Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)

transfire

Location: Palm Bay, FL, USA Remote: Yes — or onsite/hybrid, any is fine Willing to relocate: For the right role — especially research Technologies: Rust, C, Crystal, Elixir, Ruby, Python, TypeScript; LLM training & agents, RAG / vector memory, high-performance parsers & data formats, full-stack + infra/ops Résumé / Portfolio: https://tabcomputing.com/portfolio Email: thomas@tabcomputing.com Self-directed systems & AI engineer, available for contract (or the right full-time role). In the last year — solo, mostly from scratch — I've built: an LLM training engine and active research project (AGPT); an AI agent framework that autonomously runs my own production infrastructure (copious); a semantic-memory / RAG library (memo); a C11 YAML 1.2 parser that passes all 308 test-suite cases and outperforms every other compliant parser on real-world benchmarks (YAM); and a serialization format about half the size of JSON that parses ~3x faster (C0DATA). I also maintain Ruby Facets (since 2005). I go from model internals to production ops, and I ship — every link on the portfolio is real, running code. Research is my first love — AGPT above is my own line of it — and the work I'd most gladly relocate for, though I'm every bit as happy shipping production systems. The site also has an AI assistant you can talk to; she'll take a brief and send it to me.

stakent

Location: Rzeszów, Poland Remote: Yes — remote only (~EU hours or async) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, FastAPI; LLMs & embeddings, semantic search, self-hosted open-weights models (on-prem, offline); deterministic data/ML pipelines; PDF/document extraction, OCR, IoT, time-series, logs → decision-useful information Résumé/CV: https://walat.eu/cv/ | https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat Email: dariusz@walat.eu Trustworthy output from untrustworthy data. I build systems that catch what's silently wrong — a dead sensor nobody noticed, contradictory records, a garbled scan, a confidently-wrong model — so it surfaces as a flag today, not a six-month catastrophe. I use LLMs where they earn their place (development, meaning, embeddings, plain-language access to jargon-locked data) and keep them out of decisions and the data flow, which stay deterministic and verifiable. An LLM can help you find the answer; it can't be the answer. Senior systems engineer, multiple AI cycles of judgment on what survives the hype and where it breaks. Currently turning messy Polish legal PDFs into a correctness-checked graph — the hard part is the verification, not the AI. Previously I built a legislative-notification service that ran autonomously in production for over three years before I retired it. I've written about where AI coding agents actually fail and why verification is the real work: https://walat.eu Best fit when: correctness matters, the data is real-world-messy, and you want someone who names what doesn't work and why.

luzdealba

Location : Chiang Mai, Thailand (ICT, UTC+7) Remote : Yes (contract or fractional) Willing to relocate : temporarily yes; permanently no Technologies : Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Django, Vue, React, Flutter, Firebase, AWS, Azure, Docker, Linux Résumé/CV : https://luzdealba.github.io Email : luzdealba [at] gmail [dot] com TL;DR: 15+ years shipping software. These days I make coding agents checkable: skills, state, evals, and a record of what they did. I maintain Harnix ( https://github.com/anakotai/harnix ), an open-source scanner that scores whether a repo is ready for agent workflows (guidance, CI, tests, docs) and ranks what to fix first. I also work as a fractional CTO. EdTech Connect (VC-backed): owned the architecture, ~2k users, ~300 paying vendors. Schooly: high availability and autoscaling for 500+ schools, one-person ops. Anakot.AI: compliance automation in Southeast Asia, endorsed by Thailand's Board of Investment. Aksarapak/Dalo: offline AI learning, web + iOS. Wrote for SitePoint on Docker and DevOps. English, Spanish, Portuguese. Contract or fractional, embedded with a team putting agents in the product, where what the agent did is evaluated and auditable. Available now. Evenings ICT: EU afternoons and US East mornings.

