I listed several times in my reply, but then I did not receive any follow-up communication of any kind. No confirmation, no rejection, just no response of any kind.
Hopefully they have addressed and fixed this unprofessionalism in their hiring process, but it is good for others to be aware that it is possible to simply never hear from them after they have asked you for schedule information.
Last month was our first time posting in the HN Hiring thread, and we didn't know how much volume we'd get. We responded in a very ad-hoc fashion, without implementing enough process around it. After some promising candidates came through the HN pipeline last month, we built out a bit more process for this month -- your feedback is very valuable and we'll do our best to prevent similar failure modes from happening again for other candidates.
Predata builds tools for understanding political risk around the world. Our platform allows strategic decision makers across the federal, financial, and corporate sectors to collect and analyze open-source metadata signals (digital conversations, web traffic) and process them to understand how they relate to real-world geopolitical events.
Our leadership team has has successfully exited several ventures, and our CEO was previously National Intelligence Officer for East Asia intelligence at the CIA and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia at the Pentagon.
Our engineers often participate in client meetings and bring insights back to the codebase. We value people who are lifelong learners, think originally, and are interested in real-world problems.
Stack: - Python, numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels - Django, Flask - CoffeeScript, Mithril.js, D3 - PostgreSQL, Redis, bcolz, HDF5, ELK stack - Docker, AWS - We're pragmatic about using the right tool/language for the task at hand
Frontend Engineer
Work on a data platform and accompanying visualizations that allow an analyst to go from high-level overviews to deep-diving explorations. You've built complex frontend applications, are passionate about information design, and know how to squeeze performance out of layout engines.
Full Stack Engineer
Help design and build new infrastructure and products. You'll be involved in everything from designing data structures to scaling architecture to assessing user experience. You care about security, testing, and code organization.
Data Engineer
Work with data that has an impact on the real world. You'll help us ingest, store, process, and query large data sets — this includes building ontologies, designing data pipelines, and transforming data to make it more useful.