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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)
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dasickis · 4 months ago
Sarama | Canine Language Specialist | On-site (San Francisco, CA) | Full Time | Must have a dog | praful@sarama.ai

Company: We’re building smart collars and devices to decode dog communication—using audio, motion, and behavior data. Our goal is to understand what our dogs are trying to say and rethink the worlds of training, healthcare, and companionship as we uncover their language. We've trained models for dog vocalizations and movement patterns, and now we’re integrating behavior and intent.

Role: You’ll work closely with our engineering team to help ground our models in real-world behavior. From structured training sessions to experimental communication techniques (e.g. dog buttons, symbolic vocalization training), your work will directly shape how our devices interpret canine communication. You'll guide the design of training protocols, data collection, and help teach dogs how to speak using structured methods.

You:

+ Experience in dog cognition, vocalization, and training techniques.

+ Familiar with AAC devices or button-based communication systems.

+ Scientific mindset with hands-on experience.

+ Passionate about language and cross-species understanding.

+ Must have a dog (ideally one you’ve trained using vocal cues or buttons)

Apply: Send us an email with a video or write-up of your past work (bonus if it includes your dog using buttons or vocal cues) to hello@sarama.ai with subject: “{Your dog’s name} wants {something they want}.” In the body, tell us what interspecies communication means to you.

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If you refer someone to us, tell them to let us know and we'll send you a gift! (we aren't able to give a cash bonus just yet soon though)

ryandrake · 4 months ago
This sounds like such a wild and fun project! Nice to see people trying way-out-there things! Good luck!
dasickis · 4 months ago
Thank you! Really appreciate it.
napolux · 4 months ago
I have a dog, but in Europe. I'm going to be your first customer :D
dasickis · 4 months ago
Looking forward to it! Did you sign up?
maxehmookau · 4 months ago
So cool! Signed up to the waitlist, although I'm not in the US.
dasickis · 4 months ago
We might be shipping outside the US before the US depending on how tariffs are when we get off the manufacturing line.
GrumpyGoblin · 4 months ago
Like Up? This is amazing.
dasickis · 4 months ago
Yes exactly! Thank you!
harshmenon · 4 months ago
AMD | Onsite or Remote | SF Bay Area (preferable) or other locations in USA/Europe/Canada | Full-time

We are building a fundamentally new programming language for authoring high performance machine learning kernels on AMD GPUs and the rest of our hardware portfolio. To enable this, we are looking for a wide variety of roles ranging from GPU performance experts, MLIR/LLVM compiler wizards, programming language specialists and machine learning for systems researchers.

We are looking for candidates with deep domain expertise in any of the areas listed above (atleast 5 YoE and contributions to major OSS projects or publications in relevant conferences)

If this sounds interesting, please reach out to me via email (harsh dot menon at amd dot com) with the title "Interested in Wave Language" and your resume along with a brief description of what role you are interested in and why we should consider you for the role.

jaredsilver · 4 months ago
Brilliant.org | Software Engineer (Interactives) | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $145k — $220k | https://brilliant.org

Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning experiences that combine challenging problems, compelling narratives, and delightful visual storytelling.

We're hiring interactive engineers to help craft the next generation of interactive learning games and change how the world learns STEM.

Engineers at Brilliant think about both "building the right thing" AND "building the thing right" while pursuing high standards of excellence for ourselves, our product, and our codebase.

If you're energized by the prospect of doing the best work of your career and changing how the world learns alongside the most talented peers you've ever worked with, you can learn more and apply here: https://jobs.lever.co/brilliant/2e86ce40-3c7e-4924-b3cb-bfe7....

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dbere · 4 months ago
Smile ID | Software Engineer, AI/ML | Remote (US, Europe, Africa) | Full-time | https://usesmileid.com

We build Africa’s leading identity verification service, expanding access to secure financial services across the continent in a fast-growing market. We have built proprietary machine learning algorithms and a technology platform to cater for all skin tones, entry-level devices and low bandwidth. We perform 10M+ identity checks per month and are Series B funded with enough revenue to focus on getting to profitability.

The role - Deploy and optimize scalable full-stack ML serving applications across multiple frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, vLLM) and using tech like FastAPI and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server - Build MLOps from the ground up, including data annotation, monitoring, and evaluation. - Fine-tune, optimize, and deploy multi-modal models, integrating LLMs with computer vision systems. - Integrate computer vision and other ML model results with the rest of the tech stack, including front-end web and mobile interfaces and back-end database services.

You - 5+ years professional experience in software engineering, with demonstrated experience working with large datasets, machine learning, and/or LLMs. - Proficient in Python. - Extensive experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD and containerization. - Experience with AWS technologies (such as S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB) or similar cloud platforms (Google Cloud or Azure).

