Can't help but notice that 8 out of 10 of their accepted applicants' locations are in US. I've been wondering whether american startups even consider hiring somewhere from e.g. eastern europe or africa or central asia.
They do, but all things considered, it's simpler to hire within the US when possible. You keep similar time-zone, work with native english speaker (usually), and have a well understood set of employment laws.
If you're "hiring" remote workers, you generally don't have adhere with local laws unless you have a physical presence there. What I mean by that is - they remote resource is generally responsible for their own legality.
It looks like they are looking for remote workers nearby
Location: Western Hemisphere.
If you want to work remote, that's cool. If you want to work near others, that's cool too. Our team is distributed across the world because it lets us work with the best people. You don't have to be located in the USA either, you just have to be talented!
The reason this position is western hemisphere is because most of our partners are western hemisphere so it'll be much easier for you to work with them.
Ah, that makes sense. I was just showing that job post to my coworker...it has everything I keep saying I would offer if I ran a company, like remote work and unlimited vacation. I like the API call to apply for the job, too!
They definitely do - I'm from EE (Poland) and I've worked remotely at a US startup, and now am discussing another remote position in another US startup. As long as you speak decent English and adjust your schedule so that there's decent overlap (ideally, full) with theirs, there's actually little difference between a US contractor and an outsider. Paperwork and taxes aren't any harder from what I've gathered.
