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SendGrid | Orange Country, CA | Associate Software Engineer

SendGrid invites engineers with unconventional backgrounds for the role of a Software Engineer on their team.

The SendGrid Quality Engineering team has end-to-end responsibility for the SendGrid email delivery pipeline. Each individual delivery team works closely with the Product Manager, Scrum Master and Head of Sales to evolve existing sites, services and products and deliver new ones using Agile methodologies.

You will be working with a small team to deliver software in accordance with the timelines with highest possible quality. We're an agile, fast growing company and this job description isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of your qualifications or all the things you'll do.

What You'll Do

  Quality Analysis
  Analyze specifications provided by the Product Owners to develop test cases and plans
  Ensure released software products are defect free
  Provide feedback on the process to ensure continual improvement of the process
  Participate in the Agile Quality Assurance Practice
  Create automated acceptance tests for stories as required
  Conduct tasks within agreed time frames

To apply, email your interest to sendgrid@gapjumpers.me or take this blind audition technical challenge at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/sendgrid/qs-224/

QA Automation Engineer at Chegg, Santa Clara, CA. (full-time)

Ever faced hiring bias because you're a woman or from a minority group or have a non-traditional educational background?

Now, you'll be judged for your real talent and not your background.

Chegg invites engineers with unconventional backgrounds for the role of a QA engineer on their team.

What you’ll do on our team:

-You’ll be creating automated tests for our highly scalable and fault tolerant Java based systems. We deal with financial transactions, so mistakes are literally costly.

-We highly value test driven development. We’re not a TDD team… yet. You will participate in improving our team to reach TDD nirvana.

-Understand the business problems being solved and understand how to evaluate our software that solves those problems.

-Create tests that maximize the value to our business (reduce risk the most for the least investment in effort).

-Clearly communicate actionable insight to those that can resolve the problems you identify.

Application Details:

We are committed to having a meritocratic, transparent and bias-free selection process that is inclusive to all applicants.

To apply please email your interest to chegg@gapjumpers.me

or please take our blind audition challenge at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/chegg/qs-214

Hey Gordon, I'm fascinated by your challenges with scaling applicant evaluations.

Could I learn more about it? We conduct blind auditions at scale for companies and it's a problem we're keen to learn more about.

Could we connect?

Javascript Architect (Engineering Lead) | EdTech | Versal, San Francisco (SOMA) (www.versal.com)

I’m reaching out to check if you’d be interested in a role that requires you to architect JS frameworks from the ground up at our fast growing edtech startup, Versal.

You’ll be reporting to the CTO and also lead a small team of engineers in this role.

Do you think you’re up for it? or do you know anyone in your network who maybe more suited to the role?

I’m going to be honest with you that this is an experienced engineering lead type of role with significant knowledge and experience working with Javascript frameworks and front end web development.

If you have some of your previous JS development work to showcase, please do share it in your email application to kedar@gapjumpers.me

The next step in the process would be a technical challenge with our CTO at Versal. Would you like to give it a shot?

Drop me a line at versal@gapjumpers.me and to arrange for an interview.

McKinsey Digital Labs - NY and SF - Full time - Front End Engineers/ Developers

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

Role:

As Front-End Developer at MDL, you will work in small teams in a highly collaborative way, use the latest technologies and enjoy seeing the direct impact from your work.

You’ll create both rapid prototypes, usually in a couple of days to 3 weeks, as well as full-scale applications typically within 2 to 3 months, by working collaboratively and iteratively through design and development. You will need to deliver fully functioning web-based and mobile applications that meet the business goals and requirements of our clients.

As a Front-End Developer at MDL you’ll contribute to the architecture across the technology stack, from databases to native apps.

Do you have the passion and experience to:

  - Build prototypes and products using agile development methodologies.
  - Build with Javascript MVC frameworks (e.g., Angular JS, Backbone, etc.)
  - Create responsive/adaptive applications for mobile devices using HTML5/CSS with familiarity in backend technologies. (e.g. Phonegap, Python, Objective-C, etc.)
  - Write and utilize RESTful API services and performance tuning applications.
  - Use relational and non-relational data stores in your applications. (e.g., MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, etc.)

  -Demonstrate excitement about the impact of emerging / disruptive technologies.
  -Solve problems by processing complex information and presenting it clearly and simply.
  -Provide technical excellence (whilst adhering to Agile software engineering practices such as DRY, TDD, CI) and leadership/mentorship.
  -Want to unleash their inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds.
  -Play an active role in the community, i.e. speaking at conferences, blogging, contributing to open source projects, etc.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about MDL and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

Would you be willing to answer this technical challenge so that the managers at MDL can evaluate your key competencies before the interview?

