Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by sunils34 » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:18 PM UTC

interested_dev wrote: post #226

joelgascoigne wrote: post #19

Hey everyone, hope your April is off to a killer start! Like in last month's Who is hiring I wanted to share all our numbers for complete transparency. March just came to a close and Buffer stands at 1.4M total users served by a small 21 person team spread across 14 cities and 5 continents. 130,000 of our users are actively using the product each month. We generated $350,000 in March, and we have $580,000 in the bank…

This sounds like the place for me! I've been looking for months for a company with a culture like yours. I love that you guys are completely open but would love to know what your engineering interview process is like? I'm awful at interviewing and would love to know how you guys handle it.

Hi there! Our engineering interview process is something we're continuously iterating on. At the moment this is how it looks: 1 technical interview with Sunil (discussion on past experience, code walkthrough and a high level technical question). 2 culture interviews with Carolyn and Leo. Then a mix bag interview with Joel. If all goes well, we have a 45 day trial period where we gauge technical and culture fit from both sides. Hope that helps!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by davidkopf » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:27 PM UTC

Remind101 - https://www.remind101.com/careers#jobs - San Francisco, CA

We believe great education is the first step to solving many of the world’s most pressing problems. Our purpose is to build products that make it easier for teachers to provide that education.

Highlights

- 15% of US Teachers use Remind101

- 6MM monthly actives

- $19.5MM raised

- John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins & Chamath Palihapitiya, Social+Capital sit on our board

- Small, growing team

Key positions

- Growth: Growth analyst, email marketing manager, UX engineer, full stack engineer

- Engineering: Full stack, frontend, backend, iOS, Android

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by bretthellman » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:27 PM UTC

Hall, now in SOMA is hiring. Learn more about our move: https://hall.com/blog/hall-headquarters-move-to-san-francisc...

Open Roles:

Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript, Rails) Backend Engineer (Rails, noSQL)

Learn more: https://hall.com/jobs

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by Asseta » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:29 PM UTC

Technical Founder - Asseta (YC S13) - San Francisco, CA

Asseta is building a marketplace for manufacturers to buy and sell used equipment. We launched in 5/13 during YC S13. Over the past 3 months we sold ~$385k work of equipment and made ~$37k in net revenue.

If we are successful, we will empower a new generation of hardware startups. The next Jawbone, Nest or Soylent will use us to get started faster and with less capital.

The full job description can be found below, but feel free to contact me directly, anton at asseta dot com if you are interested..

https://asseta.recruiterbox.com/jobs/30769

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by arbernat » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

Mountain View, CA - Pure Storage (www.purestorage.com). Visas possible, relocation required (no work from home).

120 engineers, ~450-500 employees overall.

We're building flash-based storage arrays and are growing incredibly rapidly in the market. Technically still a startup, but at a more mature point; no 120-hour work weeks required. Best team I've ever worked with, fantastic velocity in the market. We're the best array out there and it shows; we consistently beat other startups and established companies.

Despite producing hardware, we're heavily a software shop, mostly C++; GUI is javascript, scripting support is Python.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by speek » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:34 PM UTC

cwal37 wrote: post #351

speek wrote: post #4

Weft - http://weft.io - Boston, MA (LOCAL) + San Francisco, CA (LOCAL) + Eastern Europe (REMOTE). =========================== ====== What we do ========= =========================== We're a logistics visibility platform (read: Waze for Cargo). Weft tracks shipping containers using low-cost hardware to make sure that shipments get to where they're supposed to be on time and intact, saving billions in lost value due to…

That sounds like some huge operations research problems, I imagine you guys have some serious linear programming expertise.

:-)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by leowidrich » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

deevus wrote: post #356

joelgascoigne wrote: post #19

Hey everyone, hope your April is off to a killer start! Like in last month's Who is hiring I wanted to share all our numbers for complete transparency. March just came to a close and Buffer stands at 1.4M total users served by a small 21 person team spread across 14 cities and 5 continents. 130,000 of our users are actively using the product each month. We generated $350,000 in March, and we have $580,000 in the bank…

I emailed a few months ago. Stock standard response like it was a job application when I actually asked several specific questions. I'm sure you guys are great to work for, but don't promise to read every email if I'm just gonna get a mail merge reply.

Hey there,

Great point on this. We've recently had a meeting discussing this in detail, I think you're absolutely right, it doesn't make people feel great to get a standard response like the one you've received. We've been trying to come up with a better way to personally respond to people, which has proven quite difficult. There were 2,000+ applicants last month and I think we're still trying to figure out the best work-flow to make each response tailored.

I wanted to assure though that we've read your email (and we do read each and every email, always), even though we sent a standard response (which I totally agree with isn't a great method). Hope that might help and I hope we can come up with a better solution to respond to you and everyone individually in the future. If anyone has had experience on this, would love your thoughts!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by bertil » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:38 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #308

lolwutf wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll be transparent and say: I think it's crazy you expect developers to take a 45 day risk/trial period, in order to work at the company. I'm an experienced dev (3+ years of wholesome experience + a solid work portfolio) and I could even deal with the rather significant pay cut I'd be taking... but a pay cut + risking not having employment, when I'm already settled in a current job? No thanks. But good luck.

> I'm an experienced dev (3+ years ... This is still "barely out of school, hardly knows what he's doing" stage :) Edit - downvote me all you want, but if you are to show up on the interview and declare that you are in an "experienced dev (with 3+ years)", the interview will conclude quickly. It's not that you have just three years of experience, it's the fact that you think it's a lot. It's not. This makes you cocky…

I can’t judge (not being exactly a developer) but I was repeatedly told in the last weeks that anything above five years of experience was not meaningful. I’m not sure I was too happy about that. More importantly I have worked with people with three years on the job that are juniors, and with people whose three years of experience let them run circles around my stories.

My point is: being cocky is always bad. There isn’t any real standards otherwise, but… you need to be aware that using absolutes makes you redeemable to a lot of things.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by eli_gottlieb » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:39 PM UTC

alpha_ori wrote: post #168

Wanted: Programming Unicorn. We aren't asking for much here at SwiftStack. All we need is someone that's * An experienced, opinionated crafter of scalable distributed systems * Possessed of a deep and abiding knowledge of Linux * A brilliant Python developer, steeped in the Web * Excited about deployment and knowledgeable about packaging and the infrastructure that goes into getting nontrivial software systems from "…

I stopped reading the instant I saw the word "unicorn". No, just no.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)

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Post by ivyirwin » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 10:41 PM UTC

Andrew Harper Travel - Austin, TX = http://www.andrewharper.com

Andrew Harper is the most trusted name in luxury travel advice. We’re starting a new chapter in our business geared toward changing the way travelers research, book, and enjoy extraordinary travel.

We're currently hiring for two python/django positions – a team lead and a mid-level developer – that will be able to contribute to the vision of our development roadmap, translate functional requirements into technical specifications, and understand how to prioritize features to deliver top notch products on deadline.

While experience building Django apps is preferred, we will provide training for experienced Python developers willing to learn new skill sets.

If you're interested in learning more about the positions, please contact me at isentilles[@]andrewharper.com and include "HN Python Positions" in the subject line.