Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2014)

AppMonsta - REMOTE

AppMonsta collects massive amounts of data about mobile apps and turns it into actionable metrics for a wide variety of business customers ranging from investors to health care companies to startups. We really love data, building distributed systems, and helping people understand complicated market dynamics through our data.

We're looking for a distributed systems/big data software engineer to join our distributed team. You'll take ownership of our crawl & data pipeline, keeping them running with high uptime, scaling them up to handle load, and adding new data sources and new features to help our customers make even better decisions. Experience with distributed systems and/or big data is a huge bonus - we're looking for people that have a good intuition about what good architecture looks like, and who can grow into leadership roles.

Our current tech stack is mostly Python, Linux, AWS (EC2, S3, & EMR mostly), MongoDB, Celery and Redis. If you haven't worked with individual pieces of this before it's fine - we like working with smart people that are comfortable working in a distributed systems/big data/cloud environment. We're happy to help you get up to speed with anything you haven't seen before. We practice peer code review and continuous deployment on all our code and systems.

Our entire team works remotely. We're very flexible about where and when you work, as long as you ship code, keep systems online, and are reachable by other team members for part of the day. We stay in touch via a team chatroom and weekly team video chats, with impromptu 1-on-1 video chats whenever there's a detailed issue to discuss. To make this work, you'll need to be in a compatible timezone (between PDT(UTC-08) and CET(UTC+1)), and be very fluent writing and speaking English. Like getting out of the house to work? Ask about our mobile Internet subsidy:)

This is a full time, longterm opportunity. If this sounds exciting, send us an email at jobs@appmonsta.com, and we can get the conversation started.

I am the CTO of Macho, a multi-modal travel search engine startup with market focus in the US. We are batch 2 of progression labs (progressionlabs.com) in downtown vegas. We are looking for a intern/part-time/full-time Front-End Developer in downtown vegas. Currently, we have a prototype (www.travelmacho.com), but we would like to have a front-end developer to work with us to speed up the process of rapid prototyping to make it awesome. Ideally, we would like to have someone that has some experience, but if you know some javascript that will suffice. If you know anyone or interested, please email us at jobs@travelmacho.com Thank you!

We are a recruitment firm, focused solely in NYC's startup, digital & tech space. We strategically support businesses at various stages of development, from inception through late series funding, to pre & post-IPO.

As many organizations in this space are competing for the best engineering talent, we help to accurately represent both company and opportunity to the potential candidate. We are flexible to our client's needs, taking on as much of the process as requested, including pre-screening and meeting each candidate before presentation.

Some of our current positions include:

-Senior Python Developer (Python Expert) - Post Series A Funded Startup with a Unique Networking Platform

-Front-End Engineer (Heavy Javascript) - Post Series A Funded Startup with a Unique Networking Platform

-Tech Lead/Senior Engineer (Java & PHP) - Disruptive E-Commerce Business, Post Series B Funded

-Lead Front End Engineer (Heavy Javascript) - Series A Funded B2C Startup

-Development Manager (Strong Python) - Series B Funded SaaS Startup

-Front End Tech Lead (Raw Javascript) - Series B Funded SaaS Startup

-Engineering Manager (Java, Struts & Project Mgmt) - SaaS product in the Entertainment space

-Back End Engineer (Scala) - Mobile Web Platform, Seed Funded

-Senior Front End Engineer (Javascript) - Mobile Web Platform, Seed Funded

-DevOps Engineer – Startup E-Commerce

-QA Lead (Manual & Automation) – Startup E-Commerce

-Lead Front End Engineer (HTML5, CSS3, JS) – Startup E-Commerce

-Back End Lead Engineer (Python) – Startup E-Commerce

-Lead Android Engineer (1st Android Hire) – Peter Thiel-backed, Series A Funded

-Mobile Engineering Manager (Android or iOS) – E-Commerce, Series E+ Funded

-iOS Engineer – E-Commerce, Series E+ Funded

Please get in touch to understand how we can be a resource to you, as well as to learn further details on these opportunities. We offer a seamless recruitment experience, unlike any other in the startup space. We will provide full company and role description, verbally. In addition, we have met all of our clients, so truly understand the environment and culture.

email: jonathan.peters@twentyrecruitment.com

Currently searching for a full-time senior research programmer at the Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) to begin as early as February 2014. Since the job involves working closely with researchers, it must be done on-site. Applicants must have completed a MS or PhD in software-related field, or a track record of industry experience on-par with such credentials. Successful candidates should have more than 5 years of experience in software design and development.

