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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @01:46AM (#14908206)
Carousell | Software Engineer | Singapore | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.carousell.com

Carousell (http://carousell.com/app) is a mobile classifieds app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. With over 57 million listings, we are one of the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplaces. We were founded in Singapore in 2012 and since have grown to 19 cities around the world. We are ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and were awarded Google Play Best Local App 2016 in Singapore.

At Carousell, we are working to solve the challenges of two-sided marketplaces through the application of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Carousell is one of the handful of companies in Southeast Asia which truly operate at “web-scale”.

Our client application is available for Android, iOS, and the web (React). It is backed by services written in combination of Python/Django and Go (we are currently migrating to a Go-based microservice architecture). Deploying to Google Cloud Platform, we use a combination of hosted (Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, Bigquery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub) and self-hosted (Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and RabbitMQ) services.

Carousell is building a world-class software engineering organization in Singapore and is working to build the software engineering eco-system in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. At Carousell we focus strongly on the growth and development of our engineers including the opportunity to attend the technical conference of your choice annually. Google Cloud Next, Google I/O, WWDC, PyCon, RubyConf and SXSW are among previous choices. Our engineering team hails from 13 different countries and includes those with experience at Apple, Adobe, Google, and Yahoo, among others.

Roles: -Engineering Manager (http://grnh.se/hx0eau1) -Software Engineer, Frontend Web (http://grnh.se/mafpd81) -Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability (http://grnh.se/ebndvt1) -Software Engineer, Full Stack (http://grnh.se/mwabhx1) -Software Engineer, Test (http://grnh.se/hitec01)

If you are passionate about making a difference and enjoy being challenged, working at Carousell will be perfect for you!

Apply now at http://careers.carousell.com/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017) on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @06:45AM (#14743020)
Carousel | Software Engineer | Singapore | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.carousell.com

Carousell (http://carousell.com/app) is a mobile classifieds app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. With over 57 million listings, we are one of the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplaces. We were founded in Singapore in 2012 and since have grown to 19 cities around the world. We are ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and were awarded Google Play Best Local App 2016 in Singapore.

At Carousell, we are working to solve the challenges of two-sided marketplaces through the application of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Carousell is one of the handful of companies in Southeast Asia which truly operate at “web-scale”.

Our client application is available for Android, iOS, and the web (React). It is backed by services written in combination of Python/Django and Go (we are currently migrating to a Go-based microservice architecture). Deploying to Google Cloud Platform, we use a combination of hosted (Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, Bigquery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub) and self-hosted (Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and RabbitMQ) services.

Carousell is building a world-class software engineering organization in Singapore and is working to build the software engineering eco-system in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. At Carousell we focus strongly on the growth and development of our engineers including the opportunity to attend the technical conference of your choice annually. Google Cloud Next, Google I/O, WWDC, PyCon, RubyConf and SXSW are among previous choices. Our engineering team hails from 13 different countries and includes those with experience at Apple, Adobe, Google, and Yahoo, among others.

Roles: -Engineering Manager (http://grnh.se/6rei1u1) -Senior Software Engineer, Android (http://grnh.se/f5wie31) -Senior Software Engineer, Backend (http://grnh.se/ou4qd81) -Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Web (http://grnh.se/fnm23o1) -Software Engineer, Frontend Web (http://grnh.se/wbe64m1) -Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability (http://grnh.se/xmos1f1) -Software Engineer, Backend (http://grnh.se/d8f4to1) -Software Engineer, Full Stack (http://grnh.se/dta8ps1) -Software Engineer, Test (http://grnh.se/ru50wf1)

If you are passionate about making a difference and enjoy being challenged, working at Carousell will be perfect for you!

Apply now at http://careers.carousell.com/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017) on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @10:24PM (#14261946)
Carousell | Software Engineer | Singapore | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.carousell.com

Carousell (http://carousell.com/app) is a mobile classifieds app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. With over 57 million listings, we are one of the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplaces. We were founded in Singapore in 2012 and since have grown to 19 cities around the world. We are ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and were awarded Google Play Best Local App 2016 in Singapore.

