Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

AltspaceVR | Software Engineers | Redwood City, CA | Onsite, but work-from-home sometimes is a good thing! | Full-time | Permanent eligibility to work in US required | Virtual reality, Unity, Rails, HTML5, React, ES6, WebGL, three.js

About us: http://altvr.com

Open positions: http://jobs.altvr.com

Our team: http://altvr.com/team

WHO WE ARE:

- AltspaceVR is a virtual reality software company building a platform for communication in VR.

- Backed by some of the best investors on the planet (http://bit.ly/1EEqFsw)

- With a team that is passionate about the future of VR.

WHAT WE BELIEVE:

- VR will be for everyone.

- The social connection enabled by VR will change your life (and we can show it to you.)

- We should embrace everything that is great about the 2D web.

- That we can and will invent the 3D web.

For more info: http://altvr.com For open positions: http://jobs.altvr.com

Spire Global - http://www.spire.com| Locations: Glasgow; San Francisco; Singapore | VISA OK | Onsite only

Spacecraft Hardware Engineer| Spacecraft Software Engineer | Platform Software Engineer | Satellite Operations Engineer

We have several positions open in Software, Hardware and Operations. Please visit our careers page to learn more: http://www.spire.com/careers

Keywords: Satellites, Space, Linux, C, Python, embedded systems, RTOS, microcontrollers, AWS, electronics and hardware, distributed systems and networking, EE, PCBs, etc.

Overview: Spire is a nano-satellite powered data platform. We build and launch small remote-sensing cubesats to capture valuable data for weather prediction and Maritime domain awareness.

We are a fast moving, energetic start-up applying agile development principles to a traditionally sluggish and overly-burdened industry (and having fun doing it).

You will never be bored at Spire!

Please email Darin@spire.com if you are interested in learning more. Previous work in satellites not required.

Third Iron | http://thirdiron.com | Minneapolis | Full Time | iOS & Android | REMOTE

We are a remote-first company since our inception in 2011. We build software to help academic libraries and researchers stay up-to-date with peer reviewed journals.

We are looking for a passionate mobile developer to help architect, write automated tests, and build our iOS (Obj-C/Swift) and Android (Java) app, BrowZine, in use by academic researchers around the world in a wide variety of fields, whether STEM, social sciences, humanities, and beyond.

Using Obj-C and Swift, Cocoapods, XCTest, and CircleCI for the iOS app, and Java, Gradle, Roboelectric, and CircleCI for the Android app.

We have a small dev team where your contributions and input will make an immediate impact.

If you want to work on both iOS and Android on a great team of polyglot programmers, email info@thirdiron.com

Houston; Full Time; Onsite

BrainCheck is a funded Digital Health startup developing an innovative platform for tracking cognitive fitness and assessing conditions such as concussion and memory impairment. We sell to schools and athletic teams, industries where it is critical to be alert (e.g. oil & gas, trucking), as well as directly to individuals (especially athletes, parents, and those concerned about aging family members). Our state-of-the art technology is mobile-first (iPad & Android), gamified to appeal to a wide variety of test-takers, and HIPAA compliant.

If you have a passion for neuroscience, big data, big ideas, and building technologies that can make a real difference in people’s lives, this position is for you.

You'll:

- Add new features to the existing app/backend in an elegant and maintainable manner - Think through technical challenges and build clean solutions - Maintain the existing application and consult with the team about possible technical issues down the road - Deploy on a regular basis (daily/weekly) and iterate quickly - Help maintain foundational open source projects

Skills & Requirements

You should have:

- Strong fundamentals (HTML/CSS & JavaScript) - Proven experience with Ruby on Rails, Cordova, and front-end JS frameworks (hopefully Ember) - Attention to detail and pride in your work - Ability to plan and implement structural and technical architecture - Ability to work with a team that has diversified skillsets

If you're interested in meeting with us to learn more about BrainCheck and the position, please email us at careers@braincheck.com.

Rocketmiles - Chicago IL.

Rocketmiles, recently acquired by Priceline, helps frequent travelers vacation faster by earning huge rewards for booking hotels.

We're looking for a front-end developer (Angular) and several backend developers (Java/Grails) to round out our development team here in Chicago.

You'll work with our CTO and head of product at a small, but growing, company solving interesting challenges while having fun with a very solid and experienced team. Email me (head of product) at jordan@rocketmiles.com