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Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Sunnyvale, CA | full-time or contract, ☀ INTERN OK | Automatiks, Inc.

Today the lights are still off for one fifth of World population. Join us to help us turn them on.

Ok, you’ve made programming a part of your life and love your decision.

* You have a project coded by you from start to finish and it was not your school assignment.

* You developed for web before and liked it.

* You are passionate about intuitive UI, data visualization and want to dive deeper.

* You are a quick starter - and by that we mean hours, not days.

✰ You feel comfortable with hardware. Not a requirement, but a huge advantage.

Please tell us about yourself. What is your favorite programming language? Why? ASCII text, please.

We offer a fast-paced startup environment, a company of fun, passionate and sharp pros, competitive compensation and, initially, a place to stay in the SF Bay Area.

http://www.automatiks.net/jobs/

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

#292

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm eligible to work in the UK (EU citizen), but I currently live in SF. Are you open to considering international candidates who are willing to relocate?

Sure we are - let's chat!

Cool, I've sent you an email.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

#293
London, UK. Full time. PandaStream ( http://pandastream.com )

Panda makes it easy for people to transcode their videos into any format, fast. We’re a profitable SaaS business, now part of MediaCore (working to transform online video learning). A large and growing number of customers depend on our platform on a daily basis to transcode large volumes of video. We’ve got big plans to push the platform forward with new encoding technologies and partnerships. With your help we can do it faster and better.

We need someone special. Someone who lives and breathes new technology. The platform is primarily Ruby and FFmpeg, along with Redis, Beanstalkd, EventMachine, and is deployed within AWS. We need someone who will be at ease with this stack, and also someone who can be relied on to manage it all within a production environment. Having a background in video transcoding is obviously a big plus !

You will be working in a beautiful offices during flexible work hours. We provide you with the setup you need to do great work (MacBook, CinemaDisplay, great chair). We also have a fantastic remote team in Victoria BC, Canada that brings the opportunity for travel. You can make a difference, in our team, and on a wider scale by contributing to related Open-Source projects.

To apply, let us know about yourself, your past experience and what you see yourself contributing to our platform. Show us what you’re passionate about.

Feel free to ask us if you have any questions about the position.

Contact: jobs@pandastream.com

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Khan Academy - Mountain View, CA - full-time and intern, designers and devs We're a non-profit whose mission is to provide a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We're scaling quickly. Our students answer over 2 million math problems per day (over 700mm total so far), all generated by our open source exercise generation framework ( https://github.com/Khan/khan-exercises ), and our videos (now from a variety of…

For internships, is this paid or unpaid?

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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post #294
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Khan Academy - Mountain View, CA - full-time and intern, designers and devs We're a non-profit whose mission is to provide a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We're scaling quickly. Our students answer over 2 million math problems per day (over 700mm total so far), all generated by our open source exercise generation framework ( https://github.com/Khan/khan-exercises ), and our videos (now from a variety of…

For internships, is this paid or unpaid?

Paid. Even though we're a nonprofit, our salaries are competitive with other tech companies.

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Serra, an EandM Company - San Francisco, CA and Healdsburg, CA - full-time, Automation PLC / HMI Engineers

Little different than the rest of the stuff here, but it's worth a shot:

Serra is looking for Industrial Automation Engineers to work in our busy San Francisco and North Bay engineering offices, serving clients in Northern California.

We know it's not the sexist programming technology, but if you want the opportunity to make physical systems move around and do cool stuff, this is the place for you.

Serra team members create and implement industrial automation systems. In addition to working as part of a team, you will be given the responsibility to complete many tasks independently. A thorough understanding of automation systems, computer systems, and software is required, along with a eagerness to learn and to implement solutions. The ability to complete projects on time and on budget are critical to achieving success at Serra.

The ideal candidate will meet one of the following two qualifications: 1. A Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering 2. Or, 5-10 years of practical experience in a related field, including some or all of the following: • PLC Programming: Siemens, Allen-Bradley, etc. . . • Industrial HMI development and maintenance: Wonderware, WinCC, iFix, etc. . . • Database development and maintenance (SQL) • Industrial communication network architecture and maintenance, TCP/IP, Modbus (and variants), ControlNet, DeviceNet, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, RS-232, RS-485

In addition, the qualified candidate must have: • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • A fundamental understanding of computer hardware and system architecture • A fundamental understanding of computer communications and network implementation • Solid programming skills in a variety of languages and environments

What Can You Expect at Serra?

Serra serves clients in a wide range of industries; our clients include wineries, semiconductor manufacturers, and everything in between. Serra Engineers spend their time working on project assignments, service calls, project reviews, and post-implementation support.

Assignments are diverse and include many aspects of industrial automation, including manufacturing and distribution systems (with an emphasis on discrete control and process control) and real-time data transactions.

If you're interested, shoot us a line at jobs@eandm.com with your resume and cover letter!

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Best Buy - Minneapolis / CA - full-time / contract

Passionate about HCI? Interested in solving retail / e-commerce problems with sensor arrays? We're looking for someone to work on rapid prototypes, lead teach outs and get their hands dirty. This role will allow you to pick your own stack, play with cool toys and present your product, as it develops, to your peers and leadership.

Please reach out to matthew.hurewitz@bestbuy.com

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

#298
Operative770 Washington DC based Remote or H1B freelancer in creation of big data or user friendly data search engine with cloud service capability. Data can only be accessed through encrypted key entry. Will be given percentage of company and idea if created. Will revolutionize big data for small business...

Re: Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)

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Melbourne, Australia - Full time - Python/Perl devs

Infoxchange Australia is the leading not-for-profit provider of ICT solutions to the health, welfare and community services sector across Australia. Our vision is "Technology for social justice".

We're looking for Python/Django and Perl developers, as well as a UX designer to join a small team building e-health related apps.

Local candidates are preferred but we can do visa sponsorship as well. For detailed job descriptions see: http://www.jobseeker.org.au/job/5401-web-application-develop... and http://www.jobseeker.org.au/job/5400-ux-designer-front-end-d...

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