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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#442
Recargo (http://recargo.com)

We make PlugShare, ChargeManager, and provide a host of other services for the Electric Vehicle industry. Our API is consumed by several major automakers. We make software for electric cars, and when we need to, we build the hardware to get the software inside. If you've dreamed of getting paid to hack a Tesla this is the job for you.

Our stack is Flask+Postgresql with clients in Backbone, Android, and iOS. We're looking to hire talented Python, Javascript and iOS developers. We're also looking for full-time designer to help us strengthen the brand.

Our offices are in LA, Menlo Park, and Portland.

Shoot me an email at lucas@recargo.com if you're interested.

- Lucas (VP Engineering)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#443
LoanNow - Senior Software Engineer - Orange County, CA

PAYDAY LOANS ARE TRAPS

Imagine for a second that you have no credit card, your bank account is almost empty, and your car breaks down. You need cash and you need it fast.

You turn to a payday loan with an ABSURD 1000% interest rate that does NOTHING to rebuild your credit. Two weeks go by and your loan comes due. You're in the same situation, so your roll that loan into the next loan, and the next loan – the average cycle lasts 5 MONTHS and it’s a cycle that 12 MILLION Americans live in.

Over a quarter million payday loans are issued EVERY, SINGLE, DAY.

We think there is a better way.

INTRODUCING LOANNOW

We're a stealthy team of technologists disrupting a $15 billion slow moving giant of an industry. Everyone on our team codes and contributes on every level, front to back. We've built web scale products and helped scale them to tens of millions of daily active users.

We are ready to we go live with our beta and there will be nothing in the market that comes close. Every person we've showed it to smiles at how fast and easy we’ve made the lending experience.

But we’ve realized we need help to move even faster. We're looking for a teammate who can come in and contribute at speed on day one, and who is world class at more than one thing.

You’ll be working with a team of A-players who have graduated from some of North America’s top schools and stem from companies such as Amazon, Nike, Citrix, Specific Media and Myspace. As teammates we value commitment and accountability; honing our craft; building tools to create leverage; and seeking to learn from and understand each other.

The ideal candidates is brilliant, passionate, and uncompromising in their pursuit of building an incredible product that will positively affect the lives of millions of Americans.

OUR STACK

Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP 5.3+ HTML / CSS, AngularJS Java + STOMP AWS Git

ABOUT LOANNOW

At LoanNow, we believe we can change the world by helping people with less than great credit get back on track. Our loans reward you for good behavior instead of trapping you in an endless spiral of interest & penalties. And we make getting a loan faster and easier than anyone else!

We are a very well funded stealth finance technology startup based in Orange County, CA. Our founders have an impeccable track record, which includes back-to-back Inc 500 Fastest Growing Company accolades. Our technology team includes veterans from Amazon, Nike, Citrix, Specific Media and Myspace.

You’ll earn a secure and competitive base salary and stock options. We also offer employer-sponsored medical/dental/vision coverage as well as 401(k), life, and supplemental insurance options.

The $15B payday predatory lending space is begging to be disrupted. We are the ones who are going to do it.

EMAIL hr@loannow.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#444
TradeGecko, Singapore (http://tradegecko.com/)

TradeGecko is a venture-backed growth-stage startup in Singapore. We are an international team of 20 people working on a global market. Our product is an inventory management solution for e-commerce players and wholesalers, and our business model is a subscription-based SaaS.

We are eager to skyrocket our growth, therefore we are looking for an experienced marketeer that is a geek at heart, someone that can perfectly combine creativity with love for data.

While the current Marketing, Sales and Support teams focus on getting us to a stable growth of xx% from month to month, your role would be to multiply the growth rate through tweaks and twists that can make a huge difference.

Your primary focus will be customer acquisition, with secondary focus on retention and referral.

You should:

- research, develop and execute customer acquisition techniques beyond our Content Marketing - constantly improve our search engine optimization for the front site and help the Content Marketeers have better SEO on their work - find techniques to improve the CTR on our email campaigns run experiments and improve our conversion rate on the front site - update the landing pages on our front site - collaborate with the Product team to trigger network effects - explore in-depth our analytics tools for finding growth hacking potential and fixing underperformance

We require this position to be based at our HQ in Singapore. We will provide support with visa and moving arrangements, if necessary.

REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate is ambitious, data-driven and creative. A person who is T-shaped (main expertise in marketing and all its fields, with additional knowledge in psychology and web development).

A results-oriented person “whose true north is growth” and can help us boost our user acquisition and conversion rate, and keep our churn as low as possible through scalable, repeatable and low-cost methods.

