Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016) • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by avaslas » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 8:36 PM UTC

LinkBee | Sunnyvale, CA & New York, NY | Full-time | Onsite

LinkBee is a well funded startup founded in 2015 taking a unique approach to the residential Internet of Things. By offering direct-to-consumer services and a comprehensive integration platform, we're able to overcome the issues plaguing 99% of IoT consumers today.

Along with our software platform, we're also building a suite of connected hardware modules to intelligently network homes en masse. Delivering an effortless user experience--one that is significantly lacking in the IoT market today--comes with immense technical challenges. So we're assembling a top-tier team of highly motivated individuals with a passion for connected devices to join us in our mission to create the smart home of the future.

Currently, we're seeking to fill two core roles on the team:

Software Architect (Principal, Sunnyvale): We're looking for someone who will spearhead the design and integration of each component of the LinkBee system. This person should have extensive experience in IoT and deep knowledge of connected devices' full software stack. For full job description, qualification requirements, and application details, visit https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/108904694.

Hardware Engineer (Senior, Sunnyvale): We're looking for someone who will lead the software design and implementation of our connected devices. This person should be prepared to heavily interface with our hardware partners on hardware requirements and write the connectivity code and application algorithms that bring intelligence to the nodes in LinkBee's system network. For full job description, qualification requirements, and application details, visit https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/108904723.

To apply, visit the LinkedIn postings above. To contact us directly with any questions, please feel free reach out to jobs@linkbee.com. And to learn more about LinkBee (and us!), check out https://www.linkbee.com!

We look forward to hearing from you soon! :)

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

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Post by MalcolmDiggs » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 9:02 PM UTC

MalcolmDiggs wrote: post #31

---------------------- New York, NY | Good Uncle | Full Stack Javascript Engineer | Full Time Onsite We’re looking for a full-stack Javascript engineer to help us build out mobile, web, and backend applications in Js. We believe in: * ES6 * BDD * Scrum * CI/CD * Documenting all the things. * Open-sourcing as much as possible. * Under-promising and over-delivering. As a Js engineer, you’ll be working up and down the s…

Update: The position has been filled. Thank you HN!

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

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Post by morenoh149 » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 9:41 PM UTC

CapsuleRx | New York City, NY | full-time ONSITE

Capsule is a healthcare technology company on a mission to elevate and simplify the consumer pharmacy experience. We believe in improving health outcomes through innovative design, mobile technology, logistics, and predictive analytics. We are based in New York City and launching soon.

We are seeking a Software Engineer with a generalist/fullstack orientation to join our development team.

At Capsule you will:

- Work at all levels of our Golang / React / Swift / Postgres stack - Influence architecture, tooling, process, and culture at a small but growing engineering shop - Contribute daily to the product dialogue - Build things that meaningfully improve peoples’ wellbeing

You should have:

- Breadth in many different skill areas (Maybe you’ve written APIs and some front-ends and done some light devops and know a bit of Photoshop and have coded in a functional language … the more the merrier) - Depth in one area that you can really school us on (Perhaps you’ve written a pubsub framework as a sideproject?) - Experience writing code as part of a (preferably large) team

Bonus points if you have:

- Built db-backed RESTful APIs (Go = awesome, but also relevant if it was in Java, Scala, Ruby, Python, etc.) - Working fluency in technologies like ES6/ES2015, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Sass, Less - Knowledge of and/or interest in React - Experience setting up a web development environment & architecting a web app from scratch (e.g. first person on a web app team or led a web app team) - Good grasp of TDD & CI principles - Contributed to the development of a native mobile app - Facility with design tools like Sketch, Illustrator, or Photoshop - Led an engineering team

apply at https://jobs.lever.co/capsulerx/934c1772-6d4c-444d-bc2f-5328... you can also send me messages by searching my handle

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

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Post by jeffnappi » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 9:42 PM UTC

ClearVoice | Phoenix, AZ or REMOTE (After Onboarding) | full-time

ClearVoice is a Content Marketing Platform and Marketplace. We make creating great content easy for everyone.

We have indexed over 100M online articles and have identified and ranked 200k+ content producers. We use this index to power our transparent freelancer marketplace.

We supply all engineers with Macbook Pros, standing desks and quality tools. Competitive pay, fantastic weather and low cost of living in Phoenix (or wherever you live)!

Hiring:

* Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Rails+Angular

* Senior Designer (COMP/HTML/SCSS)

* Creative Web Developer (WordPress)

* Senior Software Enginer - Data Analytics

https://www.clearvoice.com/careers/

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

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Post by gnicholas » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 9:45 PM UTC

BeeLine Reader | SF or REMOTE | part-time and intern

We build tools that help skilled readers read faster and struggling readers learn to read. Our browser plugins and apps are used millions of times a week, and our licensees include CNET, Springwise, and the California Public Library System. Our literacy-enhancing technology has won awards from Stanford and The Tech Museum of Innovation.

We are looking to add a front-end dev to the team. Must have extensive JS experience (CoffeeScript or Android a plus, but not required).

