Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)

SpaceX | Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Senior Full Stack Software Developer | http://www.spacex.com/careers

We seek to accelerate the course of human history by developing the technologies necessary for multi-planetary civilization.

Most people think of us as a hardware company, but SpaceX has a strong software group that contributes to everything from vehicle design to literally launching the rocket.

The Flight Software Automation team is looking for accomplished full-stack engineers. The automation team serves as the bridge between the vehicle and the rest of the company. We write python primarily, and we interact with everything from rocket code to websockets.

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer: http://www.spacex.com/careers/position/8711 Full Stack Software Engineer: http://www.spacex.com/careers/position/205952

Please apply via the above links and mention Hacker News!

franciscop · 9 years ago

> To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR here.

sumedh · 9 years ago

> Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

I know this happens in pretty much all software based companies but SpaceX is the only one I have seen which explicitly states that on their hiring page.

ergo14 · 9 years ago

This DOES NOT happen in all software based companies. I don't get why people believe that its ok to be a slave.

elcritch · 9 years ago

As always SpaceX and it's mission is just _cool_ (in a geek sense). However, to be honest, Python + rocket code in the same sentence perturbs me somewhat. Python is great for web automation tools and simple scripting situations, but for the love of humanity (seriously, because space travel & exploration), I shudder at the idea of Python being used in a complex rocket control system. Does the team use other tools for embedded or distributed controls?

rasmi · 9 years ago

The job description above is for internal user-facing tools. Mission-critical systems are done in C++.[1]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1853ap/slug/c8bpr00

webmaven · 9 years ago

Python has had for a very long time both NASA and JPL as marquee customers/users, eg. http://montepy.jpl.nasa.gov/ for mission planning and control applications.

From the MONTE brochure:

The story of MONTE begins in 1998, when JPL’s navigation section commissioned an update to the aging DPTRAJ/ODP library. The goal was to translate these time-tested navigation algorithms from Fortran into a more maintainable, extensible, and better tested C++/Python application.

dagw · 9 years ago

Python is very popular for doing mathematical modelling in every domain you could possibly imagine. Even when the core algorithm isn't done in python, python is great for pre-,and post-processing the results, analysis and gluing everything together.

willsewell · 9 years ago

It's a shame -- and slightly surprises me -- that ITAR applies to roles like this. Does it apply to entire orgs, or is SpaceX to small to be worth the trouble of creating separate legal categories of employees?

skortchmar · 9 years ago

One of the great things about this job is that we have to interact with a lot of teams across the company - so the clearance is definitely necessary and reduces red tape.

stefek99 · 9 years ago

I know that only US Citizens and Green Card holders can work for SpaceX.

I know that I might not be guy who flies to Mars in the first batch but I definitely want to add mine 2¢.

(mostly around intuitive user interfaces)

An alternative is to open subsidiary in the UK / EU...

kejaed · 9 years ago

Unfortunately just opening a subsidiary in another country doesn't help, one of the 'features' of ITAR is that it is extraterritorial, so even if you open a subsidiary in another country all the ITAR provisions apply in that country, as well as all the export controls of that country. It's tons of fun even working for a Canadian company.

Fry-kun · 9 years ago

Anything in Bay Area region?

imdsm · 9 years ago

Let me know when you open your Mars office...

albertTJames · 9 years ago

omg T_T ... life is unfair ...

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or prior engineering experience * Experience building complex high performance software * You are fluent with Python and at least a 2nd language like Go, Erlang, Scala or similar * Comfortable with Django * In-depth experience with SQL database * Memcached/Redis

1aim | Berlin, Germany | Onsite, Full Time, Visa https://1aim.com

At 1aim, we develop and produce access control systems, which allow to open doors with mobile phones. We create all hardware, software and IT-Infrastructure to run our systems on our own. Beside access systems we are already putting a lot of R&D effort in creating further new smart home/building automation products. We see ourselves as an engineering-driven technology company, that influences how a future with connected devices will look.

We enable engineers to focus on what they can to best, letting them work on new products in small, highly interdisciplinary teams. We try to get rid of as much management overhead as possible (no daily standup meetings!).

Right now, we are hiring new engineers for the following areas:

- RUST Backend Developer

- (Frontend) Web Developer

- Electrical Engineer

We do not care about your academic degrees or where you are from, but about the stuff you did and what you could create in the future given the right opportunities. If you are interested in working at 1aim, write us an email at work.hn<?>1aim.com and tell us about the projects you worked on that you are the most proud of and which technological feats of the past inspire you. We provide visa assistance, relocation support and free housing until you find your own place to live.

Interview process: 1st phone interview (screening) -> 2nd phone interview (technical) -> home assignment/technical challenge (depending on application) -> 3rd interview (mixed, via phone or onsite)

Please note that we will be very busy in january due to our presence on an important trade fair and our reply times might be a bit slower.

guessmyname · 9 years ago

"We do not care about your academic degrees [...]"

