20+ years as a designer/developer hybrid. Currently sole designer and developer at current company, shipping a Next.js site averaging 40k monthly visits and a hand-coded admin CMS used daily by the team. Founded Makeable Brand LLC and shipped 5 SaaS products solo. Built and sold a WordPress theme business serving tens of thousands of users. Brand and print foundations from a decade of editorial design, including 1,000+ book covers and covers for a NYT bestselling author. AI-assisted workflows with Claude Code/Codex as a core part of how I ship.
Looking for design engineer, founding designer, or senior product roles where I can own a surface end-to-end across design and code.
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, TeX/ConTeXt, PHP, Jekyll, Tailwind CSS
Portfolio: https://miler.codeberg.page/
Résumé-CV: https://codeberg.org/miler/curriculum-vitae/raw/branch/main/curriculum-en.pdf
Email: Please see Portfolio or CV/Résumé
GitHub: https://github.com/acidrums4/
Graphic designer with experience in both frontend and backend web development (PHP; Wordpress, Framer, some Joomla and some Typo3), iconography, editorial design/typesetting with ConTeXt, general graphic design and webmaster duties. Please feel free to check my portfolio for some examples of my work.
Location: Hood River, OR
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Vue, React, TypeScript, Ruby, Rails, GraphQL, Claude Code, Convex, PostgreSQL
Résumé/CV: jasonives.com
Email: jason@jasonives.com
SEEKING FREELANCE/CONTRACT WORK — I build production software for founders and growing teams. Full-stack engineering across Rails, Vue, and React, with AI-augmented workflows. 25 years of shipping, leading teams, and owning technical direction.
I spent a decade as CTO at EMEX, growing the engineering team from scratch through private equity acquisition. Today I operate through Brightform Technology, working with founders who need senior-level engineering without a full-time hire. The kind of problems where product sense and architectural judgment matter as much as code output.
Past work:
* Led all frontend architecture for an IoT platform processing high-volume sensor data across nationwide deployments. Built real-time building floorplan visualization, time-series HVAC dashboards, and a modular device configuration system.
* First engineering hire → CTO at EMEX. Built the flagship real-time reverse auction platform that drove seven-figure annual sales. Grew and led a team of 6 through acquisition.
Best fit: founders with a clear idea and the budget to move fast. You might have Figma mockups, a vibe-coded prototype, or just a well-defined concept. I bring product direction alongside the engineering.
Hi, I'm Charles and I have decades of experience with Linux administration, with some cloud and orchestration thrown in for good measure. I am passionate about open source and making people's lives easier. My strengths are clear communication and methodical troubleshooting/analysis. I love learning new things and hope for a job that exposes me to more coding, cloud, orchestration, AI-related development, and nice people.
Well-versed in: Linux, Python, Bash, virtualization, containers, CI/CD, Ansible, git, and more. I am a generalist and love digging deep into new things.
Only open to remote W-2 positions at this time. May consider an on-site job in or around Ann Arbor if the culture is right. Regardless, I'm always happy to talk to anyone about anything so absolutely feel free to reach out for a chat!
Remote: Yes (Open to working in Office)
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Java, Python, C++, Rust, Zig, Typescript
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13lej5L8mnIGct1phoryqTWVenaJImObg/view?usp=sharing
Email: mshoosterman@gmail.com
Software Engineer with experience building and scaling real-world financial systems at Nasdaq. Worked across the stack with Java/Spring Boot, React, and SQL to deliver high-performance trading infrastructure and leading onboarding for billion-dollar enterprise clients.
Strong foundation in mathematics (BSc from the University of Toronto) with a deep interest in data structures, algorithms, and computational theory.
Comfortable owning features end-to-end, collaborating and building scalable, reliable software. Looking to contribute to solving complex, high-impact problems.
Summary:
AI Systems Architect with 20+ years in software engineering and 10+ years specializing in AI, ML, and Computer Vision. Former Head of AI at ActiveEon, with a Ph.D. focused on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Expert in scalable AI systems, MLOps, distributed computing, and fine-tuning of large language and vision models. Passionate about building practical, production-ready AI solutions that bridge research and deployment. Open to roles involving AI architecture, applied research, or leadership in AI strategy and innovation.
Remote: Open to remote or hybrid/in-office in SF Bay Area
Willing to relocate: Open to west coast
Technologies: Full stack web dev for 15+ years in many forms. In recent years I've been focused on game development projects using Babylon/WebGL and working with C++ & Go server-side (MMO servers). Many years of project and product management as well.
I have some cool projects! See my personal site for email and some of those projects:
Coolest released one is probably https://www.idlequest.net/, which is an idle-game web-based version of classic EverQuest, complete with its original 3D graphics in-browser and a real-time MMO server! Had up to 70 players online at the same time a month or two ago.
About to release my biggest project, which is a full reverse engineering and re-implementation of the 2007 MMORPG "Vanguard".
Looking largely for product engineering positions, or project/product management style work. Have done both and enjoy both a lot. Open to contracting or full-time.
I am a senior developer and consultant with over 15 years in the industry. My expertise is in building robust, secure and scalable backend services and enterprise applications.
My expertise includes data visualization, business intelligence and analytics. I have extensive experience with the TIBCO Jaspersoft BI suite - Jaspersoft Studio, JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft ETL (Talend Open Studio and Server).
I am looking for part-time or full-time freelance / consulting opportunities at the moment (up to 40h/week).
Introduction: I am a UI/UX designer with a background in graphic design, art direction, and more than six years of experience in the design industry. I am proficient in creating digital products in agile environments for the consumer and healthcare markets. With my strong analytical, research, and teamwork skills, I have successfully led a variety of projects from conception to development in both office and remote settings. I have extensive experience crafting personas, qualitative analysis, user journeys, user flows, user interface design, low and high fidelity prototypes, stakeholder presentations and design systems for UI components.
I am looking for full-time contract or freelance/consulting opportunities at the moment (up to 40 hours/week) in UI UX Design
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. Whatever you’re doing with AI is also fine by me, and I’ll lead/adapt as appropriate.
Location: Boston, MA
Remote: Sure (open to office)
Relocate: No
Technologies: Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Docker, HTML/CSS, MCP Servers
Resume: https://concourse.codes
Email: see site above
Interested in climate, sustainability, greentech, hardtech, bluetech, etc. or music tech, or anything you need those are just my prefs <3
I'm a high-agency, high-energy, eclectic, serious, fun, creative techie who's done lots of things at BigCos and startups. My happy place is working hard with smart people on something big and complex that makes the world better.
After several years in the consulting/contracting game, I am looking for an ambitious team to join. Maybe yours!
A few of my spinning plates right now: Golang inference worker, two Expo apps in TS/RN, Python data pipeline, AWS IoT for HVAC-adjacent devices, shared FFI components in Rust, and a HealthTech web app in TS/React.
Interested? Drop me a line, and if you're in the Bay Area let's grab a beverage!
My focus has been on browser automation and building browser agents since 2018, with 13 years of enterprise experience building dynamic data user interfaces for web and mobile. I have experience working at both medium 130 person AI companies and small, fast-moving 7 person teams wearing many different hats, which I prefer. I have been instrumental in taking multiple companies from 0 to 1, both as a consultant and as a full-time employee in media, real estate, marketing, streaming services, education, and fintech.
Taught myself Java in 1997 and was able have it do the heavy lifting over the years. Have "kicked the tires" on a lot technologies over the years for side-projects evidenced by the menagerie of repositories on my GitHub.
