Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by spitfire » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:40 PM UTC

I'll post to this thread because this is very relevant for the hiring companies. Hunter and Schmit did a meta-study of 85 years of research on hiring criteria. [1]

There are three attributes you need to select for to identify performing employees in intellectual fields.

  - General mental ability (Are they generally smart)
    Use WAIS or if there are artifacts of GMA(Complex work they've done themselves) available use them as proxies.

  - Work sample test. NOT HAZING! As close as possible to the actual work they'd be doing. Try to make it apples-to-apples comparison across candidates. Also, try and make accomidations for candidates not knowing
  your company shibboleth.

  - Integrity. The first two won't matter if you hire  a sociopath.

This alone will get you > 65% hit rate [1], and can be done inside of three hours. There's no need for day long (or multi-day) gladiator style gauntlets.

[1] http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%...

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by exDM69 » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:40 PM UTC

anton_y wrote: post #278

Coboc | Heidelberg, Germany | ONSITE, full-time | Embedded Systems Engineer We are looking for an embedded systems engineer to join us as our first engineer. We are developing, producing and selling electric bikes of a new kind. They stand out by a award winning design, light weight, unique usability and a fully integrated drive system that we develop completely in house including motor control, battery management an…

Why the requirement for German language? Your work seems interesting and I'd be qualified except my German language skill is "embarrassing tourist" not "fluent".

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by yashness » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:40 PM UTC

Linkedin | ONSITE

Couple of technical positions available:

Sr. Python Engineer - Mountain View, Senior Software Engineer - Bangalore, Site reliability Engineer - Mountain View, Senior Operations Engineer - Bangalore, Audio Engineer - Carpinteria, California, Application Development Engineer - Beijing

You can apply from Linkedin careers page or https://lnkd.in/fMcazCE (employee referral).

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by sinneduy » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

Pixlee | San Francisco, Toronto | Full Time | ONSITE

Pixlee is revolutionizing the relationship between people and brands. We help companies leverage customer photos/videos from social media to improve marketing.

We work with over 100+ customers, including top brands such as Converse, Kenneth Cole, UGG Australia, Mattel, Charlotte Russe, Marriott Hotels, and AMC Theatres, to drive higher online conversion, increase performance of owned media, and create a more authentic brand experience. A graduate of the Stanford StartX accelerator, Pixlee is an Andreessen Horowitz and XSeed Capital portfolio company. As a rapidly growing startup, we are constantly looking for talented people to join the Pixlee team and to help us revolutionize the intersection of big data and social media. At Pixlee we work hard, love to learn, and value teamwork and humility. We’ve got a big vision and we’re looking for game changers to join our team.

We look for talented, high-potential individuals who aren’t jerks. Our proposition to them is simple: Pixlee offers a unique opportunity to thrive and grow rapidly in a small-team startup environment operating at big-company scale. Our customers are some of the largest brands in the world and everything you do here affects millions of consumers.

We believe in using the right technology for the task, and we use a mix of rails, backbone, python, scala, elasticsearch, and postgres.

For me, I've really felt that I've been able to really grow very rapidly, and also been given the autonomy to make many decisions you can't make at a much larger startup. Its a very tight knit group, and we like to have fun.

What we're looking for: - Software Engineer (SF): https://www.pixlee.com/careers?gh_jid=86332

- Software Engineer (Toronto): https://www.pixlee.com/careers?gh_jid=221012

- Frontend Engineer (SF): https://www.pixlee.com/careers?gh_jid=182363

- Frontend Engineer (Toronto): https://www.pixlee.com/careers?gh_jid=221013

- Other: http://www.pixlee.com/careers

You can also email a resume/portfolio to dennis[at]pixleeteam.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by eli » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

Industry Dive | http://industrydive.com/ | Washington, DC | onsite

    = About Us =

Industry Dive is a rapidly expanding digital media company that publishes business news and original analysis for 2 million executives in 11 industries. We've been named a "best place to work" in 2015 and 2016 by the Washington Business Journal.

    = Backend Developer =

http://industrydive.com/job-listing/back-end-developer/

We're looking for a fulltime developer with previous experience developing backend web systems, especially in Python/Django. There is some flexibility here and exact job duties can be tailored for the right person. Bonus points for applicants with experience in any of the following: CSS/HTML/JS, SQL, Cypher (Neo4J), native iOS/Android development.

    = Technical Project Manager =

http://industrydive.com/job-listing/technical-project-manage...

