Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)

Figma is a startup in San Francisco building a browser-based collaborative design tool to improve the way designers and developers work together. We are hiring talented engineers across the stack who are interested in tackling hard technical problems with smart people and building a product that startups will rely on. We push the boundaries of web technology and have redefined what applications in browsers are capable of. For examples of challenges that we solved, you may find our blog post interesting: https://www.figma.com/blog/section/engineering/

We're hiring product, security, and infrastructure engineers and leaders across a number of teams and roles: https://www.figma.com/careers/

Our front-end tech stack: TypeScript, React, C++, WebAssembly, WebGL

Our back-end tech stack: Ruby, Sinatra, Go, Rust

$100k – $130k, 0.15% – 0.35%

BrightHire is building the first platform built for the human side of hiring by transforming the most important part of the process: conversations. We do this by making it possible to easily capture, analyze, share and perfect hiring conversations at scale, to help forward-thinking companies build talented, diverse teams.

We have lofty goals and we need a talented, diverse team to make them a reality. You’ll be working directly with the CEO and Head of Engineering, shipping code daily while strategizing on the product with the team. This position offers a competitive salary, meaningful ownership, paid health coverage, and a budget to set up your ideal work environment (whether in NYC or remote).

https://angel.co/company/brighthire/jobs/897994-full-stack-e...

Rocket Lab is redefining how we access space. With over 50 satellites launched on our Electron rocket so far, we're looking to build a team of smart people that can operate our fleet of Photon satellites. These roles have a strong focus on automation through robust software and services.

Operations SW Engineer - https://www.rocketlabusa.com/careers/positions/operations-so...

Looking for backend/service/infra/devops experience to support spacecraft operations. Aerospace experience is great but not required for this role.

- Works with the operations team, fight software, IT, and ground support to build services that support the full cycle of satellite operations

- Help build an agile, modern software team

- Reports on metrics, SLAs, and SLOs like uptime, performance, and cloud resource utilization

- Works with the operations team to develop workflows and processes that are robust and support Rocket Lab’s growing fleet of spacecraft

Spacecraft Operations Engineer - https://www.rocketlabusa.com/careers/positions/spacecraft-op...

Looking for people with spacecraft experience (or similar relevant experience) who can help automate operations and work with internal customers to run on orbit experiments. This role has strong software and scripting components.

- Develop scripts, software, and tools to automate day-to-day operations of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellites

- Work with the launch operations team, flight software team, and other design teams to develop operational plans for Photon missions

- Work to improve the efficiency of satellite operations through automation and metrics-based decisions

MemSQL is a database startup focused on high performance, hybrid workloads. Our customers include half of the top 10 US banks, 2 of the top 3 US telcos, and 12% of the fortune 100. You can read all about our product here: https://memsql.com/product.

Right now, we are in the process of building a next generation data platform capable of handling many different workloads in one system. Think about a massive company storing all of its data, operational or analytical together. That's the vision - if that resonates with you, say hello!

We have several positions open:

* Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Helios (SF, Seattle or Remote)

* Senior Software Engineer, Backend (SF, Seattle, US Remote or Lisbon, Portugal)

* Software Engineer, Frontend (Lisbon, Portugal)

Careers page with individual links for each open position: https://www.memsql.com/careers/jobs/

If you want to learn more about the engineering work we do, check out memsql.engineering.

Feel free to email directly at david at memsql dot com.

"Who May Apply: All United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Islands) and applicants must not be GSA employees or contractors"