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

If not, email mck@gapjumpers.me and let's discuss your fit for the role.

Dolby Labs - Sunnyvale, Full time (Embedded Software Engineer)

Dolby Laboratories creates technologies that enhance the entertainment experience.

We are looking for Embedded Systems Software Engineers in the Advanced Imaging Group at Dolby. On this team you will revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide on PCs, gaming consoles and mobile devices. To do that, we need the absolute best talent, including insatiably curious engineers and scientists.

At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits.

The qualified candidate will develop novel image/video processing and video compression technology that enables the next generation of Dolby technologies.

The role will involve:

  - Developing software that enables the next generation video technologies created by Dolby.
  - Working closely with Research group to develop proof of concept platforms, SDKs, plug-ins for external products, etc.
  - Engage in software development, mapping complex processing power intensive algorithms to existing  decoder platforms, writing test procedures, interacting with customers, etc.
  - Analyzing break through video concepts developed by research and provide feedback to research on the specifications and other technical documentation.
  - Comprehension of reference code from research team with in-depth understanding of each module.
  - Analyzing and understanding the system architecture of the TV SoCs, gaming consoles, STB architectures, etc. supplied by partner companies and create high level design to map the Dolby technologies on their products.

Apply by sending your resume to dolby@gapjumpers.me or apply at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/dolby-laboratories/qs-19...

We are committed to having a meritocratic and transparent hiring process.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about Dolby and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

So, every applicant will be given an equal opportunity to prove themselves to the engineering team at Dolby in an interview.

The most biases typically exist in selecting sourcing channels and the subsequent shortlist of resumes.

Like "The Voice", it's the initial filters that need more calibrating.

This thread on HN discusses the different biases that could exist in hiring, university affiliation, gpa, automated coding challenges, etc

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8672793

McKinsey Digital Labs (part of McKinsey & Co) - San Francisco, New York City.

We’re looking for Front End Engineers/ Developers

—————ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS————————

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

—————————

We’re looking for FRONT END ENGINEERS.

As Front-End Developer at MDL, you will work in small teams in a highly collaborative way, use the latest technologies and enjoy seeing the direct impact from your work.

You’ll create both rapid prototypes, usually in a couple of days to 3 weeks, as well as full-scale applications typically within 2 to 3 months, by working collaboratively and iteratively through design and development. You will need to deliver fully functioning web-based and mobile applications that meet the business goals and requirements of our clients. As a Front-End Developer at MDL you’ll contribute to the architecture across the technology stack, from databases to native apps.

Do you have the passion and experience to…?

   -Build prototypes and products using agile development methodologies.
   -Build with Javascript MVC frameworks (e.g., Angular JS, Backbone, etc.)
   —Create responsive/adaptive applications for mobile devices using HTML5/
   —CSS with familiarity in backend technologies. (e.g. Phonegap, Python, Objective-C, etc.)
   —Write and utilize RESTful API services and performance tuning applications.
   —Use relational and non-relational data stores in your applications. (e.g., MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, etc.)

   —Demonstrate excitement about the impact of emerging / disruptive technologies.
   —Solve problems by processing complex information and presenting it clearly and simply.
   —Provide technical excellence (whilst adhering to Agile software engineering practices such as DRY, TDD, CI) and leadership/mentorship.
   -Want to unleash their inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds.
   -Play an active role in the community, i.e. speaking at conferences, blogging, contributing to open source projects, etc.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about McKinsey Digital Labs and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

Please submit your application directly to the leadership at McKinsey Digital Labs.

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

Every opportunity they present is awesome⸮

You lost me at the crash after login screen.

Some more food for thought on how startups could be the key to solving this problem for themselves and the industry at large.

The Diversity Cure: How Startups Are The Key

We’d like to show how startups benefit from a proactive strategy to enlist a wide variety of talent and experience.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2014/12/23/the-diversity-...

That's really helpful Thomas. Many thanks for your detailed outline.

I wouldn't make postings outside the 'Who's hiring' thread on behalf of our clients. In this case, since they opened up their hiring doors to anyone without a resume I took the liberty of breaking the news here before it slowly trickles through their channels.

McKinsey Digital Labs (part of McKinsey & Co) - San Francisco, New York City.

—————ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS————————

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

—————————

We’re looking for UX Designers.

Role:

We are looking for an entrepreneurial self-starter who is self-motivated, but can also collaborate in a multi-functional team. As a designer you should be curious and creative about web and mobile design with a keen eye for UI/ UX dynamics. You should have the ability to get things done, while also collaborating in teams.

