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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) by dannysu on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:28PM (#11613498)
Kash (YC S14) | withkash.com | Full Stack Engineer | ONSITE in San Francisco, CA / Waterloo, ON, Canada / Toronto, ON, Canada

We're on a mission to build a new payment network as an alternative to credit cards.

Why? Credit cards impose a hidden tax on everything. The profit margin of your average neighborhood store is under 2%. A typical grocery store’s operating margin is around 1.7%. On the other hand, the typical cost of processing all payments is about 2%. As Priceonomics puts it, "Credit card fees are 2% or more of nearly pure profit."

There has been many innovations built on top of the existing credit card network, but none of those fundamentally changes the equation. Kash is changing the equation.

With the former CEO of Visa leading our board, and all the momentum we're seeing, we're confident that a new network can be built. Come chat with us to learn more if you think this is a worthy cause.

We currently use: GCE/AWS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, Angular.js, React, Objective-C for iOS, Android

We're looking for engineers with a demonstrated ability to learn and past experience building both scalable and maintainable software.

For more details and to apply, please visit http://withkash.com/careers. Please mention that you saw us on HN.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) by malekascha on Monday May 02, 2016 @06:12PM (#11616131)
Hi! I went to your website to apply, but the application only includes space for a resume, no cover letter. Where can I mention that I saw you on HN?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) by dannysu on Monday May 02, 2016 @07:11PM (#11616525)
Sorry about that! I forgot we recently changed the job posting service we used.

Unfortunately can't edit the post now. Could you please send me a note instead? [email protected]

Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) by danielhooper on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:50PM (#11623212)
It doesn't look like you are hiring for any positions in Toronto.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) by murukesh_s on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:31PM (#11613536)
Refreshing to see Node being used in financial tech..