Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)

Imagine being able to access 1,000s of brands from one location anywhere you go. And then pair this idea with beautiful design, curated content and amazing customer service. Well, this is Spring: we're taking the idea of a 24/7 marketplace and using this platform to enable brands and consumers to connect in new ways.

We're a mobile first company that cares about design, about delighting our customers (brands and consumers) and about building great products. Started in 2013, Spring has quickly become known as the place to shop... and we've seen this in our rising number of users and brand partners. We currently have 85 employees and big plans for growth.

Tech stack includes Go, React, Javascript, iOS and Java (Android). Team is small and collaborative. We're big believers in empowering every team member to own and ship features, regardless of seniority. This means that each engineer has a measurable impact in our business and roadmap. Learn more about the team here: https://www.shopspring.com/engineering

If you're interested, submit an application here: http://grnh.se/3e7fvt

Caitlin, our tech recruiting manager, will review your info. If your background looks like a fit she'll reach out with next steps.

Do you want to work in a fun, vibrant environment where you're excited to get to work every morning? Are you excited about travel and activities? If so, then you're perfect for Peek! We're revolutionizing the travel space with the peek.com web and mobile apps to help travelers find and book activities that they love, and at the same time building the Peek Pro platform which empowers tour operators to better manage and grow their businesses.

We're hiring in Engineering, Product, Marketing, Operations, and looking for summer interns as well.

The New York Times called Peek.com “a site you want to visit again and again”, and CNBC labeled Peek as the “OpenTable for activities”. The company is backed by tech heavyweights including Google’s Eric Schmidt, Square’s Jack Dorsey and TPG’s David Bonderman. Check out our http://peekpro.com/jobs/ and drop us a note if you want to join the team!

We're a small but very strong team (8 of us) helping people have a better time on their bikes. Specializing in route planning & ride recording (with an established website and popular app), we work closely with individual riders, clubs, events, tour companies, and more.

We're ready to expand our team as we find the right people specializing in any of the following:

- Design: We need someone on board who can make everything we have (and are building) look great, and can lead on difficult UX problems.

- Frontend: Lots of cool stuff on our website, with lots more in the pipeline. We're in the process of moving all new dev to React/Redux.

- Mobile: iOS or Android devs interested, please inquire. We've got awesome users that regularly spend hours relying on our app, and it does a lot.

- Backend/devops: We rack our own hardware, host an OSM stack, MySQL, Redis, Rails, and more, and would love someone on the team that can split their time between backend dev and devops with a focus on either.

We work reasonable hours, have great benefits, love solving problems for our customers, go on bike rides and encourage each other to live healthy happy lives. It's a really nice working environment with a cool product and customer.

Please inquire for more info: zack@ridewithgps.com

You hire people. People have lives. But this type of process just illustrates that you're a Corp and not really having the best interest of the people you're hiring. The reason I state this is because corporations don't give a fuck about anyone who under performs and they shall fire anyone at will. You're not a family, you're (the corp) not going to put in nearly as much effort as the candidate did to get the job, in order to keep said candidate.

You make them take many weeks to apply and get the job, but even for trivial reasons (we lost that customer/contract or we don't have the funding) you'll kick said candidate to the curb without a second thought.

It's a one sided position in the favor of the corp, and for that reason I would never choose to work at any company with this method for hiring - and especially a company that has this example of how long that fucking process takes.

The point is, you think you're looking for "the best fit" but you're actually alienating people who would be a good fit.

Company:

We are a small group of driven, ambitious individuals committed to changing the landscape of education.

We work hard, eat well, and have lots of fun. We work at BenchPrep because we love it.

We are looking for talented and motivated professionals who are excited about the chance to leverage technology in order to impact the lives of millions of students. Our clients include ACT®, HRCI, Hobsons and many other educational companies.

Check out job description http://www.builtinchicago.org/job/qa-engineer-36 and shoot email to nickolay@benchprep.com