Hi folks... I'll be posting details for another S.F. based co. later today and then afterwards will do my best to post at least 1 new opportunity a week...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Elan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elan.martinez@gmail.com">elan.martinez@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Company: Keas, (<a href="http://www.keas.com" target="_blank">www.keas.com</a>)<br>Location: HQ in Downtown S.F. (1st St. btw Mission and Market)<br>
<br>Keas is an early stage consumer health start-up that is still in "stealth"/has not publicly launched. They do have a private beta out. The company was founded by Adam Bosworth and George Kassabgi in 2008. George is a longtime entrepreneur and (among other accomplishments) was a key
person over at BEA. Adam is the engineering pioneer who authored XML
and (among other accomplishments) developed Google Calendar and MS Access. Most recently Adam built <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a> Health before leaving to start Keas. Candidates who are selected by Keas for interview will be asked to sign an NDA after which more about the company will be divulged. For now one can gleen some info about Keas on Keas.com and Adam's blog: <a href="http://adambosworth.net/2007/12/22/talking-about-keas/" target="_blank">http://adambosworth.net/2007/12/22/talking-about-keas/</a><br>
<br>Technologies used include Python with a Zope framework (Zope may have since been replaced with Django or TurboGears/Pylons in the past few months but I can't confirm this right now) , and in an agile (scrum) test-driven iterative environment. AJAX, mySQL, memcached, etc.<br>
<br>The Opportunity: In brief, engineers will be building a health 2.0 consumer facing website, and designing software solutions for hard infomatics and data analysis problems. The company is always on the lookout for experienced individual contributors who have deep experience with Java or Python, have solid problem solving skills and who like to learn new technologies and pick up new programming languages quickly. Smart, "young-ish"/or young at heart, entrepreneurial co-workers, who tend to have strong C.S. fundamentals, and solid work experience building high volume, high transaction, highly available consumer web applications. Very accessible hands on leadership.<br>
<br>Interviews: A three step process. Recruiter screening, Manager phone technical screening, On-site interviews. You may also be asked to provide code samples. They have a very rigorous on-site interview process (which is long - all day) that Adam imported from Google (which I'm not knowledgeable about.) It's an all day affair, long and comprehensive. If you are invited to interview and can't commit to a full day of interviews you can always break it up into two days.<br>
<br>Compensation: Competitive salaries and in the middle to upper range compared to other startups and still offering good equity on top of salary. Be clear from the beginning whether you value more salary or more equity. They do not like to go back and forth on offers. This company is very fair when it comes to compensation. <br>
<br>Contacts: I cannot give out contact info of hiring managers or founders. There is a competent in-house recruiter, you can find his info on linkedin, his name is Ricky Fiel. Ricky is diligent and responsive but does not have a great deal of experience and so may not be the best assesor of technical skill and talent and will most likely rely heavily on a his managers for resume feedback. His email is: <a href="mailto:ricky.fiel@keas.com" target="_blank">ricky.fiel@keas.com</a>. If you would like his phone number, ask me in an email.<br>
<br>(note: if you are interested in this company and would like to ask questions I'm happy to chat and provide as much info and help as I can. I am also happy to make a direct introduction to the founders if that is your preference vs. connecting with the in-house recruiter as your first point of contact.)<br>
<br>***** wow I may have gone overboard with the details here.... my next posting will not be quite as long.... the next company from me will be posted sometime on Thursday*****<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjinux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Elan <<a href="mailto:elan.martinez@gmail.com" target="_blank">elan.martinez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Excellent jj (mr. moderator)! I think this can work.<br>
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> BTW, to be clear I want to encourage EVERYONE to contribute and not just<br>
> recruiters, especially since my guess is that most fee-based recruiters<br>
> (definitely not all) will be reluctant to contribute if they are not getting<br>
> a fee or if they feel paranoid about other recruiters "stealing" leads or<br>
> contacts. My comment to those recruiters... if you have a strong client<br>
> relationship there's no reason to worry, and remember you do not have to<br>
> include any clients you are currently working with. If everyone chips in to<br>
> do what they can we will all benefit in the long run.<br>
><br>
> So jj and everyone else, I would love to start this all off immediately but<br>
> I'm going to wait to post my leads until tonight. I have a couple of<br>
> stealth co's in S.F. that I would like to list, but need to confirm that<br>
> they are still actively hiring python engineers, who I can list as<br>
> preferred contacts and also how much I can divulge about the companies. I<br>
> also have a couple fo non-stealth co's based in S.F. that I will post but<br>
> need to confirm the same info. Please, to those who may post before me, do<br>
> the best you can to provide current and relevant information to the job<br>
> seekers in this community.<br>
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</div>I'll second that. Here's my hint to the recruiters of the world. I<br>
don't really care who the VCs are or where the CEO went to college.<br>
Sure, I might want to know those things eventually, but first I want<br>
to know:<br>
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a) What technologies does the company use?<br>
b) Where are they located?<br>
c) Can they afford to pay me a decent salary?<br>
d) What positions are they hiring for?<br>
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After knowing those things, I'll want to know:<br>
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e) Is this a sweatshop?<br>
f) How does the company develop software (fast and dirty? agile? clueless?)?<br>
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My $0.02,<br>
<div><div></div><div>-jj<br>
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In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things<br>
with great love. -- Mother Teresa<br>
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