HackerEarth is a pretty cool place to work
Help us change the way programmers write code and get hired. HackerEarth is a tech startup based in Bangalore, India. We are building the largest platform to engage with programmers around the world. Today there is no interesting place where programmers can interact and collaborate with each other, and most importantly do one thing that they absolutely love to do — write code. In the process, we are helping companies filter the right candidates.
Being passionate programmers ourselves, this is a problem very close to our hearts and hence we are striving to solve it, and we are looking for great people to join us.
Who are we & why work with us?
An amazing team working on big problems
We are a team of 5 full-time right now, graduates of IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi, etc., who have worked at Google, Microsoft, Amazon and contributed to high-quality open source projects like Mozilla, Fedora, MINIX3, etc. Kaushik MV — ACM ICPC world-finalist — joined us recently to further organize and synchronize our efforts in reaching out to programmers. Above all, we are a couple of geeks who love to hack and build interesting products and we invite you to be a part of it.
HackerEarth was incubated at the GSF Accelerator in 2012 and was also one of the winners of the program. Since then, we have grown and scaled quickly, increasing the programmer base to more than 40K and acquiring new customers along the way.
Challenges ahead like never before
There are challenges ahead like never before, where you will be hacking on Python & Django, scaling infrastructure, re-architecting the backend, and get to push code from the first day itself. HackerEarth is working on big problems, challenges that make you shudder at first, and is waiting for you to come and solve them. With such a small team, you will be owning huge ideas and codebases from the start. Meanwhile, the talented team will always be on its feet to help you accomplish whatever you aim for.
Your Role and Responsibilities
- Take ownership of a product feature and build it end to end.
- Understand issues like response time, scalability, asynchronous systems, user engagement and write code considering these paradigms.
- Interact with programmer communities, college coding groups, open source communities and understand how to engage with them.
- Contribute to the ways the platform can be made much more engaging and reach a larger audience.
Required Skills
- 1 year+ experience in Python.
- Hands-on experience in Django.
- Understanding of how MVC frameworks work.
- Knowledge of development on a Linux system.
We put the willingness to learn & build above anything else, so if you think you’ve got it in you, don’t let these skill requirements deter you from applying.
Desired Skills
- Interest in contributing to open source projects.
- Knowledge of system programming in UNIX environment.
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Interest in writing content—tutorials, blog posts, solutions to algorithmic questions, etc.
- Prepared to go through the roller-coaster highs and lows of a startup journey.
Job Perks
- Industry comparable salary and equity.
- Machine and accessories of your choice.
- Really flexible hours.
- If you’re sick, just stay home.
- Movie/Gaming night outs.
- Traveling in and around India.
- Attend developer events and conferences for free.
We are writing tons of code, building some intense technology, and it’s a great opportunity to learn. We are backed by some awesome people in the startup community. Moreover, you get a chance to be an initial team member of a company building a global product out of India.
Apply for this position
If you’re interested, drop us an email at vivek@hackerearth.com. Please add