Unfortunately embassies do care about these. Getting a work permit to immigrate to another country without an university degree certainly reduces the chances to get the embassy's approval, even in countries like Germany where there is some flexibility — if you have a Senior profile — a degree certainly accelerates the process.

In fact, in this industry, there is less people caring about an university degree than people who care about it, exceptions being those in the research field. But HR departments always filter out good candidates because they lack the degree, most HR employees are not trained correctly and/or know how difficult it is to hire a foreigner without a formal education background so they immediately throw good resumes to the trash can because of that.

moogliedoodle · 9 years ago

Just moved to Berlin, no degree. The federal employment agency had to give approval after the contract was signed, which took about 2-3 weeks. Working visa issued after 3 days. HR shouldn't be scared, it's easy and pretty straightforward.

ylere · 9 years ago

You are right. It would me much easier for us to require academic degrees. There are still ways to get a work permit for non-EU engineers without a degree, but its much more difficult and subject to a lot of arbitrariness. In some cases, it required months-long battles and countless appeals with the german federal agencies and thats already with support from the city of berlin. It's a difficult situation for all parties involved and we always warn candidates who might not qualify for an "easy" visa about the implications.

Unfortunately, the world is not and has never been a fair and equal place. Most people from western countries do not realize of privileged they are.

RoxasShadow · 9 years ago

I work for a company called Honeypot. We have placed many non-EU developers with no degrees in jobs in startups in Germany and the Netherlands.

If you have no degree, you just need to prove that you have sufficient skills or work experience. It's more paperwork for the company, but for them it's usually worth it.

If you want more info, I can ask the team who looks after it.

johnnyfaehell · 9 years ago

In Berlin, so many companies are relocating developers that majority of HR have done the visa thing 4 or 5 times so they're used to it. Also when the job ad says they don't care about your academic degrees that means HR has been informed not to care.

VarunAgw · 9 years ago

I don't know why are you getting angry over them. They are not government. Also this point perfectly apply for people from EU.

1) {company} | {job title} | {locations} | {attrs: REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, company url} Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA

gkop · 9 years ago

Binti | San Francisco, CA | Software Engineer | Full-time, onsite, will transfer H-1B | $100K – $140K, 0.25% – 1.0%

Binti makes software for foster care and adoption agency staff to improve their daily workflow so they can make better-informed decisions and spend more of their time actually helping people. Our mission is to find a safe, loving, and stable family for every child.

Binti's software is used by private adoption agencies in 30 states. We're in the midst of expanding into serving government foster care agencies and are close to reaching two-thirds of the foster care families in the state of California.

We have sustainable revenue, fanatical customers, and ample seed funding from top investors like First Round, Kapor, and Lowercase. We work together in SF and are growing rapidly.

Binti's main SaaS web product is a conventional monolithic Rails/Postgres app that delivers value in heaps and heaps, and remains super fun to hack on. We're building the monolith up higher and higher, and looking forward to soon chipping off a service or two (perhaps in Elixir?). Some of the areas in which we are especially seeking to round out our engineering team include web accessibility, front-end development, operations/"devops", UX, and security. We do not expect you to have all these skills, but are listing them here to give you a sense of our most pressing needs. We're using Kubernetes/Google Cloud.

https://binti.com/binti-careers/software-engineer/

suchow · 9 years ago

UC Berkeley | Software Engineer | Berkeley | Full-time, REMOTE, ONSITE, http://berkeley.edu

UC Berkeley is hiring a full-time software engineer to work on a DARPA-funded project to build next-generation methods for social science research [1]. The software engineer will join a team of scientists and engineers building Dallinger [2], an open-source platform that automates the full pipeline of crowd-sourced experimentation, from recruiting participants to managing the resultant data; think lab-on-a-chip or microfluidics, but with people. The position is a 2-year contract, renewable up to 3.5 years, and includes a comprehensive benefits package. The full job ad and instructions for applying can be found at http://bit.ly/2hCqGrj. Remote work is possible.

Our stack is Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, WebSockets, the SciPy stack, Jupyter notebooks, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, all on Heroku & AWS.

[1] http://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-03-04

[2] https://github.com/Dallinger/Dallinger

alexisnorman · 9 years ago

Seems like the buttons to apply are greyed out; is there another way to submit an application?

Looking into this now. If you email me at suchow (@berkeley.edu), I can send you an email with a working link once it's back up.

azdle · 9 years ago

You probably just need to click the 'return' link and create an account. (Haven't actually tried it tho.)

drharby · 9 years ago

presuming a clearence requirement? I retain Secret as-is.