Location: Ohio
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No (but see below)
Technologies: Kubernetes / Terraform / Ansible / Serverless / AWS / Rust / Bash / PHP / Python / JS / TS / C / Clojure / etc, happy to learn more
Résumé/CV: https://ndouglas.github.io/resume/resume.pdf
Email: See résumé
Site: https://darkdell.net/
I'm a generalist software engineer with most of my experience (14YOE professional) in backend, platform, infra, and DevOps stuff. I'm currently employed and love where I am and what I do, but I intend to relocate to the EU in 2028 and my job (federal contracting) is incompatible with that goal.
I'm very interested in deep learning, formal verification, and compliance automation, but also artificial life, complexity science, robotics, cybernetics (as in Beer), computational social sciences, network science, transit, city planning, etc.
I use Claude Code happily at work, as directed, and seen significant (though not unqualified) productivity gains. I've used it to varying degrees on different personal projects. I'm avoiding it now on personal projects (to retain and build skill). I can work anywhere along that spectrum.
I enjoy learning about what other people are working on, so even if you're not hiring or not interested in hiring _me_, I'd love to connect. I've had some genuinely transformative conversations with people I've met on HN, and I'd love to have more.
Location: San Diego, California / Lopez Island, Washington
Remote: Preferred.
Technologies/skills: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Git, Turbo/Stimulus, TailwindCSS/TailwindUI, AWS, Kamal, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, APIs, people
Resume/CV: Ruby on Rails professionally since 2008 at Shopify, Apple, Intuit and a bunch of startups as well. Open to consulting/contract work or salaried positions.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Remote: yes
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: Python, AWS, serverless (particularly AWS Lambda), Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, SPAs, Flask, Javascript/Typescript, IaC (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation, Helm, CDK, etc.), Postgres, various devops and monitoring stacks and platforms (including ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Email: david@d10i.dev
Résumé/CV: please ask
hi! I'm David, a software/devops engineer with a passion for grit and going from 0 to 1. I've been building software and infrastructure for over 10 years, and most recently have built enterprise B2B SaaS products for organizations in the cybersecurity space.
I run a consulting company (atomweight.io), and have provided infosec, devops, and software engineering services to a variety of clients. I am open to both full-time and contract engagements.
I don't particularly enjoy coasting or clocking out at 5pm (mostly since I'm a night owl), so I'm looking for opportunities where I can move fast, build, ship fast, contribute the most value, and grow. If my skills and experience seem like a good fit for your needs, please reach out!
Location: Vancouver, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: HTMX, Datastar, Tailwind, Vue, React, Node, Bun, PHP, Laravel, Drupal, Wordpress, C, Zig, Odin, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Sqlite, AWS, GCP, Azure and more
Resume/CV: spirofloropoulos(dot)com
Email: spiro(at)spirofloropoulos(dot)com
Recently built a pure C http server, by hand, with an online game bundled into it, in C, by hand, served on a website as a modern spin on MUD (multi-user dungeons). Also, recently built a vanilla (no 3rd party libs no AI) html/css/js with css3d card game - https://spirofloropoulos.com/css3dtabletop
Full-stack web, software and game developer, specializing in high-performance, minimal-dependency solutions. Available as an individual contributor, lead developer, or consultant. I excel at simple, efficient code and pushing web technologies to their limits. Can mentor teams or bring expertise to complex projects.
Proven track record of building multi-million dollar websites from scratch to production.
Stellar references.
Also experienced in technical streaming (online content), community engagement, and mentoring developers on modern dev practices.
I have a decade of experience founding and advising startups; a decade of experience as a software developer and tech lead; and a wide variety of supporting experiences. Let me help your business get to the next stage of success.
I am a Senior DevOps/Infrastructure/Full-stack engineer. First 10 years of my career was software development (LAMP & C# work). Last 10 years have been DevOps, SRE, and Infrastructure where I often still ended up in the code. I enjoy working in the security, finance, healthcare, and educational industries.
About: I am a Generative AI Engineer who also happens to be pretty handy across the full stack. Most of my recent work has been building RAG pipelines, AI agents, and natural language search — using LangChain, LangGraph, and vector databases like Pinecone and ChromaDB — with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini APIs under the hood. I care deeply about shipping GenAI features that hold up beyond the demo stage.
Beyond GenAI, I am working on the full stack — React/TypeScript on the frontend, Node.js or ASP.NET Core APIs on the backend, and AWS/Azure for infra. I like owning things end-to-end and building software that's simple and reliable.
I am a Lead Systems Architect with 12 years of experience specializing in high-throughput distributed systems and kernel-level performance.
Recent Achievement: Author of the "Crate of the Week" in This Week in Rust (#645) for my tool 'tsastat'—a high-resolution Linux thread state analyzer.
What I do:
* Scale Kafka/NiFi ingestion pipelines to handle millions of daily events.
* Engineer zero-cost Linux observability tools and eBPF network filters in Rust.
* Optimize P99 tail-latency in Python/Go microservices.
* Architect 0-to-1 data platforms for SDN, Cloud and FinTech.
I am a free agent looking for Lead/Staff roles or high-stakes consulting missions where technical excellence is a requirement.
I'm a Senior DevOps engineer, Cloud Architect and Infrastructure Engineer.
I provide contract or ad-hoc services and support to startups, growth companies and enterprises. I'm often called to set up greenfield DevOps installations, architect and build cloud infrastructures, design platform architectures, build cloud-based, SaaS and mobile products and assist with emergency or short-staffed situations.
I've worked across diverse industries, crypto, tradfi, data platforms, IoT, AI, search, media, etc., which has taught me that that real solutions are rarely one-size-fits-all. I provide solutions tuned precisely to each of my clients: their products and customers, and the way their teams work.
I also provide fixed-price services which are often ideal for startups:
MS CS (AI/ML) — Northwestern '24 | Currently: AI/ML Engineer
Building real-time voice AI pipelines (sub-800ms latency) and RAG systems at Bhuvi IT. Previously shipped distributed 8-GPU training at Argonne National Lab (2TB astronomical data, 1 week → 20 hours) and graph-based entity resolution (0.96 F1) as standalone projects. Comfortable across the full stack from model training to serverless cloud deployment.
Open to ML Engineering, Applied AI, AI Infrastructure, Software Engineering or Data Scientist roles.
Location: Isle of Man/Europe
Remote: Yes - Experience working with US/International teams
Willing to relocate: Yes - For the right role. Happy to be on-site for onboarding
Technologies: Kotlin, Android, TypeScript, React, .NET, Java, CI/CD, Accessibility, i18n
Email: davidallisongithub@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/david-allison
Open source maintainer/top contributor of AnkiDroid: Android client for Anki. 10M+ downloads.
~10 YOE, with 6 YOE open source (4,000+ commits). Ready for stability after years of contracting and maintainership.
I lead a global volunteer team and take full product ownership: setting direction over multi-year horizons, planning and implementing architectural migrations, and keeping a project moving via community engagement, triage, fixes, reviews and mentorship.
Highlights:
- AnkiDroid now releases in tandem with upstream, rather than lagging behind by years
- Migrated a 15-year-old codebase from Java 7 to Kotlin, maintaining git blame
- Migrated to a common Rust-based backend. Android contributors are fully isolated from this complexity
- Improved app rating from 4.5 to ~4.8 stars, dramatically reduced crash rate
- Mentored hundreds of contributors and co-launched AnkiDroid's Google Summer of Code programme
AnkiDroid continues as a hobby; my day job is fully separate.
