Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)

ALICE Technologies | Software Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | Full-time | Onsite [ArtificiaL Intelligence in Construction Engineering] ALICE is bringing AI and Optimization to construction engineering, management and scheduling. We are a well funded ($2.5M) company founded out of Stanford looking to scale as we make our first enterprise sales. This is an excellent time to get in. The problems we solve are real and technically challenging. In addition to competitive salary and equity, we offer the opportunity to break into the ripe-for-disruption construction industry. You will also learn the art and science behind our algorithms. Frontend or Fullstack Engineer - a good fit if you: - enjoy implementing technically complex, yet user friendly interfaces. - are self driven and can own responsibility for large parts of a project. - have a solid understanding of algorithms and data structures (especially graphs).

  Bonus points if you have experience with:
  - WebGL, Angular, React, Scala or another JVM language, PlayFramework, AWS

  UX+UI Designer - a good fit if you:
  - understand the challenge of presenting a complex system to users.
  - want freedom to explore novel data visualization concepts.
  - are able to work with the team to produce a polished, professional product.

Contact hossein@alicetechnologies.com

Cogent Labs | Research/Software Engineer, Research Scientist | Tokyo, Japan | ONSITE, FULLTIME, VISA

We are a well funded (about 11.5 million dollars series A funding received in March this year) artificial intelligence startup located in the heart of Tokyo. About 20 members total, from 10 different countries. The focus is on bringing the latest in deep learning / AI research to industries in Japan. We are looking for research scientists and research/software engineers. Japanese language ability is not required, as the main language within the company is English.

Please apply here: https://cogentlabs.breezy.hr/

The main website is https://www.cogent.co.jp/ , but the English version is not ready yet (only Japanese).

CareMessage (YC W14) | QA Automation Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | http://caremessage.org

CareMessage is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help with manual and automated quality assurance of the CareMessage web application and API. You will be responsible for entire features and will be a full member of the CareMessage Engineering team. Our team believes in an Agile development environment, test driven development. Our tools of choice are Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, PostgreSQL, and we place an emphasis on open collaboration and ownership. We're using Protractor for automated frontend testing so knowledge in that is a plus. When something isn’t working, we’re not afraid to throw it out and try something new - so if you have exciting ideas about the QA process and how to make your own job even easier, you’ll fit right in. All of our developers and QA engineers are working from a remote location.

Apply here: http://grnh.se/lt3wim

> Citizenship is a job requirement.

You're violating federal labor law. Specifically, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.

"Employers may not treat individuals differently based on citizenship or immigration status. U.S. citizens, recent permanent residents, temporary residents, asylees and refugees are protected from citizenship status discrimination."

Friendly intro: https://www.justice.gov/crt/types-discrimination

If anyone applies for this job and is denied based on citizenship status, here's where to file a charge: https://www.justice.gov/crt/filing-charge

Democracy.com | New York, NY | CTO | Full-time | Onsite Democracy.com is a marketplace platform designed to connect citizens with candidates, elected officials and issue organizations.

More than ever, citizens across the ideological spectrum are engaging, organizing and making their voices heard on the issues and elections that matter to them. But there’s a problem. The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that it’s too hard to find out what they can do that will actually make a difference. Democracy.com solves this problem by making it incredibly easy for citizens to find the right action to take any issue or election.

We are looking for a hands-on Chief of Technology to lead the company’s technology efforts. You will define, establish, and lead all technology related activities. You will be responsible for building a top-level tech team from the ground up and for developing strong code discipline and best practices. As a C-team leader playing an integral role in the strategy and execution of the business, you will have a substantial equity position.

Existing codebase built using Node, Express, React, Relay, Redux, Flow, Elasticsearch, RethinkDB. Your call on what you want to keep and which direction you want to take the technology!

If interested, please contact jobs@democracy.com.