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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#531
Patients Know Best -- REMOTE ONLY. At present we all work core hours in London time, give or take a few hours. We're hiring mid-level developers -- full-stack, really (we're all full-stack more or less!) but we've notice we're weaker on front end, so we'll be particularly interested if you have solid experience with some of these: strong cross-browser support (we have to support more than the "evergreen" browsers), i18n (we can't assume text length is constant, or even RTL...), multi-device/resolution support, accessibility, jQuery for auto-save and that sort of thing; HighCharts for graphing.

For the rest of the stack: Java experience is important; beyond that, we can generally show you around (more below). We're mostly a Java enterprise stack, actively rebuilding and splitting up functions, actually. Recently we've scripted the setup of the entire stack (or individual servers), including using Vagrant to easily set up a complete environment locally for each developer.

More about PKB

I've worked in a lot of different sectors since I first started writing code in the late 90s, including education, b2b supply chains, POS systems, e-commerce, banking, and anti-spam.

PKB has been head-and-shoulders above the rest in everything I care about.

We're building something that actively, directly, improves the lives of people in general -- not selling more stuff, helping others sell more stuff, or making comfortable people a bit more comfortable. If you're interested in PKB's growth, funding, profitability, contracts, etc., ask -- our CEO is also active on HN. I'm the CTO.

We're pragmatic about work/life balance. I work from France, or sometimes from Malaysia, where my in-laws live. Almost half of the developers have small children at home -- personally, I get my kids up in the morning, sometimes see them at lunchtime, then take over late-afternoon & evening (while my wife works), and I fill in a bit of extra working time around the edges as needed. We're collaboratively figuring out what works (e.g., how many working hours should you overlap to collaborate effectively?), and planning our lives and our work around what's effective, not around some photocopied list of rules stapled to a cubicle wall. One of our developers only codes part time (and occasionally takes long leaves of absence), because he's also a theatre director.

Culture -- we're live in various parts of the UK, central France, Bangalore, and Vienna; we range in age (though I don't actually know everyone's ages, so I can't say exactly!). We're not all native English speakers -- but communication skills trump even technical skills for remote teams, so we all understand, speak and write English easily and with the confidence to interrupt if we didn't catch something. We collaborate, not compete -- let ideas fight it out, but we're on the same team. We're not the sort of group to tell dirty jokes, or tales of how drunk we got last weekend; though we do have interesting stories to share.

If we sound like a good match, get in touch: https://patients.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=4 (I'm also contactable directly -- see profile -- but I get a lot of email).

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#532

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What lack of confusion? Did you miss the first thread that some people posted in and which fizzled out?

Yes, and that's kind of my whole point. This post is right on par, comment wise, with the other ones. Clearly not much confusion took place. Dang says there "needs to be a standard place" -- but I think the success of this thread disagrees with that statement. Hardly a big deal, just pointing it out.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9473545

We've moved all the posts from this thread to that one, except where the posters had already made a new one there themselves.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#533
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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#534
Scribd (YC '06), San Francisco - VISA, FULL-TIME, and INTERN are all welcome

Scribd ("Netflix for eBooks", top 100 website, 50 people) is hiring talented hackers of all kinds to help us build the library of the 21st century.

We've hired EIGHT full-time people and TONS of interns from these "Who is Hiring" threads ... it really works!

We're looking for people who want to work with:

* Ruby on Rails (we're the #2 largest rails site, after Twitter)

* Javascript (well, we use Coffeescript)

* iOS OR Android (we're a top 10 eBook app with more reviews than Wikipedia, with a small mobile team)

* Data science / data analysis (using big data tools like hive to analyze an amazing proprietary dataset)

* Machine Learning / data mining / recommendations - think Netflix prize, but for books!

* Product manager and design (UI or UX) roles too

* Internships: junior standing or above for all areas of engineering. We hire several interns every summer and year-round.

That said, we care way more about your personality and general hacking skills then what languages you've used so far, so if you haven't used these but want to break into mobile or web development, this could be a good opportunity for you. We've hired people from these threads with everywhere from 0 to 10 years of experience.

We're profitable, very well funded and have a really fun office environment (go-karts + a rock climbing wall!) in the center of the startup world in San Francisco. Scribd alumni have gone on to found 4 other YCombinator companies, more than from any other startup. We think this says something about the kind of people that we like to hire, and we love hiring people with entrepreneur and startup ambitions. We are also always looking for international people interested in moving to the US and can help you secure a visa.

You can read more about our "Netflix for Books" service here http://wrd.cm/1dJquzz or check out our tech blog at http://coding.scribd.com. Last month we launched the first "Netflix for Comics" - really exciting stuff! More here: http://wrd.cm/1MbaBA6

More info is at http://www.scribd.com/jobs, but as a HN user, feel free to apply directly by emailing me at jaredf at scribd.com.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#535
BabyList - Oakland, CA

BabyList is making it easier for expecting parents to prepare for one of the biggest events in their lives. These parents-to-be look to us to help them make decisions about what to buy for their baby and where. We have an extremely engaged user-base, we’re growing quickly, making real money and building new products that will take us to the next level.

