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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2014)

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

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Post by beauhurst »

Beauhurst | beauhurst.com | London, UK | Full-time Junior/mid-weight full-stack web developer

We're a small startup based in Brixton that track thousands of growing companies, the deals they are doing and the investors that are backing them. We are seeking a junior/mid-weight full-stack web developer to join our team. You will initially be responsible for building intelligent tools to help our research team expand the scope & depth of our high quality data.

You must have good experience with:

  - Python
  - HTML / CSS
  - JavaScript / jQuery
  - Linux
It would certainly help if you've also worked with two or more of the following:

  - Django
  - Mercurial
  - Postgres
  - SASS / Less
  - Flot / Underscore.js
As for your way of working, you must:

  - Be genuinely be interested in using your development skills to create a seriously good product for paying customers
  - Be able to work from verbal specifications, drawings on whiteboard, sketches on napkins, etc.
  - Work well under your own initiative
  - Effectively manage your time
  - Be eager to contribute your skills and ideas to a small, fast-growing company
Find out more at http://about.beauhurst.com/recruitment/full-stack-web-develo...

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

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Post by bestan »

Flash developer, London.

Want to work for a startup in London? A leading discovery platform are looking for someone to help in the development of a unique product discovery platform that will change the way kids engage in the space both on the web & on mobile.

Benefits:

- Their team has a serious track record. They have built companies like DemonWare, Jolt Online, Swapit and played key roles in others.

- They work with every major kids’ brands in the world such as Disney, Hasbro, LEGO and hundreds of others.

- They are the number one in the UK and have just launched in the US. Each month they reach over 30M uniques across web, mobile, online video and physical discovery channels.

- They operate in a tough space which has lot of interesting problems to solve. They have got traction, revenue and a lot of clients. Oh and did they mention a community of over 30M kids and teens?

- Join now and you get a real opportunity to shape the company’s growth. For real.

Your profile:

- Extensive knowledge of Flash and ActionScript3

- Experience with building multiplayer games and virtual worlds is a plus

- Experience in HTML(5), CSS(3) and JavaScript is a plus

- Eye for detail

- Able to go from specification to final product, with minimal intervention

Your responsibilities:

- Take ownership of the Flash development of BinWeevils, one of the largest children’s virtual worlds in the UK

- Tweak and improve the existing in-game experience

- Deliver high quality solutions for major kids' brands

- Develop other SuperAwesome Flash properties

They are the leading discovery platform for 8-14 kids in the UK. Founded by a track-record team responsible for some of the top games and technology startups in Europe (DemonWare, Swapit, Jolt Online, Fight My Monster), the company’s clients include some of the biggest names in entertainment. The company is based in London and Dublin.

Feel free to drop me an email to stan@superawesome.tv

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

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Post by quovo »

Quovo is a FinTech Big Data startup that performs aggregation and analytics for investment advisors, foundations, hedge funds, and even everyday investors. Learn more about us at (www.quovo.com).

We're looking for a back-end developer to work on multiple connected layers of our application, using mainly Python and some PHP, with some SQL/JS thrown in for good measure. Fancy yourself a bit of a hacker? This is the job for you.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement new core services in some combination of PHP, Python, and maybe a little JS/database integration.

- Example projects: building web crawlers, parsing and formatting unusual data sets, on-the-fly data analysis, and user-facing data management features.

- Lead and participate in code reviews.

- Ensure continuous quality through code testing, bug fixing, and feature changes based on customer feedback.

Skills and experience:

- Several years' experience with some combination of Python & PHP.

- B.S. / B.A. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

- Passion for details, product, and an interest in economics, investing, or financial services.

- Eagerness to learn and collaborate with the Quovo team.

Nice to haves:

- Database interaction experience, mainly T-SQL.

- Experience with JavaScript, especially Angular.js

- HTML scraping and other data mining/retrieval experience.

- Quantitative/statistics skills.

We’re VC-funded, located in the heart of Manhattan, and offer competitive salary and benefits, including stock options, free health insurance, and continuing education reimbursement (plus lots of free food!).

