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

#461
NEW YORK CITY or REMOTE - depending on the position. Please ask.

DigitalOcean provides the simplest experience to launch and manage your server infrastructure online.

If you're interested in helping us tackle the major challenges of running at scale, these may be great opportunities for you.

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/security-engineer/

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/software-engineer/

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/ruby-engineer/

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/network-engineer/

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/site-reliability-en...

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/hardware-engineer/

https://careers.digitalocean.com/careers/developer-evangelis...

If you don't know much about DigitalOcean, we're a cloud hosting company, who provide the simplest experience to launch and manage your server infrastructure online. We've been big news in the technology press recently, as we announced our Series A round of funding.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/06/digitalocean-raises-37-mill....

If you're interested in having an exploratory conversation, please contact me directly at martin@digitalocean.com

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

#462
San Mateo, CA, Full Time Cloud Platform Engineer

Marketo is a leader in cloud software and marketing automation. We are delighting our customers and hiring some of the best minds in Silicon Valley. Our headquarters is located in San Mateo, California and we continue to expand globally. We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and a high-energy environment with lots of room for personal and professional growth.

As a Cloud Platform Engineer you will participate in the development and rollout of tools, applications and platforms critical to the management of Marketo’s infrastructure and services.

Who we’re looking for:

• You live and breath Linux/BSD

• You have solid understanding of standard internet services and protocols (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, etc)

• You have hands on experience writing Puppet modules (Chef experience OK)

• You can write readable and maintainable Ruby (Python OK )

• You have hands on experience automating unattended server setup

• You have exposure to distributed and large scale datacenter environments

• You have good communication skills and are good team player

• You enjoy working in a dynamic environment

• You are pragmatic and get things done with minimal supervision

What’s the job about:

• Contribute to server configuration management (Puppet)

• Participate in the unattended automation of server setup (DHCP, PXEboot, Kickstart, DNS, Puppet, Foreman, storage, etc.).

• Help define standards and best practices in server configuration management

• Provide technical leadership in server setup automation and configuration management

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

#463

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes there's currently no way, but thank you for the suggestion. I'll be getting this implemented shortly. :P

Thanks!

Work in progress, but got something basic up for the time being. Hope that helps!

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

#464

An approximate map of the U.S. locations posted: http://www.mapyourlist.com/share/aHkkP_DSCl [As an aside: why is the Pacific Northwest so unrepresented?]

I did see a Portland and a Seattle posting. Is your map generated manually or from scraping this page?

It was generated manually. I made another list just now[1], here are the areas with more than one posting:

    SFBA: 146
    NYC: 57
    Boston: 20
    LA: 20
    Seattle: 11
    DC: 10
    Austin: 7
    Chicago: 7
    Philadelphia: 6
    Atlanta: 6
    Pittsburgh: 3
    Durham: 3
    Detroit: 3
    Portland: 3
    Denver: 3
    Dallas: 3
    San Diego: 3
    Salt Lake City: 2
    Santa Barbara: 2
    Las Vegas: 2
    Bloomington: 2
[1] http://pastebin.com/SyYw1aRi

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

#465
Civis Analytics - Chicago, IL

Civis Analytics is a technology and analytics firm based in Chicago, IL and Washington, DC. We help companies, non-profits, and campaigns leverage their data to develop smarter strategy, make better decisions, and build stronger, data-driven organizations.

We solve the world's biggest problems with Big Data

Read more about us at http://www.civisanalytics.com/

We are hiring for a number of positions, but most notably our tech team is growing:

Software Engineer: http://www.civisanalytics.com/apply/entry/software-engineer-...

DevOps Engineer: http://www.civisanalytics.com/apply/entry/devops-engineer-ch...

We are also hiring Data Scientists, Analysts, and a handful of administrative positions. You can see all of our open positions at: http://www.civisanalytics.com/apply

We are smart, fun, and a little bit weird. Does this sound like you?