Looking for: full-time or contract. IC or EM, I'm nontraditional so I'm open to a conversation about which fits. Drawn to work that makes people's lives better, in any stack.
About: Graduating May 2026 (CS + Econ) with undergrad. Built production AI systems and full-stack platforms. Avid reader, love sports (especially hockey) & outdoors.
Looking for: Full-stack, backend, or AI engineer roles working on enterprise/consumer AI products. Very open to new technologies, as I really enjoy learning and building using cutting-edge tech.
At internship: Built AI agents with Semantic Kernel (reduced workflows 40%, 20K+ users), Python/Golang backend with gRPC on AWS, and Angular micro-frontends.
Currently: Leading 6-person team on medical QA analysis platform processing 150K+ data points across 4 hospital sites (ASP.NET, Next.js, Docker, PostgreSQL, Nginx).
Research: Co-authored 2 papers on RAG systems (Best Paper Award at IMNS 2025, published at IEEE/ACM CHASE 2025: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3721201.3725519). Built RAG application achieving 95% accuracy on healthcare automation.
Recent projects:
- Automated course scheduler using agentic AI + Google OR-Tools (React, SQLite, AWS Lambda and ECR, FastAPI) for econ department
- Sidequest: iOS app (React Native + Swift) with on-device OCR + LLM parsing using Vision Framework for receipts
Senior software engineer, 20+ years on production systems. Working on neural nets since 1996 (neuroevolution, genetic programming) — multiple AI cycles' worth of perspective on what survives the hype.
Currently building a regulatory forecasting system for Polish law: ingesting statutes back to 1944, building a graph of legislation and amendments, reasoning about where the regulatory surface is moving. The hard problems are PDF → structured graph at scale and reasoning under uncertainty, not the model wrapper.
I also write about where AI coding agents actually work and where they quietly fail.
Best fit when the work is engineering-shaped — application/data rather than infra/SRE/Kubernetes-heavy — and the schedule overlaps EU hours.
Comfortable as autonomous IC or small-team tech lead. Domains where messy real-world data meets non-trivial reasoning are where I'm sharpest — regulatory, legal, scientific, financial.
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: https://dvalia.in/blob/Darshan_Valia_Resume_Technical.pdf
Email: On Resume
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvalia/
Data/Backend/Agentic AI engineer for the past ten years (Java, Python, 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.
Open to work on product management, solutions architecture, agentic AI or customer engineering. Remote is preferred for time zones spanning Europe to India; 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.
15 years backend. Ex-Automattic on Jetpack Backup, ex-Media Cloud (Harvard/MIT, ICWSM 2021 co-author). PGConf SV 2018 and APAC 2019 talks on Postgres at scale. Currently running https://aero.zip + https://www.lobsterpack.com in parallel and vibecoding like crazy.
Grug-brain engineer (https://grugbrain.dev) and recovering purist. I'd rather push the needle in the wrong direction fast and correct course than design the perfect thing for six months. AI embracer - I treat it as an exoskeleton, not a replacement.
Not a big fan of: calculator apps on Kubernetes, six-round interview pipelines, unpaid take-homes longer than 2 hours.
13 years in software, last 5+ on backend. Just wrapped 2 years at FuelMe (fuel management SaaS): Senior Backend Dev, then Tech Lead from Aug 2025. Built procurement and invoice-auditing workflows on Node, Postgres, AWS. Wrote OpenEnvoy and QuickBooks integrations.
Before that: Cinnamon (fantasy sports, Revaire), DistantJob (multi-client backend), and 7 years self-employed building mobile games. One title passed 10M downloads.
Shipping production code with AI tooling daily for over a year. GitHub Copilot throughout, Claude Code for the last 7 months. Three open-source MCP servers on npm: postgres-scout-mcp, mongo-scout-mcp, kontra-mcp.
Open to: full-time remote (Europe, US, Canada), B2B via Lukic Engineering DOO (Serbia, EUR or USD), or shorter projects.
- Lehi, Utah, USA
- Remote: Yes, remote-only
- Willing to relocate: No
- Technologies: Go, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, SpiceDB, Stripe Connect, PostgreSQL, React, React Native, Claude/OpenAI APIs, Eleven Labs
20+ years shipping production SaaS. Currently CTO of Allset (AI-native ops for construction trades) — multi-tenant, Stripe Connect, mobile + web; just shipped to AWS this week. Before Allset: 10 years at a private SaaS where I cut $1M+ from the AWS bill, ending as Principal Engineer. Ex-Microsoft.
I ship full features end-to-end using on a real production codebase, not a prototype.
Looking for a 12-24 month senior IC seat at a YC or AI-native startup:
• Founding Engineer / early eng at a recently-funded YC company
• Forward-Deployed Engineer at a funded AI startup
• Senior staff IC where speed + ownership matter
Location: Japan (flexible for US/EU async or partial overlap)
Remote: Yes/Hybrid
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Rust, Go, TypeScript, AWS/cloud
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsokurov/
Email: oleksii.tsokurov@gmail.com
Founding engineer -- built OpenReplay's core (YC S19) solo from scratch -- while doing my Math Master degree. Most recently, Spaces Protocol's (Bitcoin L1 + L2) wallets (Rust + TypeScript) -- built 0 to 1, twice.
Background in math and theoretical CS -- IPhO bronze, MIPT, Sorbonne.
Best fit: early-stage founder who needs someone to own the software end-to-end -- architecture, decisions, shipping. Bonus if the problem space has real research depth -- more than comfortable with math.
Looking for: part-time contract, ~20-28 hrs/week, starting now and continuing through the upcoming PhD (formal verification + quantum computing).
Location: Brazil
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
SysAdmin | Ubuntu, Debian, Centos.
Cloud | AWS/Azure/Linode/DigitalOcean/Google Cloud.
Backend | PHP, MySQL, Apache, Bash/Zsh
CMS/Backend Framework | expert in WordPress, experience with Laravel and CakePHP.
Frontend | expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Tailwind. Experience with Vue and React.
Résumé/CV: https://pedro.estarque.com.br/resume.pdf
Email: pedro@estarque.com.br
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I'm a Full-Stack Developer, Web Designer and Image Editor with over 25 years of professional experience. Problem-solver and avid learner, I'm used to working with small and large teams across enterprise, government and third sector. I take deadlines and delivery commitments very seriously.
Backend/platform engineer with 6 YOE. I started in DevOps consulting, building automation, CI/CD, and Terraform/Packer workflows for Fortune 500 clients, then moved into backend engineering on a healthcare claims/payments platform. Recent work includes owning a greenfield ingestion service from first commit to production, shipping cross-service billing integrations, resolving P1 performance issues, and supporting production services through Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability ownership. Cut runtime by 90% on one client-sensitive workflow.
My primary experience is subscription ecommerce (starting in tech support and moving into fullstack engineering) and fincom. I'm always happy to learn new tech, but I've mostly done Python and JS/TS in the past few years.
Technologies: Python, Ruby, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, PowerShell, Flask, SQL, PostGIS, Shapely, Unity, Unreal Engine, multiple assembly/machine languages, Windows user code and kernel drivers, Google Maps and other map APIs, geographic and airspace data
Hi, I'm Michael Geary. I've programmed in many languages and environments over the years. Some of my current interests are:
• Developer experience. I love helping my fellow developers solve problems, and building tools to make their jobs easier and more enjoyable.
• Aviation and geographic data. For example, airspace and obstacle data importers for Wing; election results and voter information maps for Google; many interactive maps for other companies.
