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Swiftype (YC W12) is hiring a DevOps Engineer

Posted by mriley on Tuesday January 08, 2013 @04:58PM
from the now-hiring dept.

Most websites have terrible site search. Founded by the engineers who built Scribd’s search, Swiftype (http://swiftype.com) is fixing that by offering a dead-simple modern search for sites ranging from your sister’s Tumblr to Alexa Top 100 behemoths. We are a hosted service that powers a key feature on tens of thousands of websites, and as such, we place tremendous importance on the reliability...

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Re:ZenPayroll raises seed round from the Mt. Rushmore of Valley entrep... on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @04:05PM (#4906811)
Congrats to ZenPayroll. We've been using them at Swiftype since early this year and they really do provide an excellent service. We love the fact that it's easy to use and inexpensive, but more than anything else, they've saved us countless hours by automating so many of the tedious details required to process our payroll. As a young company that is already time constrained, that has been huge for us.

Swiftype (YC W12) is hiring DevOps

Posted by mriley on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:06PM
from the now-hiring dept.

Most websites have terrible site search. Founded by the engineers who built Scribd’s search, Swiftype (http://swiftype.com) is fixing that by offering a dead-simple modern search for sites ranging from your sister’s Tumblr to Alexa Top 100 behemoths. We are a hosted service that powers a key feature on thousands of websites, and as such, we place tremendous importance on the reliability and...

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Swiftype (YC W12) is hiring full-stack engineers to build better search software

Posted by mriley on Friday August 03, 2012 @08:40PM
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Swiftype is building search software for the next generation of websites and applications, and we're looking for great engineers to help us build out our infrastructure and product line. We're a small team of highly technical, product-focused engineers with extensive search experience. As a small team, we're looking for early engineers who are self-motivated, resourceful, and enjoy the...

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Re:Swiftype (YC W12) API integration screencast on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:08PM (#4080760)
Luke was also kind enough to send us some feedback on our API documentation that was right on. Keep an eye out for a big update and some new features coming shortly. Thanks, Luke!
Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @01:57AM (#3947249)
Good catch. I'll make that change right now.
Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @10:19PM (#3946801)
And just pushed the fix. Please let us know if you see it again! [email protected]
Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @09:44PM (#3946720)
We're working on a fix for this right now. Thanks for the heads up!
Re:Airbnb (YC W09) Grew 800% in 2010 on Sunday January 16, 2011 @03:34PM (#2110155)
Check out SecondPorch (secondporch.com) for a pretty nice execution of that concept, built around FB Connect.
Re:Ask YC: What is the best area in SF Bay Area for startup hackers? on Saturday September 06, 2008 @05:57AM (#296719)
I was referring to the price he stated in his original post (he said he didn't want to pay more than $500/wk). I'm living in the mission now and paying much less than $500/wk (but I have 4 roommates).
Re:Ask YC: What is the best area in SF Bay Area for startup hackers? on Friday September 05, 2008 @11:23PM (#296539)
The Mission has a pretty high concentration of young people, and a lot of the startup people I know live around there. Rent in the area may be more reasonable than elsewhere but not by much, given its popularity. If you aren't here permanently you might try the Sublets/Temporary Housing section of Craigslist - I had good luck there, and you should be able to find something for less than $500/wk.
Re:Ask PG: What's the traffic effect here from the TechCrunch mention? on Tuesday March 11, 2008 @03:45PM (#134558)
I suspect there was a decent amount of overlap between techcrunch readers and news.yc readers prior to the article. I wonder what the spike numbers are for the yc startups that have articles written about them when they first release.
Re:SuperCook - enter a few ingredients, it will tell you what recipes ... on Tuesday February 12, 2008 @01:59PM (#114200)
For me, this concept seems sort of at odds with the way I cook and grocery shop. I don't often find myself with a wide array of ingredients that I don't know what to do with, but I do find myself spending too much at the grocery store because I can't easily plan a week's worth of meals using some base set of ingredients. I would love a site that gave me 5 meals based around approximately the same ingredients, told me how much of each to buy, and provided information about how to store leftover ingredients and how long they will last. Of course, I know very little about cooking, so maybe I'm the one who's backwards... just my 2 cents.

I can see this idea applied to drink recipes, though. I often have 3 or 4 half-empty bottles of different types of liquor- it would be great to get a list of 10 different drinks I could make with friends. On second thought, $10 says there's already a Facebook App that does exactly that...

Re:Can anyone recommend good books, articles or essays that introduce ... on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @09:45PM (#79627)
I didn't particularly like the WEKA book, but Bishop's book is excellent.

If you're interested in introductory data mining stuff, I would recommend Tan's Introduction to Data Mining: http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kumar/dmbook/index.php

Re:Can anyone recommend good books, articles or essays that introduce ... on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @09:40PM (#79625)
I'll second this recommendation - I bought the printed copy, and I'm constantly going to it for reference. The fact that it's available for free is just an added bonus.

I would also suggest Elements of Statistical Learning: http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/

As well as Duda, Hart, and Stork's Pattern Classification: http://rii.ricoh.com/~stork/DHS.html