Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)

Travelytix | http://guestfriend.com | NYC, NY | Full-time | ONSITE

Travelytix is creating a SaaS product (GuestFriend) for hoteliers to more effectively cater to guests’ preferences by creating new channels for collecting user-generated data. We will help clients analyze their data to increase profitability via up-sells and personalization.

We aim to achieve this by replacing hardwired, antiquated in-room phones with VoIP on phablets powered by our software (applications and customized Android OS), integrated with a cloud-based PBX. We're building a Java backend and React frontend.

We're a five person team working out of a gorgeous penthouse in downtown Brooklyn, less than minutes form every major subway. We're looking for people excited to make a big impact and iterate quickly.

Looking for: * Senior Front End Engineer (http://guestfriend.com/senior-front-end-engineer)

Email: matt@travelytix.com

High Fidelity -- San Francisco, CA -- Fulltime, ONSITE but work from home friendly.

High Fidelity was created in 2013, our mission is to create a new kind of virtual reality platform. Team High Fidelity has a deep legacy of expertise in software development, social entertainment, peer-based recognition systems, community development, and workforce mobilization. We believe that both the hardware and the internet infrastructure are now available to give people around the world access to an interconnected Metaverse that will offer a broad range of capabilities for creativity, education, exploration, and play. And by using all of our computers together in an open shared network, we can simulate this space at a far larger scale than would be possible by any single company or centrally hosted system. By using a range of new hardware devices like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Leap Motion, PrioVR, Sixsense, and depth cameras, the experience of exploring these worlds can be incredibly immersive and the interaction with others lifelike and emotional.

We are looking for software engineers with solid experience in C++ and Javascript to help us build the Metaverse. Openings can be viewed at http://highfidelity.com/jobs. To apply, email us your resume or LinkedIn profile. Sample code and links to things you’ve built are most welcome. hiring@highfidelity.io

Kensho: Primarily Boston, MA (Cambridge). We also have offices in New York, NY (NYC), San Francisco, CA (SF), and Stamford, CT: FULL TIME ONSITE

We are making financial analysis faster, accessible, intuitive and beautiful through our partnerships with Goldman Sachs and CNBC. We're small, hungry, and have hoppy-hops in the office. To get our attention, share a project with us that shows:

(Software Engineers) Innovation at any layer of the stack, but especially with javascript or infrastructure. Inside tip: Your problem-solving and coding velocity are key

(Data Scientists) Advanced machine learning, NLP or modeling techniques at scale. Notable research and data science experience expected. Inside tip: Demonstrate multiple years of data science research, ability to explain nuances of sophisticated models and excellent ability to optimize.

(UI Designers) Your portfolio of data visualizations, workflows or UI designs. Inside tip: Make data beautiful, intuitive and informative.

Our Stack

  * python, pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, nltk, et al.

  * Javascript, React, d3, canvas

Please say hello at https://www.kensho.com/#/careers

Matt

Sen.se - https://sen.se | Paris, France | Full-time, on-site | iOS and full-stack developers

Sen.se is focused on building second-generation connected objects, with the platform and applications that make them really smart. After releasing Mother & the motion cookies, we’re now working on the Peanuts, a family of easy-to-use BLE sensors. We’re looking for: - A full-stack developer to help build the next generation of applications for the Peanuts. Our stack is mostly python-based, with heavy use of Django, Rabbitmq, Mysql, Mongodb and Angularjs on the front-end. - An iOS developer, who would be working on the upcoming Peanut app. We’re especially looking for people with experience connecting BLE devices and working with REST APIs. An experience building an SDK is a big bonus. We’re a relatively small team (12 people, of which 6 engineers), working on all parts of the product, so you’d have the opportunity to take part and learn about multiple aspects of the process. If this sounds like something you’d like, please shoot us an email at jobs@sen.se, or see https://sen.se/about/jobs for more info.

Olo - Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineering - New York - Full Time OR Remote within the USA

At Olo we run an online food ordering platform used by many of the country’s largest restaurant chains, reaching millions of consumers. Olo is revolutionizing the customer experience at these restaurant chains, and we're looking for talented engineers to join our team and help us achieve our vision. As part of the Engineering team you will play a significant and visible role in helping us scale one of the most advanced food ordering platforms in the market. Your penchant for automating tasks enables you to remove friction from our Development and QA teams. You understand that Getting Things Done extends to the whole team as you look for ways to improve everyone’s efficiency. You follow the latest trends in Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Infrastructure as Code and enjoy introducing new practices and tools that improve everyone’s daily worklife. You'll work with a smart, passionate team dedicated to delivering amazing products using modern tools and technologies such as AWS, .NET 4.6, ASP.NET MVC 5, TeamCity, GitHub, Octopus Deploy, Xamarin, and heavy use of OSS.

Responsibilities Automate each stage of the build-test-deploy cycle. Ensure that the Development environments run smoothly. Manage continuous deployment of new builds to Development. Oversee our change control, configuration and release management processes. Oversee and optimize of our continuous integration system.

Requirements You have a passion for computing that extends beyond work. You have worked at a senior technical level as a developer or devops engineer. Your development experience enables you to build the tools that will make a .NET developer’s life easier, with a strong working knowledge of C#, .NET and SQL. Your have solid experience with Amazon Web Services infrastructure administration (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, SQS, Route53) through the AWS CLI or SDK. You are driven to automate any manual process and adept at one or more scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, bash, Perl, Python). You have overseen software builds and deployment on a .NET platform for at least one year. You have a strong working knowledge of source control systems (Git highly desirable), continuous integration platforms (such as TeamCity), and continuous deployment platforms, especially in support of deploying hosted, SaaS applications. You have a strong working knowledge of networking, Windows Server, Linux (CentOS and Ubuntu) and SQL Server administration.

Please feel free to contact me directly at johnball@olo.com