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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by dwhitworth1 »

Bound Round Pty Ltd | Sydney (Frenchs Forest) OR Newcastle, Australia | ONSITE Hiring: Mid-level Software Developer Compensation: Up to 90k (package), DOE

At Bound Round, we help traveling families find, review and book tours, activities and excursions. We’re a fast-growing, well-funded startup that’s been doing this for over 4 years now, with no signs of slowing down. This is an on-site/local position, but there will be opportunities to work from home.

We’re looking for a full-stack Ruby on Rails / JavaScript developer to join our growing engineering team. The successful candidate will work alongside colleagues in a cross-functional team to solve our most difficult product challenges.

- Participate in all stages of the product lifecycle - planning, strategy, brainstorming, development - Be empowered to create change. We’re always open to doing things better and your voice will be heard. - Help us scale as the company grows. Architecture, stability and scalability are important to us. Help us get it right.

The stack: Ruby on Rails 4.2x, PostgreSQL, AWS (S3 and CloudFront), Sidekiq / Redis, JavaScript & jQuery, Algolia Search, Hogan.js

Qualifications: - 2+ years shipping web applications to production - Familiarity with Ruby on Rails - Solid JavaScript skills (bonus points for Angular.js) - HTML5/CSS3 - Experience with integrating and consuming third-party APIs - Ability to communicate effectively - Experience with TDD/BDD - Ability to write elegant, readable code - Attention to software development fundamentals Contact me, Donovan, at donovan@boundround.com with a resume and cover letter if interested!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by ddorian43 »

ezhome wrote: post #428

ezhome | Silicon Valley | Full-time | REMOTE | Software Engineer - Front End, Back End, Full Stack, Tech Ops, Analyst, and More ezhome is disrupting the home services space. We provide an amazingly better home owning experience using software and data to enable our service personnel to be more effective and efficient. We are pioneering the tech-enabled home services space with a full-stack approach. We are hiring for…

I was once contacted by a recruited that declined after I didn't have experience with django(the framework, I do have with python language). Is that true, that you need experience with it ?(backend)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by spitfire »

I'll post to this thread because this is very relevant for the hiring companies. Hunter and Schmidt did a meta-study of 85 years of research on hiring criteria. [1] There are three attributes you need to select for to identify performing employees in intellectual fields.

  - General mental ability (Are they generally smart)
    Use WAIS or if there are artifacts of GMA(Complex work they've done themselves) available use them as proxies. 
    Using IQ is mostly illegal[2] in the US, so you'll have to find a test that acts as a good proxy.

  - Work sample test. NOT HAZING! As close as possible to the actual work they'd be doing. Try to make it apples-to-apples comparison across candidates. Also, try and make accomidations for candidates not knowing your company shibboleth.

  - Integrity. The first two won't matter if you hire  a sociopath.

     There are existing tests available for this, you can purchase for
This alone will get you > 65% hit rate [1], and can be done inside of three hours. There's no need for day long (or multi-day) gladiator style gauntlets.

[1] http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%...

[2] The illegality comes from IQ tests disadvantaging certain minority groups.

[3] Yes, I'm currently taking freelance work.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by rlorenzo »

UCLA |Los Angeles, CA 90095 | Full-Time | ONSITE | https://ccle.ucla.edu

UCLA is looking for a full-time contract developer to work on its Moodle based LMS system with design skills to help develop innovated user experiences across the system from instructors designing and creating their course, to students interacting with their learning materials, and to staff supporting the system.

The position is a 1 year contract with an option to renew. Salary range is $5,084-$10,050 USD per month based on experience.

Learn more and apply at http://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=691...

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by gensym »

Inventables | Chicago, IL | ONSITE

My employer, Inventables, is hiring software engineers and graphic designers. We make and sell CNC carving machines for schools, libraries, makerspaces, and home users. We write software for every step of the process, from creating a design to driving the machine. That means there's a huge variety of technical challenges and design challenges.

If you're a programmer or designer who spends their evenings working with powertools or Aduinos, we definitely want to talk with you. If you don't even know what CNC is, but the idea of working on software to educate and enable the next generation of makers is exciting to you, we want to talk to you as well.