You should have:

- interest in learning about customers behavior through both numbers and qualitative data - advanced knowledge and experience in search engine optimization - expertise in handling analytics tools to drive useful insights - passion for A/B testing and conversion rate optimization good web development knowledge to fully customize a Wordpress website and its landing pages - creativity to achieve better CTR through email campaigns - curiosity to know the product in-depth - knowledge of virality in b2b - portfolio of 20 favorite growth hacking documented techniques used by other b2b saas startups - experience working in tech startups - portfolio of innovative digital marketing techniques that led to a minimum 3x growth with low-costs for other startups or projects

BENEFITS

- competitive compensation - great work environment with a young multi-cultural team - working with a product current customers love - working in a post product-market fit startup

Apply here: http://tradegecko.workable.com/jobs/6186

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#445
http://shifthealth.ca : Full stack Rails developer

Howdy all, we're looking to bring on another developer to give me a hand. Feel free to reach out to me directly at roumen@shifthealth.ca

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We are a healthcare technology startup that is passionate about enabling the highest levels of patient care. Combining clinical expertise, cutting-edge technology, and design artistry we launched our product in January 2013 and have 6 major hospitals as clients.

Located downtown Toronto in the Fashion/Entertainment District our developers enjoy flexible work hours, cutting-edge technologies, creative freedom, extended health and dental benefits, an enjoyable work environment that consists of young, like-minded individuals and real startup upside potential.

Job description:

* Capture, document, and implement detailed customer requirements

* Work with the design team to design and build features that are a joy to use

* Refactor back- and front-ends

* Create appropriate automated tests

* Provide mentoring to junior developers

Must Have Skills / Qualifications:

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5+ years of web development

3+ years of Ruby/Rails development

Experience integrating with and building RESTful or SOAP-based APIs

Good knowledge of version control systems (Git preferred)

Good knowledge of web and information security

Rails 3.2, 4.0 (Full stack includes RVM, Capistrano, Unicorn, etc.)

Ruby

JavaScript

HTML, CSS/SASS

Databases, SQL

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Unix platform

Full time position Must be willing to relocate to Toronto

Nice-to-Have

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MySQL

Hospital Information Systems

Healthcare Infomatics (EMR’s, HL7, etc.)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#446
PERL WEB DEVELOPER

SALARY : $35,000 pesos per month ( About $2,700 USD )

We need a web developer in Mexico City, were a 6 year old software company thats doubling in size every year. We realize our salary offering is not competitive with an average US developer salary but if you're adventurous ( or have a crazy ex gf you need to escape ) you might want to consider it anyway, in Mexico that is a lot of money and you will live a comfortable life. We can help you get a visa so you can work here legally and have all the regular benefits.

Our company currently consists of 18 people, which includes 5 very talented smart developers.

Our technlogy stack is : mod_perl, apache, ngninx, nodejs, postgres, jquery, dynamodb, s3

Speaking spanish is not required for this job.

Required skills:

- Expert in Perl

- Previous experience developing large web applications

- SQL - JOINS, PARTITIONS, AGGREGATES, EXPLAIN

- HTML

- CSS

- JavaScript - variable scope, prototypes, and other quirks.

- Basic LINUX/UNIX knowledge. ( Can compile a package by yourself )

- jQuery

- SVN or GIT

- AJAX

http://www.algebraix.com

jbiskofski@algebraix.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#447
Chicago, IL Sr. JavaScript/Risk Web Developer (H1Bs welcome) Internal Recruiting / NOT a 3rd party solicitation

We are looking for an outstanding developer who can take the lead in creating interactive, real-time web-based applications for our risk and profit tracking system. These applications will be used by all level of employees, from CEO to new employee, to view and track risk and profitability metrics for the firm. The applications must be user-friendly, high performance, and secure.

The ideal candidate will be an expert in JavaScript and a web framework such as ExtJS with the ability to manage their own web servers and some database access. You will work alongside the users, so you’ll need to understand their processes and create working solutions.

Qualifications: • Expert knowledge of JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 and at least one back-end web platform technology (e.g. C#, Java, Python) • Proficiency with a JavaScript framework such as ExtJS or jQuery • Knowledge of and ability to work within cross-browser constraints • Experience delivering real-time data-driven web applications using technologies such as web sockets • Extensive experience suggesting and developing intuitive ways to display and input data • Experience designing layouts, UI structure, and discovering usage patterns • Ability to communicate empathically with users • Select and deploy web servers, maintain and troubleshoot web server infrastructure • Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively • Desire and ability to work in the fast-paced, results-driven team environment of a trading company

Please feel free to contact me directly. szecher@kcg.com or 312.813.1287

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#448
Asteria Aerospace - Bangalore, India.

