Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)

iOS Engineer

Come Work for a Leader in Unified Communications Software!

Fonality is a well-funded Communications Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that provides unified phone systems and applications for growing businesses. We are a team of 250+ engineers, support professionals, operations and finance experts, sales reps and marketers who work together to delight our clients and have a little fun.

We are looking for an iOS Engineer for our growing Engineering team in Culver City. This person will be responsible for development and design of Fonality’s UI architecture and interface for our next generation iOS applications. The candidate will participate in design sessions, work closely with product & other non-technical staff, perform heads down development, work with QA on test plans, and create necessary documentation.

At Fonality we know developers fear hate the dreaded hour long application process so we have made things easy on you. Our online application is one page and will take no more than 5 minutes. Your resume will go directly to someone on our recruiting team rather than be sorted for keywords.

What we’re looking for:

A candidate comfortable with front-end web application development in HTML, xHTML, JavaScript, CSS, VTL, AJAX, XML, XSLT or a similar environment Experience in iOS application architecture environment consisting of code review, project scoping and debugging Someone who has shipped applications to the iPhone App store Familiar with other mobile application development technologies a plus but not required.

http://fonality.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=det...

Manager, IT Systems Administration – Los Angeles, CA

Come Work for a Leader in Communications Software!

Fonality is a well-funded Communications Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. We provide VoIP phone system services which outperform brand-name, enterprise-level solutions for a fraction of the price. We’re looking for creative people with world-class skills who thrive in an energetic setting and are passionate about their lives and their work.

We are seeking a Manager of IT Systems Administration who’s primary responsibility will be to ensure a high degree of operational stability by effectively managing hardware, software, phone, and basic network support to the entire user community including remote workers. Operational stability is established by ensuring restoral procedures are maintained and tested. Production management procedures are needed to address any service disruption from a defect to a disaster. This position ensures that a high level of end user satisfaction is maintained by providing operational stability. The IT System Administration manager works with Director, IT to develop standards, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

(30%) Coordinate and act as gate keeper for all system related projects to ensure a standard configuration. Areas of focus include, but not limited to: Windows, Active Directory, linux, VoIP, software update solution, Anti-Virus, portals etc. (30%) Hands on Implementation and project manage IT systems projects including: Corporate moves, account provisioning, standardize desktop images, software update infrastructure, file management and office automation including email. (20%) Lead specification, procurement and deployment of IT system services. Hands-on system administration and maintenance of IT services including the: users, groups, queues, directory structures, rights and security etc. (10%) Troubleshoot problems, respond to the needs of the users concerning access to resources including onboarding and off boarding processes (10%) the following: Remain abreast of changes in industry standards and practices, keeping management informed of changes that have potential impact on company information technology resources Train end users on new technologies and upgrades Complete special projects and priorities as assigned. Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Four-year college degree, or equivalent level of experience. Four or more years of experience managing IT systems related projects. Must have experience Windows server installations, technology evaluations and system management practices Three years of general IT management/supervisory experience including managing sub-contractor relationships for technology-driven projects. Two years of Disaster Recovery and Project Management experience is preferred Excellent Communication skills (Written, Verbal, and Presentation) with ability to sell concepts and ideas to a diverse range of internal and external customers MCSE or equivelant certification preferred Project Management certification, or equivalent preferred Proven ability to lead, direct and supervise vendors. Experience in outsourcing technology processes and then managing the performance of a third party Ability to see the big picture and how the impacts of change and/or a catastrophic event could affect the goals of the company 24x7 On Call Availability expected

http://fonality.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=det...

QA Engineer - Culver City, CA

Come Work for a Leader in Communications Software!

Fonality is a Communications Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company based in Dallas, Texas. We provide VoIP phone system services which outperform brand-name, enterprise-level solutions for a fraction of the price. We’re looking for creative people with world-class skills who thrive in an energetic setting and are passionate about their lives and their work.

We are seeking a QA Engineer in our Culver City office. This person will be responsible for supporting test lab setup, documentation, execution and management of QA test plans and cases, tools, and best practices in a way that will produce high-quality, secure applications/software that will meet functional requirements. The ideal candidate will provide both preventative actions to avoid similar future problems, and to make recommendations on corrective actions to resolve existing product and customer problems.

