Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)

We provide a format-free, web-based platform for bioinformatics research. Work with us on changing how bioinformatics applications are built.

BIOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER (St. Petersburg, Russia)

We are looking for someone to write modules for working with biological data types, and to develop bioinformatics applications on the Genestack platform. This will include being part of a team developing data visualisation apps, working with diverse file formats used by biologists and bioinformaticians today, writing data processing and analysis scripts. Complexity and diversity of tasks will depend on your skills and wishes.

Requirements:

- Java and Javascript (at least one of the two should be above average);

- an interest in working with biological data and applications;

- good knowledge of technical English.

Contact us at jobs@genestack.com

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Cambridge, UK or St. Petersburg, Russia)

We are looking for talented engineers for key roles in building our cloud genomics OS. What you will be doing depends on your background and interests. There are challenges in diverse areas:

- design and development of APIs for working with genomic data (Java);

- development of compute-intensive bioinformatics applications (Python, R, C/C++);

- research and implementation of optimised (time, I/O) means of data storage;

- scheduling and control of jobs in cluster environments (AWS and others);

- and many others.

There is no requirement to know biology/bioinformatics, but being curious and willing to learn new things is a must.

Contact us at jobs@genestack.com

Senior Full Stack Engineer | General Assembly

We're a new kind of education company teaching people who either want to level up in their career or make a career change in tech, business, and design. In the two years I've been here, the development team has become a tight-knit, get stuff done team with a seriously good work-life balance.

The position details:

- You have 3-5 years of experience as a mid to senior level engineer

- You're used to working with Rails & Ruby and you have advanced experience building RESTful web services & APIs

- You have experience working with a variety of languages, with a strong grasp of their pros & cons

- You're a kind & respectful person, invested in contributing to a wonderful team culture (bullies & big egos strictly not allowed)

- You are occasionally enthusiastic to the point of being profoundly uncool

- You get insanely excited by at least 1 thing that has absolutely nothing to do with computers

Some other things that would be really nice to have ...

- Strong front-end development skills

- Experience designing service-oriented architecture

- Web operations or system administration experience

COMPENSATION $80K – $150K Salary 0.1% – 0.5% Equity

ABOUT YOU

* 1-3 years of software development at a high-growth technology company

* BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent hacking experience

* A passion for delivering great user experiences and working through complex problems

* Strong experience with Ruby on Rails (ideal candidate)

* Ideally experience with major Javascript framework such as: Ember, AngularJS

* Preferred proficiency with relational databases, comfortable dabbling in both front-end and back-end tasks. Building out analytics infrastructure. Not afraid to work on design and UX

THE ROLE

* This is a pivotal moment for Breeze’s product and engineering culture. Help us expand to all 60 US cities that Uber, Lyft, and other on-demand services have a presence in

* Lay out the vision for our technology platform and execute on that vision. If you love building web products from scratch, this role is perfect for you

* Collaborate directly with co-founders to plan, execute and measure the success of all of Breeze’s product and engineering objectives across web and mobile

* Interview and hire engineering candidates

* Develop a productive and positive engineering culture

THE PERKS

* Daily catered food and lunches from Caviar

* Lounge with sofas, ping pong, foosball, pool and arcades

* Open vacation policy – take time off as needed on your own schedule

* Team outings such as the infamous Breezeball (Foosball + Beer) Fridays while rocking a pair of Chubbies team shorts.

* Headquarters conveniently located in the atrium of the Zynga building 3 blocks from the Caltrain station with free shuttles for the building during commuter hours.

* Bose headphones

Apply here: https://angel.co/breeze/jobs/37210-full-stack-engineer

HumanGeo creates innovative geospatially oriented products and solutions for government and commercial clients. We usually get to work on blank slates to build large scale databases and applications. We also like to brew beer and play Mario Kart.

Citizenship required.

SidePrize - Atlanta, GA

We’re working on an integration tool that allows people to create daily-fantasy-style challenges for traditional fantasy leagues.

Requirements:

* Experience writing and maintaining web applications specifically back-end (server-side).

* Experience with the Ruby programming language and/or the Ruby on Rails web application framework.

* Great writing and communication skills. One or more members is often remote, being able to communicate by writing is of critical importance.

* Good requirement-gathering skills. Starting with a problem and working from there to understand how the problem can be solved is a valuable skill

* A strong interest in sports. We’re building an application that makes sports more enjoyable—You should have an interest in sports.

Preferred:

* Experience maintaining the front-end of web applications (HTML/CSS/JavaScript).

* A strong interest in fantasy sports or sports statistics.

If it sounds like something that might interest you shoot a resume and any relevant work/project links to tareq@sideprize.com.