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brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built columnar in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for more detailed info on tech-stacks:

Backend Java Developer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4437024003)

Data Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4452830003)

DevOps Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4253401003)

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built columnar in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for more detailed info on tech-stacks:

DevOps / Kubernetes Engineers (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4253401003)

Performance Test Engineer (JMeter, JFR, benchmarking) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4354402003)

Site Reliability Engineer (CI/CD) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4151107003)

(Senior) Data Scientist, combinatorial optimization (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4346449003)

Visual UI Designer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4348354003)

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built columnar in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for more detailed info on tech-stacks:

Kubernetes Engineers (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4253401003)

Senior Algorithm Developer (Golang) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4278816003)

Senior Backend Developer (C#, .Net Core, Azure) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4299333003)

Software Developer (C#, .Net Core, Angular) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4305212003)

Senior Frontend Developer (JS, TypeScript, React, D3) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4019849003)

Site Reliability Engineer (CI/CD) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4151107003)

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for full tech-stacks and more detailed descriptions:

Senior Software Developer, Distributed Systems https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4164390003

As a senior software developer in the team you will be working on the horizontal scaling of our inhouse database and calculation logic. To achieve this we are, for example, using gRPC framework for communication between nodes; developing our cluster control structure on top of Apache Helix, Apache Zookeeper and OpenIO object storage; and linking all pieces together using a service mesh. The most common languages we use are Java and Scala.

Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4178848003

We are looking for a full-time Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer to join our Infra & QA team. The team enhances developer experience and builds the cloud-native infra used in the RELEX Work product, one of the three main products within RELEX and responsible for Workforce Optimization. You will help the team achieve its goals by setting up and improving the current infra-as-code setup, building and improving our CI/CD pipelines by automating as much as possible and supporting our developers in all ops related tasks.

Kubernetes Engineer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4129733003

We are looking for a full-time Kubernetes Developer to join our Cloud DevOps team of 6 people. The team is in the process of migrating several applications and products to utilize Azure-hosted services, including Azure Kubernetes Service. We are building the DevOps practices and tooling to support our fast growth, offer great developer experience, and maintain capabilities to quickly respond to the changing world around us.

Team Lead / Senior Software Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4004468003

We are looking for a full-time Team Lead / Senior Software Developer to join our Shift Management team. Together the team builds the core services used in the RELEX Work product, one of the three main products within RELEX and responsible for Workforce Optimization. You will help the team achieve its goals by coaching and leading the team, and by participating in planning and building the software and processes around it.

Senior Fullstack Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4037271003

You will be developing features for RELEX Store platform for space & planogram optimization in a growing team. You’ll be developing new features and designing them, creating tests, reviewing other peoples’ code and building monitoring and tooling to help in all this. There’s also plenty of opportunities for architectural decisions as we’re moving towards a more scalable architecture in Azure.

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2020)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built columnar in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for tech-stack:

Data Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4003285003)

DevOps Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4004491003)

Java Developer (Business Logic) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4006061003)

Java High Performance Computing Developer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4009003003)

Senior Frontend Developer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4019849003)

Senior Fullstack Developer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4003163003)

Senior Test Automation Engineer (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4003187003)

Software Developer (Monitoring and Logging) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4007127003)

Software Security Expert (https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4017487003)

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for tech-stack:

Java Developer (Business Logic) https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4006061003

Java Developer (Machine Learning) https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4004468003

Java High Performance Computing Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4009003003

Senior Fullstack Developer (TypeScript) https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4001217003

DevOps Engineer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4004491003

eLearning Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4012211003

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)

RELEX is a fast-growing software company developing products that help retail companies plan and operate more efficiently. By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. Helping retailers eliminate food spoilage and reduce fleet emissions from transportation has a significant environmental impact as well!

