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Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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I work at SoundHound as a Senior Software Engineer, and take part in interviewing/hiring. Full-stack JavaScript engineers are still in very short supply. Lots of people claim to know JavaScript but many fall short when working across the stack. When I say full-stack, I mean being responsible for building and managing everything the front-end webserver (NodeJS), Database (Postgres/MySQL), and front-end (usually ReactJS/Flux).

Also backend and data engineering roles (C++/Java/Go/Kafka/etc) are in high demand here.

SoundHound is hiring in SF/Santa Clara/Toronto.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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We're an Enterprise B2B SaaS company headquartered in San Francisco.

Our stack is node.js/React/Postgres so knowing any/all of those is a bonus, but we don't specifically target those skills – we instead look for a diverse, intelligent set of engineers who have a strong technical background or a newer technical background but heavy experience in a non-programming field (mathematics, economics, architecture, teaching, customer support, etc; they all have their benefits). Interest in being "full stack", participating heavily in the product management process (strong opinions loosely held!), and a belief in the critical importance of design & UX (unfortunately still heavily undervalued in the Enterprise space...) are important.

Hiring in San Francisco & Washington, DC by the way.

troy.goode@lanetix.com

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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On the frontend side of things I'm looking less for specific framework experience and more for overall programming competency. JavaScript development moves so fast now that it really doesn't make sense to scope your hiring to angular, react, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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So given that I may likely be hiring in the web and mobile application security spaces again next year (I've _somehow_ filled all of my open positions this year; appsec is difficult to fill with external hires), I'm focusing specifically on three skills:

  • ability to assess tech/architecture risks in apps

  • experience in devops automation ("secdevops" if you will)

  • proven skill in communication regardless of depth

The ideal candidate would have all three, but I could settle with any two of these and still be happy.

I am not currently hiring, but I'll gladly keep any CVs I receive and prioritize follow-ups with anyone who reaches out to me directly. Austin/DC for curious souls.

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p.s. the web appsec space is in ludicrous demand. If you've got a breaker mindset, you'll probably come out ahead if you read up on it. If you're a developer right now and want to dip into it, I'd suggest: https://www.amazon.com/Web-Application-Hackers-Handbook-Expl...

Trust me, us security folk will thank you. Heck I'd suggest it to non-hackery devs too. It's a good way to find out how us security types see the world.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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I hire frontend and mixed web devs. What I'm looking for is a mature understanding of the web platform from devs at all levels. + basic architecture and good practices for mid-level devs. + business and deep architecture for seniors.

+ for new web platform things like Service Workers, advanced SVG.

Could care less about whatever franework is hot this week.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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We're an Enterprise B2B SaaS company headquartered in San Francisco. Our stack is node.js/React/Postgres so knowing any/all of those is a bonus, but we don't specifically target those skills – we instead look for a diverse, intelligent set of engineers who have a strong technical background or a newer technical background but heavy experience in a non-programming field (mathematics, economics, architecture, teaching,…

I'm not looking for a job, but I appreciate the level of detail you put into your response. One of your statements caught my eye and I wanted to ask - Do you really consider mathematics to be a non-technical field? I'm just curious to hear your point of view on this, nothing confrontational haha.
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