No clearance is required.

aretecinc · 9 years ago

SEC | Frontend Engineer | NYC $120,000 - $180,000 | ONSITE

We're building the US Securities & Exchange Commission’s next generation analytics platforms to keep our markets safe, effective, and trusted. Come build awesome tools to analyze big data. We do quantitative analysis, machine learning, plus good old fashioned product development. At the end of the day we are creating modern, elegant applications that help our government be more awesome. Join a small team of talented developers, capable researchers, and former finance people that saw the light.

We use a modern stack of JS, React, Python, pandas, Flask, C++, kdb+/q. It doesn't matter if you know our stack or not, if you love to learn you'll fit right in.

If you're interested please reach out to careers@aretecinc.com

stephancoral · 9 years ago

Is this job working directly for the SEC or as a contractor?

hamandcheese · 9 years ago

Seems to be a contractor:

http://www.aretecinc.com/2016/09/30/aretec-awarded-blanket-p...

codingdave · 9 years ago

If it was directly for the SEC, you would apply through a .gov site, so it is pretty safe to assume this is a contractor.

tbarbugli · 9 years ago

Stream.io | Backend Developer, Python | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | ONSITE | Full time

We're currently expanding our core development team in Amsterdam and are looking for a talented Python Backend developer. Our ideal candidate has years of experience building complex systems at scale.

Our stack

  * Python/RabbitMQ/ZeroMQ/Golang/NodeJS
  * AWS / Softlayer / GCE
  * Cassandra/Postgresql/Redis/Memcached
  * Puppet/CloudInit/Terraform/Cloudformation

Skills and requirements

What we offer

  * Work on nice-to-have problems (millions of HTTP requests every day)
  * Competitive salary 
  * Dev setup of your choice
  * Equity

About Stream

Stream is an API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds. The technology relies heavily on Cassandra and machine learning. Stream powers the feeds for over 50 million end users and handles billion feed updates every day. Our customers include small startups as well as Fortune 500 companies. Building a scalable, highly available, secure and performant feed infrastructure is a hard problem.

About us

Stream was founded in The Netherlands and joined the prestigious Techstars accelerator in NYC. After Techstars Stream raised $1.75m and now has offices in both Amsterdam and Boulder, Colorado. More details: https://angel.co/stream/jobs or email tommaso@getstream.io

xando · 9 years ago

Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on

https://whoishiring.io

If you post here:

Last month (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13080505) I’ve started a small campaign to update thread format and make it more parser friendly for whoishiring.io and others website I know that at least few websites that do similar thing.

As a result off this calling, many posters actually complied. Which resulted in more accurate map positions, better tagging (REMOTE, VISA, INTERNSHIP, …) and for some I was even able to get logos. Thanks!

Here is the format.

  2) {company} | {job title} | {locations}
  Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London, Zurich, Sydney
  Facebook | Web-developer | London, Zurich

I’m using this regex to test the firstline.

  \s*(?P<company>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<title>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$

You can test it in Python or here https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3 (for the match look right).

jacques_chester · 9 years ago

I think this is a good idea. Some problems:

* I have limited character allocation to wax poetic, and my listing is for a company (Pivotal) with 19 established offices and more that aren't really publicised yet.

* The requirement for positions in given locations changes constantly. One month I went through our list and posted those locations. By the end of the month, it was out-of-date.

* Then there's the problem that I'm listing for multiple disciplines. Adding an ad for every single role seems like it would be detrimental.

* Last but not least: I can earn a referral bonus from the ads I post. I'm not sure how my ad being slurped into a different site helps me, given that I expect my link might not be very prominent. (edit: except you seem to reserve a spot for URLs, so let's drop this one and chalk it up to "Jacques speaks before he reads, episode 20 kajillion")

Still, I'd be interested in making it work better.

aweb · 9 years ago

Hey xando,

Thanks for the awesome website! Could you please add stats for F#? I've seen a few offers using that language but it's not on the Stats page :(

Thanks!

aspencerpsu · 9 years ago

I modified it a tad bit when you're downloading the html job files, (If that's what you're doing):

e.g.

EDIT:

You missed the last \| pipe symbol for separating the location group from the attribute group

fuzzieozzie · 9 years ago

CompilerWorks | San Francisco Bay Area | Full-time, remote | $110k-$200k driven by your productivity

http://www.compilerworks.com/job.html

CompilerWorks is a bespoke compiler company, with our core product centered around compiling on dialect of SQL to execute on a different backend - e.g. would you like to run Oracle PL/SQL on a Postgre database? You can with CompilerWorks.

We are driven to solve interesting engineering problems, for this reason we take on challenges where compiler are useful. This means we choose work that the team is interested in, and only a third of our revenue is around our core product.

Let us know if you are interested info {at} compilerworks.com

How embarrassing - typos galore. Please do not judge.

rk06 · 9 years ago

you should be mentioning your tech stack i.e. Java spring framework here