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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by p4wnc6 »

z92 wrote: post #750
p4wnc6 wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI for others: if you submit an application through the Spire careers page, it appears you receive an automated response indicating that you must complete an online, timed programming challenge as the mandatory next step (at least this happened to me). If I had known this, I wouldn't have applied (I prefer to work only for organizations that will actually talk to me first before any coding tests) -- so maybe this co…

I prefer the initial communication to be coding test. That way I hold a good chance, as I am not that much confident in conversation.

For me, it's not about being good in conversation (neither for me nor for the company's representative). It's about having the chance to ask questions about the true nature of the job, exactly what you will work on, to see if the job really is interesting and a possibly good fit. It's impossible to tell that from job descriptions which often don't give much clue about what your actual job would be like.

If, after talking through it with someone, I still feel like there is a good chance of a mutual fit, then I'm happy to be evaluated quantitatively by my skills. But if a simple conversation reveals that it's not a good fit, then it saves everyone a lot of time since I can avoid the code test for a position I don't want, and the company doesn't waste time evaluating a code test for a candidate who will end up feeling that the role isn't the right fit.

This is just my personal feeling, but for me the idea of doing a code test before ever talking to someone at the company about the nature of the job is like putting your shoes on before you put your socks on.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by fishtoaster »

Joyable | https://joyable.com | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE

Joyable provides evidence-based, affordable mental health services to the millions who can’t access them today. The Atlantic had a great article on us: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-startu...

We're looking for any (or some combination of):

- Android developer

- iOS developer

- Frontend developer

- Backend developer

- Fullstack developer

The company as a whole is 27 people, three of whom are developers. We formally launched in March 2015, and we're just starting to expand our engineering team. For the front/back/fullstack devs, we're looking for some amount of professional experience in either Rails or frontend JS (we use Angular, but experience with any clientside framework is fine).

More details and apply here: https://joyable.com/jobs

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by wyclif »

tptacek wrote: post #661
brobinson wrote: post #651

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Startups are really bad about this. I'm 1 for 4 on getting replies from YC companies recently. One is leaving me hanging after a full day coding project + an interview that (I think!) went really well. Just gotta keep trying. It's a numbers game. Having been on the other side of the equation and been bad about keeping tabs on applicants in addition to my normal duties, I can't help but feel it's somewhat karma-relate…

If there was ever a team you'd want to give the benefit of the doubt to on stuff like this, it's Moxie's.

The next time you have a beer with these guys, you might want to ask them if they're serious about hiring.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by uzi »

elcritch wrote: post #748
uzi wrote: post #197

Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA (Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to remote workers.) Planet Labs has a large number of positions open. We're a collection of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, science, etc. folks looking to image the whole planet on a daily basis with a large number of small satellites. It's a terrific bunch of folks doi…

Wow, this project just sounds fun. I'm already pursuing my own projects, but otherwise this sounds like an intriguing idea. Best of luck!

It is fun. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by uzi »

nanny wrote: post #495
uzi wrote: post #197

Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA (Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to remote workers.) Planet Labs has a large number of positions open. We're a collection of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, science, etc. folks looking to image the whole planet on a daily basis with a large number of small satellites. It's a terrific bunch of folks doi…

Hi, I applied for one of Planet's open positions a few weeks ago, and I've been trying to get in contact with someone. The phone number for the SF office goes straight to voicemail. What's the best way to contact the appropriate person for a software position?

Applying via the website is the best and only way. We've been updating our tooling and process with the aim of being better about responding moving forward, but it goes with pretty much any company -- even if it doesn't work out with one position, there will be others and it can make sense to keep looking and keep trying. The larger the company, the more likely for this to be the case.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by uzi »

rodenka wrote: post #210
uzi wrote: post #197

Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA (Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to remote workers.) Planet Labs has a large number of positions open. We're a collection of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, science, etc. folks looking to image the whole planet on a daily basis with a large number of small satellites. It's a terrific bunch of folks doi…

Do you offer visa support for berlin position?

I'll check, but in general if a company is hiring you to work in a specific office/locale, then they're likely willing to help with the process of being employed and employable there.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by rchiba »

Tint (http://www.tintup.com) San Francisco (SOMA), CA

We’re looking for Experienced / Senior Software Engineers (H1B Okay).

The salary range will be $126K - $175K. We offer equity packages, full medical/dental, 401k, and free lunch, among other benefits.

Over 45,000 customers use TINT to power their social media displays and help us generate $380k MRR. We are proudly profitable, not dependent on investor funding, and have been consistently growing our top line. An engineer who would mesh well with our team is entrepreneurial, embraces change, and isn’t afraid to work on projects that would normally be considered out of the scope of engineering. We value an engineer that cannot only code well, but also has a vested interest in making cross team contributions. We pair everyday, and every Friday we work on hack projects that we think will push the business forward. Our current stack is Backbone, Rails, MySQL, and AWS.

Some upcoming projects include building a content scheduling system that will be the market leader for outdoor digital displays, creating new themes and visualizations for dynamic content, and scaling out an API to reach thousands of large brands and their millions of customers.

To learn more: https://jobs.lever.co/tint?lever-source=HN

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by cyriacthomas »

Compile • Bangalore • Full Time • ONSITE • https://www.compile.com/

Our goal at Compile is simple: help organizations benefit from the intelligence that’s hidden under big data. Our customers, which include Fortune 500 to hyper-growth startups, use our insights to power their marketing engine.

• Software Engineer, Web/Generalist (https://www.compile.com/careers/software-engineer-web.html)

  - Solid understanding of web-related technologies and programming 
  - Ability to design systems, good knowledge of DBMS
  - Must have experience in designing and building REST interfaces
  - Must have experience in Django and similar web frameworks
  - Must have experience with front-end (templates, js frameworks, styling)
  - Comfortable with analysing large amounts of data
  - 3 to 5 years experience in the industry
• Software Engineer, Data/Generalist (https://www.compile.com/careers/software-engineer-data.html)

  - Ability to design systems, good knowledge of DBMS
  - You are familiar with algorithms for natural language processing (NLP), information retrieval, text processing, text mining and analysis
  - You are comfortable with tools such as NLTK, Pandas, Scipy, Weka, Lingpipe, Gensim, Apache mahout, openNLP, Stanford NLP
  - Ability to visualize the output with d3.js, matplotlib or similar libraries.
  - Must be able to design and build REST interfaces
  - Must have knowledge of web frameworks or micro-frameworks
  - Experience with Deep Learning is a plus
  - 3 to 5 years experience in the industry
If you are interested email us at careers@compile.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)

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Post by vaughnd »

WizeNoze • Amsterdam • Full Time • ONSITE

Are you looking to work on challenging projects, with an awesome dev team, while building technology that can improve the way children interact with the internet?

You’ll be building some slick, responsive web applications in React/Flux and doing some backend work in nodejs.

WizeNoze develops software that enables children to find content online that matches their interests and abilities. We use natural language processing and machine learning to classify, summarize, highlight issues, and adapt content in our search engine and content creation tools.

We're open to remote work within the Netherlands. Anyone from the EU that wants to work in Amsterdam is welcome too.

See more at http://www.wizenoze.com/react-front-end-developer-job/ or apply at jobs@wizenoze.com

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