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

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Charlotte, NC - PassportParking - Fulltime, INTERN

We are looking for another amazing developer or two to join our team. We are cranking away with Android, iOS, GWT, LAMP, etc. and have a lot of fun doing it.

If your interested shoot me a line or start our programming challenge. We highly consider anyone that crushes it. Don't care so much for resumes, or degrees for that matter. http://passportparking.info/PassportProgrammingTest

Recently featured in the Charlotte Observer, check out our team. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/07/30/4200193/charlott...

Cheers!

Brad Powers brad@passportparking.com

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

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Philadelphia, PA - Leadnomics, Philly's fastest growing company is hiring Node.JS Developers! (Open to Relo)

To Apply: Follow this link http://www.leadnomics.com/about/#hiring OR send your resume to wwu@leadnomics.com

Leadnomics is a fast-growing, innovative, online marketing company. We generate customers (leads) for large companies including financial institutions, online schools and insurance companies. We employ industry standards for best-practices and deliver high volumes of quality leads at competitive prices. Our team represents some of the leading minds in search, email, social, development and more. We don’t punch a clock or work in suits but each person knows their role and has the power to influence the direction and success of our company everyday.

Leadnomics is one of the fastest growing start-ups in Philadelphia. We launched in 2008 and have grown our revenue at over 500% per year. Our office is conveniently located in the Cira Centre next to 30th Street Station. We are a short walk from the heart of Center City and accessible by public transportation.

Position Overview: We are looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to take on a role on our core dev team. Our team is comprised of talented engineers who are passionate about designing, creating and delivering highly scalable solutions for our core, lead management platform. Leadnomics is recognized as not only the 26th fastest growing company in the country, but as an industry leader in the on-line marketing, lead generation space. We cultivate and deliver real-time leads through targeted ad campaigns via our publisher network to some of the top companies in the Financial Services and Auto Insurance verticals. Our platform currently handles hundreds of thousands transactions each day from our partners all over the world.

Your job: -Design and develop high-performance distributed services for our next-generation platform -Assist team in delivering solutions to fuel growth, scalability and sustainability of our platform. -Generalize and simplify technical solutions to solve multiple needs using the best-in-breed tools and technologies. -Consistently research, innovate and implement improvements to expand the capacity of the platform.

Your background: -Experience designing, writing and deploying scalable software -Experience hand-coding server side Javascript -A track record of solving problems and getting things done -Strong proficiency with data structures and back-end systems -Experience dealing wtih scalability issues -Professional experience with low-level optimizing, tuning and debugging for performance -Top-notch expertise in at least one relevant technology -Highly productive developer in open source languages, with functional programming experience

Your toolbox: Node.js AWS Heroku Javascript asynch I/O PHP Memcached Linux

Our Environment: We're a small company with an awesome view of the Philadelphia skyline, a fully stocked refrigerator and snack cabinet, catered lunch on Mondays, a plethora of office toys, and (we’ve been told) the best office parties in Philly!

Benefits include: Highly competitive compensation Generous paid time off Premium medical and dental insurance for employees 401(k) Catered Lunches Fully stocked kitchen w/ craft beers too! Friendly Fun, Diverse, Hard Working Environment

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

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SpiderOak - Anywhere (Telecommute) - https://spideroak.com/jobs / https://spideroak.com/blog/20130722141302-python-web-develop...

SpiderOak seeks a web developer to build our next generation web presence and web applications. You will be working closely with our designers and our CEO, and you'll get regular code feedback from internal application security teams. Key technologies are Python, Django, and HTML5.

You’ll be expected to have mastery of HTML-related presentation technologies, from HTML layouts with CSS to JavaScript-based UI frameworks and Bootstrap. Prior knowledge of the Django ecosystem of reusable apps would be beneficial.

SpiderOak spans eighteen timezones the written word is essential. You'll need to join IRC channel occasionally during US business hours (but no rigid scheduling), participate on our bug tracker, wiki, and email.

Some of the best programmers we've known have poor resumes, so we have no minimum requirements for degrees. We’re also super-equal-opportunity: quality design knows no bounds for race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, species (Giant Pandas will be encouraged because "AAAAhhhh-dorable!!!!") or religion. If you can meet what we need, we’ll do amazing things together.

