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    Civis Analytics Blog

    civisanalytics.com · Company blog · on HN since 2014

    Civis Analytics is a Chicago data science company whose blog covers Python and R, data visualization, and engineering practices.

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    What HN says

    HN mostly links it for the company's job postings in the monthly hiring threads, plus a data-science piece on Mario Kart characters.

    Stats for nerds
    18HN people shared it
    26linked in comments
    141story points
    Aug 2026last shared
    2014people per year2026

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Forget Python vs. R: how they can work together
      3 people · 19 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    2. 2
      Exploring Virtual Reality Data Visualization with the Gear VR
      1 person · 19 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    3. 3
      Swagger::Diff – detect breaking API changes
      1 person · 14 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    4. 4
      glmnet for Python
      1 person · 11 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Chicago Uses Data Mining Technology to Encourage Mammography
      1 person · 10 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Data Science on State of the Union Addresses
      1 person · 10 points · first shared 2016 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      CivisML: scikit-learn at Scale
      1 person · 9 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Elegant AWS Access Management with the IAM Role Injector
      1 person · 8 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Civis API: Scale Up Your Data Science
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      How Data Scientists and Social Scientists Can Work Together (Strata 2015 Talk)
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • BGCivisJul 2016

      Civis Analytics (https://civisanalytics.com) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite

      Civis is a 3 year old, quickly growing, Chicago-based technology company that helps organizations utilize data science to make better decisions. We build software products that empower organizations to understand their data at the individual level and put it to work.

      Our roots are in politics and campaigns, but we now also work with non-profits, healthcare and education groups, the public sector, and across the media landscape.

      We've had some recent press in Wired (http://bit.ly/1tdw4Uu) and the WSJ (http://on.wsj.com/2913XOx).

      We are hiring for software engineers and data scientists of all levels and multiple disciplines, including a lead data engineer, full-stack web-developers, natural language processing experts, and more.

      What's so great about working at Civis Analytics?

      Your work will make the world a better place. Don’t just experience the thrill of solving interesting problems-- have the satisfaction of knowing that your work makes a difference in the world.

      You will learn. Our engineers and data scientists are the best and brightest in their fields, and are eager to teach and learn from you.

      Your work will be diverse. Every day we're learning and working on new, cutting edge problems at the intersection of technology, data science, and practical application.

      Your voice can change the direction of a project. We strongly encourage our staff to participate in the brainstorming and…

    • CivisBGJun 2016

      Civis Analytics (https://civisanalytics.com) - Chicago, IL - Full-time - Onsite

      We solve the world's biggest problems with big data. Civis Analytics empowers organizations to understand their data at the individual level and put it to work — every single day.

      What's so great about working at Civis Analytics?

      Your work will make the world a better place. Don’t just experience the thrill of solving interesting problems-- have the satisfaction of knowing that your work makes a difference in the world.

      You will learn. Our engineers and data scientists are the best and brightest in their fields, and are eager to teach and learn from you.

      Your work will be diverse. Every day we're learning and working on new, cutting edge problems at the intersection of technology, data science, and practical application.

      Your voice can change the direction of a project. We strongly encourage our staff to participate in the brainstorming and prioritization process. We don't want people that mindlessly program. We want your perspective and experience.

      Civis Analytics is hiring for software engineers and data scientists of all levels and multiple disciplines, including data engineers, full-stack web-developers, natural language processing experts, and more. See our open positions and apply at: https://civisanalytics.com/careers

      We're smart, fun, and a little bit weird. Does this sound like you?

    • mattybrennanDec 2021

      Civis Analytics | Full Time | Remote (US) | DC, Chicago | https://www.civisanalytics.com

      At Civis Analytics we bring objective, data-driven truth to organizational decision-making—all the way from the boardroom to the world’s largest social causes.

      Our mission isn’t an aspiration, it’s something we see realized every day. We combine our SaaS products with specialized data science consultancy to enable and support data-driven decision making in organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, City of Boston, and progressive political campaigns.

      Our product organization is customer-centric and leverages human-centered design practices to help build and improve our product experiences in ways that delight customers while strengthening our overall business.

      We're hiring for lots of roles! A partial list:
      - Senior Software Engineer
      - Senior FrontEnd Engineer
      - Software Engineer II
      - Tech Lead
      - DevOps Engineer II
      - Senior DevOps Engineer
      - Engineering Manager
      - Director of Applied Data Science
      - Data Scientist
      - Client Success
      - Solution Architect Lead
      - Senior Product Manager

      Apply online here https://grnh.se/266dd00b1

    • aquinn2Jun 2022

      Civis Analytics | Remote | Full-Time | Software Engineer II, Software Engineering Technical Lead, Lead Product Manager, Applied Data Scientist II, Lead Applied Data Scientist | Must be US Authorized

      You can find descriptions for all roles listed using the following link:

      https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/?utm_source=HackerNews&utm_medium=recruiting&utm_campaign=tech

      Civis Analytics specializes in data-driven audience campaigns for some of the world’s leading consumer brands, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and government agencies. Our unified data platform enables these organizations to collaboratively find, reach, and engage the people they care about most.

    • nolliebrownAug 2017

      Civis Analytics | Security Engineer |Chicago, IL| ONSITE, FULL-TIME |https://www.civisanalytics.com/careers/

      At Civis, we take protecting data seriously and are looking for a security engineer with security and compliance expertise. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will work with our General Counsel and team of DevOps Engineers on the constant stream of new products and technologies used to support our cloud platform.

      Interested? Apply online or email me (main recruiter) directly at nbrown@civisanalytics.com

    • Lambent_CactusApr 2016

      We built something like this for our our data science platform (https://civisanalytics.com/products/end-to-end-data-science/), but the containers run on a group of workers that are isolated in one VPC per customer. And even that is for enterprise customers where you have some layer of accountability - I can't imagine opening it up to the wild internet.

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