The candidate will be involved in the design and implementation of a novel service-oriented framework for intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). ITS use a combination of artificial intelligence techniques, expert knowledge models, and computerized learning environments to significantly increase student knowledge. UM-IIS is one of the leading labs in the world for ITS and is producing a natural language (NLP) service-oriented tutoring system. This system will drive animated tutoring agents in traditional hypermedia contexts (e.g., HTML5) and also virtual reality environments (e.g., Unity). We are looking for a programmer with strong fundamental skills and the drive to research interesting software problems. Opportunities to publish scientific research will be available, but not required. Our ideal candidate would have a background developing Python Web Services, but other well-qualified candidates will be considered.

Role and Responsibilities: ● Develop scalable Python web services ● Deploy and monitor Amazon Web Service deployments of these services ● Maintain a well-tested and orderly code base ● Work well in a small programming team environment

Preferred Skills: ● 3+ Years Python Programming Experience ● Experience with Amazon Web Services, MongoDB, Flask, and/or OAuth ● Experience with bug tracking, version control, and test frameworks ● Good documentation habits (@param UsesDocStrings: Defaults to True)

Compensation: ● Pay Range: $55k – $85k, commensurate with experience and fit ● Benefits Available: State of Tennessee Partners Health Care Program ● Travel opportunities to attend relevant conferences and meetings

How to Apply Please complete an on-line application at https://workforum.memphis.edu Click on the staff position box to find the posting for Senior Research Programmer. You will be required to upload a cover letter, resume, and a reference list. Application review will begin in January 2014, and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Memphis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Employer. We urge all qualified applicants to apply for this position. Appointment will be based on qualifications as they relate to position requirements without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, handicap or veteran status. Successful candidates must meet guidelines of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The current job posting for this position is at: https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/5996 The position number is 017180 in workforum.memphis.edu. Please submit application materials through the University of Memphis workforum for consideration. For questions on this posting, please contact Xiangen Hu (xhu@memphis.edu) or just reply here.

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On a side note, the Institute for Intelligent Systems at UM is also an excellent and friendly work environment. Programming is typically done in small teams, with a lot of opportunities for creativity.

Is LAMP more than just an appliance in your living room? Is Ajax more than just a powdered household cleaner? Do you count electric sheep? Well then my friend, have we got a job for you! Join our team of adept developer ninjas as they grow our core code base by constantly optimizing our existing code while adding new and exciting Web 3.0 features! Additionally, you’ll be helping us with our client email delivery by handling bounces accurately and instantly, identifying and stomping out spam, and extending the current toolset that we offer to our clients! It is truly nerd-vana. Duties: ·Collaborate with the team to solve problems ·Track down and squash bugs when discovered or reported. ·Work with product team to architect, develop and deploy new features ·Improve existing code base by discovering and re-factoring speed bottlenecks, ensuring clean MVC and object-oriented architecture throughout, etc. ·Research, architect, and port localized data file system to distributed content delivery network (CDN). ·Research, test, and deploy portions of our system for hosting via AWS. ·Monitor and improve algorithms to improve speed and delivery response ·Build scripts to improve workflow for delivery admin ·Design and implement queuing algorithm to minimize delivery latency while under load ·Brainstorm caching schemes for quick delivery of email to MTA ·Research, identify patterns, and develop algorithms to find and stop email abusers ·Convert infrastructure to scale seamlessly from 3000 accounts to 100k accounts ·Integrate 3rd party email testing and rendering services to provide customer feedback Also: ·Review customer feedback and develop reporting system improvements ·Design database queries to improve speed and capability of our reporting engine ·Design front-end data display tools for end-users, including scheduled reports via email, PDF, and more ·Work with database engineer to develop real-time, live reporting for various datasets such as sales and lead flow ·Develop internal statistics to monitor system and feature usage and display on company dashboard

Apply at: recruiting@ontraport.com http://ontraportcareers.com/