• Hardware interfacing. In a way, I am a "full stack" developer, but my stack may involve a front end to a piece of hardware rather than the cloud. I first got into programming via ham radio, so RF hardware remains an interest.
• Designing and building APIs. Too often an API is designed by exposing the internals of whatever system provides the API. My philosophy is the opposite: start with the apps. I like to build a series of sample apps before starting on the API. This way I can imagine what API will make those apps and others like them easy to build.
• Talk with users! I don't like to sit in a back room cranking out code. I want to make sure it's the right code for what my users need, and that it's easy to maintain and improve as we learn more about what they want.
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Remote: Yes (US business hours
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: AWS (multi-account, Control Tower), Terraform, HashiCorp Vault/Nomad/Consul, Go, Python, TypeScript, EKS, GitLab CI/CD, OpenTelemetry/ADOT, LGTM observability, Kafka, PostgreSQL, PagerDuty
Résumé/CV: https://couchcryptid.github.io/
Email: brendanvinson@icloud.com
20 years engineering total, last 5 dedicated to platform/cloud at a regulated bank, leading the replatform of a contractor-built AWS multi-account into FFIEC/GLBA-compliant standards-based architecture. Stood up federated HashiCorp orchestration (Vault Enterprise, Nomad, Consul), GitLab Enterprise from inception, LGTM/OpenTelemetry observability instrumenting Java/Spring Boot services, and developer tooling distributed via a private Homebrew tap.
Most interested in observability platforms, data infrastructure, and AI engineering broadly — anywhere AI is sharpening human judgment rather than displacing it. Currently building out infrastructure tooling in Go using agentic workflows (Claude Code).
Works across the stack — each layer has its own problems worth solving. Publishes on engineering decision frameworks and AI-augmented development workflows.
Pursuing CKA. Not interested in defense, crypto, or gambling.
Senior iOS engineer / consultant (12+ years). I build and fix iOS and Vision Pro apps from medical devices and high-traffic consumer apps to vibecoded startups struggling to pass App Store reviews.
Location: Heerenveen, Netherlands
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: JS, CSS, Tailwind CSS, HTML, Python, Cloudflare development
Portfolio: https://danielosthebest.pages.dev/
Email: danielosthebest6467@gmail.com
I am a Full-Stack Engineer focused on building high-performance, security-first systems engineered for longevity. My recent builds consistently achieve a 100 Performance score on Google PageSpeed Insights. Every project I deliver will have 89+ on all pagespeed metrics, no matter what. This does not sacrifice quality, however.
I specialize in end-to-end infrastructure (Website + Dashboard + Backend). I also offer security audits, and bumping your pagespeed scores without sacrificing quality. I offer complex Shopify logic too. I prioritize a "No-Call" workflow. I provide a written plan of action and deliver the code, allowing you to focus on your business without meeting fatigue.
You can contact me via my e-mail, or direcly via my portfolio, whichever method you prefer. More info is in my portfolio.
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom / Munich, Germany
- Remote: In-person preferred
- Willing to relocate: Yes, within Europe
- Technologies: Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Git, AWS Cloud, Docker, Wandb
- Résumé/CV: https://davidbhoffmann.com/assets/pdf/David_Hoffmann_CV.pdf
- Email: info@davidbhoffmann.com
About: Currently investigating robotics planning with diffusion models at Oxford’s Visual Geometry Group, under joint supervision from João F. Henriques, Björn Ommer, and Christian Schroeder de Witt.
Previously, I worked at AWS as an Applied Scientist Dual Student, where I (1) developed a novel inference optimization technique yielding 13.4% higher accuracy against baselines, and (2) improved SageMaker's Autopilot forecasting solution, resulting in a 3.5% error reduction and 16% decreased latency in production.
I will graduate with an M.Sc. from LMU in August and am seeking applied machine learning roles to transition my research into production-level systems.
Filed US Provisional Patent #63/942,399 in December 2025 covering an offline memory lifecycle management system for mobile AI. Reference implementation on Android (M3mo Vault): FTS4 + TF-IDF hybrid search at 0.78 microseconds/memory on 10K-entry scale, 7-factor decay algorithm validated via ablation study (12x weight differentiation vs 2x baseline), 7-layer ServiceLocator DI replacing Hilt.
Also building Entropix Engine — a zero-GC browser game engine in vanilla JavaScript sustaining 3,000+ entities at 60 TPS. Structure-of-Arrays memory layout, GridHash spatial partitioning, deterministic fixed-timestep loop, featuring an adaptive grid-sampling fix resolving buffer overflow on high-refresh-rate displays. Live prototype on https://retroindex.org. 60 days into development, 13 milestones shipped. Weekly devlog on r/gamedev.
Past commercial work: scaled an e-commerce operation from $20K/mo to $140K/mo (7x) over 2 years through hand-coded HTML and SEO engineering — 700+ product pages under strict eBay platform constraints (no external CSS/JS allowed), with automated template pipeline reducing launch time 20%.
Background: BS Data Analysis Psychology, UC Davis (2021).
Looking for: contract or full-time remote roles in mobile AI infrastructure, on-device AI memory systems, performance-critical JavaScript/TypeScript, or e-commerce engineering. Open to indie hacker collaborations and Show HN partnerships.
Technologies: A lot, but mostly focused around Rust, React/TypeScript, and macOS/Linux. I work mostly in frontend, desktop and compute, but have also done a bit of backend. I can pick up almost any tool or framework. I technically know Python.
Location: Boise, Idaho
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, MongoDB, Postgres, Node, NextAuth, Cloudflare, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite.
20+ years as a designer/developer hybrid. Currently sole designer and developer at current company, shipping a Next.js site averaging 40k monthly visits and a hand-coded admin CMS used daily by the team. Founded Makeable Brand LLC and shipped 5 SaaS products solo. Built and sold a WordPress theme business serving tens of thousands of users. Brand and print foundations from a decade of editorial design, including 1,000+ book covers and covers for a NYT bestselling author. AI-assisted workflows with Claude Code/Codex as a core part of how I ship.
Looking for design engineer, founding designer, or senior product roles where I can own a surface end-to-end across design and code.
Resume/CV: https://thomasmcgee.co/resume
Email: hello@thomasmcgee.me
SEEKING WORK | Remote
Graphic designer with experience in both frontend and backend web development (PHP; Wordpress, Framer, some Joomla and some Typo3), iconography, editorial design/typesetting with ConTeXt, general graphic design and webmaster duties. Please feel free to check my portfolio for some examples of my work.I spent a decade as CTO at EMEX, growing the engineering team from scratch through private equity acquisition. Today I operate through Brightform Technology, working with founders who need senior-level engineering without a full-time hire. The kind of problems where product sense and architectural judgment matter as much as code output.
Past work:
* Led all frontend architecture for an IoT platform processing high-volume sensor data across nationwide deployments. Built real-time building floorplan visualization, time-series HVAC dashboards, and a modular device configuration system.
* First engineering hire → CTO at EMEX. Built the flagship real-time reverse auction platform that drove seven-figure annual sales. Grew and led a team of 6 through acquisition.
Best fit: founders with a clear idea and the budget to move fast. You might have Figma mockups, a vibe-coded prototype, or just a well-defined concept. I bring product direction alongside the engineering.
25 years working in information security, with a focus on offensive security for defense. Seeking a full time or contract role.
infosec [] duck dot com
Location: UK (Yorkshire)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: VueJS,PHP,NodeJS,MySQL,MongoDB,AWS and the rest…
Résumé/CV: https://irphunky.notion.site/Mark-Harwood-5d68c301d33548ebb7...