If you're tired of being a cog in a wheel—and you want to be a part of a startup whose technology is changing lives for struggling readers (and making life better for everyone else), check us out: www.beelinereader.com. Apply by email: contact@

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

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Post by p4wnc6 » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

zerr wrote: post #715

tome wrote: post #498

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an open plan trading floor. It involves working with Mu, Standard Chartered's in-house compiler. Working with Mu feels very, very similar to just using GHC Haskell though. I can't give any specific details about milestone skills, but if you've published libraries to Hackage that are used by people you've never heard of that's probably a good sign that it's worth applying.

> It's an open plan trading floor. Do you find it challenging to "get in the zone"? i.e. there is all that fuss, noise, and you just sit quietly somewhere in the middle and enjoy programming? Do you have to wear headphones all day long?

I worked in an environment like this before and found it unsustainable. The number of defects and mistakes from everyone in the open-plan area was significant and was a major cause for re-work. Even though the company was making money, it was clear that the noisy workspace was causing them to leave a ton of money on the table, because it was simply not possible for any engineer to create things of minimally acceptable quality in that environment.

There are also concerns for engineers with misophonia (extreme physiological aversion to ambient sounds). For these engineers, though they may be able to do the job exceptionally well, the physical workspace is needlessly prohibitive, bordering on discriminatory, and the idea of using headphones would not address the underlying problem.

I feel this is one of the biggest health issues facing software engineering as a profession (whether it is applied to quantitative trading or banking or making a WordPress site). Hopefully more developers will continue to express their uncompromising need for adequate privacy and quiet in their workspace, and companies will respond by restructuring workspaces to respect these unavoidable human needs.

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

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Post by kmoritz » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 10:14 PM UTC

Guidewire| Foster City, CA | full-time ONSITE

At Guidewire, we build insurance software for clients like Farmers, Nationwide and AAA. We provide flexible, core systems that span the entire Property & Casualty insurance lifecycle. We are a leader in our industry. We pay competitive salaries, bonus and stock (RSU’s) as well as benefits. We also have great work/life balance including flexible hours and work from home Fridays. Yes, most Fridays. We were recently voted “Employees Choice Award” Top 3 Best Places to Work on Glassdoor!

DevOps Engineers: We are looking for strong DevOps Engineers to help us build a CI System (Must have Java or C#/C++) Jenkins/Teamcity. We also have a DevOps Engineer role with CD focus and another with CM focus (Chef, Puppet etc). Docker is a plus!

Additionally under this same DevOps Umbrella we are looking for a Sr. Tools Developer (Java) and a Cloud Tools Developer (Java, AWS or other)

email Kimberly Moritz kmoritz@guidewire.com or apply at https://careers.guidewire.com/jobs/category/product-developm...

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

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Post by hobarrera » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 10:28 PM UTC

bliti wrote: post #681

srawlin wrote: post #452

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just started a month ago as a backend Django developer. It’s a great team and the work is interesting. Everyone is 100% remote and it’s very flexible. One of the co-founders previously co-founded oDesk/Upwork. If you have any questions feel free to message me directly.

Mind saying which version of django is used?

I'm also wondering this. It's definitely not the same to land on a django1.3 app or a a django1.9 app.

Also, are you using python3? or python2?

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

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Post by bliti » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 11:58 PM UTC

hobarrera wrote: post #788

bliti wrote: post #681

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind saying which version of django is used?

I'm also wondering this. It's definitely not the same to land on a django1.3 app or a a django1.9 app. Also, are you using python3? or python2?

Exactly. I'm stuck maintaining a legacy Django 1.3 system and its not ideal. I'm using Django 1.9 for other systems and it makes me a bit sad to work with the older version. I'd happy maintain a legacy system but it gets harder as security fixes become non-existant.

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

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Post by tt_throwaway » Fri, Mar 04, 2016, 2:35 AM UTC

cookiecaper wrote: post #760

natekupp wrote: post #272

Thumbtack | https://thumbtack.com | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE Our mission is to help people accomplish personal projects by matching their needs to the best service professionals in their area. From wedding photographers and DJs to home contractors or French tutors, Thumbtack can help. We are backed by Sequoia and Google Capital. A friendly, ambitious team of ~50 engineers in a bright SoMa office with daily home-coo…

My personal understanding is that Thumbtack only wants candidates with Ivy League educations, and that they're dismissive of everyone else. I have heard they have difficulty filling their positions due to this. Is that accurate?

Thumbtack engineer here, writing anonymously.

Re: "Ivy League educations" -- I believe we have zero engineers from Ivy League proper undergrad, and a couple with grad degrees there. If you include MIT/Stanford/CMU/Caltech/Berkeley we go up to 15/50, but the majority of eng is not from elite colleges. We might have a bias for hiring from Google, I'm not sure how much of that bias is just that Google engineers tend to interview well.

Re: "dismissive of some people, and have difficulty filling positions due to this": I agree that we have a selective hiring process which likely results in a substantial false negative rate. The selectivity tends to be focused towards "ability to write code in an interview setting quite well." I agree this is not all that correlated with the ability to produce good engineering work over a long period of time.