Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)

The D. E. Shaw Group - Software Developer - New York, NY

The D. E. Shaw group brings together some of the best minds in computer science, mathematics, physics, and engineering to work at the intersection of finance and technology. Members of our versatile technical staff exhibit a range of strong quantitative and programming abilities, with software developers and quantitative analysts collaborating on challenging problems that directly impact the firm's continued success.

Quality and innovation are imperative for creating computationally-intensive solutions for trading profitably in markets around the globe. Developers bring strong analytical, mathematical, and software design skills to a variety of projects, including the formulation of statistical models for our computerized trading strategies, distributed system development, real-time data analysis, and the creation of tools for advanced mathematical modeling. Technology is an integral part of virtually everything we do and our team enjoys access to some of the most advanced computing resources in the world. Successful candidates have traditionally been the top students in their programs and have extensive software development experience. We welcome outstanding candidates at all experience levels.

Please email me directly at Isaac.Torres@deshaw.com

Labrador OmniMedia | Rails Developer/Devops Engineer | Sonoma County, California | Remote

Labrador creates software for the hospitality industry. Our flagship product, Slate, is an iOS app (think iPad wine lists) with a Ruby on Rails backend providing iOS client management and APIs. We've been in business since 2011 and are a sister company of Jordan Vineyard and Winery in Healdsburg California.

You can download the demo on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slate-menu/id1081898296?mt=8

We're looking for an experienced Rails and devops engineer to develop and maintain our Rails portal on AWS. You'll be taking over a codebase from a top Rails contributor and interfacing daily with our support team and CEO.

Salary 140K+

The ideal candidate will have some experience with iOS, place a high premium on schedule flexibility and enjoy alcoholic beverages. Salary will scale up for unicorns that check all the boxes (Rails/AWS/iOS).

We use Github for source control and Slack for team messaging.

Please contact me directly: josh@labradorom.com

Tapad | New York, NY (NYC) | Full time (ONSITE)

Tapad is in the "ad tech" space. We use Scala. So if you already know or want to learn about functional programming and big data, hit us up!

http://www.tapad.com/about-us/careers/openings/

node.js - backend | Walmart Labs | SF - Bay Area

Have you ever shipped code that processes more than $1 billion annually? Well, here is your opportunity :) You can work on node.js at many companies, but only rarely can you have an impact on millions of people. In the store-services team @ WalmartLabs, we build tools that bring the in-store shopping experience on par with shopping online. If enhancing real-world experiences with technology is your passion, keep on reading!

We are nimble team operating like a startup, with the resources of a large company (allowing us, for example, to support open-source software). We control our product roadmap and development cycles. Most of us have worked at startups before. To achieve our vision of a unified shopping experience, we are building a team of excellent node.js developers and that is where you come in. We are looking for backend engineers with the following skills:

* Strong experience in server-side programming. Proficiency in a scripting language, preferably node.js

* Experience in designing clean REST APIs

* Experience in building fault-tolerant, high performance distributed systems

* Comfort with GIT

* Simple & fast deployments

* Comfort with the /nix environment and configuring it with tools like puppet, chef or fabric

* Having contributed to open source community. Reference to an active github repo is a big plus!

If this role excites you, drop us a line. We love what we do and are happy to chat! Feel free to reach me (Eytan) directly at edaniyalzade@walmartlabs.com.

WalmartLabs - iOS / Android Developer | SF Bay Area | Onsite | Full Time

We are a small team of engineers building mobile products for over 140 million customers who shop at Walmart stores every week. We are looking for product focused mobile engineers who share our passion to build high quality products and ship fast.

iOS Role: https://jobs.walmart.com/us/jobs/696347-5022

We have a similar opening for Android developers as well.

If you are interested, reach out to me at batikoglu@walmartlabs.com