Email: mark at phunky.co.uk
Looking for contract opportunities.
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Remote: YES
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: Linux, Open Source, Python, Storage, Git, CI/CD, Ansible, Virtualization (and now getting into self-hosted AI)
Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-ulrich-a1b415266/
Email: charles.hnjorb2605@bityard.net
Hi, I'm Charles and I have decades of experience with Linux administration, with some cloud and orchestration thrown in for good measure. I am passionate about open source and making people's lives easier. My strengths are clear communication and methodical troubleshooting/analysis. I love learning new things and hope for a job that exposes me to more coding, cloud, orchestration, AI-related development, and nice people.
Well-versed in: Linux, Python, Bash, virtualization, containers, CI/CD, Ansible, git, and more. I am a generalist and love digging deep into new things.
Only open to remote W-2 positions at this time. May consider an on-site job in or around Ann Arbor if the culture is right. Regardless, I'm always happy to talk to anyone about anything so absolutely feel free to reach out for a chat!
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email: mshoosterman@gmail.comSoftware Engineer with experience building and scaling real-world financial systems at Nasdaq. Worked across the stack with Java/Spring Boot, React, and SQL to deliver high-performance trading infrastructure and leading onboarding for billion-dollar enterprise clients.
Strong foundation in mathematics (BSc from the University of Toronto) with a deep interest in data structures, algorithms, and computational theory. Comfortable owning features end-to-end, collaborating and building scalable, reliable software. Looking to contribute to solving complex, high-impact problems.
Location: Paris, France (dual citizenship: French & Brazilian) Remote: Yes (preferred) or Hybrid (from Paris) Willing to relocate: No Résumé/CV: https://andrewssobral.pages.dev GitHub Profile: https://github.com/andrewssobral LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewssobral Email: andrewssobral@gmail.com
Summary: AI Systems Architect with 20+ years in software engineering and 10+ years specializing in AI, ML, and Computer Vision. Former Head of AI at ActiveEon, with a Ph.D. focused on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. Expert in scalable AI systems, MLOps, distributed computing, and fine-tuning of large language and vision models. Passionate about building practical, production-ready AI solutions that bridge research and deployment. Open to roles involving AI architecture, applied research, or leadership in AI strategy and innovation.
Technologies: Python, C/C++, PyTorch, OpenCV, scikit-learn, CUDA, FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, MLflow, Hugging Face, REST APIs, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), MLOps, CI/CD, Generative AI, LLMs, HPC (Slurm), Distributed Systems, Dask, Ray
Hi, I'm Brynn!
Location: SF Bay Area, California
Remote: Open to remote or hybrid/in-office in SF Bay Area
Willing to relocate: Open to west coast
Technologies: Full stack web dev for 15+ years in many forms. In recent years I've been focused on game development projects using Babylon/WebGL and working with C++ & Go server-side (MMO servers). Many years of project and product management as well.
I have some cool projects! See my personal site for email and some of those projects:
https://brynnbateman.com/
Coolest released one is probably https://www.idlequest.net/, which is an idle-game web-based version of classic EverQuest, complete with its original 3D graphics in-browser and a real-time MMO server! Had up to 70 players online at the same time a month or two ago.
About to release my biggest project, which is a full reverse engineering and re-implementation of the 2007 MMORPG "Vanguard".
Looking largely for product engineering positions, or project/product management style work. Have done both and enjoy both a lot. Open to contracting or full-time.
Email/LinkedIn/GitHub is on my website!
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Java EE, Spring, Spring Security, REST, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Node.js, Python, Jaspersoft Studio, Eclipse, Tomcat, MySQL, Oracle, Git
Résumé/CV:
https://www.aroranishchal.com/resume
Email: nishchalaro[at]gmail[dot]com
I am a senior developer and consultant with over 15 years in the industry. My expertise is in building robust, secure and scalable backend services and enterprise applications.
My expertise includes data visualization, business intelligence and analytics. I have extensive experience with the TIBCO Jaspersoft BI suite - Jaspersoft Studio, JasperReports Server and Jaspersoft ETL (Talend Open Studio and Server).
I am looking for part-time or full-time freelance / consulting opportunities at the moment (up to 40h/week).
Website: https://www.aroranishchal.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishchal-arora
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies:
Design: Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience and Miro
Presentation: Keynote, InVision, Microsoft PowerPoint
Project Management: Jira, Kanban Boards, and Trello
Prototyping Tools: InVision, Axure RP and Figma
Programming: Basic HTML & CSS
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1stXm3PbP-_20SKp-RK-KEPfINGO...
Email: shetyemanasi18[at]gmail[dot]com
Introduction: I am a UI/UX designer with a background in graphic design, art direction, and more than six years of experience in the design industry. I am proficient in creating digital products in agile environments for the consumer and healthcare markets. With my strong analytical, research, and teamwork skills, I have successfully led a variety of projects from conception to development in both office and remote settings. I have extensive experience crafting personas, qualitative analysis, user journeys, user flows, user interface design, low and high fidelity prototypes, stakeholder presentations and design systems for UI components.
I am looking for full-time contract or freelance/consulting opportunities at the moment (up to 40 hours/week) in UI UX Design
Portfolio: https://www.manasishetye.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manasi-shetye
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. Whatever you’re doing with AI is also fine by me, and I’ll lead/adapt as appropriate.
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
Location: Boston, MA Remote: Sure (open to office) Relocate: No Technologies: Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Docker, HTML/CSS, MCP Servers Resume: https://concourse.codes Email: see site above
Interested in climate, sustainability, greentech, hardtech, bluetech, etc. or music tech, or anything you need those are just my prefs <3
Location: San Francisco
Remote: remote / hybrid / in-office all OK
Willing to relocate: yes (SF/LA)
Technologies: server, fullstack, cloud, applied AI
Résumé/CV: https://biztos.com/hncv/
Email: biztos ~at~ mac dot com
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Greetings fellow hackers!
I'm a high-agency, high-energy, eclectic, serious, fun, creative techie who's done lots of things at BigCos and startups. My happy place is working hard with smart people on something big and complex that makes the world better.
After several years in the consulting/contracting game, I am looking for an ambitious team to join. Maybe yours!
A few of my spinning plates right now: Golang inference worker, two Expo apps in TS/RN, Python data pipeline, AWS IoT for HVAC-adjacent devices, shared FFI components in Rust, and a HealthTech web app in TS/React.
Interested? Drop me a line, and if you're in the Bay Area let's grab a beverage!
Location: South America (I'm a US citizen)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, Python, FastAPI, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, MySQL, React, React Native, NestJS, AngularJS, Backbone, Playwright, Drupal, Express, jQuery, D3.js, visx, GraphQL, Chrome extension, Claude Code, and AWS
Résumé/CV: N/A
Email: [HN username]@gmail.com
My focus has been on browser automation and building browser agents since 2018, with 13 years of enterprise experience building dynamic data user interfaces for web and mobile. I have experience working at both medium 130 person AI companies and small, fast-moving 7 person teams wearing many different hats, which I prefer. I have been instrumental in taking multiple companies from 0 to 1, both as a consultant and as a full-time employee in media, real estate, marketing, streaming services, education, and fintech.
https://github.com/adam-s
https://adamsohn.com
Location: St. Louis, MO USA
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, REST, Scala, Typescript, SQL, Python
Resume/CV: https://daltontf.github.io/Resume.pdf
Email: In resume
Site: https://daltontf.github.io
Taught myself Java in 1997 and was able have it do the heavy lifting over the years. Have "kicked the tires" on a lot technologies over the years for side-projects evidenced by the menagerie of repositories on my GitHub.
