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CIDARLAB
cello
Java2016–2019
CIDARLAB / cello

cello

Genetic circuit design automation

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Genetic circuit design automation

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HN mentions by year11 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-04-03 23:14:08 UTC to 2019-01-03 12:43:55 UTC.

02462016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 3 submissions, 1 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2019

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC431
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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jisaacso·Jan 3, 2019
Asimov | UX Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time | ONSITE | www.asimov.io Hi from Asimov! We’re a small team of HNers fueled by a vision to transition synthetic biology to a fully-fledged engineering discipline. Check out some of our work at www.github.com/CIDARLAB/cello and our mission at www.asimov.io/blog As our user interface technical lead you will have the opportunity to: * Build reactive, web-based navigation of our genetically-engineered product offerings including those for genetic design, cellular debugging, and biophysical modeling * Partner with machine learners to architect interfaces for intuitive interactions between humans and artificial intelligence systems * Define the standards, processes, and portfolio that will drive UI engineering and design growth over the coming years * Create aesthetically striking and scientifically
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-accurate visualizations of engineered genetic and cellular systems for product pages, presentations, and blog posts Perks * We believe in creating a lifelong company by avoiding burnout and focusing on long term impact * Above market compensation including significant equity, full medical/dental/vision, flexible PTO, frequent team lunches, happy hours, offsites (borda borg!), Hackathons, snacks and a fully stocked coffee lab If you’re interested please send me an email at joe@asimov.io or apply online at www.asimov.io/careers
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)
jisaacso·Jun 4, 2018
Asimov | Machine Learning Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time Hi from Asimov! We’re a small team of HNers fueled by a vision to transition synthetic biology to a fully-fledged engineering discipline. Check out some of our work at www.github.com/CIDARLAB/cello and our mission at www.asimov.io/blog ML Engineer Prerequisites: * 4+ years hands on experience as a ML engineer in industry * knowledge of modern methods in reinforcement learning, graph neural networks, breadth of knowledge across supervised and unsupervised learning and experience applying these models to solve biophysical or bioinformatics problems Perks * We believe in creating a lifelong company by avoiding burnout and focusing on long term impact * Frequent team lunches, happy hours, offsites (borda borg!), Hackathons, snacks and a fully stocked coffee lab If you’re interested p
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lease send me an email at joe@asimov.io or apply online at www.asimov.io/careers
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)
jisaacso·May 1, 2018
Asimov | Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time Hi from Asimov! We’re a small team of HNers fresh off of our seed funding lead by Andreessen Horowitz. We’re fueled by a vision to transition synthetic biology to a fully-fledged engineering discipline. Check out some of our work at www.github.com/CIDARLAB/cello and our mission at www.asimov.io/blog Search Keywords: deep learning, sequence to sequence learning, bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, python, tensorflow, microservices, biotech, Boston, Cambridge Prerequisites: * 4+ years hands on experience as a SWE or ML engineer in industry * ML engineer: knowledge of modern methods in reinforcement learning, generative adversarial models, breadth of knowledge across supervised and unsupervised learning and experience applying these models in software * SWE: kno
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wledge of cloud infrastructure, large scale data warehousing, build/test/deploy platform development Biological data scientist: proficiency in scripting, statistical analysis of genomic data sets, NGS, flow cytometry reads and RNAseq Excitement to learn a tremendous amount about genetics, bio hacking, genetic circuit design * Excitement to own your own roadmap and prioritization Perks * We believe in creating a lifelong company by avoiding burnout and focusing on long term impact * Frequent team lunches, happy hours, offsites (borda borg!), snacks and a fully stocked coffee lab If you’re interested please send me an email at joe@asimov.io or apply online at www.asimov.io/careers
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)
jisaacso·Mar 1, 2018
Asimov | Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time Hi from Asimov! We’re a small team of HNers fresh off of our seed funding lead by Andreessen Horowitz. We’re fueled by a vision to transition synthetic biology to a fully-fledged engineering discipline. We’re building our our initial software team and need help with everything at the intersection of infrastructure, software systems, data ingestion and storage and machine learning for predicting optimal genetic circuit design. Check out some of our work at www.github.com/CIDARLAB/cello and our mission at www.asimov.io/blog Search Keywords: deep learning, sequence to sequence learning, bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, python, tensorflow, microservices, biotech, Boston, Cambridge Prerequisites: * 4+ years hands on experience as a SWE or ML engineer in industr
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y * ML engineer: knowledge of modern methods in reinforcement learning, generative adversarial models, breadth of knowledge across supervised and unsupervised learning and experience applying these models in software * SWE: knowledge of cloud infrastructure, large scale data warehousing, build/test/deploy platform development * Excitement to learn a tremendous amount about genetics, bio hacking, genetic circuit design * Excitement to own your own roadmap and prioritization Perks: * Flexible working hours, develop when you are most productive * We believe in creating a lifelong company by avoiding burnout and focusing on long term impact * Frequent team lunches, happy hours, offsites (borda borg!), snacks and a fully stocked coffee lab * Cross pollination: We’re an awesome team of scientists and engineers from diverse technical backgrounds. Learn cutting edge synthetic biology from world experts! If you’re interested please send me an email at joe@asimov.io or apply online at www.asimov.io/careers
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
jisaacso·Feb 1, 2018
Asimov | Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time Hi from Asimov! We’re a small team of HNers fresh off of our seed funding lead by Andreessen Horowitz. We’re fueled by a vision to transition synthetic biology to a fully-fledged engineering discipline. We’re building our our initial software team and need help with everything at the intersection of infrastructure, software systems, data ingestion and storage and machine learning for predicting optimal genetic circuit design. Check out some of our work at www.github.com/CIDARLAB/cello and our mission at www.asimov.io/blog Search Keywords: deep learning, sequence to sequence learning, bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, python, tensorflow, microservices, biotech, Boston, Cambridge Prerequisites: * 4+ years hands on experience as a SWE or ML engineer in industr
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y * Excitement to learn a tremendous amount about genetics, bio hacking, genetic circuit design * Excitement to autonomously improve our product with your experience in designing software and/or ML systems Perks: * Flexible working hours, develop when you are most productive * We believe in creating a lifelong company by avoiding burnout and focusing on long term impact * We value impact over hitting arbitrary deadlines * Frequent team lunches, happy hours, and a coffee lab * Cross pollination: We’re an awesome team of scientists from diverse technical backgrounds If you’re interested please send me an email at joe@asimov.io or apply online at www.asimov.io/careers
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)

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