marcinciarka

Location: Warsaw, Poland Remote: Yes, remote only (CET) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js (App Router, RSC), Node, Bun, PostgreSQL, AWS, SST, Turborepo, WebSockets, WebGL. Web3: viem, wagmi, Ponder, Safe, Foundry Résumé/CV: https://ciarka.pl/marcin_ciarka_cv.pdf Email: yc_oct_job@plamka.net Senior full-stack engineer, frontend-leaning, 9+ years. I build interfaces where a UI bug costs the user money. Summer.fi, 2022 to 2026: took the Lazy Summer earn app from an empty repo to production as TVL approached $200M. Most recently: contract advisor on a self-custodial DeFi app. Set up the monorepo, internal SDK and the indexer. Before that: six years of banking and leasing front-ends in a regulated enterprise shop. Things you can click: https://chainvi.be (sub-second, on-chain + off-chain enriched data, one server-side WebSocket fanned out to every client, component library under 6 kB gzipped) and https://resonance.summer.fi (live protocol activity as generative audio with WebGL). Looking for: senior IC role on a B2B contract, available immediately. Crypto and DeFi are home turf, but I'm just as keen on any product team with hard frontend or full-stack problems, whether that's fintech, devtools or something else.

andrespencer

Location: Alpharetta, GA (Atlanta). US citizen, no sponsorship needed. Willing to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (none currently held). Remote: Yes, fully remote, US Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node, Python, FastAPI, GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, Playwright, Cucumber, GitHub Actions, Swift (native iOS), Claude Code, GitHub Copilot Résumé/CV: https://resume.s24defi.com | 470 789 1008 Email: andrespencer.dev@gmail.com Full-stack engineer, 19 years. Most recently three and a half years shipping React and TypeScript across web ordering, catering and in-store kiosk at Wawa (1,000+ stores), and before that six years as UI technical lead on Chase Ultimate Rewards. On my own time I run a small studio. The biggest piece is an automated trading platform in Python and FastAPI across six broker integrations, with machine-enforced risk limits, a three-path kill switch and an append-only record of every automated decision. It stays in practice mode unless live trading is explicitly switched on. I have also shipped a native iOS app to the App Store and a Next.js service business on Vercel. My repos carry AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, a structured AI review runs ahead of human review on every PR, and CI still gates merge. Looking for senior or staff full-stack or AI-native product engineering, fully remote US, W2 or contract.

dvvalia

Location: Mumbai, India Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: - Python/Pandas - Java/Spring Boot - Data Engineering (ETL/ELT, data pipelines) - Product Development - AI/LLM based development (MCP, agents, ADK, CrewAI, etc) - Other (SQL, Redis, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, DBT) Résumé/CV/Email: https://dvalia.in Data/Backend/Agentic AI engineer for the past decade (Python, Java, SQL). Experience building data platforms (from scratch!) and ELT pipelines for financial data. Currently working on agentic AI projects, but happy to work at any level for any problem that needs solving. Happy to work on product management, solutions architecture, agentic AI or customer engineering. Remote is preferred for time zones spanning Europe to India, or early hours of EST/PST; onsite/hybrid in Mumbai is also great. Unfortunately cannot relocate. Open primarily to freelance/consulting roles, but full-time roles will also be considered if we're a good fit.

gzapp

Location: USA - San Antonio Remote: Yes | Hybrid Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Azure, AWS, Linux, TypeScript, NodeJS, Python, Ruby, C#, MySQL, Java, Groovy, Postgres, React, VueJS, Twilio, LLM Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregzapp/ Email: greg.zapp@gmail.com Product engineer with 15 years of experience including Rackspace, Rundeck, and PagerDuty. As a full-stack, kitchen-sink product engineer I'm as comfortable running with unsafe pointers as working on React front ends. I'm seekign IC leadership roles with high impact and ownership. My most recent role was Principal Engineer at HungerRush where I led a number of major initiatives, including designing and implementing their next-generation conversational voice AI ordering platform (OrderAI).

