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Email: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com
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ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Software Engineer (Full stack Javascript | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time | $60,000 to 100,000/year

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 17 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

Software Engineer - Mid to Senior (Full stack Javascript)

- Design and development of AI-powered solutions that meet the needs of Magic's core business.

- With solid experience in Javascript full stack development (React, Next, Node)

- Plus: Worked on AI products using existing APIs

- Must be willing to work on Philippine time zone (GMT+8) (commit to ~10 hours/week overlap with core PH hours)

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Software Engineer (Full stack Javascript | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time | $50,000 to 60,000/year

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 17 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

Software Engineer (Full stack Javascript)

- Design and development of AI-powered solutions that meet the needs of Magic's core business.

- With solid experience in Javascript full stack development (React, Next, Node)

- Plus: Worked on AI products using existing APIs

- Must be willing to work on Philippine time zone (GMT+8) (commit to ~10 hours/week overlap with core PH hours)

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Senior Software Engineer - AI Enhanced (Full stack Javascript | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 17 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

Senior Software Engineer - AI Enhanced (Full stack Javascript

- Design and development of AI-powered solutions that meet the needs of Magic's core business.

- With solid experience in Javascript full stack development (React, Next, Node)

- Worked on AI products using existing APIs

- At least 3 years of experience managing a team of engineers/developers

- Must be willing to work on Philippine time zone (GMT+8) (commit to ~10 hours/week overlap with core PH hours)

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Software Engineering Manager (AI products) | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

Software Engineering Manager (AI product)

- Lead a team of engineers in the design and development of AI-powered solutions that meet the needs of Magic's core business.

- With solid experience in Javascript full stack development (React, Next, Node)

- Worked on AI products using existing APIs

- At least 3 years of experience managing a team of engineers/developers

- Must be willing to work on Philippine time zone (GMT+8) (commit to ~10 hours/week overlap with core PH hours)

https://bit.ly/softwareengineeringmanager

Tech stack: JavaScript with TypeScript, React, Next.js, leveraging PostgreSQL with Supabase, MongoDB for our databases while also using Cypress for out testing needs. We also deploy serverless projects on AWS.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Javascript Full Stack Engineer and Software Development Manager (AI products) | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Javascript Full Stack Engineer - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/magicfullstack

* Software Development Manager (AI product) - lead a team of engineers in the design and development of AI-powered solutions that meet the needs of Magic's core business. https://bit.ly/softwaredevmanager

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Senior AI Engineer | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Senior AI Engineer - deep AI/ML experience, not only in the implementation of ML technologies but also in the development and improvement of novel architectures. https://bit.ly/senioraiengineer

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then final interview with our CTO.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Software Engineers | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/magicfullstack

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (preferably APAC region) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/magicfullstack

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2022)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Full Stack Product Engineer | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineer - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/magicfullstack

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Full Stack Product Engineers | 100% Remote (preferably APAC region) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/magicfullstack

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)
Magic (https://getmagic.com/) | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We are the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. Our team is currently composed of 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Tech stack: JavaScript, with React on the frontend and Node on AWS on the backend, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases.

Our workplace: 90% async (very few meetings), open source or civic work supported, work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process: in less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): (a) simulated code review, (b) show and tell from one of your GitHub repos or (c) live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
Magic | Senior Software Engineer | 100% Remote (Worldwide) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. We're 16 engineers in 7 countries, working async, no core working hours.

* Full Stack Product Engineer - JavaScript and AWS Lambda - unique detailed and meaningful job description at https://bit.ly/magicseniorfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async and self-managed - support for open source or civic work - work any time from anywhere - high standards for code quality, agile process, business impact - strong culture for learning and innovation

Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then showcase your abilities with a 1 hour simulated code review.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
Magic | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (preferably APAC, Africa and EU regions) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $30MM raised to date. We're 16 engineers in 7 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async (very few meetings) - open source or civic work supported - work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: - mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)
Magic | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (anywhere) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $17MM raised to date. We're 10 engineers in 6 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async (very few meetings) - open source or civic work supported - work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: - mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)
Magic | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (anywhere) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $17MM raised to date. We're 10 engineers in 6 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async (very few meetings) - open source or civic work supported - work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: - mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)
Magic | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (anywhere) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $17MM raised to date. We're 10 engineers in 6 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async (very few meetings) - open source or civic work supported - work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: - mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
Magic | Senior/Principal Software Engineers | 100% Remote (anywhere) | Full-time We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company. We connect businesses to virtual assistants, with over $17MM raised to date. We're 7 engineers in 4 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide in 2022.

* Customer Analytics Engineer - own the instrumentation and infrastructure for product planning

* CI/CD Engineer - automate branch management and deployment

* SRE - build and test security and reliability

* Full Stack Product Engineers - JavaScript and AWS Lambda https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack

* Principal Engineer - set high standards for code quality, agile process, product development https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack

Our workplace: - 90% async (very few meetings) - open source or civic work supported - work at any time you want from anywhere

Learning culture: - mentorship, pairing, talks, conferences, new technologies

Unique hiring process. In less than 3 hours, meet our in-house technical recruiter, meet a hiring manager for a culture fit and pre-tech interview, then choose from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com

ysai_lafrades··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)
Magic | Principal Engineer (JavaScript) | Remote (worldwide) | Full-time

We're the Engineering Team at Magic, a Y Combinator (W15) company connecting businesses to virtual assistants, with over $17MM raised to date. We're currently - 7 engineers in 4 countries, growing to 30 engineers worldwide. We're hiring our first Principal Engineer (JavaScript) to set high standards for code quality, agile process, architecture and product development.

Let us know if you enjoy mentoring other software engineers, improving the development process, creating awareness of the engineering organization in the larger developer community, self-managing which means working async at any time you wish.

We are fully remote (and staying that way), encourage work time devoted to open source or civic projects, have a strong learning culture focused on mentorship, pairing, blogging, exploratory projects, in-house talks, and outside conferences.

We are also hiring for Senior Software Engineer positions (https://bit.ly/jdseniorfullstack), if you don't see yourself as a Principal Software Engineer.

In less than 3 hours, you can get hired by meeting our in-house technical recruiter, doing a culture fit and pre-tech interview with a hiring manager, choosing from 3 ways to showcase your abilities (choose one): - simulated code review - show and tell from one of your GitHub repos - or live-code pairing to build a to-do application.

See the job description (https://bit.ly/jdprincipalfullstack) for more information. Contact us by emailing: ysai.lafrades@getmagicnow.com