Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)

Unata (unata.com) is a VC-backed, Toronto-based startup in the enterprise retail space. We are building the retail experience of the future. We work with large retailers to power their digital experiences, while personalizing each shopper’s content and offers based on their purchase history. We’re connecting the physical shopping experience with the best of the digital world. We are growing fast and need to scale our core product team. We are looking for the roles below.

Current stack

Backend: Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Celery, Numpy, Pandas), PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Jenkins CI, Redis, Memcached, CentOS

Frontend (including Mobile): Angular.js, Sass, Grunt

- Platform Engineer - Python experience, intermediate/sr, understanding of service-oriented architectures (more info > http://unata.com/platform-eng)

- Data Science Engineer - Application development experience, machine learning knowledge & experience (more info > http://unata.com/data-sci-eng)

- QA Engineer - Test automation, development experince, process minded, familiarity with CI systems like Jenkins (more info > http://unata.com/qa-eng)

- Data Developer - Data integration development experience, detail oriented (more info > http://unata.com/data-developer)

Why you should work for us:

- Competitive compensation and stock options, comprehensive health benefits, flexible paid vacation

- Relaxed work environment in downtown Toronto (King & Bathurst), Work-from-home-Wednesdays, fun company activities

- Opportunity to make a big impact in digital retail! Your work will be seen and used by millions of retail customers!

Nimbus team at University of Chicago | Software Developer | http://www.nimbusproject.org | Chicago, IL | Onsite

The Nimbus team is a globally recognized pioneer in infrastructure cloud computing. We created the first ever open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service implementation, and are constantly evolving and thriving on the leading edge of cloud services technologies.

We work closely with scientific application communities to develop innovative solutions in cloud computing infrastructures and platforms, with particular focus on High Performance Computing and Big Data systems. To facilitate cloud computing research on a national scale, we also operate an experimental testbed supporting cloud computing research.

Our overall mission is to develop innovative technical solutions that create new opportunities in science. The Nimbus team provides a friendly, collegial environment where you will be challenged to help create these groundbreaking new cloud technologies.

We are looking for a software developer specializing in cloud computing. More details are available at http://www.nimbusproject.org/jobs/

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BaseCase | Software Engineer | http://basecase.com | Berlin, Germany | Remote, Visa

Our primary product is a sophisticated web application which allows non-developers create interactive presentations.

We're looking for talented developers. Our technology stack is Javascript / jQuery / HTML5 on the front-end, and Python / MySQL on the back-end. But you don't need experience in our stack - we know a good developer can learn on the job.

We can support remote workers, and are willing to assist in obtaining a work visa for Germany if required.

We have been profitable for several years, so we can offer very competitive salaries, with stock options.

If this sounds interesting, apply here:

-) Software Engineer: https://basecasecareers.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0hffr

-) Senior Software Engineer: https://basecasecareers.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0hff4

Some relevant background videos:

-) http://basecase.com/company/careers

-) http://basecase.com/platform/video/

Cheers,

Diarmuid Glynn / CTO / d.glynn@basecase.com

MapD | San Francisco (city) | Backend Developer, Frontend Visualization Developer

MapD (http://www.mapd.com) is a Google Ventures/Nvidia backed Series A startup that builds a hyper-fast big data analytics visualization platform that takes advantage of the massive parallelism and high memory bandwidth of GPUs. We literally can run queries orders of magnitude faster than other systems and since the results are on the GPUs, we easily visualize the result sets or feed them into machine learning pipelines.

We’re looking for:

Backend Developer - Someone with strong experience in C++ and database/systems programming. Knowledge of CUDA/OpenCL, X64 Optimization, and/or OpenGL a major plus.

Frontend Developer – Someone with lots of experience with D3.js, preferably also with Crossfilter.js and WebGL/Three.js. Needs to have good design sense and significant data visualization background. Knowledge of WebWorkers and WebSockets a plus.

We’re a small but growing team with deep knowledge of databases and GPU Programming. Benefits and equity are competitive ($115K-$150K / 0.25+%).

Please email jobs@mapd.com if you're interested!