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Read the Docs is hiring for multiple positions
- 06 January 2021
- Bend, Oregon
Read the Docs received a grant to support scientific software at the beginning of this year. As part of this, we are hiring for two new positions related to the grant work:
A frontend developer with design skills
Tips for Getting a Developer Interview
- 13 February 2019
- San Diego, CA
Over the last month, the Read the Docs team conducted 30-40 customer development interviews with hiring managers and recruiters at companies ranging from 5-person companies to the biggest names in tech. We wanted to learn more about hiring processes at various companies with the ultimate goal of building a product to help companies find developers.
Last time, we covered some tips for hiring managers based on what companies told us they were doing. This time, we put together tips for candidates looking for their next job based on insights we heard from hiring managers.
Lessons From and For Hiring Managers
- 30 January 2019
- San Diego, CA
Over the last four weeks, the Read the Docs team did dozens of customer development interviews with engineering hiring managers. We wanted to learn more about hiring processes at various companies with the ultimate goal of building a product to help companies find developers. We talked to people looking for talent at five person companies all the way up to the biggest names in tech. In this post, I am going to cover some of the common things we heard from hiring managers and share some ways for hiring managers to improve their company’s process. In our next post in this series, I will have some actionable tips for job seekers based on the same interviews.
Since this is a long post, I figured I’d share some of the key takeaways:
Tips to Hire Developers with Read the Docs
- 30 October 2018
- San Diego, CA
Read the Docs is probably not the first place you think of if you are recruiting. However, over 7 million unique developers use Read the Docs each month from all over the world. We didn’t set out to build a better job board, but after a number of advertisers used our ethical ads for recruiting, we discovered that Read the Docs was a great place to find developer talent.
Developers are not always actively job seeking by browsing job boards or company careers pages. However, they are on Read the Docs reading about the libraries and frameworks they use. Even when people aren’t actively looking for a new job, many are open to exploring new opportunities.
Read the Docs is hiring!
- 04 May 2015
- Portland, Oregon
Thanks to our successful fundraiser, we have the ability to pay people to work on Read the Docs.
We have two positions that we are looking for: