Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

Remote: Yes worldwide possible (as either part time, fractional, consulting, board, advisory, freelance or similar arrangement.)

Willing to relocate: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne.

Results-oriented Product Management and People Leader with 15+ years of experience in the Mobile and Internet industries, known for driving innovation, high-impact growth, and strategic product direction. Stanford MBA with a proven track record in scaling multi-million dollar products across global markets, leveraging expertise in AI/ML, UX/UI, and e-commerce to deliver user-centric solutions. Accomplished executive in leading organizations like Google, Myspace, Booking Holdings (Agoda), Skyscanner, and multiple startups through growth and transformation. EU national, permanent resident of Australia and Hong Kong.

Résumé/CV: http://www.ulfw.com/docs/CVulfw.pdf

LinkedIn Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waschbusch/

eMail: calstanford at gmail dot com

Remote: Yes

Relocate: No

Primary stack: Python, Django + Django REST Framework, Streamlit, Viewflow-Pro, FastAPI, Celery/RQ, WebSockets, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis, Apache & Nginx, Docker, AWS (S3, Lambda), Ansible

Résumé / Portfolio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojtahedi/

Email: mhm5000+hn@gmail.com

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What I’m looking for:

• Roles: Senior / Staff Backend Engineer or Tech-Lead positions

• Engagement: Long-term, direct hire or contract-to-hire with meaningful equity; I enjoy building products and teams, not just features

Why me:

• Designed & scaled a payment platform serving 1000+ merchants and processing billions of USD in the last 4.5 years in the middle east.

• Habitual refactorer: cut 700 Django migrations to • Clear, async-first communicator; fluent in English

• Enjoy mentoring, code reviews, and turning business specs into maintainable architecture. Work should be fun.

If you need a senior engineer who can own a codebase, level-up the team, and ship reliably, let’s talk.

  Location: India
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, JS/TS
  Résumé/CV: https://sunil-dhaka.github.io/
  Email: sunil.dhaka.iitk@gmail.com