jvelo

Location: Toulouse, France Remote: Yes. Hybrid in Toulouse, regular travel to Paris, London or Amsterdam is fine Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, React, Electron, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, cloud and edge architecture, industrial IoT, offline-first systems, Ansible, Docker Résumé/CV: https://jvelo.at/resume Email: jerome@velociter.fr Freelance product engineer and tech lead. 20 years building software products, ten of them as a founder. I work across product, design and code. Recent work: a control platform that runs indoor farms on three continents, control software for a gravity simulator built with CNES (the French space agency), and a canvas-based rich-text editor that stays fast on documents with millions of words. Details at https://jvelo.at Now I am building a writing agent on top of that editor. Its edits land as proposals over a clean document: you review them one by one, accept, rewrite, or discuss one with the agent, which comes back with a new version. Proposals stay anchored while you keep typing. It runs its own tool-calling loop on Claude or any OpenRouter model, and every run is traced down to tokens and cost. Available from mid-October for contract work as a hands-on engineer, tech lead or fractional CTO, full-time or part-time.

jon_north

Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, and AWS (certs: https://www.credly.com/users/jon-north.ad78f0c8 ). Happy to deal with greenfield or legacy or any mix of the two. I learn new things extremely quickly. I prefer long term contract work, though I’ll help you with smaller things as well. W2 employment is a possibility if the fit is right. AI: However you roll is fine. Agentic, just-generative, or write by hand. I’m fine with any of it. The important thing is crushing your goals. Technologies: Python, C/C#/C++, SQL, NoSQL, Go, Golang, Docker, Git, Linux/Windows, Bash, Kafka, Redpanda, PySpark, Spark, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP HANA, LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2 Resume/CV: www.adiuvat-consulting.com Email: jon.north@adiuvat-consulting.com

macnod

Location: Manteca, CA, USA Remote: Yes (required) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Java, SQL, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, Common Lisp Résumé/CV: https://sinistercode.com/public/donnie/resume Email: macnod [at] gmail [dot] com Senior software engineer, 20+ years. Available immediately; US Pacific hours. Looking for a full-time remote role designing backend or platform systems. I write programs that write programs. Data UI is a compiler I'm building in Common Lisp. It already compiles a 57-line model into PostgreSQL, REST, a minimal React UI, row-level RBAC, and Kubernetes+TLS, and deploys it. The same application is roughly 20,000 lines written by hand. In my tests an agent can generate large parts of it, but not the application. It needs a senior directing it the whole way. The 57-line model is what gets reviewed instead. Live demos: https://data-ui.com Recently, Azure Government (FedRAMP IL5): commercial Elasticsearch was not allowed, so I replaced it with self-hosted Elasticsearch inside the VNet. Subnet and AKS in Terraform; Elasticsearch from Terraform-managed Helm charts. I run several models from different providers, including local ones, in one Emacs instance. Any of them can enlist another against the same live state. One shape: a model drafts a plan, enlists a second to draft its own, then reconciles the two. They implement against the live Lisp image, and they can patch the Emacs instance they are running in, so a fix to the harness takes effect on the next prompt. In the usual setup the model can't reach the program running it. Only I commit. Portfolio: https://sinistercode.com/public/donnie GitHub: https://github.com/macnod

kb019

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, Python, Rust, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, RAG/LLM apps (OpenAI, Gemini, LangChain) Résumé/CV: [link to your resume PDF] Email: kodalibhargav019 [at] gmail [dot] com GitHub: https://github.com/kb019 Full-stack engineer (M.S. Software Engineering, ASU, 2026) with ~2 years of industry experience. I contribute bug fixes to open-source projects: shipped a fix in Rolldown (the bundler behind Vite), found a Vite build bug by reading its source that silently dropped modules from production builds, reported a layout bug in Ratatui, and was embedded for six weeks with the OpenMRS inpatient management team, where I also cut backend startup from 9 minutes to under 2. I also built Sprout, a Rust terminal habit tracker published on crates.io. Looking for new grad / early-career backend or full-stack roles. Authorized to work in the US (OPT)

AlexITC

Location: Spain Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Prefer remote, open to travel and occasional onsite Technologies: Scala, Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, Ruby, Rust, TypeScript/React, Postgres, AWS, GCP Résumé: https://alexitc.com/resume LLM-readable résumé: https://alexitc.com/llms.txt Email: alexis+hn@alexitc.com 10+ years, generalist. I pick the tool for the problem instead of forcing one stack everywhere. Most of my work is backends, data and event pipelines, full-stack product work, crypto, and rescuing broken or legacy systems. I've led teams of up to 12. I use Claude Code daily on real production work, generate-and-review, and build my own AI tooling. If you want a fast read on whether I fit, paste my llms.txt into an LLM with your job description and ask where I match and where I don't. My site has an "Ask AI" button that does the same. Available immediately and used to working on US timezones. US C-Corp for contracting.