- About Us -

Started in 2007, SpiderOak provides desktop, web, and mobile software for backup, sync, and sharing, keeping user data encrypted and private. We provide consumer and enterprise solutions, own storage backend and our own data centers. Most of what SpiderOak creates is Python, and free and open source software. SpiderOak is a 100% distributed, virtual-office, work-from-home, your own schedule company.

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

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Addepar is Hiring - Engineers - Mountain View, Ca Who we are: Engineers rebuilding the infrastructure that powers global finance. Current technology in the space is broken and opaque, it empowers scandals like Bernie Madoff to go on for a decade while $64 billion vanishes from the economy, affecting endowments, institutions, and notable individuals. Our platform provides increased transparency, allowing for better decisions and furthering meritocracy in the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry. We free data from disparate silos and build tools for advanced analysis and decision making. Addepar is an engineering-led company. We’ve designed our perks around enabling great technologists to build. Hiring Ember.js developers and generalist engineers. Join us: Careers.addepar.com Or email R2 [at] Addepar [dot] com

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

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Damballa - Atlanta, Remote We are a information security company analyzing network traffic to find machines infected with malware. No prior security experience is necessary; just an interest in the field. We are looking for Clojure developers unafraid of Machine Learning and Machine Learning experts unafraid of Clojure. https://www.damballa.com/careers/R&D_Developer.php https://www.damballa.com/careers/R&D_Data_Scien…

The R&D Data Scientist job listing doesn't seem to mention the possibility of telecommuting. Do any employees currently work remotely? Also my email address is jackmaney at gmail.com

We do have remote employees, but none on the R&D team ... yet. We want (and need) to change that to hire the best folks available.

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

#166
Moz - Seattle, WA

We're looking for a senior software engineer to join our Moz Local team, building web apps using mainly Node.js, Backbone.js and CoffeeScript.

We have a great office location and (literally) award-winning perks and benefits.

Check out the details here: http://moz.theresumator.com/apply/WRUiPP?source=Moz

We have a few other open positions listed here: http://moz.com/about/jobs

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

#167
Addepar is Hiring - Security Engineer - Mountain View, Ca

We are engineers rebuilding the infrastructure that powers global finance. The current technology in the space is broken and opaque; it empowers scandals like Bernie Madoff to go on for a decade while $64 billion vanishes from the economy, affecting endowments, institutions, and notable individuals. Our platform provides increased transparency, allowing for better decisions and furthering meritocracy in the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry. We free data from disparate silos and build tools for advanced analysis and decision-making.

We are looking for a Security Engineer to focus on improving our engineering from a security perspective. If you enjoy breaking stuff and have a passion for building with a security bent, we’d love to tell you more!

Smart peers, great perks, building and breaking software to ensure transparency and security. Join us at https://addepar.com/careers/ or careers [at] addepar [dot] com.

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

#168
50onRed in Philadelphia, PA is looking for Python and Java Engineers. (Open to Relo)

To Apply: Follow this link http://bit.ly/10usP95 OR send your resume to wwu@50onRed.com

50onRed operates a premium ad network and serves over billions of online ad impressions each month. We work with large advertisers such as Groupon and eHarmony, and develop innovative products to monetize many of the web's largest shopping, dating, and social websites.

As a Software Engineer, you will join our extremely talented engineering team comprised of some of the sharpest developers in the area. The core development team is the beating heart of the company as a whole, creating highly scalable, innovative products used by some of the largest advertisers on the web and seen by millions of people each day. The core development team works closely with the business lines and the Network Ops team to deliver cutting edge software that revolutionizes the way our clients can monetize the web. Our products are built using the latest and greatest open-source tools and technologies. We identify the solution and implement it using whichever language is best for the job.

