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

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Permanent: No
  Technologies: TypeScript, Python, PHP, SQL, Terraform, Linux, AWS, AWS Lambda
  Email: m@mhn.me

My name's Matthew Hotchen. I was founding engineer of a successful YC-backed substance use management platform (Pelago Health) delivering rapidly on dozens of features, creating a well-structured backend, data pipeline, and multi-region HITRUST certified platform. I then learned the A-method of hiring and worked hard to build a great team of long-tenured engineers, entrusting them to do their work, scaling CI/CD and test infrastructure, implementing strategic refactors to improve system consistency, implementing reliable security and infosec practices, effective checklist-driven development workflows that helped us release several times a day (with a small team). I was voted most committed to the mission and played a key role in defining the company culture. I was there for seven years and only left when Pelago had really found its footing and was going from success to success (and it continues to do so)

Prior to that I built and led the API team for World First, one of the largest FX brokerages in the UK where I played a leading role in their technology success, becoming and expert in FX markets and bringing innovative solutions to the space, helping the company expand globally over my time there. They sold to Ant Finance for $700m not long after my departure

I've also been a contractor, worked at an agency, and a bespoke suit company with an online tailoring system (and also tried to build my own business in this space)

I'm good at software design, thinking about and modeling data, efficient access patterns. I've worked with a wide selection of tools over the years (17 years professionally). I've been using Linux for 20 years now. I still write the best SQL queries I've ever seen (but I would say that). I've designed and worked with distributed systems and event-driven systems a fair bit and modeled some complex workflows. I've used AWS Lambda extensively

As well as the technologies above, I'm an expert in rapid delivery, team building/hiring, CI/CD, pipelines and workflows, and distributed systems

Although I'm a backend engineer I've also worked extensively on frontends, both mobile (react native) and web (going all the way back to Flash which I worked with professionally early in my career)

I've been taking a break from work to recuperate and put some focus on my hobbies but I have been getting back in to programming (now with LLMs). I'm currently working on an opensource alternative to Github Copilot

I'd like some money coming in though, it's always a good feeling

I'd make a good candidate for any founders who haven't landed on a CTO yet or looking for a stopgap, but want someone they can depend on to deliver what they need rapidly whilst receiving good insights from someone who played a key role in taking an early stage startup to unimagined succcess. I'm not looking for a permanent role. Anything from days to months

Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: Yes (SF or remote)

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: Go, Kubernetes (internals, controllers, CRDs, scheduling), distributed systems, Prometheus/M3/Grafana, gRPC/Protobuf, Bazel, Python, SQL, GPU scheduling, capacity planning

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-w_hQEWEmSnf7zSC3DYMgMA2LQU...

Email: nickvecchioni@gmail.com

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

Infrastructure/platform engineer with 3+ years of experience on Uber's Compute Platform team (though I was sadly laid off in late 2025.) I work on large-scale fleet orchestration and the reliability/observability tooling around it.

Looking for: Series A/B infrastructure or compute teams... AI/GPU infra, developer platforms, or climate/energy/space especially!

Location: Lagos, NG.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Node, Express, WebRTC, MongoDB, MySQL, Supabase, Firebase, TypeORM, AWS, Docker, Fullstack

Resume: https://github.com/izzdwizz/resume/blob/main/Izuchukwu_Uchen...

Email: izuchukwu.uchendu@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/izuchukwu-uchendu

Github: https://github.com/izzdwizz

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: For the right opportunity

Technologies: AI Agents, LLMs, Workflow Automation, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Pigment, SQL, Python, Snowflake, dbt, Tableau, Power BI, NetSuite, Workday, Salesforce, Financial Systems, FP&A, Analytics Engineering, Data Platforms, Business Systems

Résumé/CV: linkedin.com/in/getravi

Email: getravi at gmail dot com

Finance Systems, Analytics, and AI Automation leader with 18+ years of experience building internal platforms, planning systems, data products, and automation solutions at enterprise and high-growth technology companies.

My background sits at the intersection of finance, operations, data, and software. I’ve built finance systems functions from the ground up, led enterprise planning transformations, implemented data platforms, and recently focused on AI-native workflows and agentic automation.

Areas where I can add value:

* AI agents and internal automation * Finance and business systems leadership * FP&A platforms (Anaplan, Adaptive, Pigment) * Data and analytics platforms * Process redesign and operational scaling * Enterprise software product strategy * Technical program and cross-functional leadership

Open to full-time leadership roles, individual contributor roles with significant ownership, consulting engagements, and advisory work.

Lignx

  AI specialist.
  AI systems, projects development & products.
  Expert in programming languages in general.
  Web platform expert. Evolved into Systems Architect. Turned AI specialist.
  Looking to work on interesting projects.
  USA/Canada (English companies only).

Location: USA; (virtual)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes (USA/CAN, Interested, help)

Technologies: AI, App-dev, Web-apps, Prog-langs, Python, Rust, Vlang, Go, Mojo, Odin, Typescript, Cloud, GCP, NoSql, Sql, Databases, Web-frameworks.

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/lignx ; https://app.daily.dev/lignx

Email: On Github.