Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2019)

simplesurance GmbH | Berlin, Germany | Onsite, Full Time https://www.simplesurance.com/

We are building one of the world’s leading platforms to make insurance accessible. Since 2012, we are proudly “Made in Berlin”: we are very international with 150+ people from over 30+ countries working daily in our central Berlin office. Our internationalism is reflected also in our business since we are active in over 28 countries.

InsurTech is just taking off https://blog.ycombinator.com/thoughts-on-insurance/ and we’ve been there from the beginning.

What we are looking for:

  - Golang Software Engineer (f/m): For hardcore gophers.
  - Language-agnostic Software Engineer (f/m): For pragmatic developers always looking to learn new things.
  - Full-stack Software Engineer (f/m): For allrounders.
  - QA/Test Engineer (f/m)

PS: We are just starting operations in Japan, so if you speak Japanese that's a strong plus!

Email: jobs@simplesurance.com | https://www.simplesurance.com/careers/

Level 12 | Full Stack Web Developer - Python, React, SQL | Louisville, KY | REMOTE, SALARY:$75K-115K, https://www.level12.io/careers/

We have a openings for mid and senior level positions. Please see our website for a very detailed job description written by a developer for developers. No plain, repetitive, HR riddled job description here, we want you to know what you are really getting into:

https://www.level12.io/careers/

- We have an engineering first culture. Good engineering principles and strategy drives business development decisions, not the other way around.

- We are not a startup. We are committed to steady and sustainable growth that doesn't sacrifice engineering excellence or our people for numbers.

- If you apply as instructed, we will give you a yay or nay response. No black holes here!

- We have a commitment to transparency and offer a “no surprises experience” throughout the interview and hiring process.

- We practice and preach sound development practices. You are likely to learn and grow as a developer while working here.

- You will have the option of working from home (US only) or our office, whatever suits you best. Let’s make the most of our time and minimize commuting when not necessary.

- We emphasize work/life balance and adopt policies that make sure our people don’t get burnt out. For instance, our PTO/Vacation policies are designed so that you actually use them.

- A commitment to Agile Principles while not being enslaved to any particular methodology.

- You are committed to automated testing of all the software you write (our apps typically have 92%+ test coverage).

- You recognize that there is a lot of idealism in the software development community and are not disenchanted with the the day-to-day realities of programming.

Epirus | Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical engineers | Los Angeles | Onsite | Full-Time

Epirus is a venture-backed startup specializing in agile development of advanced defense systems. Our team combines decades of aerospace & defense experience with Silicon Valley innovation in order to address 21st century threats, such as drones and other asymmetric technologies.

Our office is in Los Angeles, and we're a team of hardware and software engineers with backgrounds split between aerospace/defense and Silicon Valley/startups. We’re building some of our own hardware and working on solving really hard problems in RF engineering, embedded systems, computer vision/machine intelligence, and algorithmic control. We are lucky to have amazing support and funding from 8VC and are growing quickly.

We're hiring Hardware Engineers (Firmware, FPGA, RF, High-Power, and Antenna Design) and Software Engineers (Machine Learning, Computer Vision).

Learn more at https://www.epirussystems.com/careers. If you want to apply, email your resume to careers@epirussystems.com.

Quill.org | VP of Engineering | New York City, NY | ONSITE | Full Time

Quill.org is an open source web app that helps low-income K-12 students become strong writers. There are currently over 1.5 million students and 10,000 schools using Quill. As a nonprofit, we are backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Google.org, among others. Our vision is to help ten million low-income students become strong writers in the next five years, and we recently completed a research study that validates that Quill has a significant impact on students' writing skills.

As Quill's first Vice President of Engineering, you will be leading our engineering team and working across the organization to develop our products and execute on our strategy. Over the next six months, you will help us scale from a team of three to six engineers. You'll be responsible for managing the development team, recruiting, owning team processes (e.g. engineering backlog, technical roadmap, and sprints), and making sure Quill ships high-quality products on-time.

=== Required Experience/Skills ===

8+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ managing an engineering team.

Technologies we use heavily: Ruby on Rails React & React Native Typescript Postgres RethinkDB

We are looking for candidates who are experienced with the technologies we use heavily and are curious about exploring new technologies.

Bonus points if: You have worked on machine learning and AI projects. You have experience working in ed tech or have worked as an educator.

We are a team of 10 (and growing) located in the Financial District of New York City. To apply, please emails jobs@quill.org and share your resume, blog, projects, Github, or any other resources that might help us understand your background and skills.

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