Responsibilities:

Build/own the appropriate QA environment and integration systems testing Define test plans and test specifications for functional, integration and regression testing, hands-on execution of test cases, and reporting product failures of all Fonality products Follow project milestones Provide guidance and expertise to QA team on testing methodologies and techniques for use in their daily activities. Provide guidance and support on troubleshooting production issues. Report status and team updates back to the Director of Quality Assurance in the US

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Five plus years of experience in a Quality Assurance or related field Two plus experience with software quality assurance and testing methodologies Two plus years of team lead/management experience preferred Familiarity with internet/web development tools (PHP, browsers, JavaScript) Hands-on experience in building test automation frameworks for complex enterprise applications Ability to perform all aspects of QA including functional testing, test planning, defect reporting, release management, and effective communication of status throughout the process. Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills. Outstanding communication skills and attention to detail. Organized and reliable, able to efficiently manage multiple tasks.

http://fonality.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=det...

We're building Github for documents and have started by creating the best way to annotate and share presentations. We're a team of three based in Soho, London. You'll be technical hire #2 and have a huge amount of responsibility and ownership of the product.

We're looking for excellent full-stack and front-end developers. Our stack is Scala / Play and we are about to make the move to Angular, but we know brilliance comes in many forms, so we'd like to hear from any exceptional hackers.

Customer feedback is our guiding light and we obsess over product and ux, so working closely with users in shaping Kivo should excite you.

Equity grants will be WELL above market for first hires and salary will be highly competitive. We want new partners, not just employees, so we are looking for people who are as driven to succeed as we are.

We're hiring for people who want to help lead the team as we continue to grow, so you should be excited to shape the development culture of a fast growing start-up.

We also know there's more to life than work. You get gym membership for gyms across London and an extremely sociable team to work with. We love Poker, eating out, tennis, and nights at the pub.

If this sounds exciting, ping us (leo@kivo.com) and we'd love to buy you lunch and have a chat.

We're looking for a technical-focused marketer to lead our website, SEO and CRO efforts, helping us convert more traffic into inbound leads.

We're a well-funded startup that already generates more than a thousand inbound inquiries per month - now we want to take our demand generation efforts to the next level. We're creating a new category of B2B marketing software in the advocate marketing space and our funding team previously built Eloqua, the marketing automation platform that was bought by Oracle for $871M.

Feel free to send me questions directly at alex@influitive.com, or see the full job description at http://influitive.com/company/careers-influitive/inbound-mar...

At Kira Talent, we help organizations find exceptional talent through video.

A bit about us:

  - we’re a small team (you’d be #15), based in the heart of downtown Toronto; 
    check us out at www.kiratalent.com/about/

  - we’re had paying clients since day 1 of the company, and are well funded

  - we’re hiring both mobile and backend developers

  - we believe that even enterprise software can be beautiful, 
    and pride ourselves on our design 

  - every single one of our developers have committed code within their
    first day at work (some within their first hour), and because
    we love continuous deployment, so we're constantly pushing to
    production and seeing the impact of our work

  - building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording 
    and streaming; imagine thousands of applicants from countries 
    all around the world submitting video interviews right before a deadline

  - designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and
    employers alike 

  - presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user,
    and our team internally

If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, I'm the co-founder/CTO, and you can send me a note at konrad@kiratalent.com. :)

Senior Node.js, Rails, Front-end and Data Engineering

http://epoxy.tv/jobs

Epoxy builds exceptional software for online video creators and viewers. Our tools help YouTubers and networks optimize their businesses and deepen the relationship with their audience. Our channel experiences provide viewers with new ways to connect with and experience the content they love.

Epoxy was founded by designers, engineers and entrepreneurs who are passionate about product and solving problems. Our backgrounds include Stanford, Brown, IDEO, Adobe, Mixpanel, Google/YouTube and Team Downey. There are a number of senior engineering positions we'd like to hire for specifically, but we're absolutely interested in hiring smart people who don't exactly fit any of those particular positions. In general, we look for:

* BS or MS in Computer Science, a related degree from a top-tier program or the equivalent experience and mastery in industry

* Substantial real-world engineering experience with products shipped

* Strong, well articulated opinions on product design and engineering issues along with genuine flexibility and enthusiasm for approaches other than your own

* Preference for fast-moving markets, products, teams and the sometimes-ambiguous and fickle nature of early-stage startups

* High personal value on culture and culture fit in a job

* Deep sense of personal product ownership and long-term interest in developing technical and soft skills

We're building on a thoroughly modern stack including Ruby, Rails, Node.js, MongoDB and friends.

Sound like something for you? Check out more complete descriptions at http://epoxy.tv/jobs or drop us a line at jobs@epoxy.tv. Thanks!