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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)

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

#231
AMPTab of SEATTLE, WA is dragging Supply Chain Management into the 21st century.

WANTED. A web developer: Javascript/jQuery/HTML/CSS. Backend is C#/ASP.NET MVC.

There is no better way to learn about distribution of manufactured goods, than talking to dozens of manufacturers and retailers, making some software for them and seeing how they use it.

Contact info http://amptab.com/contact/

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

#232
SpaceX - Los Angeles, CA http://www.spacex.com/careers

We seek to accelerate the course of human history by developing the technologies necessary for multi-planetary civilization.

We build rockets and spacecraft from the ground up, utilizing much of our own electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engine systems. The Falcon launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft are among the most ambitious engineering systems in the world. Dragon holds the distinction of being the first commercially developed spacecraft to have achieved orbit, rendezvous with the International Space Station, and a safe return to Earth. SpaceX is advancing the state of the art in a field previously dominated by nation states.

Our next developments include a heavy lift launch vehicle, human transportation, and a reusable launch system that will drastically reduce the cost of access to space.

FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPER As a software developer on the flight software team, you will be creating software that is used to design, develop, launch and operate SpaceX flight systems. You will engage with other SpaceX engineers to discover the needs of the mission and code highly reliable software that turns the mission into a reality. You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of the software you create, from development to testing to operation during a mission. You will accept a large degree of personal responsibility, work on awesome stuff and every day be completely baffled as to how you ever worked anywhere else.

SPACEX SOFTWARE ENGINEERING The flight software team is responsible for the software that runs on-board SpaceX rockets and spacecraft, but we do more than embedded software engineering: we also do simulations, distributed data management, and analysis tools used in preparation for a launch. Our problem domains span embedded, fault tolerant, flight control, web, mobile, cloud, and big data computing. The products that we develop run on low-power space computing platforms, mobile devices, desktop systems, and in data centers.

We are an organizationally flat group of a few dozen software engineers. Although we work on and support critical systems, you wouldn’t know it from observing our office. When it comes to the code we are unrelentingly meticulous and thorough, but when it comes to people we are big on open communication, flexible hours and a casual work environment.

When considering you as a candidate, we won’t be focused on specific experience, skills or keywords. We will be looking for evidence that you’re smart, adaptable and exceptionally productive. You will show us that you’re an accomplished programmer, capable of working in many problem domains, and that you can ship products. You’re the engineer that other engineers can count on—you’re highly technical, you attack every problem with enthusiasm, and you share the team’s passionate dedication to the mission.

At SpaceX, the problem domain is full of exciting challenges, and “launching” the product will be like no other product launch you’ve ever experienced!

Note for new or recent graduates: If you’re a new or recent graduate, show us you have some experience outside of your academic course work. Personal projects (web apps, mobile apps, electronics, etc.), or club projects (robotics clubs, programming clubs, etc.) are a strong indicator that you have an appetite to improve yourself as a professional engineer. This will go a long way with your application.

You can apply online or e-mail your resume to ryan.fitzpatrick@spacex.com. Thanks!

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

#233
Founders (Copenhagen, Denmark) * FULLTIME / REMOTE

Founders is a company creator – a onestopshop for conceptualizing, testing and scaling disruptive and innovative technology enabled companies.

In short, we build companies.

We are looking to bolster our technical team with people with experience in all / either:

  * Frontend Development
  * Backend Development
  * DevOps
You will be an integral part of our tech team, working a variety of different startups. We test and experiment with ideas at fast pace, and you will be following projects from the earliest wireframes and prototypes to full fledged demos.

Our stack currently looks something like this

  * Git
  * Python / Django
  * Postgres / Redis
  * jQuery / knockout.js
  * AWS / Digital Ocean / Heroku etc.
We aren't language / framework zealots, so if you are proficient in something similiar don't let it keep you from applying!

ATT: REMOTE

  * We prefer candidates who are within 2*4 hours of GMT+2 so an realtime online communication can be present.
WHAT WE OFFER

  * Competetive salary
  * Independant working environment, where you go to take the lead on individual projects
  * Option to join succesful startups if you fall in love
WANT TO APPLY?

  * Resume
  * Github / bitbucket profile, portfolio or similiar
  * Short
Apply to: joshua@founders.as

Readmore: http://founders.as/join*us/

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

#234
LONDON, UK – full-time, permanent, on-site.

Makers Academy is a highly selective, full time, 12 week course in web development. We teach how to think like a programmer and write beautiful code using Ruby, JS, HTML&CSS, etc. as well as agile, TDD and other best practices.

We are a well funded startup with great backers and solid traction. We're growing, so we're looking for more people to help us teach.

At the moment we're hiring a teaching assistant to assist our team of teachers. Your job will be to help our students with practical aspects of web development if our teachers are all busy. Our students spend 90% of time coding and when they hit a block, someone from our team sits down with them to pair. You will also be expected to help the teachers with curriculum development and building internal software but you'll spend most of the time pairing with students.

You are expected to have a CS degree or be a self-taught dev with 1-2 years of experience. You're familiar with Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, JS, HTML, CSS, TDD and OOP.

