Hacker News Reader

j-e-kon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)

MeetKai | Full-Time / Intern | ONSITE / REMOTE | Los Angeles / San Jose / Shanghai | 60-180K + Equity for qualified candidates

We are a stealth-ish startup in the conversational AI space, co-founded by a founder of a >10bn cap tech company. If you have a passion for AI/ML then read on:

Machine Learning Engineer (Intern | Junior | Senior )

* Do ASR/NLU/AVSR mean something to you? If so then this is right up your alley.

* PyTorch >>>> Tensorflow

* Experience with Python required

* Experience with embedded systems (NVIDIA Jetson) is a major plus

* Experience with robotics of any form is a major plus

* Experience with a variety of NPUs (Da Vinci / TPU / NXP i.MX / etc.) is a major plus

Shoot an email to hello@meetkai.com if you are interested and would like to hear more/apply…

j-e-kon Challenges in Implementing a Full-Text-Search Engine

Extremely positive.

Very high performance, and much deeper support for tensors than elasticsearch has with with its new dense_vector type. Sadly they both have the same "gotcha" in that it is only really practical to run any _decent_ ranking model as a second phase re-rank to avoid linear scans.

j-e-kon A Failed Experiment with Python Type Annotations

Excluding tests/patches to third party libs, around 65K LOC

j-e-kon A Failed Experiment with Python Type Annotations

I would have to disagree with this post (first point is actually inaccurate and the second I could go either way on).

Type annotations/mypy, especially when coupled with dataclasses/pydantic has been very helpful in maintaining a rather substantial 3.7 codebase.

j-e-kon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)

MeetKai | Full-Time| ONSITE | Los Angeles | 80-160K + Equity for qualified candidates

We are a stealth startup in the AI space, we are backed by the founders of a 10bn cap company. If you have a passion for AI/ML then read on:

Shoot an email to hello@meetkai.com if you are interested and would like to hear more/apply…

Machine Learning Developer

* Do ASR/NLP/NLU mean something to you? If so then this is right up your alley.

* Experience with Python required

* Tensorflow exp preferred but not required

Full Stack Engineer:

* Experience with TypeScript/JS and/or Python required

* Experience with react native a huge plus

Designer/Frontend Engineer:

* Know how to use Sketch or Photoshop

* Experience with animations in Haiku/After Effects a huge plus

* Exp with frontend engineering is an extreme plus

j-e-kon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

MeetKai | Full-Time| ONSITE | Los Angeles | 60-140K + Equity for qualified candidates

We are a stealth startup in the AI space, we are backed by the founders of a 10bn cap company. If you have a passion for AI/ML then read on:

Shoot an email to hello@meetkai.com if you are interested and would like to hear more/apply…

Machine Learning Developer

* Do ASR/NLP/NLU mean something to you? If so then this is right up your alley.

* Experience with Python required

* Experience with TypeScript or strong desire to learn is a huge advantage

* Tensorflow exp preferred but not required

Full Stack Engineer:

* Experience with TypeScript/JS and/or Python required

* Experience with react native a huge plus

j-e-kon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)

The Penny Project | Full-Time / Part-Time / Interns | ONSITE/REMOTE | Los Angeles | 60-120K + Equity for qualified candidates

Penny Project is a stealth startup in the space of AI and Health, we are backed by the founders of a 10bn cap company. If you have a passion for AI and/or health then read on:

Shoot an email to hello@meetkai.com if you are interested and would like to hear more/apply…

Machine Learning Developer

* Do ASR/NLP/NLU mean something to you? If so then this is right up your alley.

* Experience with Python required

* Experience with Rust or strong desire to learn is a huge advantage

* Experience with TypeScript or strong desire to learn is a huge advantage

* Tensorflow exp preferred but not required

Front End UI/UX Developer

* Experienced in mobile UI/UX

* TypeScript Experience a major plus (or modern ES6 )

* React Native Experience a HUGE plus.

* React Experience a plus.

Full Stack Engineer:

* Experience with TypeScript/JS or Python required

* Experience with Rust or strong desire to learn is a huge advantage

* Experience with Elixir or strong desire to learn is a huge advantage

* Experience with react native a huge plus

* Experience with react a plus

j-e-kon Ask HN: 1.1.1.1 DNS (Cloudflare) outage?

Confirmed from LA, dig times out...