Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2014)

OMsignal Full Stack Software Engineer [REMOTE or LOCAL]

Headquarters: Montreal | http://www.omsignal.com

Link to Job Offer: https://github.com/OMsignal/omsignal-job-offers/blob/master/...

OMsignal is made possible by the expertise of Smart Textile experts, Data/Bio Scientists, Hardware, Firmware and Software Engineers. Please note that this offer is mostly focused on Full Stack Engineers, but we are also looking to hire smart Data Scientists who have an interest in biodata and possibly people who could help bridging BLE/MSP firmware and driver development.

    What we do
    ==========

OMsignal is an exciting Montreal start-up developing a revolutionary line of bio-sensing clothes that connect seamlessly to smartphones. The company is at the intersection of the wearable technology, well-being and fashion markets.

We are a well-funded startup [1] working to deliver a smart biometric shirt. You can read more about our mission on [2]. And for those who followed the US Open 2014, we are the technology behind Ralph Laurent Polo Tech.

We just shipped the product to our first customers.

    What we are looking for
    =======================

We are looking for Full Stack Software Engineers who can help us to architect, design and implement a complex system based on bleeding edge technologies (Scala, Akka, Spray, Reactive Programming [3], iOS, Swift, Docker...), a modern architectural style (Micro Services, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Eventual Consistency), and a clean codebase (Clean Code, Domain Driven Design…) -- emphasis on the “Engineer” over the “Full Stack” part.

In-depth knowledge of the technologies we use is not required, but having strong Software Engineering foundations is (Algorithmics, Design and Architectural Patterns, …). Understanding that code is read much more often than it is written is an absolute must.

You should be willing to face the upcoming challenges (Machine Learning, Predictive algorithms, Opening the platform/iOS SDK/API, -- who knows the rest?…).

And of course, you need to speak/write english fluently (we need to understand each other, right ?)

     The Technologies we currently use
     =================================

 - Backend : Scala, Akka, Akka Persistence, Spray, ReactiveMongo, SBT, Kafka, ZooKeeper
 - Web : NodeJS, AngularJS
 - iOS : Swift, Objective C, ReactiveCocoa, Core Bluetooth, CocoaPods`
 - DevOps : Ubuntu, Docker, Ruby, Amazon AWS/EC2
 - Project management: git/github
 

The `iOS` stack is more sophisticated than the average iOS App. It includes a Pub/Sub system similar to `Apache Kafka` (that we call iOS Kafka internally), makes heavy use of asynchronous programming + `CQRS`/`Event Sourcing` and computes biometric algorithms and reports.

    Our culture
    ===========

We get some inspiration from the Open Source model to achieve high-cohesion (within teams) and low-coupling (between teams) : small, empowered teams, systematic pull requests, developer autonomy.

Our software engineering practices are also influenced by Antifragile [4] principles (Small is Beautiful, Less is more, Hormesis principle, evolutionary darwinism, over-compensation ...)

And if you are on the Paleo diet, like hiking/camping or enjoy a good raclette you will certainly find friends here!

    Next step
    =========

If you are curious about the project and want to explore opportunities working with us, you can - reach out to dev@omsignal.com - come hang out on IRC (irc.freenode.net #omsignal) to ask your questions

If you have a `github`/`bitbucket` account, we would love to take a look at what you like doing (even if you feel ashamed of it in retrospective -- explain us what you would improve now)

    Footnotes
    =========

[1] http://www.omsignal.com/blogs/omsignal-blog/14669049-omsigna... [2] http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/brave-new-wearable-world-c... [3] http://www.reactivemanifesto.org/ [4] http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incer...

Open edX -- REMOTE (Worldwide), OpenCraft

Consultancy specialized on the edX project, and hiring to handle increasing demand. edX is a free software project, used by various universities and companies to run online courses. See edx.org, class.stanford.edu, france-universite-numerique-mooc.fr for examples of edX instances.

It's a large Python/Django codebase, with good code standards and architecture (a lot of the edX engineers come from MIT). You would work on different clients contracts using the platform. The clients list/references include Harvard, edX themselves, the French government, and various startups & universities currently running their own instances, or looking to create one. Tasks are varied, from developing custom features for specific courses (XBlocks), customizing instances, developing generic platform features, deploying instances, working on both client/server sides, etc.

A large part of your work would be published as free software (edX is released under the AGPL license, which requires clients to release modifications under the same license), and you would also contribute to the free software project, pushing some of your developments upstream through pull requests, contributing features, documentation or help on mailing-lists.

You would be able to work remotely from where you want, as long as you have a good internet connexion. : )

Stack: Python/Django, Ansible, AWS, Debian/Ubuntu, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, MongoDB

Applying: Email jobs@opencraft.com with: your github account, a short explanation of why the role interests you (no formal cover letter, please :) ) and a list of links to free software contributions you have made.

Savvr - Portland, OR (No Remote) - Full-Time

Savvr provides large-scale data collection, analysis, and research for institutional investors. We're self-funded and profitable. We're looking to add talented and motivated engineers to our team. Rather than list specific requirements, I'll just list the areas of experience and technologies we currently utilize on a daily basis.

