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Co-Founder and CTO of Genus AI https://genus.ai
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ViktorasJucikas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)
YPlan (London & New York): Python engineers.

The back-end team here at YPlan is responsible for the API that the apps talk to, the internal CMS, the various websites, the event partner site, and programming support for the data science team, so basically everything code that isn't a smartphone app.

The team and business are growing rapidly and we are looking for top notch Python developers to help us develop and improve our tech stack. You will get to work on a variety of problems and technologies, help shape the future direction of our tech, and have plenty of room for taking on more responsibility over time.

Must have:

- Solid Python experience.

- Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Very nice:

- Django.

- SQL, preferably MySQL.

- JavaScript & CSS.

- Chef.

Bonus round:

- Go.

- Clojure.

- High scalability.

- Big data.

- Network admin experience.

If you think you are up to the challenge ping me an email to viktoras at yplanapp.com or apply online at https://yplanapp.com/jobs

What's YPlan? Check [1] and [2] and [3] for description and some awards.

[1] http://mashable.com/2013/10/14/yplan-app/

[2] http://startups.co.uk/tonights-going-out-app-yplan-triumphs-...

[3] http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2013/12/16/the-h...

ViktorasJucikas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)

  YPlan - NYC & London. We're making people go out more.

  Stack: Python & Django on AWS. Native iOS & Android.

  Data Scientist / Growth Hacker - NYC. Senior role, supervising the team and working on three main themes:

    a) data collection & business insights
    b) personalisation & targeting
    c) building hypothesis & a/b testing product

  Product Manager - London. Senior role, owning the product.

  Backend devs - NYC. Medium / Experienced - all things backend.

  Ping me at viktoras at yplanapp.com.

  More details about YPlan here: techcrunch.com/2013/06/04/yplan-series-a/

  About roles here: http://yplan.theresumator.com/
ViktorasJucikas··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2013)
YPlan (London / NYC). Full time, intern, H1B.

We're looking for:

+ Senior Android developer (http://yplan.theresumator.com/apply/fF7taf/Senior-Android-De...)

+ Data Scientist (http://yplan.theresumator.com/apply/4qvHMT/Data-Scientist.ht...)

I'm a co-founder and CTO of YPlan (http://yplanapp.com), tonight's going out app (think HotelTonight but for events). Together with my co-founder Rytis we've built the business from nothing to a very talented and hard-working team of 17 people now, raised $1.7m in funding last summer and launched almost 2 months ago in London. We've got tons of media attention (see below) and tons of happy customer feedback.

* Wired: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/26/yplan-launch

* Techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/28/stuck-for-new-years-eve-in-...

* Stephen Fry: https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/279157424642994177

Now we want to move YPlan from iOS / iPhone only into a multi-platform / multi-city business, therefore I'm looking to expand technology and product teams.

Any questions please feel free to ping me: viktoras[at]yplanapp.com

ViktorasJucikas··on Taking payments online in Europe in 2013
Here at YPlan in London we're using DataCash as a PSP and BarclayCard as a merchant account. We talk to DataCash directly using their API, it's not that difficult to integrate and they're very helpful with any payment related questions.
ViktorasJucikas··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (July 2012)
London, UK - full time

YPlan - early team - Generalist Developers

Want to be one of the first members of a ground-breaking mobile commerce startup? Join YPlan, a pre-launch stealth startup backed by venture capital and angel investors (unannounced) who helped build the world's most loved mobile, consumer and social companies.

At YPlan, we are grabbing a huge, inefficient industry and flipping it on its head through a mobile-only approach. We obsess about simplicity, beauty, great consumer experience and build amazing products by questioning the standard way of doing things. We are looking for an outstanding technology leader who lives and breathes mobile, builds stuff that “just (somehow) works”, genuinely loves to code, and shares our passion for excellence and changing the world for the better.

What you'll do:

* Develop category defining mobile apps for iOS and Android. * Build out and maintain backend systems for data management and analytics. * Build a frictionless mobile payment experience for our users. * Improve our machine learning technology to aid content discovery and targeting. * Implement social integration and sharing.

We are looking for Mobile Application Engineers and Backend Engineers who are/have:

* Passionate and enthusiastic about changing the world. * Have attention to detail and relentless drive for quality. * Independent and product-focused, able to work both independently and in larger teams. * Passion for maintainable, extensible, testable, and reusable code as well as fast iteration. Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms. * University degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred. * For Mobile Application Engineers, expert knowledge of iOS SDK/Objective C or Android SDK/Java is a must-have. Interface design expertise and ability to work with UI designers much wanted. * For Backend Engineers, experience with high performance, scalable, mission-critical applications, recommendation systems and payment systems prized. Python fluency required, experience with Java or other JVM languages would be an advantage.

Remuneration: Very attractive including stock options.

Location: Central London

Why us: Be one of the first YPlan team members! You'll have a say in all parts of the company and get to shape our culture and development methodologies. We advocate data-driven decision making, put product quality first, promote open culture and flat hierarchy. You’ll be joining a small team of hard-charging people, who have built and worked with tech startups in the past and are committed to building excellent products.

To apply: Drop me a line to viktoras@yplanapp.com and let's chat!

ViktorasJucikas··on All that is wrong with the Recruitment Industry
To spare curious readers some time here it is: http://forums.contractoruk.com/general/58258-sthree-group-in...
ViktorasJucikas··on How to win Seedhack: church donation gaming, #holylight, blessings from above
Thanks man! If you haven't encouraged us on Friday I would have just gone home ;)
ViktorasJucikas··on Regular Payments in 20 minutes with GoCardless
Great to see Matt & team starting a blog, can't wait to integrate GoCardless into our upcoming mobile app.
ViktorasJucikas··on Booting the Analytics Application: Ruby, Avro, Pig, Voldemort, Sinatra
Does anyone have experience doing this in Python stack?