ThorAndZeus

Location: Dorset, UK Remote: Yes (UK, US and EU time zones) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Python (FastAPI), TypeScript/Node, Go, PostgreSQL, AWS, Hotwire Resume/CV: https://wagnermatos.co.uk Email: wm@wagnermatos.co.uk Senior engineer, over 15 years. I build complete products: one senior engineer accountable end to end, AI accelerated. Recent work includes a clinical alerting platform used by NHS trusts, an edge to cloud analytics platform for Johnson & Johnson Medical, and the cloud platform behind a fielded detection hardware fleet. Also open to contract engagements. Case studies and client testimonials on the site.

seeb

Location: Europe (Netherlands, CET) Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: Go, Python, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP, AWS Résumé/CV: https://robinsiep.com/experience Email: contact [at] robinsiep.com Senior backend engineer focused on distributed systems and system design, with about a decade of end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, and production. Most recently, I was lead backend engineer and architect on a distributed platform for venture capital workflows (Go services, event-driven architecture on GCP, data reconciliation, observability), and lead engineer on a survey fulfilment system integrating various third-party providers. Both roles included mentoring and coordinating other engineers. I'm looking for a permanent role, but remain available for contract work in the meantime.

ezegraz

Location: Rosario, Argentina (UTC-3) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right package (Brazil, Spain, EU; US with sponsorship) Technologies: C, C++, Rust, ARM, Qt/QML, PySide6, Python, CAN bus / J1939, embedded HMI, Renode, SQLite, FastAPI, Docker, Cloudflare Workers, MCP Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezequiel-garcia-8aa89854 (PDF on request) Email: ezegraz@gmail.com Embedded HMI and firmware engineer. For 5 years I was the sole software owner of the instrument clusters that shipped on heavy agricultural machinery: C firmware, J1939, the graphics layer, bench and field. Shipped examples: a Cummins engine and a DANA transmission commanded from our own HMI/VCU, and a Bosch CAN valve module that removed the per-unit OEM controller and the European HMI license. I also built VisionUI, a desktop UI framework: custom 2D engine, WYSIWYG editor, licensing and cloud backend. Performance-critical parts are in Rust, and the editor wires layers through MCP. Looking for embedded, firmware, industrial HMI, Qt/QML, or desktop product work. Full-time or contract.

somaticbits

Location: Paris / Fontainebleau, France Remote: Yes, EU/CET (hybrid Paris ok) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, React, Node.js, LLM agents, MCP servers, Claude Code, Codex, Figma Plugin API, TouchDesigner, WebGL/GLSL Résumé/CV: https://www.somaticbits.com/David_Pettersson_Senior_Creative... Email: hn@somaticbits.com Creative technologist / product engineer. Two sides: AI tooling and automation for teams, and generative/immersive art. Same instinct either way - prototype fast, make the abstract real. Recent work: - Idea Engine (open source): start from a seed word, wander an association map, and pin the path you took into a buildable concept card. Three-model pipeline - one proposes associations, one scores and filters them for surprise and coherence, one writes the card. Svelte + Hono + SQLite, runs locally in Docker. https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine - Forward-deployed engineer at a large hospitality/marketplace company. Built automations that removed up to 6h of manual work per project. - Slides and websites generated straight from existing Figma components. Design system in, finished artifact out. - Currently writing a custom MCP server for a calisthenics training app, so workouts and progress are coached and queried by an agent rather than through the UI. Looking for full-time work where AI tooling meets creative tech. Teams building something new rather than iterating on what's there. AI & automation: https://www.davidpettersson.com Generative & immersive art: https://www.somaticbits.com