* PHP 5.5, modern code-base, back-end development, daemon processes, distributed workers, redis

* MySQL, PostgreSQL - Medium-to-advanced SQL techniques, proper normalization, tuning configuration for efficiency.

* Data-warehousing - Understanding large datastores, star-schemas, fact-dimensions, pros/cons of a RDBMS versus a document-storage engine, Hadoop, columnar databases, etc

* AWS - We utilize a number of AWS services (ec2, route 53, s3, rds, vpc, etc)

* Web/Mobile - We really dig into how the web and APIs (http, ssl/tls, soap, xml, rest, json, etc) operate on a deep technical level. Bonus points for web security, completing Stripe CTFs, reverse-engineering, packet sniffing, etc

* Excel - Very solid understanding of XLSX, auto-generation of spreadsheets, integration of dynamic data.

* Automation/testing We run a 24x7 platform and need to be confident things are running smoothly at all times.

If you feel you're strong in a few or more of these areas, we'd love to talk to you. We provide competitive salary and benefits. We're a small company and expanding our footprint here in Portland.

tim@savvr.com

Main Street Hub // Austin, TX // email: brandon.beck@mainstreethub.com

We are looking for a few experienced software engineers to join our small but growing R&D team in downtown Austin. Within engineering we are a passionate group of people who are extremely interested in building the software that helps our customers around the country thrive in their local communities. We’re a really small team (currently 9 people) so you’ll have plenty of say around how we develop software going forward.

We are currently in the process of modernizing our software platform to be more modular and truly data driven. Our goal is to use data to make sure that we provide the right content to the right consumer at the right time. We’re building our internal API using REST based services implemented in Java, and while our front end is currently implemented in PHP, that may change in the future. Some of the technologies that we’re using: Dropwizard, Swagger, Flyway, CodeIgniter, Phake, Guzzle, CloudFormation, Troposphere, and Ansible. All new engineers get company provided downtown parking, flexible work hours, 100% of their health insurance premiums paid for by the company, the ability to build their own work computer, and access to our kitchen with plenty of drinks and snacks. We’re looking for individuals only so please no recruiters or agencies. In addition we’re looking for full-time employees who are already in Austin, TX or willing to relocate.

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Founded in 2010, Main Street Hub is the CRM for Local. We offer an integrated social, web, and email marketing solution designed to help merchants get more customers and keep them coming back by spreading word of mouth, extending their customer service, managing their online reputation, and leveraging the Main Street Hub’s merchant network. Main Street Hub was recently named #73 on the Inc. 500 list (http://www.inc.com/profile/main-street-hub) of America’s fastest growing companies and the 2nd fastest growing company in Austin. Please see our website (http://www.mainstreethub.com) for more information.

McKinsey Digital Labs (part of McKinsey & Co) - San Francisco, New York City.

We’re looking for Architects, Full Stack Engineers and Front End Developers.

—————ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS————————

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

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We’re looking for ARCHITECTS and FULL STACK ENGINEERS.

Role As a Software Architect at McKinsey Digital Labs, you will be involved in leading agile implementation and transformation projects at Fortune 500 companies. You will be a core member of the McKinsey consulting team with responsibilities that range from shaping and implementing strategic products to ensuring that McKinsey’s craft stays on the leading edge of technology.

Do you have a real passion for software development? You should have contributed to open source projects, have participated in some technical community or interest group or have written or spoken in public about their technical ideas. Despite having experience, you should continue to be an active learner - tinkering with new open source libraries, using unfamiliar technologies without a lot of supervision and learning new languages in your spare time, etc. Lastly, we’re looking for someone with a strong understanding of key Agile engineering practices to guide senior client IT leaders on improvement opportunities in their engineering practices.

Do you have the passion and experience to…?

   -Build consumer quality products, enabling business capability and objectives through technology.
   -Develop applications using any of the following technologies: XML, Javascript, Oracle, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, .Net, Java, UNIX, HTML, CSS, Perl, or PHP
   -Infrastructure knowledge including Single Sign On, LDAP, LAMP, Search Technologies
   -Experience of engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application security
   -Knowledge of Agile software development process.
   -Familiarity with performance metric tools

In your work do you…?

   -Develop creative and efficient solutions for business problems.
   -Enjoy and get energized by complex problem solving and are able to push for innovative solutions.
   -Have excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on technology decisions.
   -Demonstrate excellent leadership skills and enjoy teaching/mentoring others.
   -Work under pressure, manage client expectations effectively and not get overwhelmed by client pressures on team.
   -Have customer focus and a quality mindset.
   -Manage your own learning and contribute to functional knowledge building of the team.
   -Thrive independently and in various team settings.

We are committed to having a meritocratic and transparent hiring process.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about McKinsey Digital Labs and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

If you are, please do apply by taking one of the below challenges so that the managers at McKinsey can evaluate your key competencies before the interview.

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

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