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

#466
iOS SOFTWARE ENGINEER - INTERN/CONTRACT, THEN FULLTIME/HIRE - Palo Alto, CA

SEE LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES (FULLTIME/INTERN): https://slice.resumetracker.com/public

Slice, a well-funded startup in CA, is a wonderful place to work and grow as an entrepreneur, engineer, designer, data scientist, and statistics scientist. You will be surrounded by brilliant, compassionate team members. This is an inspirational place to evolve as an entrepreneur and programmer, and the elite level of leadership among the founders, who are also professors at Stanford Graduate School of Business, is unparalleled. The networking and mentorship opportunities are amazing when immersed in this environment. Resumes/Linkedin/GitHub/project pages/portfolios to hannahft [at] stanfordalumni.org AND PLEASE CC Sean [at] slice.com. We will consider candidates who need a VISA to work in California.

https://slice.resumetracker.com/public/job_detail/1003

Employment Type: Contracted

Qualification: Degree or above

Experience: Mid-Level

What's the job:

We're looking for a rockstar iOS engineer to come aboard on a short-term contract or internship basis to help with our iOS development efforts for both phone and tablet. You will be working closely with the product and design teams to define the best user experience, with a keen eye for mobile UI design and best practices for the iOS platform.

Note that there is a possibility that this role could morph into a full-time position, but at the very least, we'd like to offer equity as part of the contact/internship compensation package.

Requirements:

Completion of or currently worknig towards BS or MS Computer Science or related field. Mastery of Objective C and the iOS SDK. Passion for the iOS platform and applications. 1+ year iOS application development experience. Have actively worked on and deployed highly rated consumer-facing iOS phone and/or iPad apps. A solid foundation in computer science and robust software design including algorithms, data structures, multi-threaded and object oriented programming, design patterns. Experience building mobile consumer applications with an eye for clean, robust and performant code. Comfortable with rapid iteration development methodologies and processes. Strong communication and documentation skills. Pluses:

Background/experience with other mobile platforms such as Android, Windows Phone. Experience with Java server technologies, MySQL. Previous startup experience and/or strong enthusiasm to work in a dynamic startup environment. Big online shopper and you don't mind getting reimbursed to buy more stuff! Ability to code in the presence of flying ping-pong balls. Who we are:

Founded by proven entrepreneurs out of Stanford, Slice is a consumer internet company based in downtown Palo Alto that is venture backed by Lightspeed, DCM, Eric Schmidt and other top Valley investors.

We're a bright and talented team that's chock-full of consumer internet experience with a passion for delighting our users through amazing product experiences and thoughtful customer service.

Oh and we LOVE to have fun!

What we do:

Slice is solving a very big and important problem: we're changing the way that people interact with the stuff they buy AFTER they buy it. And we're doing this by tackling it at the source of where people get their electronic receipts: the email inbox.

We're using email data to create fun and useful consumer applications and experiences. Our popular flagship app for iOS and Android provides an easy way for consumers to manage & track all of their purchases and even save money with price drop alerts.

Why we're cool:

Well our users certainly think we are (check out the reviews on the app stores). But the media love us as well!

We've been named one of 7 "Startups to Watch" by Inc. Magazine, and to Entrepreneur Magazine's list of 100 Brilliant Companies.

We've also gotten tons of shoutouts from the press and media such as the NBC's Today Show, Real Simple, CNN, and Lifehacker just to name a few.

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

#467
Sr. Software Engineer - Core Systems FULLTIME - Palo Alto, CA

SEE ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES (FULLTIME/ETC): https://slice.resumetracker.com/public

SENIOR ENGINEER: https://slice.resumetracker.com/public/job_detail/222

Slice, a well-funded startup in CA, is a wonderful place to work and grow as an entrepreneur, engineer, designer, data scientist, and statistics scientist. You will be surrounded by brilliant, compassionate team members. This is an inspirational place to evolve as an entrepreneur and programmer, and the elite level of leadership among the founders, who are also professors at Stanford Graduate School of Business, is unparalleled. The networking and mentorship opportunities are amazing when immersed in this environment. Resumes/Linkedin/GitHub/project pages/portfolios to hannahft [at] stanfordalumni.org AND PLEASE CC Sean [at] slice.com AND Conal [at] slice.com. We will consider candidates who need a VISA to work in California.

