Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by kittkat » Wed, Feb 06, 2013, 5:38 PM UTC

Boston, MA: Jana wants Interns, Full Stack Developers, Python Developers, Web Developers

Jana’s hiring web developers. We recently added Dan O’Brien as VP Engineering and Craig Lancaster as Chief Architect (ex-Zynga Boston’s Director of Engineering and CTO) but we’re still looking for interns and more experienced engineers. Can you help us push the envelope of how the modern web can interact with mobile phones?

For more info/to apply: www.jana.com

We are: Jana is a small (15 FT) Boston-based startup that came out of the MIT Media Lab. We focus on people in the developing world. We help organizations like P&G, Unilever, and the United Nations connect with people in emerging markets like India, Indonesia, Brazil and Nigeria. Jana meets these consumers where they're at, which is often the mobile web on their low-end phone. We work at a global scale: through partnerships with more than 235 mobile operators in more than 100 countries Jana can send airtime rewards to more than 3.48 billion people.

We want: We’re hiring software engineers to work on both our back-end and front-end challenges. We are python end-to-end, hosting our servers in Amazon’s cloud. Our challenges tend to be systems-level ones, as we engineer the ability to reliably connect with individuals on the other side of the world.

We are looking for people who are passionate about what we are trying to accomplish: making a direct connection to developing world consumers using mobile technology.

We offer: We provide a fun, relaxing, productive work environment. Our office is on Boylston Street in Boston’s Back Bay. We offer benefits like 401k, medical and dental and perks like an in office lounge with an Xbox and Wii. We try to accommodate employee wants, be it snacks, beer fridge preferences, game suggestions, kickball league sign up, etc.

Apply Directly: Full Stack Web Developer http://jobsco.re/Rwi6X6 Python Developer http://jobsco.re/OVBhqL *Web Developer Intern http://jobsco.re/Tqohbj

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by vide0star » Thu, Feb 07, 2013, 3:00 PM UTC

Smarkets, London, Software Engineer, Python, Erlang & Mobile

Smarkets is disrupting the global betting industry by offering a modern betting exchange with significantly lower transaction fees than the competition. We're a well-funded company with a small, agile development team. We've handled over £250 million of bets since launching in 2010.

Our office near Old Street in London is shared with other exciting startups and has a pool table, foosball table, and fully stocked fridge.

We're heavily driven by user-focused design and a focus on technology and engineering as a first class discipline. We write our software in Python and Erlang, and rely heavily on asynchronous programming techniques and REST. We build on a modern, open-source software stack which includes Linux, Vagrant, Flask, Eventlet, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, Graphite, Chef, and Git.

For more info: https://smarkets.com/about/jobs/engineering

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by hoka » Thu, Feb 07, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

weareschizo wrote: post #215

robmallery wrote: post #211

Originate is hiring in SF, LA, NYC, Sunnyvale and Vegas. We're hiring smart people, no seriously, that's the only criteria... oh yeah, and gets stuff done. Helps if you're cool too :-) Tech stacks are RoR, Scala, Java, Node.JS, iOS and Android. Originate is a unique Venture firm. We build a startup's software (web and/or mobile) in exchange for equity. Currently we're 85 people total (60 elite engineers) and 5 office…

As an engineer at Originate, I'd like to jump in and say I appreciate the extremely flexible working environment (location, times, and vacation are all quite flexible). If you have any questions about what it's like to work here as an engineer, let me know.

Hi,

I do have some questions; would you mind shooting me an email? (you don't have any contact info on your profile.)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by odoood » Fri, Feb 08, 2013, 10:11 PM UTC

drothlis wrote: post #258

odoood wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Is test automation experience necessary/preferred?

Not necessarily -- email me your CV & links to your code samples, blog posts, etc. if you have any! :-)

Great, will do (I wish [Y] sent email notifications when you receive comment replies, might have seen this sooner)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by wschroed » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 10:22 PM UTC

The Genome Institute at St. Louis, MO

The Genome Institute at Washington University has an opening for a talented software engineer in the Bioinformatics group. The position will work with an experienced group of software engineers to develop software supporting the tracking of laboratory data and analysis processes to support large scale genomic research projects.

