel itinerary. We notify you when your gate changes or when your flight is delayed, and provide helpful messages and tools during your trip.

How we work:

* Git has changed the way we work, and our development/deployment process is heavily influenced by it

* We're an Agile shop and pair pretty frequently and watch each other's backs

* Our product manager and designers are integrated on our teams

* Stories aren't done until they have automated test coverage

* Our Rails folks write mobile client code and vice versa

* We use Trello and Campfire to stay on top of things

* Our Joel on Software test score is about 11.

* Test-driven development

* Macs

Some things we have on our plate:

* Automated CSS tests (with Sass + Compass making it so easy to refactor and author CSS, it's also super easy to break stuff. We are getting tired of ⌘+R all day)

* Automate all the things

* Automated/continuous iOS and Android builds

* Vagrant VMs with Chef Solo for development

If you want to learn more, just ping me: burin.asavesna [at] sabre.com

More Info

--------------------

App Pages:

* Android App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sabre.trip...

* iOS App - https://itunes.apple.com/app/tripcase/id309620151?mt=8

Our Job Postings:

* http://bit.ly/14Fxsym

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by paulc »

New York, NY OR REMOTE - DailyBurn.com

Hi, DailyBurn is hiring for a full stack web developer position and an Android development position.

We are open to people in NYC (we work out of the IAC office in Chelsea) or Remote. We have several development team members that work 100% remote and have been doing remote work as a company since day 1.

You’ll have the chance to work on a variety of products and platforms (web, mobile, TV, and other media platforms), and will help scale our products to a rapidly growing audience.

Your skills:

Android: We're looking for a solid track record of delivering Android apps. Experience with other technologies is a plus since we work on a lot of platforms (Roku, Xbox, Web, iOS, etc.) in addition to Android. - Full listing: http://www.jobscore.com/jobs/dailyburn/android-developer/aHB...

Full Stack Web: Experience building and launching production software with Ruby on Rails (or similar web frameworks) - Full listing: http://www.jobscore.com/jobs/dailyburn/ruby-on-rails-develop...

Technologies We Use:

- Our web stack is Ruby on Rails, Nginx, and Unicorn.

- We use Node.js for real-time services

- We use Go for background processing

- We store data using MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB.

- Platforms we run on: iOS, Android, Roku, Smart TV, Google TV, Xbox, and more coming.

DailyBurn brings fitness and nutrition to members, anytime, anywhere, by streaming HD-quality workouts in a variety of disciplines from dance and high-intensity cardio to yoga, kettlebells and strength training. Our focus is creating and delivering amazing in home workouts.

If you're interested feel free to apply to the listings or email me directly: paul@dailyburn.com mention the HN posting :)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by r4vik »

London, UK - Pitchup.com - Python Developers

We're looking for Python developers (one senior, one more junior) at our start-up in Chiswick, http://www.pitchup.com - we sell pitches at around 600 campsites.

The site has been going for almost four years and, assuming the sun comes out, we're expecting about 1m users/month over the summer, before pushing into new markets during the autumn/winter.

Our small team of developers work mainly in Python and Django, achieving multiple awards and great reviews for ease of use and speed http://www.reviewcentre.com/Travel-Agents/Pitchup-com-www-pi... . Behind the scenes we've built some pretty nice features to help campsite owners manage their vacancies and encourage them to sign up.

Pitchup.com was cited at the recent W3C/ODI/OKF Open Data on the Web event http://www.w3.org/2013/04/odw/ : we're aiming to go beyond the typical travel site by integrating POIs like public transport, tourist attractions and pubs. We were also among the early users of Twitter's recently-launched product cards and autocomplete.

We're looking for a couple of people to work on things like payments, international expansion, testing and personalisation, mobile and geo (backend stack is Python / Django / Postgres / Celery / nginx / S3).

The business is profitable and was founded in 2009 by former lastminute.com staff with a background in the holiday park sector. We're regularly featured in the national press, and our lively, friendly team is based at the Barley Mow Centre off Chiswick High Road in west London.

Please drop me a line if you're interested in more information, or apply at http://www.pitchup.com/jobs .

Requirements

    * Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (ideally Django)
    * Good PostgreSQL experience
    * Very strong JavaScript skills
    * Familiarity with Linux server environments
    * Willingness to undertake sysadmin work
    * Some remote working is possible, and some on-call evenings and weekends will be required
See our Stack Overflow page for office and team pics: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/company/pitchup-com/ .

Contact info

* Apply: http://www.pitchup.com/jobs

* Telephone: 0208 123 4450

* No full-time telecommuting

* No headhunters!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

#39

Post by Ovid »

Peroni wrote: post #34
Ovid wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, we're a recruitment company (amongst other things). However, we're very specialized. We focus on international IT recruiting where companies are willing to sponsor you for a work permit (or the local equivalent). This is because my wife and I are both serial expats and we believe that people should be able to live anywhere in the world they want (we're not saying it's practical, but it's still our dream). Thus,…

Hey, don't get me wrong. I'm certainly not saying you deserved to be downvoted. I'm an ex-agency recruiter and I know better than most how much hate recruiters get on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2753958 I was simply shedding some light on why I think people are downvoting you.

That's a fair point and a very enlightening post. Thanks for sharing it :)

So far we've not really gotten much direct hate from folks, but it happens from time to time. I suspect the fact that we're trying to help people move to other countries might make us look a bit nicer, but it's tough to say.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

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Post by fblp »

>>> G'day.

Sydney - Australia - http://feedbackloop.com.au/jobs - seeking front end developer with UX flair and/or javascript mastery.

Remote or we'll help you come work in Sydney (we currently have Europeans and Americans in our Sydney office)

We make software that helps business build trust and increase sales with testimonials.

We've been funded by government, universities and we've got a bit of press (see our last newsletter at http://fbk.io/fbknews1)

We sometimes dress up as Kangaroos to sell our software. Photos at http://www.facebook.com/feedbacklp

* testimonials from our team and apply for more awesome at http://feedbackloop.com.au/jobs

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