What's the job:

We are seeking a senior server engineer to design and develop software components and systems for our high volume, distributed infrastructure backing our consumer Internet applications running in the cloud.

Responsibilities:

Design and develop core software components and systems in support of our suite of Web and Mobile applications. Code using Java. Conduct design and code reviews. Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources. Work closely with other engineers to define elegant software solutions, with a particular eye for performance and scalability. Requirements:

BS or MS Computer Science or related field. A solid foundation in computer science and robust software design including distributed systems, algorithms, data structures, multi-threaded and object oriented programming. Expert knowledge developing and debugging in Java. Experience with a high traffic web applications with particular focus on performance and scale. Experience with cloud based code deployment such as Amazon Web Services (EC2) preferred. Experience with both SQL and/or NoSQL data stores - e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra preferred. Experience with information extraction, natural language processing and machine learning is a major plus. Experience with rapid iteration development methodologies. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Enthusiasm for working hard and having fun in a dynamic startup environment. Who we are:

Founded by proven entrepreneurs out of Stanford, Slice is a consumer internet company based in downtown Palo Alto that is venture backed by Lightspeed, DCM, Eric Schmidt and other top Valley investors.

We're a bright and talented team that's chock-full of consumer internet experience with a passion for delighting our users through amazing product experiences and thoughtful customer service.

Oh and we LOVE to have fun!

What we do:

Slice is solving a very big and important problem: we're changing the way that people interact with the stuff they buy AFTER they buy it. And we're doing this by tackling it at the source of where people get their electronic receipts: the email inbox.

We're using email data to create fun and useful consumer applications and experiences. Our popular flagship app for iOS and Android provides an easy way for consumers to manage & track all of their purchases and even save money with price drop alerts.

Why we're cool:

Well our users certainly think we are (check out the reviews on the app stores). But the media love us as well!

We've been named one of 7 "Startups to Watch" by Inc. Magazine, and to Entrepreneur Magazine's list of 100 Brilliant Companies.

We've also gotten tons of shoutouts from the press and media such as the NBC's Today Show, Real Simple, CNN, and Lifehacker just to name a few.

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

#468
FULLTIME/MANAGER HIRE- Slice - https://slice.resumetracker.com/public - Palo Alto, CA

COMPLETE LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES (FULLTIME/INTERNSHIP/CONTRACTOR): https://slice.resumetracker.com/public

Slice, a well-funded startup in CA, is a wonderful place to work and grow as an entrepreneur, marketing director, business analyst, engineer, data analyst and statistics scientist. You will be surrounded by brilliant, compassionate team members. This is an inspirational place to evolve as an entrepreneur and programmer, and the elite level of leadership among the founders, who are also professors at Stanford Graduate School of Business, is unparalleled. The networking and mentorship opportunities are amazing when immersed in this environment. Happy to chat. Resumes/Linkedin/GitHub/project pages/portfolios to hannahft [at] stanfordalumni.org. We will consider candidates who will relocate to CA or require Visa sponsorship!

Director of Mobile Marketing https://slice.resumetracker.com/public/job_detail/954

Location Palo Alto, CA 94301, United States

Employment Type: Full Time

Qualification: Degree or above

Experience: Manager

What's the job:

We’re looking for an experienced, rock star marketer to spearhead our mobile marketing efforts and drive massive growth for our mobile products. The right person lives and breathes marketing analytics, and has proven results running mobile or online user acquisition campaigns. Typical tasks might include initiating and executing mobile marketing campaigns, assessing the ROI of marketing campaign spend, or analyzing the quality of customers we acquire from different channels.

