Underdog.io, a talent marketplace, is hiring a backend engineer in New York. This role will have ownership over backend and DevOps on our Python (Flask) and JavaScript-based stack. Underdog.io is a small, revenue-funded company where everyone’s contribution and decision-making is directly impactful. Ideal candidates have the skills and initiative to think deeply about everything from code quality to internal processes to the broader market in which we operate. Specifically, we’re looking for someone with:
- Server-side development experience in Flask or a similar framework (Django, Express, etc.).
- Client-side development experience, preferably using a JS library like React or AngularJS.
- A deep understanding of HTTP and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with SQL databases (we use PostgreSQL) and general data modeling practices.
- Experience managing AWS environments and working with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker, etc.).
- A desire to contribute to open-source projects.
Email chris+hn@underdog.io if you’re interested in learning more. No agencies, bootcamp grads, or visa candidates.
Underdog.io | Creative Technologist | New York, NY | ONSITE
Underdog.io is a curated talent marketplace headquartered in New York.
We're looking to hire a designer-developer to work with us on a 4-6 week project at full-time or mostly-full-time capacity. React experience and strong holistic design thinking are the only requirements, although we’re especially interested in working with people who are interested in designing for accessibility or disadvantaged communities. The project itself is a web application (not a marketing site) that will have be used by people who are looking for jobs. We are big on cultivating agency and helping people align with their values, so that will be a theme of our thinking and work.
We are thinking about this as a product residency where you will work and think with us at our office, fit into our product development process, and be supported completely through the project.
Please email me at chris at underdog.io if you're interested in finding out more.
Underdog.io, a talent marketplace, is hiring a backend engineer in New York. This role will have ownership over backend and DevOps on our Python (Flask) and JavaScript-based stack. Underdog.io is a small, revenue-funded company where everyone’s contribution and decision-making is directly impactful. Ideal candidates have the skills and initiative to think deeply about everything from code quality to internal processes to the broader market in which we operate. Specifically, we’re looking for someone with:
- Server-side development experience in Flask or a similar framework (Django, Express, etc.).
- Client-side development experience, preferably using a JS library like React or AngularJS.
- A deep understanding of HTTP and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with SQL databases (we use PostgreSQL) and general data modeling practices.
- Experience managing AWS environments and working with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker, etc.).
- A desire to contribute to open-source projects.
Email chris@underdog.io if you’re interested in learning more. No agencies, bootcamp grads, or visa candidates.
Given the varying lengths of these immersives, I'd love to see a per week price comparison (or some sort of common unit $ comparison). That, plus non-inflated placement rates, would be helpful.
The main issue I found is that some schools include other services in the tuition, like career services, housing, etc. Where others are simply just the course.
Underdog.io | New York, NY | https://underdog.io | Full-Time | ONSITE or REMOTE
We’re looking to hire a full-stack engineer (engineer #3/employee #6).
Today, Underdog.io is a curated marketplace for talent. We connect amazing people with founders and hiring managers at top technology companies.
We don’t charge placement fees because we’re not recruiters. We’re building technology to reduce the noise of the job search and match. We started Underdog.io because we experienced the pains associated with (1) hiring while working at top startups and (2) looking for new opportunities.
Our platform is currently live in SF and NYC, where we work with 180+ awesome startups. We’ve had to turn away one of every two companies that have tried to join the network. We've proudly bootstrapped and profitable.
As we scale, we’ll focus on building tools for candidates to organize, search, and discover new job opportunities. In our view of the future, job candidates don’t receive unsolicited outreach from recruiters and companies don’t pay placement fees for the vast majority of their hires. Job search is organized and talented candidates have more high-quality options.
We use Python/Flask, Javascript/Node.js, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, AWS. We're also working on a project in Ruby/Sinatra. And we're big supporters of open source.
Definitely true, but it's not just recruitment firms that leave dummy jobs up. Startups do this all the time, especially for competitive roles like software engineer and UX designer. It allows internal recruiters and hiring managers to perpetually keep an eye out for good talent. It also makes the companies look like they are doing well and growing.
It's pretty much the default position if an actual vacancy exists but then gets filled; unless your mailbox is being overwhelmed by new applications, taking down the job offers takes more effort than leaving it up.
Many companies have more or less phantom job listings on their websites and the free boards because whilst they haven't got any positions that need filling, they can afford to create role(s) for the right candidates. And as you've said, some probably can't afford that yet but at least they look like they're growing and get the resumes of people interested in what they might be able to offer in future.
Larger companies often have job ads up for positions they expect to fill internally, because policy requires they advertise it externally.
I went for a jog with an ex-colleague who was starting a new company in NYC. He had asked to meet up to get my advice on how to interview people for a research project that his company was working on. After 45 minutes of me explaining how a candidate would ideally approach the work, he offered me the job. I basically said yes on the spot.
Underdog.io, a talent marketplace, is hiring a backend engineer in New York. This role will have ownership over backend and DevOps on our Python (Flask) and JavaScript-based stack. Underdog.io is a small, revenue-funded company where everyone’s contribution and decision-making is directly impactful. Ideal candidates have the skills and initiative to think deeply about everything from code quality to internal processes to the broader market in which we operate. Specifically, we’re looking for someone with:
- Server-side development experience in Flask or a similar framework (Django, Express, etc.).
- Client-side development experience, preferably using a JS library like React or AngularJS.
- A deep understanding of HTTP and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with SQL databases (we use PostgreSQL) and general data modeling practices.
- Experience managing AWS environments and working with DevOps tools (Jenkins, Docker, etc.).
- A desire to contribute to open-source projects.
Email chris+hn@underdog.io if you’re interested in learning more. No agencies, bootcamp grads, or visa candidates.