Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)

New York, NY -- Visual Designer -- Quartz -- http://qz.com

Quartz is a global business news media startup working out of Soho. We're less than a year old and hit 5MM unique users a month (I believe that puts us up with the likes of the Economist and FT). We're small and nimble - and no legacy hurdles to hold us back.

We like side hack projects: http://open.qz.com/

We release code all the time: http://app.qz.com

And generally a nice place to work: http://blog.qz.com/

I am looking for a Visual Designer to work with me (dev/product), my dev team, and editorial, to build out a reader-friendly experience across web, mobile, and new applications.

The job description is for a senior position, but I would encourage any sufficiently motivate designer with the right background to apply.

Official job description is here:

bit.ly/17kDlS2

but feel free to reach me directly:

md@qz.com

Little Bridge World - Hammersmith, London, UK

Little Bridge mixes video game sensibilities with language learning. We teach English to millions of children in more than 30 countries across the world. We've got a unique mix of social networking with learning, where kids can make friends all over the world to practice their English, with enough help along the way that they'll never get stuck. Children can walk around a 3D village, meeting characters and playing games. The company is currently expanding from web clients onto tablet and mobile and is extending it's products to better fit how kids learn today.

Cloud services are essential to what we do, and we're looking for server-side developers and sys-ops wanting a challenge, who are comfortable leading a team to build a scalable solution with us which includes messaging, scoring mechanisms, achievements and a whole lot more. We're developing layered services using PHP and Zend Framework, MySQL, noSQL and message queuing among others. Essential skills also should include developing applications for HA and scalability in cloud environments (clustering, replication, load balancing), Linux admin, Apache/Nginx, IP networking, network/application security, unit testing and release management. An interest in educational products is a must!

You can find out more about the company at http://www.littlebridge.com

Send an email to jobs@littlebridge.com, with a CV and a little about yourself and let's talk!

Rap Genius - Brooklyn, NY - http://rapgenius.com

jobs@rapgenius.com

Building the "Internet Talmud" to annotate and explain the world's primary source text

  * Front-end developer with an eye for design (UI/UX/CSS/jQuery)
  * iOS Developer (you know, iOS)
  * Full stack software engineer (Rails)

Over the past few years, Rap Genius has gone from tiny side-project to one of the biggest music sites on the internet. We’ve raised 15 mil from some pretty dope investors and grown to employ some of the most talented devs this world has ever seen. We’re expanding from explaining rap into ALL OF TEXT, starting with poetry, rock, and news. Now were looking for genius full-stack web and iOS developers to help build the “Internet Talmud”, the one platform for explaining the world’s primary source texts.

Why would you want to work for us?

  * One of the fastest-growing sites on the internet, SERIOUSLY THIS IS BASED ON
    ACTUAL NUMBERS.
  * Tiny, quick-shipping team with a ton of autonomy – so you never think to yourself:
    “what did i accomplish this year/month/30 seconds ago?”
  * A development and design agenda that is led by developers and designers –
    so no marketing or product people telling you how the image carousel should work.
  * Gym in building, free food, sweet benefits, whatever computer you want, more
    money than your last job, equity, etc.
  * Live in New York, where a new restaurant is born every 1.5 seconds!

A little about the dev team:

  * Seven people total: five backend, one front-end/design, and one TOTALLY
    SICK intern.
  * Independently led projects.
  * We iterate quickly and push code to production constantly.
    We're not afraid to put the "first draft" of a feature in production
    to see how it behaves in the wild before perfecting it.
  * Projects and priorities are determined communally (usually over burritos).
  * Ruby on Rails via Heroku + Sass, Compass, jQuery, Git, and more!

More about the positions:

Are you a boss front-end developer with an eye for design? Hit us up. A bomb iOS developer who wants to build the Rap Genius iPhone app from the ground up? An experienced and creative full-stack Rails engineer? We’ve been waiting for you. Send us your deets.

Interested? Hit us up at jobs@rapgenius.com with:

  * Your name and online identity – i.e., your Twitter, Github, blog,
    Stack Overflow account, personal website, etc.
    The more info the better.
  * Location – you can’t get the true RG cult effect working remotely, so only apply
    if you live in NYC or are willing to relocate.
    Our office is in Williamsburg.
  * Educational background and/or most recent job
  * A little bit about your technical background,
    including something brief about what you like
    and dislike about the technologies you’ve used.
  * If you come in for an interview, you’ll start by making a short
    technical presentation to the team and taking their questions.
    What will you present?
  * THE MOST IMPORTANT: What have you built online that you’re proud of?

Outpost - Montreal, QC, Canada [FULL TIME OR INTERNS] http://outpost.travel

Outpost.travel is a P2P travel aggregator helping travellers to commute with unique and affordable experiences. We're 4 months in, a team of 3, and just secured 125k yesterday. If you are interrested in having sleepless nights and eating tuna everyday, check out our job page http://outpost.travel/#!/help/jobs

We are looking language agnostic in the backend, anything goes: node.js, parse, Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.

Remote, USA, Full Time.

We are looking for 2 full-stack developers to join our exciting team. We are doing interesting stuff with research apps, content enrichment, APIs, and lots of other cool things.

This post might be a bit early, since we don't have the official positions online yet, but I wanted to post here so I didnt need to wait another month :)

Feel free to email me if you are interested! max.irwin at wolterskluwer dot co dot uk

--EDIT-- We are 'remote', but if you are in Boston(Needham), NYC, or Tampa, even better :)

--EDIT 2-- Some more info on what we do: We build research products for healthcare, and are expanding to other markets. We currently serve SaaS to over half the hospitals in the US.

Our current stack is REST API and UI running on node.js/express with redis/mysql on EC2, C and Apache on Solaris, C++ on Windows. We are looking to expand and rebuild our offering and are looking at using other languages (currently looking at Scala and Go - but we havent decided yet). We are also building apps on iOS, using Solr for our search backend, and creating a BaaS using a mix of Tech.

Familiarity with API design, Machine Learning, MVC, Git, Continuous Integration, and BDD are also a plus.

If you don't know any of the above but are talented otherwise don't be shy! We learn what we need, when we need to.

http://mediregs.com/