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

Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, React, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL, GraphQL, Twilio, Docker, Railway, Vercel, LangGraph, as well as no/low-code automation tools.

Résumé/CV: southarcdigital.com/resume.pdf Portfolio: https://southarcdigital.com Email: vigneshramakrishnan23@gmail.com

I build AI agent systems for small and mid-size businesses typically handling custom middleware integrations with legacy ERPs with hostile schemas. We typically add an agentic layer on top of an implementation (some details below). Also dabbled in legal document analysis for a paid POC.

Background: Law degree (India's #1 law school),1 year handling international disputes in Indian Big Law ~2 years at ITC Limited (FMCG, handled a $500M+ portfolio of Food Brands) doing legal and product operations, then pivoted to building full-time in Jan 2025. No CS degree, learnt by shipping.

What I've shipped in production (paid clients, real users): — Custom MCP server (35+ tools) over a legacy textile ERP with a 79-column MS SQL table with typos in column names. Built a ReAct agent that generates SQL via natural language, deployed as a WhatsApp bot for 7,100+ SKUs, integrated with a Next.js dashboard with around 20 report types over the same data.

— Analytics platform connecting TrackAbout + Zoho Books for an industrial gas company. Cylinder rotation metrics, fleet visibility across a ₹2.25 crore asset base, 15-min sync intervals, WhatsApp alerts for inactive customers. Next.js + Express + MongoDB.

— 95 GB image migration pipeline for a home decor company: scraped ~34K images from web + FTP, matched to ~44K inventory products by barcode, uploaded to Cloudflare R2. Python ETL with checkpoint resumability.

Claude Code is my primary dev environment. Looking for AI agent / product engineer roles at companies shipping AI to real users. Happy to work async with US/EU teams. Contractor or full-time.

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: yes, to any location in Africa, where I can get the necessary permission to live and work. Occasional travel is possible.

Technologies: Linux, Front or Backend Web Development, General Software Development, System Administration.

Résumé/CV: on request (software development, CTO, mentoring, training, fluent in English and German, german citizenship)

Contact: Email: see profile or http://codingforafrica.at/

Like this Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31518945], I am looking for similar work, but I am open to work on any interesting project. I am a European software developer who has lived and worked on four continents. Now it's time to move on and so I am in the process to relocate to Africa.

I have more than a decade of experience running a company, doing software development, support and training and mentoring adults and students, as well as working on educational projects, and I am willing to take on a mixture of roles as needed to support a project.

I value good teamwork over fancy tech, and I don't shy away from working on legacy code. I am primarily motivated by solving problems, so let me help you solve your problems.

I am open to work for a company anywhere as long as the work can be done fully remote from Africa.

While I could find a job elsewhere I believe that the experience living in an area where my work is going to have an impact gives me a better understanding of the needs of the location I am serving. Whether it is through direct contact with clients and users or just by being part of a local community and learning about the reality of living there.

In addition, I want to use some of my income to hire local interns and junior developers and train them in order to pass on my experience. I also sponsor children that otherwise can't afford to go to school (see my website). If you want to support this, I would love to work with you. Also if you are interested in hiring African developers yourself. I can help you build up a team for you.

Location: Croatia

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: 17 years of iOS development, Swift, Objective-C

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/y5p7ddh4

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomislavf/

GitHub: https://github.com/tomislav

Email: tomislav@me.com

Lead iOS developer for multiple award-winning apps, featured by Apple, The New York Times and Forbes. Working remotely for distributed companies for the last 12 years.

Remote: Yes (Remote only)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET, SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB/EventStoreDB/Redis, RabbitMQ/Kafka, CQRS/Event Sourcing, Azure/AWS.

Résumé/CV: https://craigtp.co.uk/cv

Email: craig [at] craigtp.co.uk

Hi. I'm Craig. I'm an experienced Senior Software Engineer, Systems Architect and Microsoft Certified Professional with a passion for software development.

I work primarily, but not exclusively, with Microsoft technologies and the .NET / .NET Core frameworks, leading complex and challenging enterprise software development projects to successfully deliver robust, secure, scalable and efficient software solutions, encompassing over 30 years of experience in the field.

An accomplished team leader, mentor and architect, I'm skilled at taking a leading role in the overall architecture of a project, in driving team developments and employing proven industry disciplines and best-practices to deliver successful software projects that frequently exceed client expectations.

I'm passionate about distributed systems design, CQRS and event sourcing and a proponent of domain-driven design to ensure that solutions are laser-focused on solving real business problems. I'm an open source enthusiast and advocate using the best and most appropriate tools available, providing for an effective and pragmatic solution that delivers genuine and quantifiable business value.

Throughout my career I've helped numerous businesses of varying sizes in varying industries get their technology investment right and I can do the same for you.

Recent projects include:

+ Architected and executed a comprehensive overhaul of a core legacy system, migrating it to a robust microservices architecture. By strategically applying Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, and Event Sourcing, we enabled a prominent African FinTech company to seamlessly scale from 1 million to 10 million active users while achieving a remarkable 30%+ reduction in cloud expenses.

+ Successfully delivered an ambitious project to re-engineer a number of monolithic applications to cloud-native, event-driven distributed services for a leading hospitality software provider as part of a company-wide effort to modernise their entire software estate including training and mentoring staff on event-driven architecture and distributed system design.

+ Designed & delivered a large, global SaaS product to manage and automate music royalty collection and payment for one of the UK's largest and most demanding independent music publishers including full cloud geo-distribution & redundancy to ensure high availability & reliability for the worldwide client base.

+ Spearheaded the creation of a groundbreaking anti-motor fraud solution for a prominent UK law firm. This industry-leading platform combined a user-friendly web application, powerful API, and sophisticated data systems, including Europe's largest anti-fraud database, giving the firm an edge in fraud detection.