Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015)

Apple’s Siri is looking for exceptional engineers, designers, and project managers well versed in machine learning, natural language, speech recognition, server automation, and/or mobile software development. Siri is used on countless iOS and watchOS devices and handles over a billion requests per week. Siri also tells jokes about math.

If you’re passionate about music, home automation, or one of a variety of open positions you’ll be right at home.

Apply online or send a resume and a feature request to brittanyd@apple.com.

We are a small group of engineers in a large privately owned corporation building autonomous outdoor power equipment. This means small-embedded ARM systems for now, and big-embedded systems someday soon. Corporate benefits and small team dynamics are pretty great. If you like to solve problems and see the solutions come to life on real hardware on the ground every day, we want to talk to you!

Full Description and application here: http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?o...

Appboy is looking for mobile engineers (iOS and Android) to help us expand and enhance our client SDKs. You’ll work with a team of committed developers on software that is running on hundreds of millions of devices around the world. Every member of our team is critical to success in an environment where interface design and usability are as essential as performance and footprint. Our ideal candidate is very interested in mobile development and has had some experience in coding (not necessarily in mobile).

iOS developers apply here: http://grnh.se/xfwyo4 Android developers apply here: http://grnh.se/2xdpts Questions? Email me: cat.espiritu@appboy.com

About us: Appboy is pioneering a new vertical in the marketing automation industry with a powerful technology designed for companies looking to build better relationships with customers through mobile and other emerging channels.

With its industry-leading 360-degree customer profiles and audience segmentation engine at its core – coupled with an advanced multi-channel campaign creation and delivery system that automates personalized, life cycle marketing catered to each individual customer’s journey – Appboy empowers marketers to make intelligent, data-driven decisions around how to best engage, retain and monetize customers.

Appboy powers some of the most successful brands in the new mobile economy – such as EPIX, iHeartMedia, PicsArt, Samsung and Urban Outfitters – with its thought leadership, relentless innovation and focus on delivering tangible ROI. For more information, visit http://www.appboy.com.

Thanks for the question! I'm Zach, Director of support. It really depends on which role you're looking at. Here's how support does onboarding and employee visits.

Once hired, our newest team members come to NYC (HQ) for two weeks of training. This is really an immersion program designed to provide you with a strong connection to the company and provide team-specific training. We do a good mix of classroom learning, hands-on, a hackathon project, and interacting with different employees throughout the company.

Following the two weeks of training you head back to your home office to start work. We do work in three shifts to cover 24/7, so it's a consistent schedule and team that you're working with. We have managers across all three shifts who help with your development, and we do things like virtual standups to start each shift via Google Hangouts.

In regards to employee visits to NYC following training, here's what we do. We recommend a visit every six months or so for 1-2 weeks. It's really up to the individual employee though. Some have visited more frequently and have joined us for the company ski trip last winter or for our first ever shark week (all employees in NYC!!).

Again, I can only speak to the support experience, other teams have different operating procedures. It's not a bad idea to check back in as lots changes at a startup. Feel free to re-apply or email me directly, zach@ and I'll get you in touch with the right recruiter who can definitely address your specific questions.

Thanks, Zach

Ps. We just took some co-working space in Seattle and Toronto for employees to work from :)