Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

  • ability to assess tech/architecture risks in apps

  • experience in devops automation ("secdevops" if you will)

  • proven skill in communication regardless of depth

The ideal candidate would have all three, but I could settle with any two of these and still be happy.

I am not currently hiring, but I'll gladly keep any CVs I receive and prioritize follow-ups with anyone who reaches out to me directly. Austin/DC for curious souls.

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p.s. the web appsec space is in ludicrous demand. If you've got a breaker mindset, you'll probably come out ahead if you read up on it. If you're a developer right now and want to dip into it, I'd suggest: https://www.amazon.com/Web-Application-Hackers-Handbook-Expl...

Trust me, us security folk will thank you. Heck I'd suggest it to non-hackery devs too. It's a good way to find out how us security types see the world.

+ for new web platform things like Service Workers, advanced SVG.

Could care less about whatever franework is hot this week.

Also backend and data engineering roles (C++/Java/Go/Kafka/etc) are in high demand here.

SoundHound is hiring in SF/Santa Clara/Toronto.

Can you explain what is your product? Not 100% sure I understand.

Our stack is node.js/React/Postgres so knowing any/all of those is a bonus, but we don't specifically target those skills – we instead look for a diverse, intelligent set of engineers who have a strong technical background or a newer technical background but heavy experience in a non-technical background (mathematics, economics, architecture, teaching, customer support, etc; they all have their benefits). Interest in being "full stack", participating heavily in the product management process (strong opinions loosely held!), and a belief in the critical importance of design & UX (unfortunately still heavily undervalued in the Enterprise space...) are important.

Hiring in San Francisco & Washington, DC by the way.

troy.goode@lanetix.com