Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (September 2012)

Leap Motion – San Francisco, CA – Full time, interns, H1B transfers

WHAT WE'RE BUILDING Leap Motion is reinventing the way people interact with computers. We are building a technology that uses a breakthrough mathematical approach to 3D, touch-free motion control software that’s unlike anything that currently exists on the market or in academia. The Leap device senses your individual hand and finger movements independently, and is 200 times more sensitive than existing gesture control technologies on the market today. In case you haven't seen it yet, watch our product demo video: http://leapmotion.com/

OUR CULTURE We have a collaborative environment where we discuss challenges and ideas openly. Everything from quick design questions, philosophic discussions, to fun ideas for our technology – nothing is off limits. At Leap Motion, you have the utmost creative freedom to work on your passions, and be able to make a significant impact early on. We want our team to think unconventionally, be creative, and find elegant solutions to problems that are yet unsolved. We are an engineering-driven organization; everyone here makes product decisions.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR We are looking for exceptionally talented individuals with diverse backgrounds to fill our engineering, design, and operational roles. Join the core team that will help develop the foundation for innovators to build the future. We are seeking passionate problem-solvers to help us tackle seemingly impossible challenges in the areas of applied math/physics, algorithms, graphics, UI/UX design, machine learning, driver development, circuit/hardware design, photonics, and more.

DESIRED SKILLS & BACKGROUND • Advanced degree or significant experience in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a related field • Strong programming skills in C++ preferred; experience with Python, Java, or Matlab also a plus • Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals • Strong background in image processing, computer vision, graphics, or machine learning • Strong understanding of low-level client-side optimization or GPU programming a plus

BENEFITS & PERKS • Competitive compensation, great benefits, and generous equity • Your very own Leap device, and insight into how it works • Collaborate with friendly, talented people with diverse backgrounds • Any computer setup and workstation you want • Lunch catered daily, snacks and drinks stocked according to requests • Spacious office in SoMa, near Caltrain and BART stations • Flexible work hours - we care about life-work balance • Health plan including medical, dental, and vision

HOW TO APPLY Please visit http://leapmotion.com/jobs.html and find a role that matches your background and skills. Be sure to mention "Hacker News" in the Cover Letter section. We'd love to see what projects you've worked on, and hear what interests you and what problems you'd like to tackle at Leap Motion. Tell us what makes you unique and why you’ll make a vital member of our team.

Clever (YC S12) is hiring a full-stack engineer in San Francisco to hack education

Steve Jobs described education as one of the final frontiers still untouched by modern technology. Clever (https://getclever.com) is building the data platform needed to for great software to make its way into the classroom. Just like Stripe has made it simple for developers to build payment processing into their apps, Clever has made it easy for developers to build applications for schools using student data.

We're a small team of highly technical hackers with deep experience in education. Since releasing the Clever APIs in June, we've signed up the most innovative education companies as partners and deployed our platform to over 1,000 schools. Clever moves data for over 350,000 students every day, and that number is growing rapidly.

Our growth has created some exciting problems around scalable systems, innovative APIs, and big data sets. We're looking to add a versitile engineer to the team to take on a wide range of technical challenges.

Things we're looking for:

+ Experience with consuming and/or creating RESTful Hypermedia APIs

+ Experience with a variety of languages (we use the best tool for the job, everything from Node.js to bash scripts)

+ Experience scaling up systems on AWS

+ Passion for changing education

What Clever offers:

+ Competitive salary + significant equity stake in well-funded company

+ A chance to revolutionize education

+ Flat & close-knit engineering team with lots of peer code review & pair programming

+ Great benefits - healthcare, dental, beautiful office

To apply, email us at jobs+n@getclever.com, where n is the number of students in the Clever sandbox API data set with a last name that begins with the letter 'V'.

Send us one or more things from [resume, github profile, recent side projects, linkedin URL, Stack Overflow profile, etc], and let us know how you solved our 'puzzle.'

This job is located in San Francisco, CA. You must be local or willing to relocate.

San Francisco: Rails and Javascript Full Stack Engineers

Full Time Positions at ZenPayroll

About us: We're a team of second time entrepreneurs, tackling the massive payroll market. If solving a real pain point for millions of people gets you excited (plus the chance to build a significant, meaningful company), we'd love to speak with you. We have big ambitions and the resources to make long term bets. Our team is made up of Stanford engineering alums who have had two prior exits. We're hungry to build something truly great and we're in this for the long haul. We're well-funded by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley and we're looking for like-minded engineers to join us.

Skills: Some technologies we use include -- Rails | Backbone | MySQL | Coffeescript | Sass. If these technologies excite you and you want to work on a product that has the potential to transform an industry, we'd love the chance to share our vision with you. We employ a test driven development process.

There's a ton of work to be done, and you'll be a core member of our team as we grow the company. You'll receive a highly competitive salary, a sizable equity stake, relocation costs, and we'll geek you out with your dream work equipment. Other perks include a housing stipend if you live near the office, three meals a day, company retreats, gym/sports club stipend, and more. You'll work out of a beautiful office one block from South Park in SoMa, San Francisco.

If you're interested, send us a note at jobs [at] zenpayroll [dot] com and include your LinkedIn, GitHub, and/or any project pages.

Locus Energy - Solar Monitoring startup in San Francisco. ?Looking for developers. Come learn about solar power, the grid, virtual irradiance (huh?) and build really fun/weird things for data scientists to help make solar power more affordable for homeowners. We're currently trying to staff up so there are a few positions available. Front end / back end / full stack... whatever you are, we'd love to hear from you. hr_tech@locusenergy.com

The coolest thing (IMHO) about what we're doing is that we've built it as infrastructure for others to plug into their apps. Everything (and more) that can be done through our GUI can be done via our APIs (see http://developers.awe.sm).

So in addition to the pure engineering roles mentioned in the parent, we're also looking for someone to help us deliver a kick-ass Developer Experience: http://jobs.awe.sm/apply/iXa9QF/Developer-Experience-Lead.ht...