What are the responsibilities:

Initiate and execute mobile marketing campaigns across various mobile advertising channels and partnerships Manage relationships and operations with multiple mobile ad agencies Identify and define in-app features to drive growth Work with product teams to ensure our products have the reporting capabilities to track marketing campaign performance Measure ROI of marketing campaigns and quantify the value of mobile users Comprehensive ownership of analysis of business and marketing metrics for mobile user acquisition and engagement Collaborate closely with product teams to define product marketing strategy: app store creative, viral, social, and retention features Aggressively collect, analyze, and respond to data related to the performance of our mobile apps What are the skills & requirements:

3-5 years of experience executing and analyzing mobile or online marketing campaigns Deep understanding of ROI, user profitability, user attribution, CPC, CPI Strong analytical skills, with a proficiency in Excel Experience with Android and iOS marketing, especially on Fiksu, Facebook, Millenial, etc. Knowledge of SQL BA / BS required Anything else?

Previous experience at a consumer internet company (big plus!) You like to shop online and you don't mind getting reimbursed to buy more stuff! Appetite for detail Collaborative personality and team player Takes initiative and gets things done Self starter, problem solver Who we are:

Founded by proven entrepreneurs out of Stanford, Slice is a consumer internet company based in downtown Palo Alto that is venture backed by Lightspeed, DCM, Eric Schmidt and other top Valley investors.

We're a bright and talented team that's chock-full of consumer internet experience with a passion for delighting our users through amazing product experiences and thoughtful customer service.

Oh and we LOVE to have fun!

What we do:

Slice is solving a very big and important problem: we're changing the way that people interact with the stuff they buy AFTER they buy it. And we're doing this by tackling it at the source of where people get their electronic receipts: the email inbox.

We're using email data to create fun and useful consumer applications and experiences. Our popular flagship app for iOS and Android provides an easy way for consumers to manage & track all of their purchases and even save money with price drop alerts.

Why we're cool:

Well our users certainly think we are (check out the reviews on the app stores). But the media love us as well!

We've been named one of 7 "Startups to Watch" by Inc. Magazine, and to Entrepreneur Magazine's list of 100 Brilliant Companies.

We've also gotten tons of shoutouts from the press and media such as the NBC's Today Show, Real Simple, CNN, and Lifehacker just to name a few.

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

#469
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Working full-time as a PHP/RoR Programmer for DHX Media.

DHX Media (Vancouver) Ltd. is an award-winning animation studio, which has produced over 300 half hours of original children’s shows. We are also proud to employ a team of more than 200 of Canada’s top artists, writers and producers.

We are currently seeking a Programmer to assist in the maintenance and development of an internal asset management system. In this position you will be working in tandem with the lead developer and reporting to the IT Manager. You should be comfortable working in a fast paced environment, well organized, and familiar with modern programming methodologies.

Responsibilities Include:

- Maintaining and implementing needed features in an existing asset management system written in PHP/Zend Framework;

- Taking part in the design and development of a new system written using Ruby on Rails;

- Working with various pieces of software (Adobe CS, Toon Boom, Maya) to integrate/automate certain functionality.

High level of experience in:

- PHP

- Ruby on Rails

- jQuery

- GIT/Subversion

Working knowledge of / familiarity with:

- ExtJS

- Microsoft SQL Server and IIS Web Server

- Python/MEL Scripting

- Adobe Creative Suite (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)

- Autodesk Maya

- Knowledge of Microsoft Server Products (Active Directory, Exchange, etc.), Toon Boom Harmony and the animation industry is an asset

Other Assets:

- Ability to excel in a fast paced environment, adapting to multiple demands and shifting priorities

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

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

#470
post #373

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few months ago I asked you why you don't do remote work. I followed up with an email. I realize you're busy, but still I would have appreciated an answer, since you asked me to send you an email anyway.

We're an office culture. We're constantly getting into situations where we hit technical challenges we haven't solved before, but someone else in the office has. Several times a day you'll see people crowd around someone's computer trying to work through some bug or misbehavior to see if we can, as a group, turn it into something exploitable. That's reason #1. Reason #2 is fairness. Some of our work is on-site. We ar…

Ok, thank you for answering.
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