jason_dstillery
One of Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC, and one of Forbes' America's Most Promising Companies.
We handle many billions of events per day, we're hooked up to all the big ad exchanges, and we've got a world-class data science team. But we're also still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact. You'll learn a lot.
We write mostly Java. Hadoop, Cassandra, Mongo, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale.
You should feel free to ping me for more info,
jason -at- dstillery -dot- com
or apply to one of our open positions:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
📅 Joined in 2014
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Definitely not the clearest way to do that.
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But then I take a look at my process and realize I've got a problem that's keeping 1/3rd of my qualified candidates from even applying. Fix that, and I jump up to seeing 3 qualified candidates per week, which drops my ramp time to just 20 weeks.
The effort I put into fixing my hiring process just gave me 10 bonus weeks of a fully-ramped team. If your company actually knows how to use developers to make money, that could be literally millions of dollars.
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But I think a lot of people/companies use this as an excuse to just not even try, and that doesn't make sense. Even if a group's share of qualified candidates is smaller than its share of the general population, that share certainly isn't zero, and once your team reaches a certain size its not hard to check the math and see if your process is producing results in bounds of reasonable estimates. Very frequently it isn't, and that can point to hidden or explicit biases that you can work to remove from your process.
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To take your example, if the scenario was that no qualified person from a given group applied, you can look at your process and ask what prevented them from doing so. Maybe there's a perception that your organization is hostile to that group, and you can do something to address that perception. Maybe your job postings are only going up in places that target a specific type. Maybe your 3rd-party recruiters are biased. Whatever the reason is, if the broader population of qualified candidates includes groups that aren't applying to your organization, that's pointing to a process problem you can try to fix (which I very much think of as accepting responsibility for my own actions).
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In that sense, "focusing on the pool of applicants and making sure everyone gets a fair shake" are pretty much exactly what diversity efforts are about.
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Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
Software Engineer INTERNS for Summer 2016 - application deadline is Feb 12th! https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/124826
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
Software Engineer INTERNS (Summer 2016): https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/124826
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
We are also starting to accept applications for INTERNS for Summer 2016; please reach out to jason@dstillery.com if you're interested.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation. And we've recently started using a work-sample in our hiring process, so no coding at a whiteboard with someone over your shoulder or other high-stress interview awfulness.
Contact me for more info, jason@dstillery.com, or apply:
Senior Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/36447
Software Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/dstillery/jobs/11316
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.
(Replying to PARENT post)
Dstillery is hiring Engineers, Analysts, and Senior Product Managers!
Dstillery is a machine-learning product company that has built a strong foundation in the adtech industry and is exploring opportunities to branch out into other applications. Join us, and you'll gain deep experience developing systems at scale and working with a world-class data science team (winners of multiple KDD Best Paper and other awards). We're still pretty small on the engineering team, and everyone gets their hands dirty and makes a real impact.
We're mostly a Java shop. Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Cassandra, and Kafka are big parts of our stack, and we're always looking for new tech that helps us work at scale. Experience with these is a big plus, but if you've never used them before that's fine too. If you write clean, tested, working code, think through problems, and know how to ship, we want to talk to you.
We're a Crain's Best Place to Work in NYC for the 3rd year in a row. We play Ultimate or Soccer on Fridays, have a company band, game nights, and dev seminars where we talk tech and learn from each other. We keep sane hours and don't track vacation.
We're interested in how you really think through problems and write code, so for developers, our hiring process revolves around a small, self-paced take-home project that reflects some of the real work we do.
Please check out our job postings to apply:
Software Engineer: http://dstillery.com/careers/listings/details/?gh_jid=11316
Analyst: http://dstillery.com/careers/listings/details/?gh_jid=111556
Senior Product Manager: http://dstillery.com/careers/listings/details/?gh_jid=20813
All roles are ONSITE in NYC.