It is a plus if you are interested in creating and interpreting data visualizations.

Do you have the passion and experience to…?

   -Design consumer web quality products for mobile devices to achieve our client’s business and operational goals.
   -Conduct and analyse user research and testing sessions.
   -Quickly grasp user requirements and behaviors to translate them into requirements for building and refining prototypes.
   -Collaborate with developers to build prototypes and present them to the client.

   -Appreciate critical feedback – give it, receive it and seek it.
   -Obsess over details – UI consistency, microinteractions, and even project plans.
   -Organize your thought process and communicate effectively – especially when articulating design decisions.
   -Thrive working cross-functionally and with other designers.
   -Be passionate about technology, data, design, users or anything really…we love passion!

Work Authorisation: This position is open to all applicants currently in the United States.

Relocation Benefits: Applicants will receive relocation benefits.

Salary: Negotiable based on experience.

We are committed to having a meritocratic and transparent hiring process.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about McKinsey Digital Labs and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

If you are, please do apply by taking one of the below challenges so that our managers at McKinsey can evaluate your key competencies before the interview.

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

McKinsey Digital Labs (part of McKinsey & Co) - San Francisco, New York City.

We’re looking for Architects, Full Stack Engineers and Front End Developers.

—————ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS————————

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

—————————

We’re looking for ARCHITECTS and FULL STACK ENGINEERS.

Role As a Software Architect at McKinsey Digital Labs, you will be involved in leading agile implementation and transformation projects at Fortune 500 companies. You will be a core member of the McKinsey consulting team with responsibilities that range from shaping and implementing strategic products to ensuring that McKinsey’s craft stays on the leading edge of technology.

Do you have a real passion for software development? You should have contributed to open source projects, have participated in some technical community or interest group or have written or spoken in public about their technical ideas. Despite having experience, you should continue to be an active learner - tinkering with new open source libraries, using unfamiliar technologies without a lot of supervision and learning new languages in your spare time, etc. Lastly, we’re looking for someone with a strong understanding of key Agile engineering practices to guide senior client IT leaders on improvement opportunities in their engineering practices.

Do you have the passion and experience to…?

   -Build consumer quality products, enabling business capability and objectives through technology.
   -Develop applications using any of the following technologies: XML, Javascript, Oracle, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, .Net, Java, UNIX, HTML, CSS, Perl, or PHP
   -Infrastructure knowledge including Single Sign On, LDAP, LAMP, Search Technologies
   -Experience of engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application security
   -Knowledge of Agile software development process.
   -Familiarity with performance metric tools

   -Develop creative and efficient solutions for business problems.
   -Enjoy and get energized by complex problem solving and are able to push for innovative solutions.
   -Have excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on technology decisions.
   -Demonstrate excellent leadership skills and enjoy teaching/mentoring others.
   -Work under pressure, manage client expectations effectively and not get overwhelmed by client pressures on team.
   -Have customer focus and a quality mindset.
   -Manage your own learning and contribute to functional knowledge building of the team.
   -Thrive independently and in various team settings.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about McKinsey Digital Labs and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

If you are, please do apply by taking one of the below challenges so that the managers at McKinsey can evaluate your key competencies before the interview.

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

McKinsey Digital Labs (part of McKinsey & Co) - San Francisco, New York City.

We’re looking for Architects, Full Stack Engineers and Front End Developers.

—————ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS————————

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company. MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences. We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses. Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

—————————

We’re looking for FRONT END DEVELOPERS.

As Front-End Developer at MDL, you will work in small teams in a highly collaborative way, use the latest technologies and enjoy seeing the direct impact from your work.

You’ll create both rapid prototypes, usually in a couple of days to 3 weeks, as well as full-scale applications typically within 2 to 3 months, by working collaboratively and iteratively through design and development. You will need to deliver fully functioning web-based and mobile applications that meet the business goals and requirements of our clients. As a Front-End Developer at MDL you’ll contribute to the architecture across the technology stack, from databases to native apps.

Do you have the passion and experience to…?

   -Build prototypes and products using agile development methodologies.
   -Build with Javascript MVC frameworks (e.g., Angular JS, Backbone, etc.)
   —Create responsive/adaptive applications for mobile devices using HTML5/
   —CSS with familiarity in backend technologies. (e.g. Phonegap, Python, Objective-C, etc.)
   —Write and utilize RESTful API services and performance tuning applications.
   —Use relational and non-relational data stores in your applications. (e.g., MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, etc.)

