Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015)

We're looking for an experienced full-stack Ruby on Rails developer to join our small development team at the Mitchells Family of Stores, a family-owned luxury retailer based in Westport, CT.

Mitchells is an intimate, very successful family-owned and -oriented company with legendary customer service and annual sales in excess of $150 million. Our suite of internal and customer-facing web applications aren't merely an online store, but a way providing our amazing sales associates with tools to better assist their clients while extending the Mitchells philosophy and ideals to the online realm.

Ideally, you'll have experience in recent versions of Ruby on Rails and testing with RSpec. Experience with the Spree eCommerce framework, Heroku, Amazon S3, Google Analytics, and Solr is a huge plus. Local candidates only, please, as it's important to us to have people who can work in-house.

If you're interested or would like to hear more, just drop me an email at erick@mitchells.com.

To learn more about Mitchells, visit http://mitchells.com/about-us

Nanigans is looking for an Analyst who enjoys solving hybrid problems that leverage analytical skills, technical skills, and knowledge of performance marketing. You’ll join our Global Analytics team, which collaborates with our Customer Success teams, to empower our clients make data driven decisions on the Nanigans platform.

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Voleon Capital Management LP is a technology-driven investment firm employing cutting-edge statistical machine learning techniques. We are looking for an exceptional researcher.

We are a science-driven systematic trading firm, built on the principle that statistical machine learning provides the best solutions to the scientific problems we must solve.

We are looking for a PhD-level scientist to join us in developing predictive models and other components of automated trading systems. You will apply modern statistical machine-learning methods to large, high-dimensional data sets. The work will range from data preparation to model development to production software implementation.

We are successful and growing. Willingness to take initiative, and a gritty determination to productize, are essential.

We hire on the basis of exceptional talent. If you excel in a technical field such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or operations research, then we encourage you to contact us.

The following criteria, while not all requirements, illustrate the demands of this role: + Background in modern statistical methods / machine learning

+ Evidence of strong mathematical abilities, e.g. publication record, graduate coursework, or competition placement

+ Substantial programming experience and interest in software development techniques

+ Competence in solving large-scale computing problems

+ Track record as an applied researcher

+ Demonstrable clarity of thought (not optional)

Interest in financial applications is essential, but experience in finance is not a primary factor in our hiring.

Benefits and compensation are highly competitive.

The above job description is just a starting point in terms of possible duties and seniority. We can be very flexible for the right person.

Email CV/request for more info to Charles@Voleon.com

Amazon's New Product Demand Forecasting team is responsible for one of the most challenging problems in the supply chain: predicting sales on new products that have no sales history. Our team solves tough engineering problems on large data sets using machine learning. We're looking for experienced engineers who love data, think analytically, and are interested in pushing the boundaries of what's possible with regards to predicting demand.

If you have 3 years of experience in software development, are interested (or carry experience) in ML or big data applications, and want to learn more about a team just getting started in mining the vast datasets that Amazon has on tap to make forecasts -- I'd love to chat or buy you coffee. Email smai@ (amazon.com) with your resume and a brief introduction.

We're a Technical Innovation Consultancy and we help businesses to innovate like startups and solve the right problems.

More about us here https://pebblecode.com/

We are looking a Lead Creative Technologist who will work with our clients to fully understand and identify their problems, and design solutions to address those needs. Essentially a problem solving consultant who is also a technology polyglot.

To give a flavour of the work you could get involved with: - Data-driven competitive intelligence portal, enabling analysts and senior executives access to data they need in a fraction of the time, to adapt to an ever-moving market. - Crossing the digital and physical worlds with mobile applications using Bluetooth Low Energy. - Architecting and building online gaming platforms with multiple gaming engines from the bottom up. - Responsive and gamified ideation platform for over 70,000 global employees. - Predictive solutions for improving investment fund performance.

You’ll have the opportunity to: - Be instrumental in the analysis, design and building of stuff that makes people’s lives better. - Experiment with new new tools and technologies. Speak at conferences. - Write blogs and books - if you like. - Work with awesome people (no joke! we have super talented folks - here). - Change your title to something else - if you like. Your talent is valued over a role title, so if you want to be called something else, let us know.

If this sounds interesting, more details here: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/93026/lead-creative-te...