As our development team grows, we need to keep improving our workflow and processes to keep us efficient. We're looking for a project manager to help us up our game and to keep projects on track. Previous experience with agile design methodologies a plus.

    = To Apply =

Both positions report to the CTO (that's me!). Feel free to contact me with any questions: eli@industrydive.com

To apply, email hr@industrydive.com with a cover letter and resume.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by gyro » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

dispatchai wrote: post #174

Dispatch | http://dispatch.ai/ | San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Full-time, onsite Come join a small, agile team creating the future of delivery! We are Dispatch (dispatch.ai), a well-funded early-stage startup building a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles that are already being tested on sidewalks. We're looking for smart, ambitious people to help build the world’s largest autonomous delivery fleet. If you're intere…

Can you please elaborate more on your tech stack?

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by inputjoker » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

ngoel36 wrote: post #259

Uber - Full Time Engineers 1) Rider Experience - San Francisco - Senior Engineering Manager (highest priority) and Mobile & Backend Engineers (all levels, iOS & Android, backend). This team works on the front-end of the main Rider apps. Email ngoel+rex_manager_0801@uber.com or ngoel+rex_mobile_hn0801@uber.com or ngoel+rex_backend_hn0801@uber.com 2) Southeast Asia Growth Team - San Francisco - Mobile & Backend enginee…

"top University"

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by charleshkang » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

nanoanderson wrote: post #59

Yahoo! ( https://mobile.yahoo.com ) | New York City | ONSITE | Full-time iOS/Android/Back-end Yes, Yahoo! You probably know us for many reasons ;-), but some of the best ones include our awesome mobile apps (Fantasy Sports, Finance, Sports, Video Guide, Weather, et al). In our New York office, we've got a crack team of mobile designers and developers, and we're looking to grow even more. We work mostly on the Finance…

Reached out to you regarding the iOS Developer position.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by yashwanthcp » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

Join the team innovating on digital payments at Amazon. We are hiring software engineers at all levels in Cupertino, CA and Seattle, WA. Looking for engineers with distributed systems background. 3+ years industry experience. Contact yashwanthcp at gmail dot com.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)

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Post by dberg » Mon, Aug 01, 2016, 5:44 PM UTC

iHeartRadio | NYC | OnSite | Full-Time

Scala, React, Node, Data Eng, Mobile, Android, iOS, Program Management

iHeartRadio is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 800 million downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 80 million users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook.

We are seeking passionate, motivated and skilled engineers looking to make a major impact on the music world. We have a great work/life balance, free lunch on Fridays, Bagels on Thursdays, collaborative open floor space, in-office performances from up and coming artists, bike room and showers. We also believe heavily in open source and being engaged in the wider tech community. You can also read about us at http://tech.iheart.com

Please apply at http://jobs.iheart.com or email us at recruitment@iheartradiocareers.com

Software Engineer, Web - Along with Facebook and Netflix, iHeartRadio is one of the largest React applications around. We are small, focused team committed to produce our best work. We are undertaking a major re-architecture of the iHeartRadio website/Web application, and just open-sourced a number of modules [1] as part of this effort. We intend to contribute increasingly more to the React open-source community.

Mobile Engineers - Android and iOS - Come work on our flagship mobile applications using best of breed frameworks solving real problems at scale. You will also be actively engaged with our Home and Consumer Electronics products such as Chromecast, Roku, XBOX, etc.

Data Engineer - Seeking engineers with a passion for solving large data problems. Our data platform helps provide insights and analytics, reporting, business intelligence and many other functions for the business. We rely on tooling such as Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Redshift, Airflow, Spark.

Software Engineer , Scala - Come work with a world class engineering team who is very active in the Scala community. We have an Akka Cluster based microservice framework and we are doing some really exciting things at scale using AWS, Docker and a variety of other tooling.

Sofware Engineer in Test - Looking for software engineers who love working on automation frameworks and tooling. Appium, Selenium, etc are all welcome.

Dir Engineering, Android - Looking for a seasoned mobile leader to lead our Android team across all of our Android initiatives for mobile flagship applications, consumer electronic integrations and automotive integrations. Hands on leader, managing a team of 10-12 engineers.

Engineering Program Manager - Our EPMs are technically savvy leaders who help steer our product initiatives and continue to drive high performance teams to successful software delivery. Organized, technically oriented, able to be a servant leader to your teams and interested in working closely with product and engineering organizations to drive results.