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

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Post by curiousphil »

Curious Media is hiring! We are a Boise, ID based Interactive Agency. We are a team of about 16 dedicated people that do awesome projects for big clients. Prefer local but are open to remote setups as long as you are in the US. If remote, must be willing to work 8-5pm MST (and overtime when needed!). Remote will require that you are really awesome at what you do.

We are looking for a few people right now. HTML5 Game developers, high-end front end web developers (some backend experience preferred) and excellent designers. Looking for full time and/or freelance if you are the right fit. Familiarity and comfort with Javascript and HTML5 a must. Drop me a message with examples of your work. phil (at) curiousmedia.com

Our work is heavily focused on the children's entertainment and education sectors. Our clients include (but aren't limited to) Disney, PBS Kids, Scholastic, Random House and more. We also have some exciting internal projects that we work quite a bit on.

curiousmedia.com

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

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Post by marbe »

REMOTE, INTERN - "DevOps apprentice"

We're a small boutique consultancy based in Munich, Germany and are looking for someone enthusiastic about (learning and executing) DevOps.

You would be implementing projects ranging from smaller puppet scenarios, database replication scenarios to high availability web services, continuous deployment and more.

We're primarily looking for someone who has a hunger to learn, read (think Safari Online) and is as crazy about tech as we are ourselves. Training and guidance will be provided and we'd love to build a long-lasting relationship.

If you're interested, shoot a mail to jobs@marcobehler.com for further information.

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

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Post by jclemenson »

Centzy - Software Engineer - NYC of SF - Full-time

Centzy is a search engine for services. We help consumers find, compare and buy local services like haircuts, oil changes and dog groomers. We are tackling big challenges in gathering, structuring and mining this messy set of data from online and offline sources. We are well funded but early stage enough that we can offer significant product and equity ownership and competitive salaries (plus full healthcare, free meals, etc).

We are looking for another smart engineer to join our team of seven. We are looking for someone who is thoughtful, driven and fun. You should be able to engineer solutions that scale as our data, users and team grows. It would be great if you had experience with Ruby or Go, but its not a hard requirement. Email me: jeremy at company name.

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

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Post by ryguytilidie »

Optimizely - San Francisco, CA - Fulltime, Permanant. Intern/H1-B okay as well.

Optimizely is a website optimization platform. We enable businesses to show the right thing to the right person at the right time.

Our first product makes A/B Testing easy. In 2 years we’ve grown to become #1 in the category with 4,000+ paying customers including Starbucks, Disney, and Marketo. We're profitable and our revenue is growing 400% year-over-year.

Join us in our mission to empower businesses to make better data-driven decisions.

About the Job:

We have scale: 4,000+ customers (including 100 of the top websites in the world); 15 billion server requests/month You’ll work on our amazing visual editor - a cutting edge tool that is the core of our product - and will enable it to do even more awesome things for our customers Work in small teams, in a continuous integration environment; we’re fast and nimble: 1-2 deployments every day

About Us:

You’ll work on our amazing visual editor - a cutting edge tool that is the core of our product - and will enable it to do even more awesome things for our customers.

Requirements:

A track record of being able to ship product, independently and/or as part of a small team A strong body of prior front end work, including significant projects written in JavaScript Mastery of JavaScript; expertise in most of the following technologies, and proficiency in all of them: jQuery, CSS, HTML5, AJAX, Google Closure tools Deep understanding of closures, prototypal inheritance, DOM manipulation, HTTP, web security, cross browser compatibility challenges

Bonus Points:

Passionate about front end technologies, you have a curiosity that motivates you to experiment and keep on top of technical trends Practitioner of progressive enhancement, and responsive UI design Good at debugging using dev consoles, firebug, firecookie, or any of your favorite tools Fearless - you’ll tackle a massive JavaScript codebase, and are willing to prototype crazy, awesome ideas Perks:

Free city-wide Gym membership at any Crunch Fitness. Free Clipper Card to pay for your commute from anywhere in the bay area. Catered in-office lunch and dinner on weekdays. Full medical insurance with very low co-pay and deductible. HMO, PPO, and HSA options available. Full dental coverage including orthodontics. Full vision coverage including contacts. Dependents 100% covered for medical, dental, and vision. Unlimited vacation policy. 401k benefit. Top-of-the-line MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and 30" monitor. Working with a great team and having a huge impact!

If you're interested, please shoot me an email at Ryan.Jordan@optimizely.com!

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

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Post by kevbo »

Evanston, IL - Full Time (onsite), Permanent

Ruby Engineer at Leapfrog Online (http://www.leapfrogonline.com/)

Leapfrog Online, an Evanston, IL-based direct digital marketing company, is seeking a Ruby Software Engineer to build and maintain high-traffic web sites using the Rails web framework for Leapfrog Online business units. This position makes extensive use of open source software to solve interesting problems. Scrum is practiced in all of our development teams, but we don’t require previous experience in Agile methodologies.

Are you a self-starter that holds high performance goals? Are you high energy and adaptable with an entrepreneurial mind-set? Can you successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously? Are you a good communicator who works well in teams? Do you have experience with open-source software or programming in Ruby? Are you able to recognize patterns in application behavior based off experiences with web-based technologies? If so, we are looking for you!