jdelpilar

Location: Hanford, CA (Pacific Time, US Citizen) Remote: Yes (Preferred) Willing to relocate: Yes (SF Bay Area, San Diego, PNW, or West Coast tech hubs) Technologies: Python (FastAPI, Django, Pytest), Go, Ansible, Rootless Podman, systemd Quadlets, Traefik, GCP (Cloud Functions, Secret Manager), GitOps, Linux Résumé/CV: https://resume.delpilar.net GitHub: https://github.com/redjordan2539 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jordan-del-pilar/ Email: jordan@delpilar.net Backend & Platform Automation Engineer with 4+ years of experience building API middleware, GitOps infrastructure, and event-driven automation. I bridge the gap between application software and systems administration—writing clean Python, securing endpoints, and automating manual workflows. Selected Repos & Impact: - Chiron-Relay (github.com/redjordan2539/Chiron-Relay): Async serverless FastAPI middleware on GCP Cloud Functions bridging Twilio webhooks and Gmail API. Features raw payload HMAC-SHA1 request validation, GCP Secret Manager integration, and Pytest coverage in CI. - johto-infra (github.com/redjordan2539/johto-infra): Declarative Ansible IaC repository deploying rootless Podman Quadlets bound natively to systemd unit files. Features Traefik TLS cert resolution, Ansible Vault secret management, Gitea Actions CI/CD with ansible-lint, and automated Restic DR pipelines with explicit retention policies. - Production Dispatch Engine: Built a Python automation tool to parse daily delivery workflows and send customer SMS alerts—cutting a multi-hour manual task down to under 30 minutes. US Citizen based in CA with zero visa requirements. Looking for mid-level Backend, Platform, or SRE / Infrastructure Automation roles (Remote, or West Coast Hybrid/On-site).

dmitry_t

Location: Porto, Portugal Remote: Yes; occasional office visits Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, REST, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Vue.js, React Résumé/CV: https://thaler.dev/thaler.cv.pdf - Email: dmitry@thaler.dev Senior full-stack engineer with a backend focus and 15+ years of experience. Most of my work is at the integration layer: bringing awkward external systems together behind GraphQL and REST APIs that product teams can rely on. This has included payment gateways and government services at a national lottery, multi-protocol network telemetry, and retail planning systems processing billions of sales and inventory records. I take ownership beyond the application code, including infrastructure, deployment, and observability. I care about keeping systems reliable and cloud costs under control. EU-based B2B contractor; no sponsorship required. Experienced working remotely with US companies via Deel and Globalization Partners. Available with 7 days’ notice.

ziolkowski15

Location: Warsaw, Poland (EU citizen) — Mexico City from early 2027 Remote: Yes (EU or Americas time zones) Willing to relocate: Barcelona, Amsterdam, Madrid Technologies: TypeScript/Node (NestJS), Postgres, ClickHouse, Redis, Solana, Claude Code + MCP agents in production (approval gates, evals), payments/settlement integrations Résumé/CV: https://2137.dev Email: krzysztof@2137.dev

lightyoruichi

Location: Malaysia / nomading in Southeast Asia Remote: Yes, experienced with US/EU hours and async teams Willing to relocate: Within Southeast Asia Technologies: Python, SQL, PostHog, GTM, GA4, Shopify Web Pixels, n8n, analytics/attribution, technical SEO, landing pages Résumé/CV: https://lightyoruichi.com/work?password=octhn182 Email: harinder.mke@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightyoruichi I'm a full-stack marketer and developer. For about 15 years, I've worked where customer insight, growth strategy, and implementation meet. Companies usually bring me in when the product is good but growth is blocked. Positioning may be unclear, the funnel may be leaking, attribution may be broken, or niche's where there's no existing playbooks. I go through the customer data, sales calls, support messages, product usage, and analytics. Then I find the real problem and build what is needed: the positioning, landing pages, tracking, automations, content, or first growth test. Some things I've done: - Grew a professional-services company from zero to 210k monthly organic visits and 20 to 222 qualified leads a month. - Interviewed 20+ potential customers for an AI company, found two use cases, and helped get two enterprise design partners before launch. - Built SEO, analytics, tracking, landing pages, and acquisition systems for SaaS, ecommerce, and service companies. - Managed performance marketing across Southeast Asia with budgets up to $2.5m a month. Looking for contract, fractional, or full-time work in growth, product marketing, GTM, growth engineering, or marketing operations.