Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2014)

– The next version of our personalized learning dashboard [1] to make the UI more consistent across subjects and to help people learn better

– Improved knowledge models so we can better know what you know and don't know [2]

– Better tools for our content creators to allow them to make thousands of engaging, interactive exercise problems without knowing how to code [3]

– A major revision to our iOS app to let students practice skills on the go (or in a classroom with iPads!)

– Infrastructure improvements to make the site more reliable and faster for our millions of visitors every month [4]

There's a ton more that we want to do but haven't had a chance to even think about yet. Not all of our work is technically interesting, but a lot of it is, and it's easy to find technical challenges if that's what you're looking for.

(As for new content, we're working on partnerships with other organizations [5][6] and have many new content creators in other subjects [7]. We're obviously working hard to find ways to make more great content.)

[1]: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/58354379257/intr...

[2]: http://mattfaus.com/2014/05/improving-khan-academys-student-...

[3]: https://github.com/Khan/perseus

[4]: https://twitter.com/soprano/status/474729636710985728

[5]: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/90372763660/new-...

[6]: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/65072185996/khan...

[7]: https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/89105955375/more...

You're working on great product and the team/company seems great, but your location arises concerns...

Could you also please comment on the compensation gap between developers in SF and Budapest?

http://www.thinkful.com/

For engineering, check out the full job listing here: https://jobs.lever.co/thinkful/8a737595-fb6a-407d-9723-04dc6...

We're also hiring a leader in design and UX: https://jobs.lever.co/thinkful/e1dd4a11-0f50-4607-9b9e-8e7da...

Thinkful has the industry's best experts across the US who mentor students 1:1 as they go through our curriculum. We've been growing revenue 25% each month since founding at the beginning of 2013.

Our team today is 18 (9 engineers) and growing to 35 in 2014. We took one round of seed funding from Peter Thiel, RRE, Quotidian Ventures in early 2013.

Contact me directly to talk: darrell@thinkful.com

For all our other positions check out: https://jobs.lever.co/thinkful

We're looking for someone to help us plan, design, code and test the user workflows, behaviors and interfaces of web-based applications. This role will work to understand the needs of an application's users and translate that knowledge into the creation of workflows and experiences that promote learning, with special emphasis on usability. As a member of the User Experience & Interaction team, this candidate works closely with product management, programmers and other designers to translate product requirements into highly usable web applications using cutting edge technology. The UX Designer must be comfortable addressing a complex and diverse set of interaction problems, and researching and/or developing new solutions to design/technology challenges.

This role must be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, with good time management skills, solid team experiences and proven judgment in order to plan, prioritize and accomplish goals. Strong creative skills and effective decision-making skills are required.

• Develop conceptual models, storyboards, scenarios, flowcharts, prototypes, detailed UI design requirements and interface designs. • Build and write design deliverables to effectively communicate functional behavior to stakeholders. • Create, run and analyze usability tests to measure effectiveness of UI solutions; incorporate results into overall UX design through assessment and prioritization of business, technical and user constraints. • Knowledge of ARIA, usability, accessibility (508-compliance) and cross-browser compatibility • Evaluate effectiveness of new and existing projects and features through performance metrics, customer feedback, competitive landscape, and industry standard best practices to evolve and continuously improve user experience. • Perform necessary research for each project including ethnography, competitive analysis, and participatory exercises. • Advise client/team/stakeholders on user experience and human factors best practices. • Present prototypes to client/team/stakeholders and iterates as appropriately. • Proficiently code in HTML and CSS/SASS; advocate web standards, cross-browser compatibility and semantic mark-up; hold basic understanding of Javascript/AJAX. • Actively identify product issues, propose solutions, participate in quality improvement activities. • Maintain strategic outlook and great attention to detail. • Collaborate within a dynamic multidisciplinary team. • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Please submit a CV, portfolio and cover letter to jandw@mit.edu

Thanks!