I'm very interested in deep learning, formal verification, and compliance automation, but also artificial life, complexity science, robotics, cybernetics (as in Beer), computational social sciences, network science, transit, city planning, etc.
I use Claude Code happily at work, as directed, and seen significant (though not unqualified) productivity gains. I've used it to varying degrees on different personal projects. I'm avoiding it now on personal projects (to retain and build skill). I can work anywhere along that spectrum.
I enjoy learning about what other people are working on, so even if you're not hiring or not interested in hiring _me_, I'd love to connect. I've had some genuinely transformative conversations with people I've met on HN, and I'd love to have more.
Location: San Diego, California / Lopez Island, Washington
Remote: Preferred.
Technologies/skills: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Git, Turbo/Stimulus, TailwindCSS/TailwindUI, AWS, Kamal, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, APIs, people
Resume/CV: Ruby on Rails professionally since 2008 at Shopify, Apple, Intuit and a bunch of startups as well. Open to consulting/contract work or salaried positions.
Email: bradly@rails247.com
More info: https://bradlyfeeley.com
I run a consulting company (atomweight.io), and have provided infosec, devops, and software engineering services to a variety of clients. I am open to both full-time and contract engagements.
I don't particularly enjoy coasting or clocking out at 5pm (mostly since I'm a night owl), so I'm looking for opportunities where I can move fast, build, ship fast, contribute the most value, and grow. If my skills and experience seem like a good fit for your needs, please reach out!
Location: Vancouver, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: HTMX, Datastar, Tailwind, Vue, React, Node, Bun, PHP, Laravel, Drupal, Wordpress, C, Zig, Odin, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Sqlite, AWS, GCP, Azure and more Resume/CV: spirofloropoulos(dot)com
Email: spiro(at)spirofloropoulos(dot)com
Recently built a pure C http server, by hand, with an online game bundled into it, in C, by hand, served on a website as a modern spin on MUD (multi-user dungeons). Also, recently built a vanilla (no 3rd party libs no AI) html/css/js with css3d card game - https://spirofloropoulos.com/css3dtabletop
Full-stack web, software and game developer, specializing in high-performance, minimal-dependency solutions. Available as an individual contributor, lead developer, or consultant. I excel at simple, efficient code and pushing web technologies to their limits. Can mentor teams or bring expertise to complex projects.
Proven track record of building multi-million dollar websites from scratch to production.
Stellar references.
Also experienced in technical streaming (online content), community engagement, and mentoring developers on modern dev practices.
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Web stuff
Resume/CV: https://vladimirslepnev.me
Email: vladimir.slepnev@gmail.com
If you have some fun, non-corporate-feeling stuff to do, drop me a line.
I have a decade of experience founding and advising startups; a decade of experience as a software developer and tech lead; and a wide variety of supporting experiences. Let me help your business get to the next stage of success.
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Remote: Only
Technologies: cloud -- AWS, EC2, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda; docker, containers; Typescript, Python; numpy, pandas
Resume: https://zmichaelgehlke.com/misc/zmgehlke-resume.pdf
Email: See resume.
I am a Senior DevOps/Infrastructure/Full-stack engineer. First 10 years of my career was software development (LAMP & C# work). Last 10 years have been DevOps, SRE, and Infrastructure where I often still ended up in the code. I enjoy working in the security, finance, healthcare, and educational industries.
Location: Texas, US
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Golang, Ansible, PostgreSQL, AWS, Ansible, Agentic Coding (OpenCode + vLLM + Local Models + Frontier/ VSCode + Copilot), Bash & Linux (all distros)
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-marlow-37661177/ (full resume on request)
Email: chrismarlow9[at]gmail.com
Location: Greater New York (US Citizen)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
About: I am a Generative AI Engineer who also happens to be pretty handy across the full stack. Most of my recent work has been building RAG pipelines, AI agents, and natural language search — using LangChain, LangGraph, and vector databases like Pinecone and ChromaDB — with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini APIs under the hood. I care deeply about shipping GenAI features that hold up beyond the demo stage.
Beyond GenAI, I am working on the full stack — React/TypeScript on the frontend, Node.js or ASP.NET Core APIs on the backend, and AWS/Azure for infra. I like owning things end-to-end and building software that's simple and reliable.
Technologies:
Email: jainrasik.pro [at] gmail.comResume/CV: https://www.rasikjain.com/about/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasikjain/
GitHub: https://github.com/rasikjain
Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1993944/rasik-jain
Location: Lucknow, India
Remote: Yes (Worldwide)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Rust (Aya, Tokio, eBPF), Python (FastAPI, Django), Go, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Linux Kernel ABI.
Résumé/CV: https://ankurrathore.net.in/Ankur_Rathore_Architect.pdf
GitHub: https://github.com/AnkurRathore
Email: rathore.ankur@gmail.com
I am a Lead Systems Architect with 12 years of experience specializing in high-throughput distributed systems and kernel-level performance.
Recent Achievement: Author of the "Crate of the Week" in This Week in Rust (#645) for my tool 'tsastat'—a high-resolution Linux thread state analyzer.
What I do: * Scale Kafka/NiFi ingestion pipelines to handle millions of daily events. * Engineer zero-cost Linux observability tools and eBPF network filters in Rust. * Optimize P99 tail-latency in Python/Go microservices. * Architect 0-to-1 data platforms for SDN, Cloud and FinTech.
I am a free agent looking for Lead/Staff roles or high-stakes consulting missions where technical excellence is a requirement.
SEEKING WORK: EU, Remote Worldwide
I'm a Senior DevOps engineer, Cloud Architect and Infrastructure Engineer.
I provide contract or ad-hoc services and support to startups, growth companies and enterprises. I'm often called to set up greenfield DevOps installations, architect and build cloud infrastructures, design platform architectures, build cloud-based, SaaS and mobile products and assist with emergency or short-staffed situations.
I've worked across diverse industries, crypto, tradfi, data platforms, IoT, AI, search, media, etc., which has taught me that that real solutions are rarely one-size-fits-all. I provide solutions tuned precisely to each of my clients: their products and customers, and the way their teams work.
I also provide fixed-price services which are often ideal for startups:
I also provide emergency services, support, workshops and training.BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION HERE: https://ondemanddevops.com/?sid=hn2605
Location: United States
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Open to Remote, Hybrid, and In Person roles
Technologies: Python, PyTorch, LangChain, FastAPI, ChromaDB, PostgreSQL, Docker, Google Cloud Run, AWS, GCP, React.js, SQL, spaCy, NetworkX
Résumé/CV: https://buvanipai.vercel.app/Buvani_Pai_Resume.pdf#view=FitH
Portfolio: https://buvanipai.vercel.app/
Email: buvanipai@gmail.com
MS CS (AI/ML) — Northwestern '24 | Currently: AI/ML Engineer
Building real-time voice AI pipelines (sub-800ms latency) and RAG systems at Bhuvi IT. Previously shipped distributed 8-GPU training at Argonne National Lab (2TB astronomical data, 1 week → 20 hours) and graph-based entity resolution (0.96 F1) as standalone projects. Comfortable across the full stack from model training to serverless cloud deployment.
Open to ML Engineering, Applied AI, AI Infrastructure, Software Engineering or Data Scientist roles.