We crunch huge amounts of data from the largest retailers in the world using our in-house-built in-memory database, which stores tens of billions of rows of data. We utilize a clustered deployment of the platform to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

Check job postings for tech-stack:

Java Developer (Business Logic) https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4006061003

Machine Learning Software Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4004468003

Senior Fullstack Developer https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4003163003

Senior Fullstack Developer (TypeScript) https://boards.greenhouse.io/relex/jobs/4001217003

brunnsbeon Fairphone 3 is now available

A news article with some more info: https://www.androidauthority.com/fairphone-3-1014831/

brunnsbeon Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical Interviews?

Yes, your age would even be seen as a benefit if it correlates with your experience in the field of software development.

brunnsbeon In Denmark's Train Dream, the Next Big City Is Only an Hour Away

I've lived in Aarhus and I was quite surprised how small part of Denmark's rail network is electrified, it’s only 642 km of 2560 km (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Denmark), so almost all long-distance trains run on diesel which is quite remarkable in a country that otherwise has a very green view on the environment.

Most of the long-distance trains are of model IC4, the delivery of these trains took ages and one of the missing trains was found in Libya, Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had given it as a gift to the Libyan dictator Muammar Gadaffi (http://cphpost.dk/news/international/ic4-train-a-gift-from-b...).

brunnsbeon Netherlands National Airline Encourages People Not to Fly

Afaik it's not a free train ticket, KLM cooperates with Thalys (high-speed trains) and part of the price for your flight ticket covers the train. It's still a nice and good option!

brunnsbeon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)

Relex | JavaScript Developer (Front-end), Java Developer (Back-end), Senior Database Developer, Performance Architect, Site Reliability Engineer, Data Engineer, IT Program Manager | Helsinki, Finland | ONSITE + possible REMOTE | Full-time

Relex produces a high-performance solution for supply chain management with a custom in-memory database. Our core business runs on applications with terabytes of heap memory and hundreds of threads. Our customers are the leading retailers around the world. We run a thousand instances of our software both on our own servers in multiple data centers on multiple continents, as well as on multiple public clouds.

By accurately forecasting consumption of goods, we reduce inventory costs, increase availability and cut waste. One example of this is helping retailers eliminate spoiled food.

Full job descriptions:

* JavaScript Developer (Front-end): https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk06wdy/

* Java Developer (Back-end): https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0hubv/

* Senior Database Developer: https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0f7tw/

* Performance Architect: https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0jts4/

* Site Reliability Engineer: https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0jx41/

* Data Engineer: https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0jpw5/

* IT Program Manager: https://relex.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0jcrz/

Remote work is also possible in those countries that we have an office in.

brunnsbeon Finnish software company Relex raises $200M from TCV to fight food waste

Relex' own press release: https://www.relexsolutions.com/tcv-makes-200-million-investm...

brunnsbeon Microsoft has sunk a data centre in the sea to investigate energy efficiency

There's also a data center in Helsinki, Finland that is cooled by sea water and the waste heat produced is piped via a heat pump into the district heating network. Here's a press release from 2011: http://www.investineu.com/content/atos-builds-world%E2%80%99...

brunnsbeon Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production

You forgot the A350, which is also mentioned in the article.

brunnsbeon First China-U.K. Freight Train Departs as Xi Seeks to Lift Trade

China, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France uses the standard gauge of 1,435mm but Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has 1520mm. I guess they are shifting wagons at the borders of China and Kazakhstan and Belarus and Poland. Or are the wagons mixed-gauge?

brunnsbeon The Estonian president wants a more digitally-integrated Europe

Yeah, Mr. Ilves is even doing DJ-gigs: http://metropolitan.fi/entry/president-of-estonia-to-throw-a...

