Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)

Cambridge MA Ruby on Rails developer. PatientsLikeMe is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. If you want to work with great people for a well-funded startup on a web app that that matters, we want to talk to you. Come make a difference in patients' lives with us!

You should have at least 5 years web application development experience. We use Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, CoffeeScript, Sass, jQuery, and Haml. While Rails and PostgreSQL knowledge is desirable, familiarity with other object-oriented web frameworks (Python, Java) and databases (MySQL, Oracle) is fine. Experience beyond coding, such as leading teams and working with internal or external customers, is also a plus.

In this position, you will be expected to: 
 Participate in all stages of software development - from early brainstorming to coding and bug fixing 
 Write excellent, performant code and associated tests Discuss product requirements with others, both inside and outside of engineering

Requirements: 
 5+ years developing web applications 
 Experience with object-oriented application frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, C++, .NET) 
 Experience designing database schemas and writing queries (PostgreSQL a plus) Experience working with software teams and using source control. We use Git. Be a good teammate. We're a team that really likes working together. No jerks, please.

Other desirable experience: 
 UI or graphic design skills Healthcare, patient services, or biostatistics background Experience building web communities

Benefits: competitive salary, stock options, 20 days vacation, 10 holidays, telecommuting two days a week, flexible schedule, health and dental, ping pong, darts, yoga, weekly free lunch and a company discussion/ presentation - usually by industry leaders in health and technology. Your teammates are also musicians, homebrewers, artists, gardeners, athletes and all-around great people.

Learn more about life at PatientsLikeMe here (http://www.patientslikeme.com/about/careers/22). This job is eligible for the $2,000 referral bonus.

To apply for this position, please email your resume to careers@patientslikeme.com.

EventMobi - Toronto, Canada - Full-Stack / DevOps Engineers - http://www.eventmobi.com/about/careers/

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EventMobi is an app building platform that allows event planners to create engaging apps for their event or conference in only a few minutes. We’re based in Toronto and are committed to using the mobile revolution to completely transform the events industry.

Our apps allow event planners to distribute content to their attendees, keep them engaged with the event, and help them learn and network with other attendees. EventMobi apps have been used at over 1500 events, 2 Million users, and are served for events in 15 languages across 5 continents.

We’re not your typical startup, we’re completely self-funded and yet with no outside capital we’re massively profitable and on an incredible growth path with companies like Intel, Disney and the Olympics IOC using us for their mobile event app needs.

We embraced HTML5, cloud architecture and cross-platform mobile web apps before any of them were fancy buzz words! Come and join Toronto’s fastest growing self-funded tech start-up and be part of something amazing.

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We're looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer and a DevOps Engineer to join our team and help build out the platform we need to innovate this space. This is a very fast-paced role, and we need energetic individuals that can build large-scale SaaS systems, as well as care about UX and be involved with the end consumer facing product. This is a great career opportunity to grow with a young startup, get your hands dirty in all aspect of cloud services, mobile and web development and help with every aspect of a startups technology infrastructure.

Experience with the following would be helpful: - JS frameworks (we use Angular and Backbone) - Python / Flask - MySQL / Redis / MongoDB

If you would like to chat further about the details feel free to email me at bijan@eventmobi.com

Metamedia : Koh Samui, Thailand : javascript, backbone, node, redis [ http://metamedia.com ]

[ talented Snr Javascript Developer ]

Work in a focussed nimble team building technology that powers the next generation of social video sharing.

We are looking for elite Javascript developers with an appreciation of the full stack and a passion for building high performance scalable web systems :

Desired :

- modern idiomatic javascript

- jquery, ajax, json

- backbone.js

- underscore.js

- node.js

- redis

Appreciated :

- opensource, side projects, startup exp

- degree, math, technical blog articles

- performance, caching, latency

- linux, sysops, dtrace, nginx

- nosql : mongo, couch, riak, rethink, lmdb

- message queues, push, websockets

- design, html5/css3, UI, UX

- video, social, ecommerce

Benefits :

- interesting work, modern tech

- cosmopolitan passionate team

- flights, visa covered, help relocating

- comparable salary [ low tax, low rent ]

- mac pro, quality screen, good internet

- explore the islands and beaches on weekends

- spicy food, italian pizza+coffee nearby

Send your github link and CV pdf/link to jobs@metamedia.com

[ Also looking for exceptional Snr PHP Web Developer, Snr UI/UX Designer/Analyst ]

Gilt Groupe KK - Tokyo, Japan

… is looking to hire engineers with a strong interest in JavaScript, Ruby, node.js, coffeescript, AngularJS, and responsive design.

Gilt Japan was founded in 2008 as Japan’s leading online flash-sale fashion site; we’re well funded and growing fast. All members of our tech team have a direct impact on growing our business and creating a great experience for our customers.

Gilt’s offices are based in the easily accessible fashion district Ginza, in central Tokyo. Our international tech team has members from France, Italy, Romania, Ireland, America, Canada, Jordan, New Zealand and of course, Japan. Japanese skills are valued but not essential - we use English day-to-day.

Interested? More details at https://www.gilt.jp/info/company/careers or send us an email at recruit@gilt.jp.