Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

Thuuz

Do you want to make a big impact in a growing start-up? Do you have experience scaling up backend services to support a popular consumer application?

Thuuz is revolutionizing the way that people discover, watch and share sports. Our team is small but growing fast and has built top rated applications for IOS, Android and GoogleTV. We are dedicated to creating the best sports entertainment experience on cutting edge platforms.

We are looking for top engineers to make an immediate contribution to our core product. Just blocks from downtown Palo Alto, we have an onsite basketball court, swimming pool and gym. And of course, a big screen TV with service from all major cable and satellite providers that we use to QA our product (and watch the occasional great game).

We are looking for talented, enthuuziastic developers who:

* have shipped software in the last year

* are relentlessly curious and like to build things

* can demonstrate expert proficiency in Unix, Python and MySQL

* are passionate about sports

In this position, you will lead the effort to scale up our platform to meet growing demand. This work will include:

* Design and implementation of new backend services in Python + Django.

* Developing solutions to meet increased capacity and throughout requirements.

* Performance tuning of existing services, optimizing Python code and MySQL.

The position requirements are:

* Expert in Python & MySQL.

* 5+ years Linux devops experience, ideally scaling up application services on AWS or similar platform.

* Worked on a team that has recently released a consumer web or mobile application.

* Minimum 5 years programming experience.

* Math/CS/EE degree preferred

To apply, send your resume or a link to: jobs@thuuz.com

Perfect Sense Digital, Reston, VA, Full-time

Senior Back End Engineer

We’re looking for experienced web developers with a passion for their work and a hunger to learn. Join our team working on high profile sites for clients such as Food Network, HGTV, Special Olympics, and many more. You’ll work on multiple projects, from concept phase through testing and launch. We work in an open, collaborative environment and seek developers who enjoy problem solving and straying outside the routine.

Desired Skills & Experience: Define and drive the overall web architecture, including core application features such as registration, content management, social graph integration, personalization, video and community forums. Translate designs into functioning web sites. Critically evaluate new web technologies and help us decide which to adopt. A strong candidate will have 5+ years of professional web development experience, a proven record of developing public-facing websites, and a general passion for web development.

Specifically, we prefer: • Experience developing data driven web applications in Java Strong understanding of object-oriented design and software development principles • Strong understanding of web-based architecture (web servers, load balancing, caching, databases, replication, etc.) • Mastery of JavaScript and other web technologies (XHTML, CSS, Ajax, etc.) • Understanding of version control techniques (Subversion, CVS, etc.) • Up-to-date knowledge of latest trends in web application development • Understanding of the Document Object Model (DOM) and DOM scripting techniques • Experience developing Flash/ActionScript applications

http://perfectsensedigital.com/careers. Apply at careers@perfectsensedigital.com

Miami, FL

Senzari.com - we are looking for REMOTE or ideally local candidates that want to disrupt the music industry and build the next big thing in music. We are working on a very exciting graph-based music platform and would love to hear from competent Java or Python developers.

We have two openings on our team at the moment - the first is for somebody that knows big data inside and out, preferably with a solid CS background and lots of experience with Hadoop/Cassandra and Java. The primary responsibility for this position will be to improve our recommendation engine and to help improve the overall quality of our platform. Experience with graph-based systems is a big plus.

The second opening is for Python/Javascript, and we are ideally looking for somebody that is really good with both. We are using coffeescript and backbone for our front-end, with Django for the REST api. Most of the data in postgres and some in Mongo. Experience building scalable sites is a must, and experience with polyglot persistence and distributed systems architecture is a big plus.

You will join a closely knit team that has been flying under the radar with this product for 1 year already and it is starting to pick up a lot of steam. We are very well funded and have great strategic partners (VH1, MTV). As far as culture, we are very pragmatic when it comes to technology and we are obviously very passionate about music.

Our compensation is competitive, excellent benefits, and of course we offer stock options. As if that wasn't enough we also get you setup with great hardware to build cool stuff on, with lots of free lunches and an absolutely gorgeous view from our office in Brickell Key, Miami.

Send an email to ctoivola @ our domain - would love to hear from anybody who is interested.

I'd assume it means that they don't give you a set number of vacation days, but instead trust you to take vacations when you want, for how long you want, as long as you're not taking unfair advantage of their policy.

ClassDojo

FULLTIME or INTERN in SAN FRANCISCO, CA

ClassDojo is used by over 4mm teachers and students to manage behavior in the classroom, using real time feedback and rewards that can also be shared with parents. We're an edtech startup with $1.6mm in funding some of the biggest names in the valley (Jeff Clavier, Ron Conway, General Catalyst, Mitch Kapor...), and we're one of the fastest growing education companies of all time. Paul Graham invested in us, but we didn't do YC.

We've built a product that makes a real difference and gets huge engagement with millions of kids, and we're about to take it to the next level, hopefully with you on board. If you're a strong hacker who wants to use JavaScript to change the world, apply here:

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Or email jobs@classdojo.com. You can read about the work and environment here: http://www.classdojo.com/jobs

We are looking for:

  * Full Stack Engineer

  * Front-end Engineer  

If you think you're a good developer but don't fit into those buckets, get in touch anyway.