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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Monday February 01, 2016 @12:17PM (#11013198)
18F - https://18f.gsa.gov - Washington, DC; San Francisco; Chicago; New York; Remote - Full-Time

18F is a technology consulting office inside the government, for the government. We work with agencies to build and buy digital services that meet their needs, and we educate federal employees about how to move to high-functioning, efficient, and user-centered software development techniques.

We are currently hiring front end designers, visual designers, software developers, product leads, and technical account managers. You can read more about each of these roles here: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/roles-and-teams/

Most of our team is distributed across the country in places like Chicago, New York, Raleigh, Tucson, Austin, Dayton, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle, and Portland. Read more about how our work culture supports distributed teams: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/10/15/best-practices-for-distribute...

Submit an application to one of our current openings here: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/roles-and-teams/

Please include links to your portfolio, GitHub account, and any other work samples. Let us know why you want to join 18F and how you heard about us. If you have any questions, email our Talent Team at [email protected]

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by coherentpony on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:59PM (#11015387)
Do you consider non-US citizens?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:28AM (#11019278)
If you are a non-citizen national of the U.S. or have been admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence and hold a valid green card then you can work at 18F.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by GingerBoats on Sunday February 07, 2016 @03:05PM (#11054540)
Bummer.

Looks like there aren't too many software engineering positions open. Would be an amazing fit for this veteran.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by rememberlenny on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:00PM (#11014313)
18F is awesome. If anyone has questions, Im happy to answer at rememberlenny at gmail.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by Glyptodon on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:16PM (#11014491)
If the teams are distributed do you get your choice of geographic location?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:15PM (#11015043)
You can work from wherever you are, and you can change locations while working for 18F. But we don't provide money for relocation.

Another note that the federal pay scale is determined in part by your location. More details here https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by microcolonel on Monday February 01, 2016 @09:51PM (#11017380)
For example, the absolute maximum they pay anyone in SF is 160k.

What "grade" would candidates for "Software Developer" have? What determines the "step" ?

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by mooreds on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @07:55AM (#11019132)
As I recall, they tend to start the senior folks at grade 15. They have to get approval for starting at any step above step 1, and I don't know how often that approval is granted.

They are very open about all this during the process.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:31AM (#11019298)
That's right. There's no set grade or step for engineers, but most of our senior engineers start at a 15. Your grade and step (and therefore your pay) are determined by previous experience and previous pay.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by wei000 on Monday February 01, 2016 @08:45PM (#11017168)
that sounds bad, different location different pay
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by mooreds on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:31PM (#11015633)
But note that they can make exceptions to the pay scale (at least, move you around under the overall cap).
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by warfangle on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:46PM (#11015278)
When you change locations, your pay rate is also changed, correct?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:29AM (#11019280)
Correct.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by jotux on Monday February 01, 2016 @06:19PM (#11016463)
What's the working level grade for engineers?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:29AM (#11019285)
There isn't a set grade level for engineers, but most of our staff starts at a GS 14 or 15.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by _007_ on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:49AM (#11024945)
What about for entry-level candidates?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by rambos on Monday February 01, 2016 @07:57PM (#11016987)
What should a junior-level Dev out of DC make? Say they currently make 80k. Solid OOP, modern web framework usage, solid JS. Pay raise/cut/stay the same?
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by ones_and_zeros on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @05:24PM (#11023180)
If you stop calling yourself a junior developer you will be making 130k in DC.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by ejcx on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:26AM (#11017762)
This depends on a lot of things. 18f is government so expect lower. Feel free to email me if its a bridge you end up crossing (I'm a lifetime DC native)
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by jrowley on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:59PM (#11014905)
I love how transparent/well documented 18f is with the hiring process. The golden standard from an applicants perspective.
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by andrefrancisco on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:34AM (#11019317)
Thanks! Our Talent Team has been hard at work on that. If there's any info missing from https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/index.html, please feel free to file an issue and we'll try to get it resolved. https://github.com/18F/joining-18f/issues
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by Gorbzel on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @06:18PM (#11023508)
All web positions. I hope this doesn't imply that the government avoids native mobile!
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016) by neilk on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:32AM (#11024887)
I hope they do avoid native mobile!

The government should be making services that work with every kind of device, out of the box.

Given the kind of services the government is likely to build, a website is way, way more cost effective. And Googleable!

Plus, accessibility requirements mandate services that can be read by the blind, hearing impaired, etc, all of which is possible with the web and much harder with native mobile.

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