Email info@quovo.com with a resume and description of relevant experience, and we'll take it from there…

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

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Post by zerr »

bjelkeman-again wrote: post #27

Akvo.org - UI designer / developer - Helsinki, Stockholm, Amsterdam; EU, or REMOTE +- 2hours CET/CEST If you are a UI designer / developer wanting to contribute to make the world better, please read on! We are seeking a skilled, self-motivated, pro-active and energetic UI developer / designer. Reporting to the lead designer, your primary responsibility will be to create and ensure a consistent and beautiful UI throug…

What is your stack for Desktop client? And would you be interested in client engineer?

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

#407

Post by zura »

erex78 wrote: post #169

We're a small group of ex-phds in computer science and math. We're working on solving hard mapping problems around vectors and massive datasets. We're backed by tier one VCs. We welcome engineers with background in search, large scale data processing, computational geometry and graphics. Or just smart people who get stuff done. Email erez@mapsense.co.

Rem-o-te from Europe?

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

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Post by gonnado »

Gonnado (http://gonnado.com), Bern, Switzerland. Fulltime Python/Django Developer

Gonnado is a funded startup located in Bern, Switzerland which develops the online leisure acitivities platform Gonnado.com. Gonnado is the worldwide first meta search engine for leisure activities and has more than 400'000 leisure activities in its database. Using Gonnado you can find the perfect leisure activity and meet ip with friends or new people.

To further develop our platform, we're hiring a Python/Django Developer with the following responsibilities: * Backend development (data import from different sources, automatic online ad generation, data mining, generating recommendations and much more) * Frontend development with Python, Django, HTML/CSS/LESS and jQuery * Integrate external services like Facebook Ads, Google APIs or the Salesforce API * Hack on our Mobile App (Django Rest Framework + Angular.JS/Phonegap)

If you are interested or have a question, send an e-mail to jobs@gonnado.com.

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

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Post by Refefer »

Blackbird - San Francisco / Menlo Park

Located right outside Stanford University in Menlo Park, CA, Blackbird is venture-backed startup founded by a team of Stanford CS Alumni who've previously built search at Google and Yahoo, and scaled Twitter to 200 million users. Our product is at the intersection of Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision and we're currently in stealth.

Role - UX Architect, Menlo Park, CA

- Design and implement UX for our flagship product and take on a leadership role - Opportunity to invent new interfaces on mobile for something people use everyday

Experience

- Excellent Javascript, jquery, CSS, and HTML skills - Comfortable with frameworks like backbone.js, ember.js etc - Some basic experience with with design photoshop/illustrator is a plus - Familiarity with ios/android programming is a plus

We'd love to hear from you! Please email us at stanfordfounders2014@gmail.com with a link to your linkedin profile or resume. Thank you for your consideration!

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

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Post by imethan »

Voltaiq - SF, NYC, or REMOTE - Full Time - http://voltaiq.io

Software Developers — Full Stack/Backend/Deployment

Battery performance is the key bottleneck slowing the adoption of electric-vehicles, renewable energy, and longer lasting more powerful mobile electronics.

Voltaiq is developing a powerful web-based data analytics and visualization platform to enable better, longer-lasting batteries and other energy devices. We have early customer revenue, and grant funding from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy.

Voltaiq is looking for creative, experienced, and extremely talented software developers to join our team in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City (remote will be considered for more senior applicants). We’re looking to fill out our initial team with someone who has full-stack backend experience both shipping features and managing multiple-server deployments.

We are looking to fill a position immediately, and will give preference to those with a broad knowledge base and a strong desire to learn.

Desired Tech Skills:

* Strong coding skills in one or more of the following: Python, Java, C/C++, Go.

* Solid understanding of a web deployment stack: Cookies, sessions, websockets, asset management.

* Experience with ZeroMQ or a similar asynchronous messaging system.

* Strong command of Linux and deployments on Amazon Web Services.

* Deployment experience: Salt Stack (big plus!), Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Fabric, Nginx, uWSGI.

* Knowledge of Git and experience committing to a team code repository.

* Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

Other Prerequisites:

* Undergraduate or advanced degree in Computer Science, Physics, Math, Engineering, or a related discipline.

* At least 3 years of experience developing and shipping software.

* Willingness to travel occasionally for in-person meetings, conferences, and deployments.

* Strong team player with the ability to help build and work as a cohesive team.

Compensation: Competitive salary plus equity and full benefits.

Location(s): SF Bay Area, NYC, or remote.

Email us a resume at jobs@voltaiq.io

Thanks HN!

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