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Aha! (http://www.aha.io http://www.aha.io) | Rails / Front End / Security / UX | REMOTE Aha! is looking for experienced Ruby on Rails, Javascript and front-end

by k1w1 9y ago

Aha! (http://www.aha.io http://www.aha.io) | Rails / Front End / Security / UX | REMOTE Aha! is looking for experienced Ruby on Rails, Javascript and front-end engineers to develop rich interactive experiences in React with a Rails backend. Aha! is the #1 tool for product managers to plan strategy and roadmaps. In additional to core engineering roles, we are also looking for a security engineer and UX designer to join our team. Aha! is profitable, you can work from anywhere in North America and we offer excellent benefits. We use our own product to manage our work (which is especially rewarding), we deploy continuously and we are developing in Rails/CoffeeScript/React/d3. Our entire team is remote - primarily in US and Canada. http://www.aha.io http://www.aha.io | email: engineering-jobs@aha.io

throwaway184827 9y ago
I previously interviewed with Aha! and was almost immediately turned away because I wasn't (and I quote!) "coding since I was 13" and because I didn't have a CS degree. I ended the interview early because he seemed to have lost interest after I told him I don't have a CS degree. Not a fan of that kind of interview.
- k1w1 9y ago
  I was surprised to see your comment. I do most of the initial interviews for engineering at Aha! and it is hard for me to imagine saying something like that. We certainly don’t limit our hiring people with a CS degree - and the fact that we did face to face interview with you, even though you don’t have a degree, is proof of that. Generally I am looking for people who are passionate about writing software, and it helps a lot if they have been active in open source. That shows an interest and ability to collaborate with is essential in a 100% remote team. We do look for very strong computer science fundamentals when we interview. We are building software and it is much better when the energy goes into solving the domain specific aspects of the problem rather than basic data structures and algorithms. Some of the best people on our team don’t have college degrees. However they are intensely curious and always trying to understand how and why things work, and how to improve them. A few years of experience with tough problem solving and a desire to seek elegant solutions can be better than four years of formal education.

by k1w1 9y ago

throwaway184827 9y ago

I previously interviewed with Aha! and was almost immediately turned away because I wasn't (and I quote!) "coding since I was 13" and because I didn't have a CS degree. I ended the interview early because he seemed to have lost interest after I told him I don't have a CS degree. Not a fan of that kind of interview.

k1w1 9y ago
I was surprised to see your comment. I do most of the initial interviews for engineering at Aha! and it is hard for me to imagine saying something like that. We certainly don’t limit our hiring people with a CS degree - and the fact that we did face to face interview with you, even though you don’t have a degree, is proof of that. Generally I am looking for people who are passionate about writing software, and it helps a lot if they have been active in open source. That shows an interest and ability to collaborate with is essential in a 100% remote team. We do look for very strong computer science fundamentals when we interview. We are building software and it is much better when the energy goes into solving the domain specific aspects of the problem rather than basic data structures and algorithms. Some of the best people on our team don’t have college degrees. However they are intensely curious and always trying to understand how and why things work, and how to improve them. A few years of experience with tough problem solving and a desire to seek elegant solutions can be better than four years of formal education.