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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) by s3nnyy on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:01PM (#14902135)
Wealthport.com | Senior Computer Science / Machine Learning Engineer, Scala Backend Engineer, Data Preparation Expert | Zurich | SALARY: 100k-120k CHF | ONSITE | EU-Passport holders only

We solve on of the biggest problems in e-commerce: Normalizing product information. Using machine learning an NLP we transform broken, badly-labeled, unstructured data into useable, categorised and normalized data. See: https://www.slideshare.net/wealthportadmin/getting-started-w...

We are obsessed with functional programming. We use mainly Scala (backend) and we are researching a lot on NLP and ML. We look for:

- Senior Machine learning Researcher / Engineer - you will read & write papers on machine learning and/or implement algorithms in our core product.

- Senior Backend Scala engineer - you will build or well-tested backend and our core product.

- Data Preparation Export (Data Science) - you will help our customers adjust their data to our platform.

The interview process:

1) 15 min call with our tech recruiter (who is a former engineer)

2) Technical call with CTO

3) Onsite day solving a programming task with us.

Send us a short intro about yourself to:

[email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) by j_s on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:34AM (#14909428)
This also missed the £, €, or $; [edit:delete '- assuming €?'] CHF so ~$103.2k-$123.8k, with no further info from me on relocation, taxes, or cost of living.

Edit: Thanks! Mostly trying to catch people willing to upvote posts with a salary range.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) by s3nnyy on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:01AM (#14911071)
More info on cost of living in Zurich from me: https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) by psynix on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @07:19AM (#14909620)
CHF was mentioned.