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

    Location: Salt Lake/Utah Valley, Utah
    Remote: Yes
    Willing to relocate: Possibly
    Technologies: Elixir, Ruby, Julia, Haskell, Rust
    Résumé: https://lambdaland.org/resume.pdf
    Email: mail@wiersdorf.dev

I am a PhD student looking for a summer gig. I don't require benefits—I'm happy to hire on as a contractor. I have worked as a back-end software engineer for a variety of companies throughout my schooling, so I've got the experience of a mid-level engineer. I specialize in building interpreters & compilers and I have experience with formal verification tools and techniques. That said, I won't turn down a job working on the back-end of whatever your SaaS project may be. :)

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Remote: Yes (I’m used to time zone differences and async work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Figma, Sketch, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, Hugo, Jekyll, WordPress, Django, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind, OCaml, Java, Python, C, analytics, WCAG accessibility, website SEO/speed optimisation.

Résumé/CV: See https://seanw.org/ for portfolio, and https://checkbot.io/ and https://inclusivecolors.com/ for live example projects

Email: sw@seanw.org

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SEEKING FREELANCE WORK | UX/UI & web design

I help startups with the UX/UI and web design of their products. This includes web apps, websites, landing pages, copywriting, and I can assist with frontend development where needed. My background of launching my own products and being a full stack developer helps me create practical designs that balance usability, aesthetics, development effort, and performance. I work to fixed price quotes for self-contained projects.

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The best live example of my work is Checkbot (https://checkbot.io/), a browser extension that tests websites for SEO/speed/security problems. The entire project is my own work including coding the extension itself, UX/UI design, website design (the homepage is optimised to load in 0.7 seconds, 0.3MB data transferred), marketing, website copy, and website articles on web best practices.

[ Rated 4.9/5, 80K+ active users, 100s of paying subscribers ]

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I have 10+ years of experience, including a PhD in software verification and 5+ years working for myself helping over 25 companies including Just Eat, Triumph Motorcycles and Fogbender (YC W22). See my website for testimonials, portfolio and more: https://seanw.org

Note: For large projects, my partner usually assists me in the background (I’m working on starting a design studio with her in the future)

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Email sw@seanw.org with a short description of 1) your project 2) how you think I can help 3) the business outcome you’re looking for and 4) any deadlines. I can get back to you in one working day to arrange a call to discuss a quote and how we can work together!

Location: Paris, France

Remote: Remote first, but I enjoy spending time with my collaborators (especially at the beginning of a mission) and traveling for work from time to time.

Willing to relocate: Temporarily, depending on the job but not for more than 6 months.

Technologies: Can learn anything web related very quickly but I'm especially proficient as a full stack working with a boring Python/Django/PostgreSQL stack. I enjoy working with Vue.js or Svelte but I will keep using HTMX or Alpine.js whenever I can out of simplicity. Happy to use low-code tools and vibe code stuff when it makes sense. I can also use Cloud solutions (GCP, Render, Heroku, AWS) or administrate a Linux server.

Résumé/CV: https://louis.ga/cv/en/#exp

Email: hn [AT] louis [DOT] ga

Python/Django specialist looking for projects bridging tech and visual arts. Currently available for freelance work. I bring 5+ years building production software—from co-founding a legal tech startup where I wore every hat from Linux sysadmin to team lead, to a recent stint at Louis Vuitton on JS/TypeScript. Comfortable across the stack, with particular depth in data pipelines, ML/computer vision, and making things work reliably at scale. M.S. in Computer Science (computer vision) from Sorbonne, dual B.S. in Math & CS, plus a foundation year in applied arts. This mix shows up in my work—I care about both what's under the hood and what users actually see.

I'm quite good with people and enjoy being part of a team. Looking for interesting projects at the intersection of software and visual/creative domains, or anything hardware / real world related -- but honestly, I enjoy hard problems wherever they live.

Open to contracts, part-time collaborations, or interesting project-based work. Based in Paris, remote-friendly.

Don't hesitate to get in touch. ;-)

Regards.

Location: NYC

Remote: Open to Remote, Hybrid, and In Person roles

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Vue, Nuxt, React, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS, GitHub Actions, Jenkins

Résumé/CV: https://joepaolicelli.com/resume.pdf

Email: joe [at] joepaolicelli.com

I'm a Full Stack web developer with 6+ years of experience, first at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, then at Vannevar Labs, a defense startup. I've taken on roles including web app design and development, improving observability and automation in large scale data pipelines, team leadership, and developing services to configure and secure deployments to cloud infrastructure. I've worked with a large variety of technologies, and developed a robust set of skills in all layers of the web dev software stack.

Location: Perry KS

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: only for something super awesome

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9NaXzbdSs6crUlB60biGWoOKvL...

Email: oldspiceap@gmail.com

Technologies: Django, HTMX, _HyperScript, Tailwind, html, CSS, jQuery, Python, Flask, minikube, AWS lambda (but please no), Fly.io, Railway, ETL, Jenkins, GitHub CI, etc...

I've been using Django since the pre 1.0 days since it originated where I live. It's been my goto framework for ages.