Compensation: $160k-$210k + equity

If interested, please apply at https://wellfound.com/l/2AUVAy or email me directly at david@usesmileid.com.

dangelosaurus · 4 months ago
I founded and ran a YC company for 8 years before joining Smile ID. Smile ID is a fantastic place to work: meaningful mission, challenging engineering problems (scaling ML pipelines, multimodal models, hundreds of real-world enterprise integrations), and a genuinely talented team. You’re helping hundreds of millions of people access critical services—it’s incredibly rewarding. Highly recommend applying if you want tangible impact, great colleagues, and (optionally!) opportunities to travel in Africa.
ctxc · 4 months ago
I wish they sponsored visas though!
airhangerf15 · 4 months ago
Digital identification in low income countries seems like it just wants to bring the dystopian nightmare of identify management to those who would be better off without our mess.

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golmansax · 4 months ago
Boost My School | Senior or Staff Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote, USA only | $147-$185K salary | $16-26K bonus

Love building a product that improves a user’s life so much that they can’t help but share it with their peers?

Boost My School is on a mission to help schools build a better future. Our platform is trusted by 200+ K-12 schools to modernize their fundraising, events, and auctions.

Why work at Boost?

1. We make meaningful impact helping schools and students

2. We win as part of a thoughtful and collaborative team

3. We embrace ownership over our work, growth, and time

For full job details and instructions on how to apply: https://boostmyschool.com/careers#senior-software-engineer

Tags: edtech, fintech, social impact, mission-driven

Stack: Ruby, Rails, React, GraphQL, Typescript

polishdude20 · 4 months ago
Hiring Canadians?
justin_sdx · 4 months ago
SmarterDx | 150-250k+ + equity + benefits | Remote (US only) | Multiple roles | https://smarterdx.com/careers

We build clinical AI that empowers hospitals to analyze the complete record of every patient to fully capture the value of care delivered. Founded by physicians in 2020, our proprietary AI platform understands the nuances of clinical reasoning, enabling hospitals to true the patient record for every discharge. By doing so, hospitals can recover millions in earned revenue, enhance care quality metrics, and optimize healthcare operations. The current team is very high functioning (MD + data scientist combos, former ASF board member, Google and Amazon engineers, Stanford LLM researchers, etc.) and initially scaled the company to $1MM+ in contracted revenue without raising capital.

We have been backed by top investors including Floodgate (Lyft, Twitch, Twitter), Transformation Capital, and Bessemer for a total of $71mil, including our $50mil Series B announced in May 2024, and are experiencing an incredible growth trajectory customer and revenue wise with no signs of slowing down! This time last year, we were at 55 employees, and are above 175 as of today!

We are looking for: Staff and Senior SWEs, Full Stack and Backend focused - Data Scientists - ML Research Scientists - More!

We have PMF, and it's time to scale! For more and to apply, see https://smarterdx.com/careers

dogtorwoof · 4 months ago
It’s a bit sad that there’s nothing in this post about actually wanting to improve patient care, but instead make money for hospitals and “enhance metrics.”
dangerlibrary · 4 months ago
It's called upcoding. It's been happening with or without AI or SV's help for well over 40 years. [0]

Interestingly, whistleblowers can recoup a big chunk of the recovered funds in a False Claims Act suit when medical providers do this to defraud Medicaid / Medicare [1]. Could be a lucrative long-term play if you get employed at a company whose sole purpose is helping hospital chains bill for care that an AI thinks may have been provided.

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10759668/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Claims_Act_of_1863

xyst · 4 months ago
American healthcare in a nutshell. All of these startups in the healthcare industry focusing on "upcoding", "dealing with insurance" would go bust if private health insurance no longer existed or at least existed in a much much smaller role.

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aloof8723 · 4 months ago
I can relate to this reaction for a variety of startups. I still am interested in working for these light mission or neutral mission startups, rather than crypto or something empty, but I wish we had a lot of deep mission startups to choose from. I blame the diluted mission problem on VC + hypergrowth. If more startups could focus on less aggressive capital and growth goals and let the founders dream more, I think we would all be more excited.
justin_sdx · 4 months ago
Our models don't only suggest up-coding possibilities, but also chart quality improvements! As a result, patient's charts become more accurate, allowing for potentially better patient care in subsequent visits.

Also, the hospitals being able to bill more accurately allows them to have more resources to invest in patient care, and when you consider that a lot of hospitals operate on 1-3% profit margins while health insurance companies operate on a sometimes exponentially higher %, it's actually one of my favorite aspects of what we're building here.

To each their own though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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