   —Demonstrate excitement about the impact of emerging / disruptive technologies.
   —Solve problems by processing complex information and presenting it clearly and simply.
   —Provide technical excellence (whilst adhering to Agile software engineering practices such as DRY, TDD, CI) and leadership/mentorship.
   -Want to unleash their inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds.
   -Play an active role in the community, i.e. speaking at conferences, blogging, contributing to open source projects, etc.

In order to proceed to the next stage of the interview process, we want to make sure that you are genuinely excited about McKinsey Digital Labs and are able to solve the types of challenges we face.

If you are, please start this application by taking one of the below challenges so that the managers at McKinsey can evaluate your key competencies before the interview.

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/mckinsey-digital-labs/qs...

Are you having troubles coming up with problems to solves or in getting started on a problem you've identified?

Aren't most folks in positions of privilege and power above the law? ;)

Most companies that receive lots of developer job applications with make the candidates take coding challenges.

If you search for coding challenges, you will find a number of them online for many different languages. Practice these and build small projects on your own and host your code on github so you can share it when you apply for a job.

McKinsey Digital Labs | http://bit.ly/mdl_us | San Francisco, New York | Front-end Developer

  About McKinsey Digital Labs

McKinsey Digital Labs is the in-house client focused digital delivery group of McKinsey & Company.

MDL combines user-centered design with unparalleled business knowledge and world-class agile development skills to deliver impactful digital experiences.

We are a team of passionate designers, architects and developers solving tough problems for our clients.

We deliver service design concepts, experiential prototypes and production-ready apps to transform our client’s businesses.

Despite being part of a large, multinational organization, MDL works more like a small startup company.

  Your role

As Front-End Developer at MDL, you will work in small teams in a highly collaborative way, use the latest technologies and enjoy seeing the direct impact from your work.

You’ll create both rapid prototypes, usually in a couple of days to 3 weeks, as well as full-scale applications typically within 2 to 3 months, by working collaboratively and iteratively through design and development. You will need to deliver fully functioning web-based and mobile applications that meet the business goals and requirements of our clients. As a Front-End Developer at MDL you’ll contribute to the architecture across the technology stack, from databases to native apps.

  Do you have the passion and experience to:

Build prototypes and products using agile development methodologies. Build with Javascript MVC frameworks (e.g., Angular JS, Backbone, etc.) Create responsive/adaptive applications for mobile devices using HTML5/CSS with familiarity in backend technologies. (e.g. Phonegap, Python, Objective-C, etc.) Write and utilize RESTful API services and performance tuning applications. Use relational and non-relational data stores in your applications. (e.g., MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, etc.)

  In your work do you....?

Demonstrate excitement about the impact of emerging / disruptive technologies. Solve problems by processing complex information and presenting it clearly and simply. Provide technical excellence (whilst adhering to Agile software engineering practices such as DRY, TDD, CI) and leadership/mentorship. Want to unleash their inner self-starter and work in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial minds. Play an active role in the community, i.e. speaking at conferences, blogging, contributing to open source projects, etc.

We will not compromise on quality, so please only request details if you set a high bar for yourself.

Drop us a line at mck@gapjumpers.me and say hello ;)

Sencha (http://www.sencha.com), Redwood City, CA Software Engineers - Frameworks and Tools

We are looking for software engineers to join our Frameworks and Tools teams.

As a Sencha Framework Engineer, you will help define, lead and deliver future releases of our JavaScript frameworks ( Sencha Ext JS, Sencha Touch, …) Sencha frameworks are object-oriented JavaScript frameworks for building complex, cross-browser web applications for desktop and mobile. They feature rich interface capabilities, a clean, extensible component model and are highly optimized for size and performance.

Do you like to: - Work in a collaborative environment with product management, QA and documentation to create easy to use, efficient and powerful features? - Push your javascript, HTML & CSS capabilities to the max building industry leading frameworks? - Use your imagination to build the next generation of components that simplify building world class web applications?

If yes, then we would like to hear from you at sencha@gapjumpers.me or take a technical challenge for an immediate interview call at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/sencha-inc/qs-128/

-------------------- We are also seeking a talented build and tools engineer to help us create high quality products that will delight our developer community.

As a Tools Engineer, you'll be building advanced modern web applications requires powerful yet simple tools. Helping Sencha define the future of web application development and the tools that developers use to build those applications. Sencha is developing SDKs that are being used by hundreds of thousands of developers to build state-of-the art web applications across the complete range of desktop and mobile devices.

Are you excited about the challenges faced by our developer community? Then we want you to tell us what you think about it at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/sencha-inc/qs-127/

Send in your applications to sencha@gapjumpers.me or answer technical challenges for our open roles at https://www.gapjumpers.me/questions/sencha-inc/ if you want to jump the CV queue and directly interview with our engineering leads.

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.

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