Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)

Rent the Runway | New York City, NY | Onsite - Full Time | visas welcome; relocation available

Here's our careers page: https://boards.greenhouse.io/renttherunway

Here's a general look at our tech stack: http://dresscode.renttherunway.com/blog/tech-stack

Hiring:

  - Front end & full stack engineers (Javascript/React/Redux)
  - Back end engineers (Java and then some)
  - Data engineers (Python and then some more)
  - Mobile developers (mid to senior; iOS and Android)
  - Software engineer in test (building test infrastructure; not manual QA)

About engineering at RTR (dresscode.renttherunway.com):

Our engineering team works on product-oriented problems across the boundaries of e-commerce, mobile, analytics and shipping/fulfillment. The backbone of our business is our custom logistics management system, which gives us the crucial ability to deliver the right product to the right user at the right time - a simple goal with a complex solution. We use data, engineering and algorithms to create a personalized website and an adaptive supply chain to fulfill our commitment to an amazing customer experience.

Engineers at Rent the Runway solve real business challenges and have a tangible impact on the success of the company. Some engineers work on cross-functional teams devoted to specific parts of our product, while other teams focus on functions like data engineering and DevOps. Our engineers come from different backgrounds, industries, and walks of life - and we all contribute to a collaborative, product-driven culture across our organization.

About the company:

Described by Forbes as “Tech’s Next Billion Dollar Star,” Rent the Runway is set to disrupt the $1.7T global fashion industry by ensuring that rental is a habitual, convenient, daily part of getting dressed. We believe that fashion is an industry that should be democratized by giving everyone access to real, quality clothing and the associated feelings of self-confidence that come with that.

We're EBITDA profitable on over $100 million of revenue in 2016, and our last round of funding in Dec 2016 was led by Fidelity Investments - a vote of confidence in our long-term staying power: http://fortune.com/2016/12/28/rent-the-runway-series-e-fundi...

If you have additional questions, feel free to drop a line: atao (at) renttherunway.com

No recruiters, please.

Wave | Toronto, Canada | Fulltime | Onsite

Wave is a top Toronto startup backed by amazing Silicon Valley investors ($60+ million USD raised). We build an ecosystem of financial applications for startups and small businesses. We currently have openings on our engineering and platform engineering teams:

At Wave you will:

    * Build scalable, fault-tolerant, tested, API-centric backend services in Ruby or Python
    * Use proven modern technologies to power financial grade distributed systems
    * Participate in architecture conversations, code reviews, and pair programming
    * Build rich user-centric experiences for businesses using modern front-end technologies (we use ReactJS)
    * Investigate and implement new technologies like GraphQL

What we offer:

    * Top tier compensation
    * Formal mentorship and career development
    * Unlimited snacks and beverages
    * Vibrant neighbourhood, ping pong, Xbox, rooftop patio, BBQ parties, and game nights
    * 5-star Glassdoor review (https://www.glassdoor.ca/Overview/Working-at-WAVE-EI_IE554319.11,15.htm)

In the press:

    * http://betakit.com/wave-raises-14-6-million-with-goal-to-grow-team-to-150-and-continue-mobile-development/

Apply here: https://www.waveapps.com/careers and mention Hacker News in the submission!

Charlie Finance | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | https://www.hicharlie.co

Charlie is a free, text-based behavioral robo-advisor that helps ordinary people worry less about money. Our secret is that we realize that no one actually wants to think about money or look at charts, but everyone wants to do the right thing at the right time.

We are very well funded, our engagement is extraordinarily strong, and our user base is growing rapidly. So, we have the freedom and the runway to build cutting-edge technology that can improve the financial health of millions. If this is an adventure you want to go on, join us!

We are looking for curious, relentless devs who care about everyday people and who can teach us a thing or two.

Interview Process: We’ll ask you normal interview questions, but as we are still a very small team, we will also spend just as much time learning about what kind of person you are and how you’ll help us define this company and culture.

Stack: Python, Django, AWS.

If you are interested, please email join@hicharlie.co

Twitch | Sr. Distributed Systems Engineer | Berlin, Germany | Onsite | VISA + Relocation provided | http://www.twitch.tv

If you enjoy building distributed systems (in Go) that have 2.5 million users using them in the same minute, and if you also enjoy data analytics, let us know. We're a small team based out of Berlin. We primarily work on viewbot detection.

This is a pretty senior role and we'd greatly appreciate it if you already have experience building distributed systems, dealing with various failure modes of multiple systems talking to each other, scaling systems, and all that.

https://jobs.lever.co/twitch/2225a17f-7f4c-47f9-8134-6335d89... (the first paragraph in the ad is a little cheesy; sorry for that!)

Hockeystick | Toronto, Canada | Full-Time | Onsite | Canada Citizen or Permanent Resident

We're a fintech startup (https://www.hockeystick.co/) with a big vision for using data to improve how private capital markets and innovation clusters work. With Hockeystick, you can automate your data collection and reporting process while making use of that insight for better analysis. Funds can capture private company data and measure portfolio performance in less time, and even evaluate the quantitative and qualitative impact of startup programs and services with ease.

Our small team is set to accomplish some lofty goals this year and we want you involved.

Roles we are hiring for include: * Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails 4, HTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript * Data Engineer - Python, ETL, DevOps

For more information, please visit https://www.hockeystick.co/about#jobs or forward your CV to jobs@hockeystick.co