Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)

We’re looking for talented and driven engineers to help us build Layer, the open communications layer for the Internet. Layer enables app developers to easily build secure, scalable messaging, voice and video features into any app. We're tackling problems you won't find anywhere else, and we're obsessed with doing it right. A few of our high priority roles are:

* Senior Software Engineer * Dev Ops Engineer * Software Tech Lead

For more information and our full list of openings, visit: https://layer.com/jobs#positions

I feel that salary is something that I'm transparent about as a hiring manager, and I like to have that conversation early. From my side, I have a very strict budget, without much room to negotiate. When I make an offer, I usually lead with my best offer, and let the candidate know that. Anyone skilled with Google can find the general range for this position so there are no surprises in advance.

I do take issue with the predatory part. The Test Engineering role here is really the 'farm team' for Software Engineering and Systems Engineering, and I feel it's a great way to get a sense of how the technology department works from the inside before deciding if you want to move forward here or somewhere else. For some context, every single Test Engineer I've hired for the last ~3 years has gone on to work as an SE. In fact, that's why I'm hiring now. We invest a lot in our TEs, so we're not looking to fill these seats with people we can get at the lowest price.

All of that said, I appreciate your comments, and will remove that line from future posts. I will, however, continue to talk about salary early and often during the interview process, so that I'm not wasting anyone's time. We can't afford 90k for a junior-level position, and I think it's only fair to state that up front.

Thanks, Kevin

Lucid Software is building world class graphical applications in the browser and on mobile devices. Our first product, Lucidchart (http://www.lucidchart.com), is an online diagramming application with 1M+ users. We recently launched our second product, Lucidpress (http://www.lucidpress.com), which is an online layout and design application.

Lucid is a startup founded by Karl Sun, a former Google exec, and Ben Dilts, our CTO. We're profitable and rapidly growing in every dimension of the business and need people to join our team. For fun we raft river rapids on company retreats, have Friday BBQs, and eat lots of pizza. Talent and ability to learn are more important than specific skills.

BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER (all experience levels) -

Lucidchart and Lucidpress run with various decoupled services in a Linux environment using Scala, MongoDB, AWS, and MySQL. At Lucid your responsibilities would include enhancing existing services, building new services, integrating with 3rd party applications and ensuring services are highly available, secure, and scalable.

Requirements: - Talent - BS degree

Recommended experience: - Building large products / applications - Scala or Java - MySQL or other relational database - NoSQL databases - Cloud computing (AWS)

FRONTEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER (all experience levels) -

Lucidchart and Lucidpress are powered by one of the largest Javascript codebases on the Internet (about 250k lines of JS), optimized so that the user experience is indistinguishable from an installed native application. Come help us show the tech world what can be done on the web.

Requirements: - Talent - BS degree

Recommended experience: - Building large products / applications - Javascript - Google Closure compiler/library - CSS/HTML/DOM manipulation - jQuery - Native app development on Android and/or iOS

All applicants email resumes to jobs@lucidchart.com.

Software Engineer

Appinions is a SaaS Platform provider, helping Fortune 1000 companies like IBM, Oracle, Nissan, and Dell with Influence Marketing. Our platform uses patented natural-language processing and social network analysis technology developed at Cornell University to help companies identify and manage the people, ideas, and publications that drive their market.

Skills & Requirements:

As a Full Stack Developer (Java & Javascript) you will be involved in design and implementation of a range of new capabilities built on top of our influence-based data platform. You'll work with amazing data apis and an great set of developers and researchers to produce compelling and scalable web-applications. Our senior engineers typically have at least 3 years of Java web development under their belt, but you should have a keen understanding of web application technologies both front-end and back. We currently use the Spring framework so some experience with Spring is ideal. You should have a strong grasp of common OO design patterns, familiarity with a variety of data-stores, and a passion for good API design and performance.

What You'll Do:

Work in a team environment to build the next generation of influence-based applications Play an important role in design and implementation of an important new set of internal APIs Develop awesome new features front to back (using Java and JavaScript) Work with a team of developers and researchers ( who specialize in natural language processing, social network analysis) to create create scalable web apps with elegant, user-friendly design Requirements:

5+ years web development experience both server and client-side web-development Ability to architect complex applications using frameworks and APIs Familiarity with Java Experience with client-side HTML/CSS/JSON/Javascript/JQuery/AJAX Experience with server-side frameworks (Spring MVC/REST/Node.js) Working knowledge with a variety of relational and nosql data stores (mysql, mongodb, hbase, redis) Familiarity with cloud environment a plus (e.g., AWS) Basic unix shell skills * Strong user experience instincts Perks:

Work in our mid-town offices Health, Dental, Equity, other benefits Competitive compensation Advancement opportunities

I'm an engineer here at Appinions, so feel free to AMA!

New York City

== About the role ==

We're looking for a strong front-end developer with a good sense of design. You should live and breathe HTML, CSS and Javascript, and ideally you have experience working with single-page web apps in AngularJS. Above all we’re seeking an experienced developer with the knack for creating sites which lay out complex information in a simple, clean way — incredibly satisfying to use — across all browsers and devices.

  Need:
    - HTML, CSS
    - Javascript
    - Photoshop / Illustrator
  Would like:
    -  AngularJS

We are a small but well funded NYC startup. We're looking to transform the job market for developers by thinking about hiring differently. We are very early stage, but will soon release our MVP. We're searching for great designers and engineers based in NYC, who want to be part of the journey and want to have skin in the game.

== Why I love working here ==

  - Awesome team
  - Unbelievably connected founders
  - Very fair pay considering the equity they give
  - Relaxed, laid-back atmosphere
  - Very clear career growth potential (CEO has managed tons of devs and is keen on you growing in your career)

We can meet for coffee and talk more about what you are looking for and how that might be a good fit as a team member of untapt. (matthew@untapt.com)