At Carousell, we are working to solve the challenges of two-sided marketplaces through the application of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Carousell is one of the handful of companies in Southeast Asia which truly operate at “web-scale”.

Our client application is available for Android, iOS, and the web (React). It is backed by services written in combination of Python/Django and Go (we are currently migrating to a Go-based microservice architecture). Deploying to Google Cloud Platform, we use a combination of hosted (Google Compute Engine, Google App Engine, Bigquery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub) and self-hosted (Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and RabbitMQ) services.

Carousell is building a world-class software engineering organization in Singapore and is working to build the software engineering eco-system in Singapore and across Southeast Asia. At Carousell we focus strongly on the growth and development of our engineers including the opportunity to attend the technical conference of your choice annually. Google Cloud Next, Google I/O, WWDC, PyCon, RubyConf and SXSW are among previous choices. Our engineering team hails from 13 different countries and includes those with experience at Apple, Adobe, Google, and Yahoo, among others.

Roles: -Engineering Manager (http://grnh.se/6rei1u1) -Senior Software Engineer, Android (http://grnh.se/f5wie31) -Senior Software Engineer, Backend (http://grnh.se/ou4qd81) -Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Web (http://grnh.se/fnm23o1) -Software Engineer, Frontend Web (http://grnh.se/wbe64m1) -Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability (http://grnh.se/xmos1f1) -Software Engineer, Backend (http://grnh.se/d8f4to1) -Software Engineer, Full Stack (http://grnh.se/dta8ps1) -Software Engineer, Test (http://grnh.se/ru50wf1)

If you are passionate about making a difference and enjoy being challenged, working at Carousell will be perfect for you!

Apply now at http://careers.carousell.com/

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017) on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:00AM (#14245959)
Carousell | Backend Software Engineer | Singapore | Full-time

Carousell (http://carousell.com/app) is a mobile classifieds app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. With over 57 million listings, we are one of the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplaces. Carousell began in Singapore and has spread to 19 cities around the world. Carousell has also been ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and was awarded Google Play Best Local App 2016 in Singapore.

Carousell is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to work on building the simplest buying and selling experience on our mobile application. Your responsibilities would be to: -Design and build scalable REST APIs for the Carousell marketplace platform. -Work with the Android, iOS, web, product and design teams to build innovative, robust, and easy-to-use features for our users. -Work with infrastructure team on performance profiling and optimisation. -Write clean, testable code with unit tests. -Participate in code reviews to maintain a high-quality code culture.

Requirements: -Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other equivalent degrees/experience -5+ years experience in software development -Deep experience in Python, Django/Flask, RESTful APIs -Excellent knowledge of RDBMS and object caches such as PostgreSQL, Memcached, Redis and knowledge of how to design, tune and optimise SQL queries and caching strategies -Experience in building large, scalable distributed systems with good understanding of microservices architecture and associated principles -Experience with TDD/BDD and agile methodologies

Good to have: -Experience using Elasticsearch -Experience using RabbitMQ, Kafka and microservices-based architecture -Knowledge and experience in building distributed, asynchronous task systems

Apply now at http://grnh.se/ou4qd81

Contact: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017) on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:51PM (#14056969)
Carousell | Singapore | Hiring: iOS Developers, Android Developers, Front-end Developers, Back-end Developers, Data Engineers, Servers and Infrastructure Developers

Carousell (http://carousell.com/app) provides a platform to effortlessly buy and sell things to achieve its goal of filling everyone’s lives with more meaningful things. Carousell began in Singapore and has spread to 19 cities around the world. Carousell has also been ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, awarded Google Play Best Local App 2016 in Singapore, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital and Rakuten Ventures.

If you are passionate about making a difference and enjoy being challenged, working at Carousell will be perfect for you! You will also get the opportunity to work in a modern office, engage in meaningful events (such as “family Fridays”), and interact with a diverse and talented group of colleagues.

For more details on the requirements, please visit http://careers.carousell.com/ or send me an email at [email protected]