brunnsbeon Discovery of a new irregular pentagon that can cover the plane

For those interested in the subject here is an interesting video about using penrose tiling for street tiling in Helsinki, Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxlEojkVJ0c

brunnsbeon Finnish Defence Forces' Cyber Challenge

In Finland we have a mandatory army service, this is the test you need to take and send in your answer before 20th of July if you want to apply for the army's cyber security division. More info here in Finnish: http://erityistehtavat.puolustusvoimat.fi

brunnsbeon XSLT is a failure wrapped in pain

Using compiled XSLT-translets in Java (XSLTC) has a huge impact on performance, with transformations taking 0.5s the problem seems to be in the way your XSLT is written and pushing or pulling the data, not XSLT itself: http://xalan.apache.org/old/xalan-j/xsltc_usage.html

brunnsbeon Rovio lays off 110 people as Angry Birds hype fades

One has to take into consideration that Rovio isn't today just a game company, half or even more of their income comes from franchise products like e.g. angry Birds soda and clothes. I have a friend who works as their soda manager dealing with worldwide agreements with softdrink companies to produce Angry Birds soft drinks, not exactly a job you would find in most game studios.

brunnsbeon Nokia N1 Android Tablet Revealed

Here is a good article written around 2 years ago on how Nokia went from MeeGo to Windows Phone: http://taskumuro.com/artikkelit/the-story-of-nokia-meego

brunnsbeon Dropbox is in your Office

"We’ll also be releasing a Dropbox app for Windows Phone and Windows tablet users in the coming months."

Not a day too early for the Windows Phone official app and another tick off the list of missing apps for Microsoft's mobile platform.

brunnsbeon Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up

Yes, and some games needed "Start" as well in the end.

For a real nostalgic magic code, have a read about Xyzzy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy_(computing)

brunnsbeon Deconstructing Finnish

As a Finn i find it most hilarious when it comes to counting the Olympics, e.g. "Kahdennetkymmenennettoiset talviolympialaiset" would be "twenty-second winter Olympics". Even our sport journalists have troubles getting those n:s and t:s correctly pronounced.

brunnsbeon Sweden Solar System

This page contais more information and photos as well: http://www.astro.su.se/english/about-us/the-sweden-solar-sys...

brunnsbeon iOS 8 randomises the MAC address while scanning for WiFi networks

If this becomes the trend (which in my opinon would be nice) it will become a big problem for companies that specialise in customer tracking e.g. for supermarkets and big department stores. Previously it was quite easy to track a customer, how long he or she spends time in the store, which floors he or she visits, etc. by putting up dummy WiFI-networks that the customers phones find by giving out their MAC-addresses.

brunnsbeon Swiss ISP init7 launches unlimited symmetrical gbit FTTH for $73/month

It still seems to cost a lot, e.g. Vivo Casa package which has 8Mbit download speed is 74CHF, I have the same connection but with a VDSL-model. The interesting part is that my connection really is 27Mbit so that the IPTV gets enough bandwith, then Swisscom adds this "artifical" speed reducer so that the Internet traffic only reaches a maximum of 8Mbit. :-(

brunnsbeon Swiss ISP init7 launches unlimited symmetrical gbit FTTH for $73/month

xDSL-prices are still quite high here, at least in Gèneve.

I'm not 100% sure if Swisscom has a monopoly as I have only lived here since January but here are Swisscom's price list for xDSL (rough calculation from CHF to EUR):

5/0,5 Mbit: 30 euro

10/1 Mbit: 40 euro

20/2 Mbit: 55 euro

For these connections you also have to pay for a fixed telephone line (hello Swisscom, this is the 21-century, not the 19:th!) which costs 20 euro per month.

(Source: http://www.swisscom.ch/en/residential/internet/internet-at-h...)

Back in Finland I got a 50/10Mbit connection for 40 euros which included IPTV.

brunnsbeon Swiss to vote on $25 an hour minimum wage

Switzerland exports more than just bank services, e.g. grocery products like cheese and chocolate which are products produced with low wages. And yes it'expensive, I'm currently living in Gèneve and paying more than enough for my kebabs (it's cheaper to pay for the tram to Annemasse in France and have the kebab over there).