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Five Stars is looking for generalists to join our small (5) core dev team
1 points by jingsong 5356 days ago
Why you want to join us

. Solving incredibly hard technology problems, some examples:

    - Cross-platform Python software and GUI that works in 
      Windows 95/98/2000+, Linux, OS X
    - Auto-updating our software remotely, across previously 
      mentioned platforms, and in Python   
    - Hooking and interfacing into an USB hardware plugin 
      across multiple platforms
. Company is growing incredibly fast

    - Last month's user growth was 100%
    - Last month's client growth was 50%
    - Last month's employee growth was 25%
. We're fun

    - High-energy, young, talented group of employees
    - Weekly Friday happy hours, beer pong tournaments, 
      Super Smash (OG and Melee) sessions
    - We're just down-to-earth good people. Simple as that. 

What we need in a good fit

. Smarts

    - Math/Physics backgrounds are a plus (we've got 2)
    - Can understand complex idea/concepts/technology very 
      quickly
    - Fast learner
. Hacker

    - We hand you an outdated piece of hardware and you can 
      figure out how to make it play nicely with our platform
    - Must have an appreciation for elegant solutions
    - Be okay working on front-end, back-end, or software
. Independent

    - We want to hand you ownership of the product
    - You have to execute on that ownership
    - No micromanagement
. Chill

    - Can work well under stress
    - Can be slightly OCD but not anal-retentive
    - No yelling

More about us

. Technology stack

    - Python, Python, Python (primarily 2.5 and 2.6)
    - Django web framework
    - PostgreSQL
    - qtPython, wxPython
. Dev Team

    - 5 members
    - 3 Cal, 1 UPenn, 1 German 
      (Hamburg University, Regensburg University)
    - 2 Math B.A.s, 1 Physics B.A., 3 CS B.S.s, 
      1 Materials Science B.S., 1 Finance B.S., 
      1 Economics B.A., 1 Physics Ph.D. 
. Corporate

    - Raised $2.5mn from top-tier VCs and angels
    - Located in Mountain View, CA
    - 24 employees, 2 co-founders
    - Bay Area's leading loyalty program
To apply, email with your resume and a paragraph about yourself to hckrjobs@gmail.com