Openfolio - New York City - Full Stack Engineer - Full Time ONSITE
The Company:
Openfolio (https://openfolio.com) is a platform where investors share their portfolios—not dollar amounts, but their contents and ideas—to see how their investments compare. Data derived from our network brings fresh insight and increased transparency to personal investing, helping everyone in our community make smarter, more confident investment decisions.
We are currently a team of 4 people: one business/technical founder, two engineers (one front-end, one back-end), and one business development and data guy. Funding comes from a seed round of $3.0M.
What we’re looking for:
An engineer, first and foremost. Someone who can help scale our app from 50k to 5mm users. The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication.
Basic Requirements:
Interest about investing, including financial/market data, research would be a big plus,
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Math/Physics/Engineering,
2 – 6 years of software engineering experience,
Strong experience with Python,
Solid understanding of SQL databases such as Postgres
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Context and intent are important and laws aren't computer programs.
Not at all. I used to read the SR forums, and a common concern was dealing with packages getting inspected (without opening them - presumably drug sniffing dogs or some other drug detection mechanism) and then getting a letter/visit from the police. It was rare enough (and you had plausible deniability since anyone could have sent that package) that it wasn't a huge concern, though.
Well yes but its more than that. Apple's iPhones when it comes to the smartphone industry make up a large proportion of the entire industry's profits even though they don't sell as many phones or have as much sales in proportion to the industry. [1]