I lead a global volunteer team and take full product ownership: setting direction over multi-year horizons, planning and implementing architectural migrations, and keeping a project moving via community engagement, triage, fixes, reviews and mentorship.
Highlights:
AnkiDroid continues as a hobby; my day job is fully separate.Looking for: full-time or contract. IC or EM, I'm nontraditional so I'm open to a conversation about which fits. Drawn to work that makes people's lives better, in any stack.
Looking for: Full-stack, backend, or AI engineer roles working on enterprise/consumer AI products. Very open to new technologies, as I really enjoy learning and building using cutting-edge tech.
At internship: Built AI agents with Semantic Kernel (reduced workflows 40%, 20K+ users), Python/Golang backend with gRPC on AWS, and Angular micro-frontends.
Currently: Leading 6-person team on medical QA analysis platform processing 150K+ data points across 4 hospital sites (ASP.NET, Next.js, Docker, PostgreSQL, Nginx).
Research: Co-authored 2 papers on RAG systems (Best Paper Award at IMNS 2025, published at IEEE/ACM CHASE 2025: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3721201.3725519). Built RAG application achieving 95% accuracy on healthcare automation.
Recent projects:
- Automated course scheduler using agentic AI + Google OR-Tools (React, SQLite, AWS Lambda and ECR, FastAPI) for econ department
- Sidequest: iOS app (React Native + Swift) with on-device OCR + LLM parsing using Vision Framework for receipts
Resumé/CV: https://sameepshah.com/resume.pdf
Location: Rzeszów, Poland (CET)
Remote: Yes — EU hours, or US East Coast overlap
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Go; ML/data pipelines; document → graph extraction; regulatory & legal-domain data
Résumé: https://walat.eu | linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat
Email: dariusz@walat.eu
Senior software engineer, 20+ years on production systems. Working on neural nets since 1996 (neuroevolution, genetic programming) — multiple AI cycles' worth of perspective on what survives the hype. Currently building a regulatory forecasting system for Polish law: ingesting statutes back to 1944, building a graph of legislation and amendments, reasoning about where the regulatory surface is moving. The hard problems are PDF → structured graph at scale and reasoning under uncertainty, not the model wrapper.
I also write about where AI coding agents actually work and where they quietly fail.
Best fit when the work is engineering-shaped — application/data rather than infra/SRE/Kubernetes-heavy — and the schedule overlaps EU hours. Comfortable as autonomous IC or small-team tech lead. Domains where messy real-world data meets non-trivial reasoning are where I'm sharpest — regulatory, legal, scientific, financial.
HN: news.ycombinator.com/user?id=stakent (since 2009)
Open to work on product management, solutions architecture, agentic AI or customer engineering. Remote is preferred for time zones spanning Europe to India; 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.
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Remote: Yes — US Eastern overlap, async-friendly with Pacific (years of practice), happy to do the occasional late sync call.
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: backend, Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AI agent infra (e.g. Temporal), I can fake my way around frontend too
Resume: https://valiukas.dev/resume-linas-valiukas.pdf
Email: linas@valiukas.dev
15 years backend. Ex-Automattic on Jetpack Backup, ex-Media Cloud (Harvard/MIT, ICWSM 2021 co-author). PGConf SV 2018 and APAC 2019 talks on Postgres at scale. Currently running https://aero.zip + https://www.lobsterpack.com in parallel and vibecoding like crazy.
Grug-brain engineer (https://grugbrain.dev) and recovering purist. I'd rather push the needle in the wrong direction fast and correct course than design the perfect thing for six months. AI embracer - I treat it as an exoskeleton, not a replacement.
Not a big fan of: calculator apps on Kubernetes, six-round interview pipelines, unpaid take-homes longer than 2 hours.
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Docker, Linux, CI/CD
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobanlukic
Email: boban@lukicengineering.com
13 years in software, last 5+ on backend. Just wrapped 2 years at FuelMe (fuel management SaaS): Senior Backend Dev, then Tech Lead from Aug 2025. Built procurement and invoice-auditing workflows on Node, Postgres, AWS. Wrote OpenEnvoy and QuickBooks integrations.
Before that: Cinnamon (fantasy sports, Revaire), DistantJob (multi-client backend), and 7 years self-employed building mobile games. One title passed 10M downloads.
Shipping production code with AI tooling daily for over a year. GitHub Copilot throughout, Claude Code for the last 7 months. Three open-source MCP servers on npm: postgres-scout-mcp, mongo-scout-mcp, kontra-mcp.
Open to: full-time remote (Europe, US, Canada), B2B via Lukic Engineering DOO (Serbia, EUR or USD), or shorter projects.
GitHub: https://github.com/bluwork
Location: India
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, NestJS, Go, Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Résumé/CV: surajnegi.com
Email: surajnegi@outlook.in
Location:
20+ years shipping production SaaS. Currently CTO of Allset (AI-native ops for construction trades) — multi-tenant, Stripe Connect, mobile + web; just shipped to AWS this week. Before Allset: 10 years at a private SaaS where I cut $1M+ from the AWS bill, ending as Principal Engineer. Ex-Microsoft.I ship full features end-to-end using on a real production codebase, not a prototype.
Looking for a 12-24 month senior IC seat at a YC or AI-native startup:
• Founding Engineer / early eng at a recently-funded YC company • Forward-Deployed Engineer at a funded AI startup • Senior staff IC where speed + ownership matter
Email: kenbrlow@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/knbrlo/· X: @knbrlo
Location: Europe
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Rust, Golang, Python (Django, Scikit-learn, Pandas), PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Elasticsearch, Docker, GCP.
Résumé/CV: Reach out and I’ll send a detailed version
Email: ycombinatornews@gmail.com
Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems.
My career has spanned high-growth startups, successful acquisitions, and major enterprise research labs.
Best fit: early-stage founder who needs someone to own the software end-to-end -- architecture, decisions, shipping. Bonus if the problem space has real research depth -- more than comfortable with math.
Looking for: part-time contract, ~20-28 hrs/week, starting now and continuing through the upcoming PhD (formal verification + quantum computing).
Location: Charleston, South Carolina. Open to relocation if supported as part of sign-on bonus.
Remote: Preferred.
Technologies: AWS, EKS, GitHub Actions, crossplane, Terraform, Azure DevOps, EC2.
Resume/CV: linkedin.com/in/lsdir
Email: elliotechne42@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/autotune
I'm a Full-Stack Developer, Web Designer and Image Editor with over 25 years of professional experience. Problem-solver and avid learner, I'm used to working with small and large teams across enterprise, government and third sector. I take deadlines and delivery commitments very seriously.
Location: Noida, India
Remote: Yes, US hours
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Go, Node.js, TypeScript, Java, React, Next.js, GCP, K8s, Terraform, Temporal
Résumé: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_ND_GJbajELPmjggrhMkg5a...
Email: praveen4463@gmail.com
17 yrs shipping software, always remote.
- Engineer #2 at Galaxy (NYC AI startup, Oct 25–May 26). Galaxy got acquired; acquirer isn't keeping India based contractors.
- Founding engineer at Grub Direct (food delivery + POS, 2023–25): Java Spring backend, React Native.
- Frontend at Gumroad (2020–21).
- Built outomated.com solo to $200k lifetime revenue (Global X ETFs, Boxabl among customers).
