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Life at Nylas

2K views · Sep 14, 2015 · 2:45 · 0 HN recommenders · 10 mentions · discussed 2015–2016

A three-minute culture video from Nylas, the email company, showing life at the company as a recruiting piece.

Why Hacker News points people here: Linked repeatedly from Nylas's monthly Who is Hiring job posts as a look at the company culture.

What Hacker News said 10

Cites ite0mNov 2015

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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Mission) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source extensible email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, and infrastructure/operations engineers. We launched N1 a month ago, have accumulated 11K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only be using modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll be designing the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link and code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, this job might be for you. :) We take pride the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more then raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, a

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)” · view on HN
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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Mission) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated 14K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, we're for you. :) We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Mission) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated 15K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, we're for you. :) We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Mission) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated 15K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, we're for you. :) We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Mission) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 16K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, we're for you. :) We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Soma) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 16K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We have more data for a single user than in most startups' entire database. We're scaling heavily and if you have experience with automated deployments, debugging running systems, release engineering, and on-call schedules, but are still comfortable writing code, we're for you. :) We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to kee

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas culture video from a job post.

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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Soma) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 16K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep our architecture componentized. * N1 uses javascript (ES6), React, Flux, SQL for offline caching, Electron, and no jQuery * Tons of our code is open source. Check it out: link * We're a small team * We have a paid vacation policy & value personal responsibility and ownership. B

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2016)” · view on HN
Cites itvoradorJul 2016

Nylas culture video from a job post.

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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Soma) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 16K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep our architecture componentized. * N1 uses javascript (ES6), React, Flux, SQL for offline caching, Electron, and no jQuery * Tons of our code is open source. Check it out: link * We're a small team * We have a paid vacation policy & value personal responsibility and ownership. B

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas culture video from a job post.

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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Soma) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 16K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep our architecture componentized. * N1 uses javascript (ES6), React, Flux, SQL for offline caching, Electron, and no jQuery * Tons of our code is open source. Check it out: link * We're a small team * We have a paid vacation policy & value personal responsibility and ownership. B

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2016)” · view on HN
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Nylas culture video from a job post.

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Nylas | link | San Francisco, CA (Soma) | Frontend (JS), Backend (Systems+Ops) Hi! We're Nylas. We build N1, the extensible, open source email client, and the infrastructure powering it. We're looking for fronted application engineers (React, Electron, JS), designers, backend systems engineers, & infrastructure/operations engineers. We recently launched N1, have accumulated over 20K stars on GitHub, and are looking for core application engineers to design an extensible platform around email, calendar, and contacts. You'll not only use modern web tech to build a better email experience, you'll design the developer platform to power the next generation of email apps. See more about N1 here: link & code: link We take pride in the diverse culture we've built and are looking for more than raw technical talent: this video == We're particularly looking for folks who == * Take personal pride in their work and value autonomy and ownership * Want the chance to step up and lead a team * Put the work before ego. We've got each others' backs, and we want you to be with us on that == A bit more about us == * Our backend is built on Python, Flask, gevent, nginx, MySQL, AWS, and Debian. We've been careful to keep our architecture componentized. * N1 uses javascript (ES6), React, Flux, SQL for offline caching, Electron, and no jQuery * Tons of our code is open source. Check it out: link * We're a small team * We have a paid vacation policy & value personal responsibility and ownership. B

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)” · view on HN