Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)

We're changing the way surgery taught and studied world-wide.

The Touch Surgery team was founded by surgeons with the aim of making a real change to global surgery. Our mission is to provide the best surgical reference and training tools to the global surgical community, and make a real impact on the delivery of surgical care, and patient outcomes.

The existing iOS and Android apps have garnered rave reviews from US healthcare institutions and media including TechCrunch, The Guardian and the FT. We're now looking to build on this success through a rapid acceleration of product development and associated expansion of the London development team. We have a unique product and are poised to take a world-leading position in a hugely untapped market.

We're currently looking for these awesome positions:

- Lead Android Developer - Lead UX Designer - iOS Developer - Front End Developer

More about job specs: http://www.touchsurgery.com/jobs

We're a small, non-profit tech startup trying to give a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Here's a testimonial we received last month:

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Two year ago, I would never have imagined that any 13-year-old could be in Calculus BC. Today, I am 13 and wrapping up my second semester of it, and with an A+, too, thanks largely in part to this site. Sal, I would say you are the best teacher I ever had. Teachers in school just don't seem to have the time or, in some cases, even the knowledge to pay as much attention as you do to the actual intuition of the material being taught. How am I supposed to understand a theorem if I don't know where it came from, why it works, or even what it really means? Khan Academy also seems to explain everything in a very easy to understand, and even fun, manor. You make calculus almost as easy as simple arithmetic. Anyway, thank you very much.

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Every month we get hundreds of letters like this from people in all walks of life who're thankful for our free, high-quality educational content. Most of you reading this are familiar with Sal's videos, but we also have hundreds of videos by other teachers, partnerships with organizations like MoMA and the California Academy of Sciences, and a huge library of interactive exercises. Over 20 million math problems are done every week on our site.

You'll be part of a small team working alongside both "celebrity" devs (like jQuery creator John Resig and Google's first employee Craig Silverstein) and many more who you haven't heard of but who are also really awesome.

Apply at https://www.khanacademy.org/careers and be sure to mention that you're coming from HN. Feel free to email me at alpert+HN@khanacademy.org if you have questions about applying or about KA in general. Unfortunately we can't sponsor visas right now unless you're from Canada, Australia, or Mexico.

Instamotor.com aims to be the world's first completely decentralized and distributed car dealership. Since our launch on Hacker News, we have been struggling to keep up with demand. Having raised a seed round, we are now actively looking for help.

Skillsets we're hiring for:

-full-stack angularjs/ruby

-android dev

-devops to push code fast

email us: info@instamotor.com

Rent the Runway is hiring front and back end engineers. Our stack:

* SOA with Java 1.7 (soon to be 1.8!) + DropWizard. Modern Java's a thing and we've got the proof.

* Ruby + Sinatra for lightweight, scalable web applications.

* JavaScript + Backbone for a front end that's becoming faster and more awesome to work on every day.

Rent the Runway is building the first online rental platform for retail goods. We're a disruptive e-commerce business that believes that democratizing luxury products in the US is just the first step of a broader vision to drive aspirational experiences for tens of millions of users across the globe. We're more than "Netflix for dresses"—we're Cinderella Experience as a Service. Find out more about the challenging product-oriented problems we face across the boundaries of e-commerce, mobile, analytics and shipping/fulfillment here: http://blog.tech.renttherunway.com/

Job postings: http://www.renttherunway.com/careers

About us:

Understory generates real-time, localized, atmospheric data, powered by its dense grids of proprietary weather stations. We are building the next generation of weather data and you can be an integral part of the team. Our weather stations are being carefully crafted for their first deployment and the atmospheric measurements are the most important asset. Our small company of three recently raised a seed round of $1.9 million and we are looking to grow our team.

We are currently working out of the Bolt (bolt.io) space in downtown Boston. It is an awesome office with great people, a ton of rapid prototyping equipment, idea paint conference rooms, full kitchen, and free coffee and (sometimes) beer. Come check it out!

We are looking for:

* Backend Developer * Data Scientist * Embedded Systems Engineer * Community Manager * Lead Product Manager

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Backend Developer

Blend open-source technology with proprietary hardware to deliver real time data to customers quickly and efficiently. Build the robust interface between the weather stations and the web so that not a single data point is lost. Archive data so that it can be accessed years from now to lay the groundwork for the most detailed weather statistical models ever created.

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Data Scientist

Use statistical and machine learning techniques with our proprietary sensor data to help solve the current data sparsity problem. Use findings from our local grids to improve the picture of nation-wide weather effects. Explore the business opportunities for such high density data in the current market of sparse data. Join the team that will revolutionize weather data.

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Embedded Systems Engineer

Write firmware that interacts with our next generation wind, rain, and hail sensor. Combine microprocessors and on-board Linux systems to create a robust observation and communication suite. Design printed circuit boards that support various sensors and systems.

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Community Manager

Implement and maintain administrative systems and procedures. Grow and foster the Understory community though our website and blog. Analyze the Understory's internal and external communications and design methods to improve them.

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Lead Product Manager

Gain deep understanding and knowledge about markets and customers by channeling lean start-up techniques. Develop high-impact customer stories that help guide Understory’s product to create the most value with its customers. Work with the Understoy hardware and software teams to deliver products that utilize hyper-local weather data in a way that gets customers excited.

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If you are interested in these positions, please see the full job descriptions at http://understory.theresumator.com/ or email me at info(at)understoryweather(dot)com.