Responsibilities:

- Building and maintaining high-traffic web sites using the Rails web framework - Participating in project planning to review user stories, wireframes, and product specifications and applying them to your software designs - Presenting your ideas and demonstrating your work to technical and non-technical audiences in writing and in person. - Working with other team members to pair on programming and perform regular code reviews - Troubleshooting and advising on solutions to complex software issues - Developing automated test cases and test suites to ensure initial and ongoing quality in our software

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree and 2 or more years’ experience relating to web-based software development using open source technologies - Real-world experience using Ruby application frameworks (such as Rails) to build high-traffic web sites and applications - Thorough understanding of common web application concepts and technologies, such as HTTP, SSL, XML and associated technologies, content management concepts, public-key cryptography, application and data security and privacy issues, and basic TCP/IP networking - Non-trivial experience with any SQL-based RDBMS (PostgreSQL experience is especially useful) - Comfortable in the world of HTML, CSS and JavaScript - Knowledge of version control systems (especially Git)

For more information and to apply: https://hire.jobvite.com/j?cj=oBOpXfwv&s=Hacker_News

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

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Post by bforgione »

Levels Beyond, Inc. - Denver, CO - Full Time (http://levelsbeyond.com)

Job Title: Developer/Senior Developer

About Us Levels Beyond is a disruptive player in the new Video Ecosystem, providing products and solutions built on the Reach Engine platform. Reach Engine is powering the largest video libraries and distribution networks in the world, connecting content owners and creators with the devices and platforms their consumers demand.

About the Position You'll have the ability to leverage your Flex development experience to support our engaging user interfaces. On the UI side, you have a good working knowledge of and expertise in Flex while being willing and able to support some of our HTML5 development work. Doing this well, you will be part of our team, propelling the future of video forward, integrating with best of breed partner tools and APIs, and exposing our industry-leading video management and delivery software to the cloud.

We are looking for you if… You are a polyglot. Some of our best developers believe this personal definition fits what we do at Levels Beyond. You like working with the latest technologies. You like to have the opportunity to take ambiguous requirements, break the problem down into understandable segments and get the job done for the customer. You have a willingness and ability to challenge our status quo while recognizing our path. In other words, you possess a blend of confidence and humility.

Your Skills and Credentials * Flex 4 / ActionScript 3 * Ability to support HTML5 development efforts * Relational DB knowledge, can read/write/modify moderately complex SQL * RESTful web service creation / consumption * Ability to interface with clients from top-tier companies * 4-7 years of experience

Nice To Have / Desire to Learn * Java application development * Experience with an ORM framework * NoSQL (Mongo, Cassandra, ect.) * Knowledge of the RobotLegs framework * Experience working in an Agile environment with daily Scrums * B.S. in Computer Science or a related degree. (preferred, not required)

Our Work Environment * Horizontally mobile * Less hierarchy-more unity * Driven toward strong ownership * Intensity to solve problems for clients * Political free zone * Autonomy * You recommend, we listen, you implement * Peer and personal responsibility * Food and drink abound * Work hard/play hard - Hackathons and Company Happy Hours * Downtown Denver in RiNo

The Perks * 3 weeks vacation * 10 paid holidays * New Macbook Pro, external monitors, ect. * Health, Dental, Vision...what you would expect * Huge opportunity for career growth!

Please contact Bill Forgione to learn more.

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

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Post by memset »

Classic Specs, New York, NY, Full-Time

We have been designing and building high-quality prescription eyewear in Brooklyn since 2010. We have a number of high-end fashion brands for which we design and sell eyeglasses.

We're building a company to last - we have revenue, a loyal client base, sustained and expanding growth. We’re backed by all-star group of investors and folks who have built some of the most successful fashion brands in the world. Now we need someone to help build our technology.

Come work with us team to design and implement a white-label software for managing eyewear websites and order fulfillment across multiple brands! We're looking for engineers who are interested in building everything - from inventory management infrastructure to A/B testing our website - for selling eyewear online.

Our team is small. As an early developer, we’ll ask you to look for things in our business that can be made more efficient and use technology to improve them.

You will completely own a feature, from choosing which technology to use, implementing the frontend, interfacing with our back-end database, and then measuring its impact on the business.

When you build something cool, we'll open-source it. When you learn something new, teach us! Help us mentor interns.

Our back-end stack is mostly Python + Flask, using uwsgi on nginx. Our current project is using mongodb on the backend.

Feel free to email me: jay@classicspecs.com

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

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

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Post by bkwok »

Coinbase - San Francisco, CA - Full-Time (https://coinbase.com/careers)

Coinbase is a platform that facilitates the easy conduct of the digital currency Bitcoin for consumers and merchants. This includes the buying and selling of Bitcoin, secure storage of Bitcoin in the cloud, and a suite of merchant tools.

Since the start of the year, user base has grown 20x to over 200,000 users and consistently achieve weekly revenue growth rate in the double-digits.

We're looking for generalist, frontend, mobile, and security engineers to join our team of 6. Our team is made up from people that have worked at Airbnb, Google, Goldman Sachs to OkCupid. Check out the team on our About page - https://coinbase.com/about.

We're also looking for a Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Biz Dev, and Customer Support.

If you're interested, head over to our careers page and email us at jobs@coinbase.com with links to your Github, resume or any personal projects.

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