I've been working here for several months, and every Monday, I wake up excited for another week of working here. If you're in Chicago (or thinking of moving here), and you want to know the details of why, hit me up.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by sophie_ta »

Looking for a job as a software engineer, I'm moving to the Bay Area in November (I have work visa)I have 4 years of experience in development Microsoft dynamics CRM. I would love offers in the development business not only CRM/.net. My email is sophie24587@gmail.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by rajesht »

spitfire wrote: post #643

I'll post to this thread because this is very relevant for the hiring companies. Hunter and Schmidt did a meta-study of 85 years of research on hiring criteria. [1] There are three attributes you need to select for to identify performing employees in intellectual fields. - General mental ability (Are they generally smart) Use WAIS or if there are artifacts of GMA(Complex work they've done themselves) available use th…

The employees' attitude is the most important factor to consider in my opinion.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by efu »

Fu Team | TOKYO, JAPAN | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | REMOTE | VISA

$80K - $140k - Special Ops (Coding || Writing || Design || Products || Research || Business || Venture Capital || M&A)

Hiring incredibly smart folks with a no-nonsense approach to communicating, creating, and maintaining relationships. This is the fastest way to become an insider in SV / tech.

This role will put you in front of every kind of project you can imagine. Get on a flight to Southeast Asia to negotiate a contract with high ranking government officials. Code (or hire coders to create) a MVP for 3d printer IDE. Re-design everything about company in 48 hours (logo, name, press kit, marketing message, hiring, etc.) and then see it live on Techcrunch. Diligence a $2M investment. Edit an masterpiece for Forbes. Co-create a new university class on corporate venture capital. Jump in to help a team scaling from 100k to 100M users in 4 weeks.

These are REAL examples from the last 12 months, which hopefully provide you a sense of the adventure you are in for.

You'll work on a tiny team of brilliant folks on a range of special projects I am involved in. It's important we hit it off: I like no no-nonsense folks who jump in and make everything they touch better. Communicators rule the world, so you better be good at writing and speaking. Your ambitions should include something grand. You think it's worth it to pick up the refreshments and chauffeur a guest to an engagement in order to get 10 minutes with a world famous entrepreneur.

I like people who have done the hard things, failed (or not), and still have the curiosity and enthusiasm to get back up and go full speed ahead. Most importantly, you need to be really really good at something.

Please email my EA keela@fu.team with the following subject line: Apply: Special Projects (SKILLSET) - NAME - REMOTE|TOKYO|SF

The body should include an introduction and personal note SKILLSET should be something you're spectacular at.

Examples:

Apply: Special Ops (Software Engineer) - Jane Smith - TOKYO|SF

Apply: Special Ops (Arduino Hacker + Political Theorist) - John E - REMOTE

Apply: Special Ops (Writing + Graphic Design) - Balthazar Melindres - SF

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by clevep »

Livingly Media | San Francisco Bay Area

SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Python/Django, On-Site in San Carlos, CA or remote in USA)

We're a fast-moving, well-funded internet publisher that is pushing boundaries in the way content creation and technology converge. Yet our business is simple: we blend original, in-house, licensed and freelanced content with the highest quality photography on the market to deliver an overall informative and entertaining experience. And we do so on a massive scale, with four consumer sites: Livingly, our flagship lifestyle destination, Zimbio, a Top 10 Entertainment News site, Lonny, a Top 20 Home Design site, and StyleBistro, a Top 10 Fashion and Beauty site.

Details:

- Build and maintain core features for our network of websites.

- Ship your code quickly and get it in front of tens of millions of people.

- Contribute to all aspects of project lifecycle design development testing and deployment.

Requirements:

- 2-5+ years web development experience.

- Excellent Python and Javascript knowledge.

- Exposure to Django in either a professional or personal setting.

Additional:

- MySQL, Redis, CSS, Django REST Framework, Backbone.js, Google BigQuery experience are plusses.

- Experience with start-ups and iterative project cycles, experience working on large-scale projects with millions of users or databases with large amounts of content.

Special Perks:

- Profit sharing.

- Work from home Wednesdays.

- A highly cohesive dev team. Tenures range from 2-10 years with Livingly.

Contact us at engineering.jobs@livingly.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2016)

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Post by spitfire »

rajesht wrote: post #647
spitfire wrote: post #643

I'll post to this thread because this is very relevant for the hiring companies. Hunter and Schmidt did a meta-study of 85 years of research on hiring criteria. [1] There are three attributes you need to select for to identify performing employees in intellectual fields. - General mental ability (Are they generally smart) Use WAIS or if there are artifacts of GMA(Complex work they've done themselves) available use th…

The employees' attitude is the most important factor to consider in my opinion.

Yes I'd certainly add attitude and openness. Except I don't have any quantitative research to back that up, so you're just winging it at that point. Which ends us back exactly where we started.

GMA, work sample and integrity however DO have quantitative research to back them up.

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