Frontend Developer - Lead the development of our website. Obsess over user-experience, A/B testing, code maintainability and page-speed. Our stack is Ruby on Rails, MySQL, and Backbone/CoffeeScript/Javascript.

Why should you consider BabyList? We offer: - fascinating work that users actually notice and love

- extremely smart, diverse team

- actual work/life balance

- benefits of an early stage startup (autonomy, fast pace, many hats...), without the risk of the an early stage startup (i.e. our revenue is paying for our growth)

- great office location - Old Oakland neighborhood (3 blocks from 12th street BART)

- we're a team of 8. Everyone has a big impact and is great at what they do.

If you’re interested in hearing more, email me at natalie@babyli.st

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#536
Fig - San Francisco, CA - Full Time

Fig is a new venture-backed take on crowdfunding in the most popular vertical for crowdfunding.

Fig is hiring a gamer with experience as a front end engineer. This is an opportunity to join as one of the first employees at Fig and shape the stack and the product from the ground up. We have already built much of the MVP and need someone to join us as we sprint towards an exciting set of opportunities this summer. Our tech stack (familiarity with any of these is a plus but not required, we’d rather work with fast learners!):

- Front end development in Angular/React - Yes, we unit test :-) Tests written using RSpec and ran automatically using Travis.CI

At the end of the day, we are looking for someone with some or all of the following skills:

- Rapid product prototyping - Ability to learn quickly and take on new challenges - Adapt to a dynamic startup environment

If you’re interested, contact our Head of Product, Freeman White, freeman@playfig.com. Please send us a link to one of your GitHub repos and let us know the most recent game you downloaded on Steam. We look forward to getting to know you.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#537
Senior Front-End Engineer (Bend Oregon, Remote) (full time)

http://www.manzama.com

You know the future of the web: front end applications built on top of fast versatile APIs. You want to build technically challenging, well designed applications that are easy to use and allow the user to accomplish things they wouldn’t otherwise be able to. You know when to use a library or framework and when to build from scratch to achieve the best results.

Modern technology and delightful experiences are at the heart of Manzama and you’ll be a core part of defining the architecture and engineering the front end experience. You’ll get the freedom to execute on your vision and build online experiences from concept to implementation, with an incredible team to help you every step of the way. You will be a very large part of a small team.

At Manzama, you will: • Lead the development of the front end of our web app to delight our customers. • Work closely with other developers to design and implement new features and functionality to help our users manage their information overload and discover business-critical information. • Commit and deploy high quality code regularly • Create libraries and APIs that enable modular, extensible design • Optimize the code and deployment to create a fast and efficient user experience
 We’re looking for people who are: • Highly skilled in Javascript • Experienced with production MVC Javascript applications • Experts in HTML and CSS • Experienced with writing well tested code • Knowledgable of web development best practices
 Brownie points for these: • Familiarity with Python/Django • Experience with JS frameworks such as React, Angular, Ember, and Backbone • Experience with CSS pre-processors  (SaSS, Less) and other frontend build tools (Yeoman, Bower, Grunt)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#538
Civis Analytics | Chicago, IL | https://civisanalytics.com

Civis is building cloud-based products to help organizations do data science better and easier. We create technologies that empower organizations to unlock the truth hiding in their own data—transforming them into smart organizations that are ready to thrive. We help organizations solve their biggest problems with Big Data.

A few of our open positions:

Devops Engineer - http://bit.ly/1P30uit Senior Security Engineer - http://bit.ly/1anABtS Systems Engineer - http://bit.ly/1GCZQkn Full Stack Software Engineer - http://bit.ly/1Hn3As1

Civis is hiring Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product, Sales, Marketing managers, and more. View all of our open positions at https://civisanalytics.com/careers

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)

#539
Senior Front-End Engineer (Bend Oregon, Remote) at Manzama Bend Oregon You know the future of the web: front end applications built on top of fast versatile APIs. You want to build technically challenging, well designed applications that are easy to use and allow the user to accomplish things they wouldn’t otherwise be able to. You know when to use a library or framework and when to build from scratch to achieve the best results.

Modern technology and delightful experiences are at the heart of Manzama and you’ll be a core part of defining the architecture and engineering the front end experience. You’ll get the freedom to execute on your vision and build online experiences from concept to implementation, with an incredible team to help you every step of the way. You will be a very large part of a small team.

At Manzama, you will: • Lead the development of the front end of our web app to delight our customers. • Work closely with other developers to design and implement new features and functionality to help our users manage their information overload and discover business-critical information. • Commit and deploy high quality code regularly • Create libraries and APIs that enable modular, extensible design • Optimize the code and deployment to create a fast and efficient user experience
 We’re looking for people who are: • Highly skilled in Javascript • Experienced with production MVC Javascript applications • Experts in HTML and CSS • Experienced with writing well tested code • Knowledgable of web development best practices
 Brownie points for these: • Familiarity with Python/Django • Experience with JS frameworks such as React, Angular, Ember, and Backbone • Experience with CSS pre-processors  (SaSS, Less) and other frontend build tools (Yeoman, Bower, Grunt)

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