The Genome Institute has been at the forefront of genome research since its inception in 1993 and has been a part of major scientific projects such as the Human Genome, 1000 Genomes and TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) Projects. The Genome Institute is a world-leader in the generation and analysis of genomic sequence data and uses this data to extend biological knowledge of the human genome and provide clinically relevant sequence analysis aimed at understanding human diseases (such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease). In addition, the Institute fosters public understanding of genomic science through various educational and outreach efforts.

https://jobs.wustl.edu/psp/APPLHRMS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM...

You can also send questions and resumes directly to me.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by scanr » Tue, Feb 12, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

London, England - Full Time - Local Only (with flexibility to work from home on occasion)

Optim.al (https://www.optimalsocial.com/) is currently hiring full stack engineers for our London office, working on a variety of projects that cover real time bidding, analytics, data science and front end web applications.

Requirements:

    * BS or MS degree in computer science, maths, statistics, information science, 
      or related field.
    * Good understanding of web technologies HTML, Javascript, HTTP, JSON, REST
    * Must be able to demonstrate that you're a great 
      programmer in any one of Python, Ruby, Java, Scala, Clojure, Haskell, 
      F# or Kotlin
    * Must be happy to work in either Python, Ruby or Java
    * Must have a good understanding of a Unix based operating system
    * Some experience of databases and at least one web application framework

If you love programming and would like an interesting job with a steep learning curve and a wide variety of challenges, please get in touch.

You can email me personally at jamie@optimalsocial.com or use the following Jobvite link: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?aj=oYH2Wfwn&s=HackerNews

No recruiters please.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by khhawthorne » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 5:44 AM UTC

thematt wrote: post #52

Blue Origin ( http://www.blueorigin.com ) Seattle, WA We're offering the rare opportunity to work on spaceflight! We have a number of different software related positions open, including enterprise software, engineering software, product management, big-data, infrastructure and even hardware stuff. Here are some openings: - Software Engineer: Enterprise Systems ( http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/29631/software-e…

Do you guys have internships?

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by triggit » Wed, Feb 13, 2013, 11:38 PM UTC

Jr. System Admin / Operations engineer, Full time, Triggit

Join a growing ad tech start-up. Be our 2nd System person!

More details at: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?bj=oVi0WfwT&s=hacker_news

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by joeconway » Thu, Feb 14, 2013, 12:25 PM UTC

Shoreditch, London, UK

IOS and ANDROID MOBILE DEVELOPER, full-time or internship

We are looking for an open-minded, creative, passionate and experienced mobile developer with experience in writing code for either iOS or Android.

Requirements: - Experience in Mobile development (iOS, Android, Sencha Touch)

- Understanding of Git or other version control platforms

- Preferable to have code examples available or a public Git repository

- A keen interest in startups and best development practices

- At least one published app

Who we are

Leto (http://letolab.com/) is a London-based technology innovation house that helps clients around the world to build startups and reengineer existing businesses. Not only we create web and mobile applications for our customers, but we also develop our bespoke in-house technologies.

In addition to other services, we provide technology and strategy consultancy to derive a competitive advantage for our clients. Our approach focuses on lean software development applying agile methodologies and cutting edge technologies.

WE OFFER

- Competitive salary

- Friendly and easy-going team

- Hands-on experience with real Silicon Valley and London startups

- Working with a cutting-edge technology every day

- Opportunity to meet entrepreneurs, investors, mentors at various events

- Opportunity to develop and launch your own project with our help

- And of course, many amazing parties and fun, not to mention our Beer Fridays! :)

Shoot us an email on team@letolab.com (bonus points for mentioning that you found us on HN)! Remember to include your CV and portfolio, so we can learn more about the amazing work you've done in the past!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)

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Post by armrbusting » Thu, Feb 14, 2013, 4:01 PM UTC

NYC

ff Venture Capital

Engineer/Developer/Hacker in Residence

Looking for an awesome engineer to come in-house and join our team.

-Define and test your best practices while developing in-house proprietary products. Such products will be used by both our portfolio and offered to the greater startup community. If these products are successful, we may spin them out to be an entirely separate companies.

-Support ff Venture Capital in all things engineering/technical, including providing technical due diligence on potential investments.

-Support specific portfolio companies as needed, including, but not limited to coaching/mentoring young companies and tech leads, and performing technical interviews.

Check out ff at: http://www.ffvc.com

Check out the full listing at: http://ffventure.theresumator.com/apply/iMl5nU/Developer-In-...