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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by faiD9Eet »

repelsteeltje wrote: post #211

I live in EU, earn approx €52,000 as a senior software engineer (whatever that might mean) and live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children, ... Don't consider myself rich, but doing good. Should I change jobs?! $168,000 - $350,000 for a Software Engineer seems outrageous. What am I missing?

Salary depends on your country (Swiss pays higher wages than Poland), region within your country (South Germany has many more engineering companies and pays higher wages than North Germany) and type of business (banks and high frequency trading companies tend to pay more for a boring onsite experience).

That being said: I am a Systems Engineer in South Germany, huge company, 85k€/year, no need to work overtime.

I asked myself what salary I would expect from an US company and factored in

  * paid sick leave
  * paid child sick leave
  * minimum 30 days vacation a year
  * job security
  * health care prices
  * ...
I would not accept an US position for less than 190k$/year, that is my personal break-even model.

Just for your interest: My salary is too low to buy a house and even buying a 4-room-flat and paying it off before retirement in 30years is out of reach.

Whatever your model, you will find something that works for you.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by martacur8 »

CUR8 Earth | Engineering and Science (multiple roles) | Full-Time | HYBRID (London, UK) | https://apply.workable.com/cur8-earth/ ---

We're a mighty team of serial founders and scientists on a mission to stop climate change by building the carbon removals ecosystem - a revolutionary new clas of technologies that actively sequester carbon from the atmosphere. The next generation of products we are building use data to unlock unprecedented amounts of demand and finance which are critically needed.

The companies we started (e.g. Azimo), scaled to 250+ people and serving millions of customers, we published multiple science books and won national awards. We also have extensive industry networks, a sister NGO called Rethinking Removals and numerous advisory groups in climate and finance.

We're looking for brilliant people to play a key role in solving the biggest problems for CUR8 and for the planet:

  - Engineering Lead
  - Software Engineer (Full Stack / Front End)
  - Data Engineer
  - Scientific Lead
We have raised our pre-seed round from top global investors (inc GV/Google Ventures) and hired the team from the most reputable climate, tech and finance organisations. Our high-performing team is racing to impact and has fun while we're at it. Further details are available on our Workable page (link at the top)!

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by epochwolf »

FCPEuro.com | Connecticut | Remote, US only | Full-time

We sell European auto parts to customers in the United States.

Looking for a QA engineer with Ruby on Rails experience.

A well-qualified candidate will have a working knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as Cucumber, experience with web development, creation and execution of test plans/cases, and experience working directly with project stakeholders.

https://fcpeuro.applytojob.com/apply/DZo0nvXwnQ/Software-Qua...

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by bethanykrevat »

Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | Curriculum Fellow in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning | Full time, 3-year Postdoc Fellowship | Hybrid | Visa Sponsorship Available

The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Curriculum Fellows Program & HMS Center for Computational Biomedicine are hiring a Curriculum Fellow in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.

The selected candidate must hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Biology, or similar by the time of appointment, along with experience applying AI/ML approaches to biological problems. This person will be hired as a Research Fellow and will have the opportunity to apply for promotion to Lecturer during their appointment.

Apply here by Nov. 1: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12820

Email me (Bethany) with any questions cfp@hms.harvard.edu

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

#235

Post by ericwryan »

Freeplay | https://freeplay.ai | Boulder, CO ONSITE (Relocation available) | Full Time

- AI Engineer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Freeplay/29497766-d6f1-475c-bb57-dd...

- Full Stack Software Engineer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Freeplay/08db3563-9cf6-4737-9fa9-f4...

Experienced team. Competitive pay, benefits, 4 weeks PTO.

===

We’re building the platform for product development teams to create & continuously improve production software powered by LLMs.

Why? AI advancements are revolutionizing the software industry, and companies must quickly adapt to stay competitive.

Making simple requests to ChatGPT is easy. But people quickly discover that developing production software with complex prompts and internal data is much more challenging — especially for teams lacking AI expertise. They often face a steep learning curve, need to adapt roles and processes, and require increased collaboration with roles outside engineering for QA & subject-matter expertise.

Our platform streamlines this process — enabling teams to develop & improve production-ready features together quickly and confidently. We help product development teams save time, avoid costly mistakes, optimize new features for their customers, and collaborate together to deliver value to customers faster.

Read more about what we’re up to on our blog (https://freeplay.ai/blog).

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by alfalfasprout »

repelsteeltje wrote: post #211

I live in EU, earn approx €52,000 as a senior software engineer (whatever that might mean) and live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children, ... Don't consider myself rich, but doing good. Should I change jobs?! $168,000 - $350,000 for a Software Engineer seems outrageous. What am I missing?

Except a house in a dangerous neighborhood in the bay area will cost you $1.5 million or more.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

#237

Post by fendale »

antonagestam wrote: post #224

Aiven | On-site Helsinki or remote (area varies per role) | full-time Aiven is a DBaaS company, delivering among others fully managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Redis, and Clickhouse, as well as some ancillary services like connectors and Flink for Kafka. We have a number of roles open in different domains and regions, my team specifically is looking for Senior Software Engineers who want to work with Kafka and Flink.…

I was interest in a position at Aiven some time back. Did a recruiter screen and then a manager screen and then got asked to do a 20 hour take home assignment in Python that was to be completed in a single week. I politely declined at that point. Is that still part of the hiring pipeline?

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by tayo42 »

bill_duckduckgo wrote: post #65

DuckDuckGo - We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. All of our roles are fully-remote, except where specific locations are noted. https://duckduckgo.com/hiring Remote Open Roles at DuckDuckGo: Senior Backend Engineer Senior Frontend Engineer, Javascript Senior Software Engineer, Windows Desktop App Senior Site Reliability Engineer Principal Site R…

I didn't get the job when I interviewed, but I think it was really cool they pay you, imo, I pretty fair price for their take home tasks.

Commenting to do my part of internet slacktivism to make compensation for take home assessments more common.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by hollywood_court »

diek00 wrote: post #210
frozenport wrote: post #194

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If you think this is low, you should check out some of the insanity in the US and Canada. Today I read one for a senior dev, $45,000 USD!

I just had a CEO reach out to me and offer an informal interview for a developer position that pays $50k in the US. Then he said he would consider me even though he would prefer someone with a computer science degree. I politely declined.
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