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Jobs at the Sustainable Engineering Lab, Earth Institute, Columbia University.

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by month8 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-11-02 02:21:53 UTC to 2014-04-01 16:35:28 UTC.

0122012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 20122012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJul 20132013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 2014

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Nov 20122012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 20122012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20132013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20132013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20132013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20132013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20132013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Jul 20132013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20132013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20132013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20132013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20132013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20132013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jan 20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Feb 20142014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 20142014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20142014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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New York City Tired of the startup goose chase? Change the world for real in 2014. Work on projects involving solar power, hardware controller software, data science, and mobile apps which really are life-changing[1] at the Sustainable Engineering Lab[2] at Columbia University in NYC. You'll be joining a like-minded peer group of hackers working in python, R, go, mongodb, nodejs, and other interesting technologies, focused on making the world suck less. There are no sales/MBA types, no scrum masters, and we strongly disapprove of code written in Enterprise FizzBuzz style[3]. Deets[4] here: https://github.com/SEL-Columbia/jobs [1] Data-driven planning projects in Nigeria, Myanmar, Indonesia; Android apps for rural nurses in India [2] http://sel.columbia.edu/ [3] https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpris... [4] Somewhat o
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ut of date; if you don't see anything specifically for you, but are interested in general, please contact us!
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2014)
Tired of the startup goose chase? Change the world for real in 2014. Work on projects involving solar power, hardware controller software, data science, and mobile apps which really are life-changing [1] at the Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia [2]. You'll be joining a like-minded peer group of hackers working in python, R, go, mongodb, nodejs, and other technologies. There are no sales/MBA types, no scrum masters, and we strongly disapprove of code written in Enterprise FizzBuzz style[3]. Deets here: https://github.com/SEL-Columbia/jobs [1] Three current projects: data-driven local planning project in Nigeria, infrastructure planning project for Myanmar and remote islands in Indonesia, building an Android app for rural nurses in India. [2] http://modi.mech.columbia.edu/ [3] https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpr
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In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2014)
Sustainable Engineering Lab, Columbia University -- New York City -- Full time -- Android Developer Currently looking for an Android Developer to join the team. @ http://modi.mech.columbia.edu. See https://github.com/SEL-Columbia/jobs for deets. We are a university lab under The Earth Institute at Columbia University. We build open source software to help development in various countries in the world with a kick of technology. Currently we are involved in a data collection / analysis project in Nigeria, an infrastructure planning project for Myanmar and remote islands in Indonesia, building an Android app for rural nurses in India, and similar projects. Our stacks includes but not limited to python, javascript, mongo and postgres (depending on the job), and we are always looking forward for new technology. We are looking for hackers who a
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re passionate about making stuff that helps the world suck less. If you are interested in hacking with us, traveling to the developing world, please go to the aforementioned github job repo to contact us.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)
Sustainable Engineering Lab, Columbia University -- New York City -- Full time -- http://modi.mech.columbia.edu Currently looking for an Android Developer to join the team. https://github.com/modilabs/jobs We are a university lab under The Earth Institute at Columbia University. We are building open source software to help development in various countries in the world with a kick of technology. Currently we are involved in a data collection / analysis project in Nigeria, an infrastructure planning project for Myanmar and remote islands in Indonesia, and many more. Our stacks includes but not limited to python, javascript, django, nodejs and we are always looking forward for new technology. We are looking for hackers who are passionate about the stuff that helps the world suck less. If you are interested in hacking with us, traveling to th
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e developing world, please go to the aforementioned github job repo to contact us.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2013)
Modilabs, Columbia University -- New York City -- Full time https://github.com/modilabs/jobs We are a university lab under The Earth Institute at Columbia University. We are building open source softwares to help developments in various countries in the world with a kick of technology. Currently we are involved in a data collection / analysis project in Nigeria, an infrastructure planner project for remote islands in Indonesia and many more. We also have a team in Narobi, Kenya with whom the New York team work very closely. Our stacks includes but not limited to python, javascript, django, nodejs and we are always looking forward for new technology. We are looking for hackers who are passionate about the stuff that helps the world sucks a little less. If you are interested in hacking with us, traveling to the developing world, please go t
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o the afromentioned github job repo to contact us.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
New York City. Lead Software Engineer Position, US Work Authorization Required. We are a lab that makes awesome web and mobile software to solve problems in the developing world. Generally by creating better information systems. The point is to improve access to basic needs such as health, education, clean water, electricity. We are hiring for a Senior Software Engineer and a Front End Engineer, both NYC based. See https://github.com/modilabs/jobs for more; its a University so comes with amazing benefits.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2013)
SEEKING FULL-TIME DEV - NYC - Remote not OK We are a lab that makes awesome web and mobile software to solve problems in the developing world. Generally by creating better information systems. The point is to improve access to basic needs such as health, education, clean water, electricity. We are hiring for a Senior Software Engineer and a Front End Engineer, both NYC based. See https://github.com/modilabs/jobs for more.
In Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2013)
New York: senior software dev, javascript nija, more. What we do: build cutting edge web software to solve problems in the developing world. Think its bad to be in New York and not have electricity for a week? We work on electrification software to help national governments pull in electricity to those who've never had it. Thats an example of where it starts. More at http://github.com/modilabs/jobs (yeah, old school, we know).
In Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (November 2012)

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