Our teachers are very experienced guys, great to learn from: - http://skillsmatter.com/expert/java-jee/enrique-comba-riepen... - http://alexpeattie.com/

You can get a very good idea of what our values and teaching process are from our blog: http://blog.makersacademy.com/

If you're interested in joining our team, please email me at evgeny@makersacademy.com.

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

#235
Counsyl | South San Francisco | Full-Stack & Web Developers email resume to : kyle.barbato@counsyl.com

We've invented the Counsyl Test, a breakthrough diagnostic intended for parents planning to start a family. The test won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine, was named one of Scientific American's "Top 10 World Changing Ideas," and was featured in the New York Times. Our test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.

The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn't. That's where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone.

The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.

email resume to kyle.barbato@counsyl.com

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

#236
Senior Rails Developer

DevOps Engineer

UX Designer

All positions full time in Boston (actually Somerville) MA. Remote a possibility for the right candidate.

ActBlue ( https://secure.actblue.com ) powers the fundraising of the political and social left. If you’ve ever given online to a Democratic candidate or organization, chances are you’ve used our software. We are growing like crazy! We need a few more good software engineers who want to influence politics and online organizing.

We use best in class tools and methods:

• Backend: Rails 3.2 with Ruby 1.9, NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis

• Frontend: Bootstrap, jQuery, Sass, D3, Highcharts

• Operations: Chef, Rackspace cloud and AWS

• Tools: Github, Tddium

While this is a list of what we currently use, we are open to hearing from great people who come from different stacks.

You'll be an essential contributor to a small team of professionals in our Davis Square office. You'll have significant responsibility right out of the gate and a voice in designing our architecture. We offer autonomy, responsibility, an amazing workplace (full of people geeking out about politics and tech all day) plus these benefits:

• Extremely competitive salary

• 401K matching

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision benefits for you and dependents!

• Unlimited paid time off

• Public transit pass (Charliecard or Commuter Rail)

• Professional Development (conferences, classes, etc...) 100% paid

• Choose your own computer setup

• Family friendly flexible schedule

• Healthy and not-so-healthy snacks

Some neat things about us:

• ActBlue is a political non-profit that is well capitalized. This gives us the freedom to explore new electoral technology without influence from big donors or investors.

• We are an established 9 year old organization. We have a startup / political campaign mentality without the pressure and long hours. Sustainability is valued.

• Our employees have lives outside of work. We have parents, dog owners, marathon runners, RC plane pilots, Artisan Asylum members and german linguists.

• We sponsor RailsBridge Boston, a workshop designed to encourage more women to become Ruby developers in Boston.

ActBlue is the software and operations engine that powers the fundraising for thousands of Democratic and progressive campaigns and committees. In the 2011-2012 election cycle we moved over $175 million for nearly 5,000 campaigns with an average contribution size of $48.90. Our fundraising software is used by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and countless Senate, House, State and Local campaigns in all 50 states.

To start the conversation email techjobs@actblue.com and copy me at nate@actblue.com

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

#237
Zapier - https://zapier.com/ - Anywhere, U.S.A. (REMOTE)

Current Openings

* Frontend Engineer - Build interfaces that will help the world automate their work

* Product Designer - Design experiences that make customers smile

* Data Analyst - Analyze data sets to discover things we didn't know about our customers or our business

* Customer Happiness - Help users learn how to optimize their work

Full Job Postings Here - https://zapier.com/blog/help-automate-business-zapier-jobs-a...

What Users Say About Zapier - https://twitter.com/zapier/favorites

What We Believe In

For the past two years, Zapier has been helping people across the world automate the boring and tedious parts of their job. We do that by helping everyone connect the web applications they already use.

We believe that there are jobs that a computer is best at doing and that there are jobs that a human is best at doing. We want to empower businesses everywhere to create processes and systems that let computers do what they are best at doing and let humans do what they are best at doing.

We believe that with the right tools, you can have 10X the impact with less work.

We believe in small teams. Small teams are fast and nimble. Small teams mean less bureaucracy and less management and more getting things done.

We believe that credentials are not needed. Our head of development has a finance degree. Our head of business and marketing has an engineering degree. Our head of design has a mechanical engineering degree. What you love doing is way more important than the credentials you have.

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

#239
Counsyl | S. San Francisco | Full Stack & Web Developers

We've invented the Counsyl Test, a breakthrough diagnostic intended for parents planning to start a family. The test won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine, was named one of Scientific American's "Top 10 World Changing Ideas," and was featured in the New York Times. Our test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.

The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn't. That's where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone. The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.

email resume to kyle.barbato@counsyl.com

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

#240

Distilled, London - Creative Front End Developer http://www.distilled.net/jobs/creative-front-end-developer/ Distilled is looking for a front-end developer to work on all sorts of fun projects. You’ll be a recent graduate or someone with a few year’s experience. We’re more interested in hiring the right person than the number of years under your belt. We are aiming to build an environment that is the best place for t…

If that's a full-time gig, that pay is insulting for an experienced front-end developer. I am getting paid over twice that (yes, after the conversion) as a junior front-end dev. I don't have a degree or any significant work experience and live in Boston which I imagine has a marginally lower cost of living. I realize you probably aren't the person who sets that price but it just needed to be said - you will certainly not find the right person if your not willing to pay them appropriately.
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