What you'll do everyday: Design, Develop and Test new software in an Agile environment Build custom software from ground up—from Database to front-end Javascript

Technologies we use include (but not limited to): -Python, Java, PHP, JavaScript -MySQL, Redis as well as other datastores to fit the current problem we’re trying to solve -Flask, Django, SQLAlchemy -EC2, Cloudfront and Opscode Chef, Git -Effectively manage products at any point of their life-cycle -Work closely with the core dev team and Director of Engineering to prioritize work flow on a daily basis

Qualifications/Experience Required: -Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field -Strong experience working with a variety of languages to solve complex problems involving high availability and highly scalable applications. (Must be able to code something in the interview) -Solid understanding of persistence databases and no-SQL datastores -Experience working with HTML, jQuery as well as raw JavaScript, without libraries, on large-scale, customer-facing websites -Knowledge of Source Control and best practices -Experience with Unit Testing -Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux and an interest in devops -Must have excellent inter-personal communication skills and can work effectively within a team in an open-air environment

Desired: -Experience scaling web apps -Experience building browser extensions is a bonus

50onRed is a great place to work. We have a high energy, creative and smart team. We’re located in the Cira Center next to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and we’re a short walk from Center City and easily accessible by public transportation. Employees enjoy competitive salaries & benefits, a casual work environment, Friday Summer Hours, Gym Membership, free subscription to Spotify, catered lunch, 401(k) program and flexible hours.

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

#169
San Francisco/CA, New York/NY, London/UK Remote/Re-location OK, Full-time

Whitetruffle.com is a game-changing recruiting platform that matches software engineers and UX/designers to great tech jobs and we’re looking for more engineers to join our family to help refine and enchance our proprietary matching algorithm, improve our UI, and lead the development of our mobile app. We have 2500+ companies like Pebble, Asana, Path, Evernote, Optimizely, Delve News, etc. who use Whitetruffle to source talent to build out their teams. The popularity of the platform stems from the fact that candidate contact info remains anonymous until both parties agree to the match, and you're introduced directly to the in-house hiring source (founders, CTOs, HR lead) so it's fast without any spam. We're scaling quickly and need to keep up with our growth. If you have a passion for disruptive products and like coding, fast releases, cool designs, and being part of an energetic and smart team, you’d be a good match. Our office is based in the SoMA area of San Francisco, California, close to all transportation hubs and freeways.

Work style:“work whenever, wherever” Workflow: Weekly meeting over IRC every Monday morning. Once a week team lunch brings everyone together to talk about the product, brainstorm new ideas, or share their crazy weekend stories. On Tuesdays we have a 1 hour product meeting over Google Hangout. We're on IRC all the time. Push Process: Push to master whenever you want, unit tests run automatically and are hooked up to IRC; push to prod whenever you want as long as unit tests pass. QA on your own. It’s OK if you break the site from time to time, we like taking risks and prefer to push code.

Whitetruffle job openings:

1. Sr. Software Engineer (Machine Learning, MySQL, Python or Ruby, API experience a plus)

2. Engineering Director/Manager (Management, Python, Ruby, Java, MySQL, API)

3. Seasoned UI Engineer (CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, Python or Ruby)

4. Mobile Engineer (iOS, Obj-C, Android, Java) 90% of our engineers were hired using our own product.

For all jobs, register (build your profile) at http://www.whitetruffle.com/company/whitetruffle. If you’re a good match, we’ll contact you.

For more details visit https://www.whitetruffle.com/candidates. Make sure to try our service so we can have a productive conversation!

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

#170
Palo Alto, CA - Angaza Design - http://www.angazadesign.com/

Angaza is building a new energy economy for the billion+ people who now live off-grid, with East Africa as our initial market. These markets are moving beyond conventional centralized grid generation, becoming the center of development for the resilient, distributed, renewable energy systems that will replace it. Robust low-cost metering, financing, and payment technologies form the key to making those systems possible.

We are a technology company for an unconventional market, a market that demands unconventional technology solutions. Angaza is looking for a talented electrical engineer to join our team in the SF Bay Area. Responsibilities include designing and optimizing hardware for intelligent solar energy generation; supporting ongoing manufacturing; assisting with firmware development; contributing to collaborative research in low-cost distributed metering, including novel digital communication systems; traveling occasionally to field sites across the world; and helping to solve any of the unforeseen and exciting challenges that emerge in a rapidly changing startup environment.

If hired, you will become part of a small team creating a new approach to energy in emerging markets. You will receive both a salary and equity stake in the company. See http://www.angazadesign.com/jobs/electrical-engineer/ and contact us at careers@angazadesign.com.

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