Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by kmano8 » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 4:16 PM UTC

phillytom wrote: post #160

timcederman wrote: post #111

I'm curious as to how helpful these threads have been to both seekers and employers. Has anyone found a job through one of these threads? Do employers get meaningful applications?

I second tptacek. This is one of the most effective places we have found candidates - we just hired our 3rd person from HN. Every candidate that has approached us through HN has been thoughtful and intelligent - although obviously not everyone is a match for what we are working on. Certainly I can offer anyone from here a actual person to talk to about your background and interests and what we are working on.

I found my current job at Monetate here, and am quite happy with the ease I was brought aboard. When I was looking last summer, it was easy to ctrl+f the hiring threads for my location. On the whole, I find the job descriptions succinct -- an immediate snapshot of what it would be like to work somewhere is important. And finally, the quick communication after I made contact gave me confidence that this place was serious about finding the right people.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by kevindication » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

kevinburke wrote: post #114

kevindication wrote: post #34

Looks like we've got quite a few positions open: http://www.woti.com/jobs.cfm Feel free to ping me if you want to know if you're likely to be a good fit.

Where are you located?

DC Metro area.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by blacksmythe » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 4:45 PM UTC

Calient Networks (no remote, should be willing to relocate to Santa Barbara CA) www.calient.net

Hiring for several positions.

1. Software Engineer: Deliver fast-track software solutions for Tier 1 Data Center Customers and Telco Equipment Partners, beginning from product definition, development, and validation through deployment.

  The successful candidate should be capable of developing real-time embedded 
  software including implementation and integration.

   - 5+ years in designing and developing embedded software development using 
  embedded operating systemS (RTOS / embedded Linux)

  - Experience with SNMP would be useful

  - Experience with high availability systems would be very helpful

2. DSP Software Engineer

  - Develop and test control of MEMS with an embedded
      PowerPC or DSP processor.

  - Work closely with hardware engineers

- Familiar working with embedded Linux

  - Should understand resonance frequency, Fourier transforms,
	    and have some understanding of control theory.

3. Manufacturing Software Engineer

  - Apply machine learning to manufacturing automation of complex system.

    Presently manufacturing data interpretation requires a highly intelligent person.
	The software needs to perform diagnostics to allow an average person
	to manage the manufacturing process.

  - Must have a passion for manufacturing in volume

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by gms » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 5:17 PM UTC

tom_b wrote: post #197

gms wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad! Thanks for the reply though.

don't dismiss it out of hand - I worked for about 20 months at a big financial corp and got a good laugh most days checking myself out in the corporate uniform . . . it's not so bad, but it is funny if you come from a place where flip-flops and the shirt you painted the house in last weekend is normal M-F attire. It definitely took me awhile to get used to sitting in my cube in nice shoes.

I wear nice shoes to work sometimes, and sometimes I don't feel like it. Rules tend to make me bristle, especially meaningless ones like dress style. Horses for courses and all that.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by MarkSWeiss » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

Magnetic is a NYC online ad startup using search to target display advertising anywhere on the Web.

- Great mix of hard problems: low-latency serving, big data crunching, semantic analysis, elegant customer UI.

- Great mix of technologies: Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, Hadoop.

- Great team, including leading NYC Rubyist and technical founder with DoubleClick and Yahoo! pedigree.

- Perfect time to join: small engineering team, ownership of major parts of system, second-phase startup successful so far and building for next phase of growth.

- Competitive salary, excellent benefits, options. Perks include great views, pool table, after-hours beer and plenty of snacks.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by _mattb » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

Redwood Systems -- Fremont, CA (sorry, no remote) http://redwoodsystems.com

We're a 50 person startup that makes an LED lighting controller and sensor system for commercial buildings. Our system saves a lot of energy and we get a ton of sensor information that's lately been leading to some interesting analyses and visualizations.. We're putting physical systems on the web and it's pretty exciting! There are Engineering openings in our UI, Embedded C++, Test, and Sales Applications groups http://redwoodsystems.com/about-us/careers. We're also looking for summer interns if you're still in school (contact me directly).

I'm relatively new and it's an awesome time to work here. We have big name clients in the valley and we're constantly working with them to make a better product.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by trunnell » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 6:54 PM UTC

kevinburke wrote: post #171

trunnell wrote: post #169

Netflix has many open positions in Los Gatos, CA. http://www.netflix.com/Jobs HTML5, javascript, iOS, Android, Silverlight, Security Architect, J2EE, QA and more. See the jobs page for the full list and hit the link to apply. There is a startup-driven culture at Netflix that rewards risk-taking and high performance. It's a great place to push the bleeding edge, whether you build client software (lots of A/B behaviora…

Is Netflix hiring straight out of college? The only "New College Grad" position on the page is for designers. I'd love to work at Netflix - my email is kev@inburke.com

All engineering positions are senior level. Unlike most companies in the valley, Netflix doesn't hire junior or mid level engineers.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by revorad » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 6:58 PM UTC

pchristensen wrote: post #85

Groupon (Chicago, Palo Alto) Groupon is still hiring developers. We have an aggressive hiring plan for the rest of the year. All job openings are at http://groupon.com/jobs . The jobs are all cooler than the posts make them sound - we're working on that. Location: We have offices in Chicago and downtown Palo Alto. A unique thing about our dev team is that for most jobs, it doesn't matter which office you work out of.…

Do you have weekly stand up nights featuring the CEO?

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by revorad » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 7:03 PM UTC

smanek wrote: post #44

San Francisco, CA Greplin - We're a YC W10 company with interesting problems, smart people, cool tech, and huge data. What more could you want? We're hiring across the board right now - front-end/back-end/generalists/designers/ops/dev-ops: it's all good! We help people search their personal information that's in the cloud (Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc). As TechCrunch said, we've "attacked the other half of…

I find Greplin to be one of the most interesting YC companies. Can you tell us anything about your tech stack?

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (February 2011 Edition)

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Post by nathanh » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 7:09 PM UTC

gcb wrote: post #205

nathanh wrote: post #41

Hirelite.com is on a mission to put headhunters out of business by hosting speed interviewing events where developers and companies conduct 20 interviews over video chat in 2 hours. We have a few upcoming web-based events: - For SF Bay Area/Silicon Valley jobs on Tuesday, 2/15 - For NYC jobs on Tuesday, 3/1 - For Boston jobs on Wednesday, 3/9 - We're considering hosting an event focused on remote jobs. Would that be…

when i read your intro paragraph all i thought was "like what the world need is more quick and shallow interviews"... but reading your site there are pretty good tips and vision. you may focus that tagline in the time not wasted instead of the short interview time.

Thanks for that feedback. Great point. I'll try to keep it in mind.