Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

Survata, San Francisco, CA

Survata sells consumer datasets to businesses. We’re a San Francisco startup attacking the $40 billion market research industry by making a complex & bureaucratic process into a simple & painless one.

Full-stack Software Engineer Our systems are are more complex than they originally seem. From a survey-building tool, to an ecommerce platform, to an ad network, to a data analysis tool, our systems have to do a lot to deliver big value to our clients. You’ll add a lot of features in a short amount of time. You’ll build them quickly, but you’ll make sure you’re keeping the code base clean. You’ll build them from the DB all the way up to the CSS, with the bulk of the heavy lifting being in Javascript. Our focus is on keeping things simple for our clients, so you’ll take that to heart. You’ll work with our entire engineering team to bring our systems to the next level.

About you * You love to build software that drives the bottom line for a business. * You want to work with other smart, hard-working engineers to solve big problems. * You have strong opinions about what makes a good API. You not only help build ours, but you’re a customer of it, so you’ll help keep us in line. * You’ve probably used several Javascript frameworks, and can rattle off their strengths and weaknesses. (We use Angular, which we sometimes like and sometimes hate.) * You thrive on the energy of operating in a fast-paced, ever-changing startup atmosphere.

Senior Backend Software Engineer Our systems are are more complex than they originally seem. From a survey-building tool, to an ecommerce platform, to an ad network, to a data analysis tool, our systems have to do a lot to deliver big value to our clients. You’ll help set up our systems for the growth to come. It might be using memcached when deciding what survey to show to on our network. It might be automatically determining what relationships are statistically significant. It might be augmenting the data we provide with data from other sources. No matter the project, you’ll jump in with both feet, architecting it just enough to deliver in the short term and set us up for the long term.

About you * You’ve built big systems that drive a business. * You love data & analytics and can build systems that help shine a light on the story behind that data. * You understand that your software runs on computers (but you architect things so you spend the minimum amount of time possible thinking about that). REST, JSON, and APIs make you happy (even though the capital letters are annoying). You’re not afraid to build all the way from the DB up to the CSS (even though you’ll spend most of your time on the server). * You’ve used a lot of AWS services. You love some, are frustrated by others, and can’t wait to try the next one. * You thrive on the energy of operating in a fast-paced, ever-changing startup atmosphere.

To apply, send a resume or LinkedIn profile to jobs@survata.com.

Bonanza.com in Seattle is looking for a full stack Ruby on Rails developers to continually improve the user interface, performance, feel, and other aspects of the site to make our customers happier, save time, and have more fun buying and selling on Bonanza.com.

You’ll be working in the full stack, from the mysql database up to jQuery and HTML/CSS. You should be comfortable receiving sometimes-vague bug reports, and having the doggedness to track down repro steps and make an appropriate fix. You should have the empathy to see problems from our customers’ perspectives and keep their needs in mind while building solutions. An innate sense of good UX design would be super helpful in this position.

Because we’re a small and close-knit team, attitude is a critical element in our selection process. The ideal candidate will be able to speak both "geek" and "human," and will approach problems with a "can-do" attitude.

Bonanza is a fast-growing (averaged 50-100% yearly growth over 5 years) and already-profitable company. It's fun to work for a winner.

In addition to a competitive salary and the typical bennies, we offer strange and wonderful perks like working from home every Wednesday, "Freedom February" (when we move the office to a tropical locale for the month) and on-site massage.

To apply, please visit http://www.bonanza.com/jobs

Originate - San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, NY, Las Vegas, Boston

We are a team of nearly 150 hackers, designers, venture pros, and entrepreneurs. We invest Software Development, Design, and Strategy in exchange for equity in startups. Tech stacks are mostly Scala, RoR, Node.js, iOS, and Android, but our primary hiring criteria is being smart and understanding software development at the highest level.

* Engineering - Experienced & Entry Level * Dir of Engineering roles in NYC, Boston and SF * VP of Engineering located in SF, NYC or LA * Creative - Visual Designers, UI/UX specialists, User Researcher

Check us out...https://angel.co/originate or http://www.originate.com/ ======

I've been an Engineer here for 12 months, here are a few reasons why it's the best job I've had: * Extreme flexibility when it comes to time off, working from home, etc. * The smartest, most driven team I've met. * Engineers can have an impact on every part of the organization. * 20% time to work on your own startup, of which you retain 100% ownership (seriously, this is better than google's 20% time!)

Alation (http://alation.com), Redwood City, CA

Looking for UI and data Software Engineers, DevOps, Demand Marketing, and Sales Development Representatives. VISAs welcome, though we can't relocate international candidates right now.

Alation is democratizing access to data by tackling one of the most universal challenges in analysis – the challenge of context. We analyze petabyte-scale data warehouses at companies ranging from eCommerce to online radio to improve the way data is accessed. Alation has brought together an incredible team of engineers, designers, and executives from Google, Apple, Oracle, IBM, one-man startups and top schools. Just announced: a $9m Series A, and our customers include eBay, Square, and Hipmunk.

We've got a great product in a huge market with the right people for the job, and we have a hell of a lot of fun. Come join us!

http://jobs.lever.co/alation or contact joanna.leon@alation.com

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