Looking for a founding eng or senior backend role. Contractor / EOR / freelance, all fine. Available immediately.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Remote: Yes, open to a few office visits per year
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Java, Spring, Python, Rust, Bash, Kubernetes, Terraform, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, AWS, Prometheus/Grafana
Résumé: Available by email
Email: hn@cbyrnes.io
Backend/platform engineer with 6 YOE. I started in DevOps consulting, building automation, CI/CD, and Terraform/Packer workflows for Fortune 500 clients, then moved into backend engineering on a healthcare claims/payments platform. Recent work includes owning a greenfield ingestion service from first commit to production, shipping cross-service billing integrations, resolving P1 performance issues, and supporting production services through Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability ownership. Cut runtime by 90% on one client-sensitive workflow.
Location: Marshall NC
Remote: Preferred (some travel is fine)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Typescript/Javascript (React), Postgres, AWS
Résumé/CV: https://resume.lucamasters.com/
Email: luca@lucamasters.com
My primary experience is subscription ecommerce (starting in tech support and moving into fullstack engineering) and fincom. I'm always happy to learn new tech, but I've mostly done Python and JS/TS in the past few years.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Remote: Yes, or hybrid if nearby
Willing to relocate: Possibly
Technologies: Python, Ruby, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, PowerShell, Flask, SQL, PostGIS, Shapely, Unity, Unreal Engine, multiple assembly/machine languages, Windows user code and kernel drivers, Google Maps and other map APIs, geographic and airspace data
Résumé/CV: https://www.geary.com/resume.html or https://www.geary.com/resume.pdf and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgeary/
Email: mike@geary.com
Hi, I'm Michael Geary. I've programmed in many languages and environments over the years. Some of my current interests are:
• Developer experience. I love helping my fellow developers solve problems, and building tools to make their jobs easier and more enjoyable.
• Aviation and geographic data. For example, airspace and obstacle data importers for Wing; election results and voter information maps for Google; many interactive maps for other companies.
• Hardware interfacing. In a way, I am a "full stack" developer, but my stack may involve a front end to a piece of hardware rather than the cloud. I first got into programming via ham radio, so RF hardware remains an interest.
• Designing and building APIs. Too often an API is designed by exposing the internals of whatever system provides the API. My philosophy is the opposite: start with the apps. I like to build a series of sample apps before starting on the API. This way I can imagine what API will make those apps and others like them easy to build.
• Talk with users! I don't like to sit in a back room cranking out code. I want to make sure it's the right code for what my users need, and that it's easy to maintain and improve as we learn more about what they want.
Open to full time or contract.
I look forward to talking with you!
Most interested in observability platforms, data infrastructure, and AI engineering broadly — anywhere AI is sharpening human judgment rather than displacing it. Currently building out infrastructure tooling in Go using agentic workflows (Claude Code).
Works across the stack — each layer has its own problems worth solving. Publishes on engineering decision frameworks and AI-augmented development workflows.
Pursuing CKA. Not interested in defense, crypto, or gambling.
Location: Vancouver, Canada Remote: Yes (worldwide) Willing to relocate: Yes (within Canada) Technologies: iOS, Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Swift Concurrency, TCA, Core ML/Vision, Metal, OWASP MASVS, watchOS, iPadOS
CV: https://drobinin.com/consulting
Senior iOS engineer / consultant (12+ years). I build and fix iOS and Vision Pro apps from medical devices and high-traffic consumer apps to vibecoded startups struggling to pass App Store reviews.
Location: Heerenveen, Netherlands Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JS, CSS, Tailwind CSS, HTML, Python, Cloudflare development Portfolio: https://danielosthebest.pages.dev/ Email: danielosthebest6467@gmail.com
I am a Full-Stack Engineer focused on building high-performance, security-first systems engineered for longevity. My recent builds consistently achieve a 100 Performance score on Google PageSpeed Insights. Every project I deliver will have 89+ on all pagespeed metrics, no matter what. This does not sacrifice quality, however.
I specialize in end-to-end infrastructure (Website + Dashboard + Backend). I also offer security audits, and bumping your pagespeed scores without sacrificing quality. I offer complex Shopify logic too. I prioritize a "No-Call" workflow. I provide a written plan of action and deliver the code, allowing you to focus on your business without meeting fatigue.
You can contact me via my e-mail, or direcly via my portfolio, whichever method you prefer. More info is in my portfolio.
Seeking MLE and Applied Science Roles | LMU, University of Oxford | ex. AWS
Keywords: Computer Vision, Robotics, Inference Optimization, AutoML, Forecasting
About: Currently investigating robotics planning with diffusion models at Oxford’s Visual Geometry Group, under joint supervision from João F. Henriques, Björn Ommer, and Christian Schroeder de Witt.Previously, I worked at AWS as an Applied Scientist Dual Student, where I (1) developed a novel inference optimization technique yielding 13.4% higher accuracy against baselines, and (2) improved SageMaker's Autopilot forecasting solution, resulting in a 3.5% error reduction and 16% decreased latency in production.
I will graduate with an M.Sc. from LMU in August and am seeking applied machine learning roles to transition my research into production-level systems.
Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Yes (US time zones preferred)
Willing to relocate: Yes (Salt Lake City, Carson NV, smaller US cities) Technologies: Kotlin, Android (Room/FTS4, Compose, WorkManager), JavaScript (vanilla, zero-GC patterns), HTML/CSS, SQL, FTS4, TF-IDF, ServiceLocator DI
Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e-UhVAkgbpoM7MjF_GtCW_PcsYA... Email: zhikun.dev@gmail.com
Independent systems developer, 27.
Filed US Provisional Patent #63/942,399 in December 2025 covering an offline memory lifecycle management system for mobile AI. Reference implementation on Android (M3mo Vault): FTS4 + TF-IDF hybrid search at 0.78 microseconds/memory on 10K-entry scale, 7-factor decay algorithm validated via ablation study (12x weight differentiation vs 2x baseline), 7-layer ServiceLocator DI replacing Hilt.
Also building Entropix Engine — a zero-GC browser game engine in vanilla JavaScript sustaining 3,000+ entities at 60 TPS. Structure-of-Arrays memory layout, GridHash spatial partitioning, deterministic fixed-timestep loop, featuring an adaptive grid-sampling fix resolving buffer overflow on high-refresh-rate displays. Live prototype on https://retroindex.org. 60 days into development, 13 milestones shipped. Weekly devlog on r/gamedev.
Past commercial work: scaled an e-commerce operation from $20K/mo to $140K/mo (7x) over 2 years through hand-coded HTML and SEO engineering — 700+ product pages under strict eBay platform constraints (no external CSS/JS allowed), with automated template pipeline reducing launch time 20%.
Background: BS Data Analysis Psychology, UC Davis (2021).
Looking for: contract or full-time remote roles in mobile AI infrastructure, on-device AI memory systems, performance-critical JavaScript/TypeScript, or e-commerce engineering. Open to indie hacker collaborations and Show HN partnerships.
GitHub: https://github.com/PhantomCyclops0079
Portfolio: https://retroindex.org
Angular & Ionic Developer
Location: Portugal
Remote: Yes, remote only
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, RxJS, Angular, Ionic, Cordova, Capacitor
Résumé/CV: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf
Email: nuno@nunoarruda.com
Location: US
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: A lot, but mostly focused around Rust, React/TypeScript, and macOS/Linux. I work mostly in frontend, desktop and compute, but have also done a bit of backend. I can pick up almost any tool or framework. I technically know Python.
Résumé/CV: https://logandark.net/resume.pdf
Email: logandark@logandark.net
Need work badly so send me anything except scams and fraud.