\n\t\tDiscover more local reporting on our homepage\t<\/a><\/p>\nThe tech startup made a commitment to New York State that it would hire nearly 600 people over the next five years with the support of up to $6 million in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits from Empire State Development (ESD).<\/p>\n
Cofounder Ryan Urban said they\u2019ve already hired thirty people and plan to fill forty-four more positions by the end of the year. Urban told PIX11 News, \u201cWe\u2019re building a culture for this building; we\u2019re building a culture for Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cofounder Maricor Resente told PIX11 News there are \u201csales jobs, machine learning, AI Product, all sorts of tech roles.\u201d She added, \u201cThe main thing we\u2019re looking for is anyone that has grit, anybody that\u2019s got hustle, anybody that wants to work and is hungry to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Resente said the goal is to \u201cmake New York and North Brooklyn, the next Silicon Valley, the next tech hub. The way Google and Facebook and all of those guys have in San Francisco; we\u2019ll do the same here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 30,000 square foot space on Kent Avenue is full of color and art. <\/p>\n
Brooklyn artist Alex Smetsky worked on a number of pieces within the office, including a mosaic reception area. Smetsky told PIX11 News, \u201cIt becomes almost like an immersive experience, but it\u2019s still a workplace. It\u2019s a way to be a kid, even in your adulthood; it\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Job applications can be sent to Casting@queen.one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN \u2013 Are you looking for a job at a Brooklyn-based tech company? Queen One, located at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-320161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}