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Re:The Kruskal Count Card Trick on Friday May 04, 2018 @09:40AM (#16994518)
On my only two attempts, it never landed on the target card. Weird.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018) on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:35AM (#16976686)
Wanderu | Back-End Engineer | Onsite/Remote | Boston, MA Stack: NodeJS, Python, Go

We are looking for someone who either has experience with (or is excited to build) high performance systems for our high traffic website. Wanderu has been disrupting the travel industry for the past 4+ years and we are still growing!

Apply here: https://www.wanderu.com/jobs and reference that you found us on Hacker News!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018) on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#16493486)
Wanderu | Mid/Senior Front-End Engineer / Back-End Engineer / Senior Data Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time | On-site | https://www.wanderu.com

Wanderu is the kayak.com for buses and trains. We connect you to your destination via sophisticated routing algorithms using Neo4j and Go. Additionally, we have a real-time data pipeline that uses Kafka, Redshift, Grafana, Kibana, etc. Millions of users visit the website every month and we have coverage in multiple continents.

We greatly value our engineers and are continuing to grow the team. There's a lot of autonomy and freedom for engineers and we encourage creativity. Multiple times per year we have internal hackathons in which you can pitch a random idea that you think would benefit you or the company and spend a dedicated week implementing it!

Our stack on the back end is NodeJS, Python, and Go. On the front end, we are using React, Redux, Lerna, Webpack, etc.

If you are interested in any of this, check out our careers page at https://www.wanderu.com/jobs and reference that you saw this on Hacker News!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018) on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:09PM (#16285916)
Wanderu | https://www.wanderu.com/jobs | Senior Front End Engineer | Boston, MA, US | Onsite | Full time

We are the kayak.com of bus and train travel!

Our website gets millions of unique users per day and we are doing some cutting-edge stuff like react, redux, code splitting, SSR, lerna, streaming data, service workers, localization, etc. We have a small team, but are growing. You have a chance to make a big impact!

To apply, email [email protected] and reference that you found this on Hacker News!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017) on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:05AM (#15392482)
Wanderu | Senior Front-End Engineer | Boston, MA, US | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.wanderu.com/

Wanderu is a 4-year-old startup leader in the transportation space. We are looking for a front-end engineer who can write great code and great tests. Your work will be seen by millions of users! Our technologies are: react, redux, express, universal/isomorphic apps, lerna, ES6+, webpack, etc

Make your mark on the world!

Apply here: https://www.wanderu.com/jobs

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:39PM (#14903275)
Wanderu | Boston, MA | Onsite

Start-up disrupting the train/bus industry. Python, Go, Node, React, Neo4j, Postgres, MongoDB

Currently looking for:

- Senior Front End Engineer (Universal React, ES7, Node)

- Data Analyst (Postgres)

- Any other talented individuals who think our stack is pretty sweet!

Apply at [email protected] and reference that you found our posting on Hacker News.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016) on Thursday September 08, 2016 @12:14PM (#12454364)
Wanderu | Boston | Lead Front-End Developer

A hot startup in the bus and train space. We code in Python, JavaScript, and Node.

We are looking for a lead web developer (or full stack developer) who excels at coding, architecting, and mentoring.

If you are interested, apply at: https://www.wanderu.com/jobs

Re:Ask HN: Help me see why everyone seems to love TDD? on Thursday July 28, 2016 @09:17AM (#12179967)
I've found that if you lead by example, people will follow.