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CodeWeavers | St Paul, MN, USA | Full Time | REMOTE | Wine and General Open Source Developers | C-language systems programming

https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs

CodeWeavers needs new, full-time developers to improve Wine's ability to run games and other types of software and integrate well with the native operating system and other system components. Positions are available to work on a variety of Wine-based software, including CodeWeavers's own CrossOver product; the Proton project for Valve Software; and projects for other clients and software internal to CodeWeavers.

We are hiring remote programmers, US or international, as well as workers local to Saint Paul, Minnesota. We will consider relocation, if desired, on a case-by-case basis. Please see link above for information, benefits, requirements, and how to apply.

Please direct any questions to the email address on our Jobs page.

>>uczeka+(OP)
I've seen this posting many times over the last year. This role seems like it would be very desirable for a large portion of the HN crowd, so I am curious: are you having difficulty filling a single role, or are you continuously growing the team?

>>uczeka+(OP)
I would love have the expertise necessary to work with it. I do know little of C/C++ and working currently with Rust. Do you guys accept some intern :P ?!

>>Kon-Pe+gW
I'm curious about this, and also how hard of a requirement C++ experience is.

>>Kon-Pe+gW
As someone who's applied before, you really need to know C. The first phase of the process is essentially a code comprehension exercise followed by a simple programming exercise. I think they're looking primarily for candidates with kernel/wine programming experience.

>>Kon-Pe+gW
The vast majority of HN seems to be web programmers and devops. Which is also the vast majority of the market, so it makes sense. Working on WINE is a more like a classic OS development role, which is a very different skillset.

>>recfab+3q1
They don't list C++ on the page. Do you mean C? You will need C experience:

> Strong C language skills. Compilers, linkers, macros and function pointers don't scare you.

>>KerrAv+3R1
Yes, I meant C. Reading too quickly I guess.

>>Kon-Pe+gW
The are almost across the street from me and I would love to work there but I don't have the skills the they are looking for. I think few do.

>>Kon-Pe+gW
I applied months ago and was skeptical of their process. Their filter is a take-home test involving a code review and a simple algorithm problem. Neither is particularly hard, but I did poorly because I didn't realize they were grading it on a point-system by comparing it to an answer key. If you have a typo or do something differently than their key, you lose points. Lose a few points and you're out.

Honestly, it reminded me of someone trying to hire an author by giving them a spelling test.

>>cthrow+Uo2
I'm curious, did they give you details about the way it was graded?