Here is a short video about us http://youtu.be/3k6IL9cRDsw

Asteria Aerospace has begun its journey with development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and related technologies. We are one of the top three companies innovating in this space in India.

Our aim is to provide users of UAS products with advanced technological capabilities while making them intuitive and easy to use. We have already built our first product and have many more exciting challenges in the pipeline for which we need talented team members.

Image Processing Engineers

We are looking for Image Processing Engineers to join our Product Development team and work in a dynamic and positive environment where your contributions directly affect company performance and growth. You will be involved in exciting and challenging projects in the cutting edge field of UAS technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  - Rapid prototyping of new video/image processing algorithms and performing feasibility studies for the development of new features and applications.
  - Develop appropriate algorithms for real-time image and video processing in order to meet the system level feature requirements.
  - Collaborate with other engineers to optimize and translate such algorithms for software and hardware implementation.
  - Develop appropriate test cases and perform extensive testing of the image/video processing solutions.
  - Document the design, development and testing of the implemented solutions.
APPLICATION PROCESS

Do you have what it takes to rise up to the challenges of building Unmanned Aerial Systems?

To apply, you are requested to demonstrate your curiosity and passion to solve challenging problems.

Can you take a stab at this one? http://www.gapjumpers.me/qs-427

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#449
Full-Time Senior Application Developer

The Department of Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine is seeking candidates for a full-time Senior Application Developer. This role is responsible for the support of Web-based Java applications, including development, testing, and deployment of front-end interfaces and backend databases.

The Senior Application Developer will assume a leadership role in a large NIH-funded project to create open-source Web-based and desktop software to annotate, store, search, and process biomedical images. This exciting work will enable researchers to discover image-based indicators of disease that will transform medical care. The software developed will become part of a national infrastructure supporting biomedical research, and will have high impact throughout the medical community. The Senior Application Developer will be responsible for designing, developing and documenting the software, working with collaborators and users to understand and implement their requirements, and evaluating and disseminating the software. The successful candidate will be self-directed, thrive in a stimulating collaborative research environment, work well with other developers, and be excited by the opportunity to assume an ownership role in creating software infrastructure that will be adopted by medical centers nationally. The candidate will work closely with faculty, research associates, students, developers, and other collaborators.

Required Skills: • B.S. in Computer Science (or related degree), or equivalent experience • Expert skill level (5+ years) Java programmer • Expert skill level (5+ years) server-side Java web development • Strong experience developing RESTful web services • JDBC, MySQL • Tomcat Application Server, Jetty, Apache Web frameworks Linux, virtual machine management (e.g., VMware)

Preferred Skills: • Advanced degree in Computer Science is desired • Experience with DICOM programming, DICOM databases, and dcm4chee • XML Parsers, Native XML databases • Experience with rich Web application development, such as Google Web Toolkit (GWT) • HTML5 technologies including Canvas and WebGL • JavaScript and Ajax Libraries (jQuery and Closure) • Experience in image processing and programming with DICOM • Experience with test platforms such as Selenium and Jenkins

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)

#450
Are you a bright engineer interested in processing massive amounts of data? We are seeking folks with solid experience in server-side engineering. You will be applying machine learning algorithms for information extraction, categorization and normalization of online purchases, with emphasis on the Japanese language. You'll be working with a lean, fast-paced team of folks from companies like LinkedIn, MySpace, AOL, Yahoo!, and eBay to push out applications that will change the way people shop. Requirements: • Design and develop infrastructure to process large amounts of data using distributed technologies, such as Map/Reduce, HIVE/Pig • Proficient with Java, multithreading, distributed systems at scale • Experience with tokenization and feature extraction for Japanese text using NLP techniques • Bonus: Experience with SQL, MongoDB • Bonus: Exposure to information retrieval, classification, graph mining, and/or recommendation engines • BS (MS preferred) in CS, EE, or related degree Founded by proven entrepreneurs out of Stanford, Slice is a consumer internet company based in downtown Palo Alto that is venture backed by Lightspeed, DCM, Eric Schmidt and other top Valley investors. We're a talented team possessing consumer internet experience with a passion for delighting users through amazing product experiences. Slice is changing the way that people interact with the stuff they buy AFTER they buy it. And we're doing this by tackling it at the source of electronic receipts: the inbox. We're using email data to create fun and useful consumer applications and experiences. Our app for iOS/Android provides an easy way for consumers to manage & track all of their purchases and save money with price drop alerts. Resumes/Linkedin/portfolios → hannahft [at] stanfordalumni [dot] org
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