Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)

Sphinx Defense builds software to solve complex national security problems for America and its allies. Founded by engineers and technologists with deep experience across commercial and defense technology, we're building a vehicle-agnostic communication infrastructure to enable satellite operators to securely utilize antenna networks and maneuver satellites in real-time. We're bootstrapped, profitable, and growing aggressively. To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, https://sphinxdefense.com/ Our current openings are: Senior. Backend Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/auntb4us8us Senior. Backend Engineer - Remote: https://grnh.se/kp0xwi9b8us Backend Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/z0jox39h8us Backend Engineer - Remote: https://grnh.se/bd3zrpcg8us Chief Engineer - Chantilly, VA: https://grnh.se/rbw9gsyl8us Chief Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/ysbgny5x8us Chief Engineer - El Segundo, CA: https://grnh.se/k6ny69og8us Chief Engineer - Seal Beach, CA: https://grnh.se/e0dp9r0l8us Control Account Manager: Remote: https://grnh.se/ag280g7e8us Cybersecurity Lead - Information System Security Manager (ISSM) - Chantilly, VA: https://grnh.se/dcbx6n5s8us Cybersecurity Lead - Information System Security Manager (ISSM), Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/93m5yna88us DevOps Engineer - Remote: https://grnh.se/w6nfmsl18us DevOps Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/ediup2jj8us Infrastructure Security Engineer - Remote: https://grnh.se/nbd1nsf98us Senior DevOps Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/9ufr3c4s8us Software Systems Architect - Chantilly, VA: https://grnh.se/rzuhym5f8us Software Systems Architect - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/sp6q2wjy8us Software Systems Architect - El Segundo, CA: https://grnh.se/ev0qd1kb8us Technical Program Manager - Chantilly, VA: https://grnh.se/xq1zpezj8us Technical Program Manager - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/wk6515kq8us Technical Program Manager - El Segundo, CA: https://grnh.se/slbopfb58us Senior Program Manager - Chantilly, VA: https://grnh.se/9cadlgwu8us Senior Program Manager- Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/ualgpm3f8us Senior Program Manager- El Segundo, CA: https://grnh.se/msh8t00e8us IT Specialist - Colorado Springs, CO: https://grnh.se/3v6g0mnn8us

Ping Data Intelligence is a dynamic startup based in Miami, FL, revolutionizing the property insurance sector with cutting-edge web technologies and ML-powered tools. Despite rapid growth, we retain the stability of a self-funded, profitable company. We're hiring a Data Annotation Operations Lead to run ML training data annotation. You'll manage offshore annotation contractors, become an expert annotator yourself, and drive quality, cost, and throughput — while working with engineering to automate annotation with LLMs.

*Responsibilities* - Manage offshore annotation contractors as main liaison - Write and maintain annotation guidelines - Annotate data yourself, especially early on - Track quality metrics (agreement rate, accuracy, rework) and drive improvement - Cut cost, boost throughput, without sacrificing quality - Partner with engineering to automate annotation via LLMs/agents

*Required* - Experience managing offshore/distributed teams - ML annotation / training data pipeline knowledge - Extremely detail-oriented, strong written/verbal communication - SQL and spreadsheet/BI skills - Comfort turning ambiguous decisions into clear rules

*Nice to Have* - Python, annotation UI/UX design, taxonomy classification experience, LLM/agent automation experience

reach out at jobs@pingintel.com

Mitte is an AI creative suite — the agentic OS for creative teams.

Engineering (Berlin, on-site):

  - Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Go, React): https://mitte.ai/careers/role/GZHn1_O6
  - Senior Frontend Engineer (React, TS, Redux): https://mitte.ai/careers/role/5qi8KR4D
  - Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir, Go): https://mitte.ai/careers/role/oaFnPm0A
  - Founding Engineer (Go, React): https://mitte.ai/careers/role/7VTbvOae

Good luck to the one who gets it, I envy you deeply

Relevant builds a data platform that helps safety-net healthcare providers deliver better care using data from their electronic health records. Our customers are non-profit clinics called Community Health Centers. You can read more about them, us, and the roles on our jobs page: https://relevant.healthcare/jobs/

We're a small team (~25 overall). We're bootstrapped (no external capital whatsoever, VC or otherwise) and profitable. We've got a modern tech stack (Rails, Typescript, React, GraphQL, d3) and a healthy approach to both tech debt and work/life balance… and we’re also a very nice group of people that get to work on interesting problems for some of the few unimpeachably good actors in healthcare!