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

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Remote: Yes (open to US/EU time zone overlap)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (FastAPI), backend architecture, async systems, PostgreSQL, TypeScript/React, Celery, Redis, Docker, AWS

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JgL6IRUMiXyI1bfy9-MlkjvA...

Email: eniolaarinde1@gmail.com

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/elvongray

Location: Maine (USA)

Remote: Only. Open-minded to occasional travel.

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Postgres, Flask, Containers, k8s, Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Linux, various clouds. Currently learning Rust. Etc...

Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtismullins or https://www.kurtismullins.com (WIP)

Email: hire@kurtismullins.com

18 Years Web, SaaS, Full-Stack, Backend, and SRE/DevOps/Platform Engineering.

Looking for freelance clients/projects and part-time opportunities.

Would love to work with universities, research institutes, public good non-profits, and so forth but open to working with all kinds of wonderful people!

Work-life balance is my goal over getting rich; if you support my lifestyle then I am happy to reciprocate with my time & skills.

At home, you can find me homesteading and exploring merging tech knowledge with the natural, real world. Currently refreshing my old electronics skills to build sensors and automation systems for various projects around the house (e.g. growing food, rain water collection, etc..)

I have recently traveled to Boston a few times (its ~3 hours by train) and its amazing! Would love to make some connections down there as well. I can't come down every day but am open-minded to dropping in every once in a while.

I also really want to check out MIT (swap meet & library!), FSF, and all of this super cool culture in Boston that was too far away when I used to live in Ohio.

Thanks!

  Location: Switzerland
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: LLMs (Anthropic, OpenAI), TypeScript, Bun, React, Remix, Next, Node, Django, Python, Tailwind, SQLite, OCaml, Nix
  Résumé/CV: https://joseferben.com/resume.en.pdf
  Email: josef@erben.systems
  Github: https://github.com/joseferben
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseferben

I have 10+ years of experience as an engineer and 2+ years as CTO. Over the past 2 years I've been shipping agents/LLM-based flows to production using Typescript, React, Bun/Node, Django and Python. I thrive in small and highly autonomous teams with a strong focus on product and go-to-market.

I run my own LLC and I'm open to contract work.

Location: Kronshagen, DE (Kiel / Hamburg area)

Remote: Yes (working EU+US remotely since 2014)

Willing to relocate: No, but I travel for kickoffs and on-site work

Technologies:

  AI / ML - PyTorch, TensorFlow, custom C++ inference, RL, speech, computer vision
  Systems - C++ (NEON / AVX), Python, CUDA, kernel drivers (Win / Mac / Linux)
  Distributed - Ansible, Docker, PostgreSQL
  Real-time - DSP, vectorized audio, low-latency pipelines
  Hardware - PCB design (KiCad / Altium), firmware, FPGA, USB3

Résumé / CV: https://hajo.me/downloads/Krabbenhoeft%20Hajo%20CV.pdf

GitHub: https://github.com/fxtentacle

Email: hn (at) hajo (dot) me

Hi, I'm Hajo. 20+ years shipping production systems, 12+ as CTO. I'm a fractional CTO and I offer AI R&D, performance optimization, and due diligence as freelance consulting services. You might know me from:

ImageRights: sole architect, 10+ years in prod. Web crawling stack (5000+ concurrent tasks via Ansible), distributed C++ content-based image retrieval database scaling to billions of web images, all internal AI filters, plus workflow automation. Still running today.

Spatial Audio Designer: sole developer. 500+ channels real-time on 2013 hardware. NEON / AVX-vectorized DSP, plugins for VST / RTAS / AU / AAX, kernel drivers for virtual sound cards on Mac and Windows, ARM port for embedded and VR. Still in use by famous Hollywood studios.

And yesterday, I figured out how to make MSFS2024 run with multi-camera and instrument pop-outs in Proton 11. Understanding the root cause required tracing the full stack from inside the game, through vkd3d, Proton, the host Linux OS, down to the GPU driver.

Ideally, I'm looking for 5-10 days per month part-time projects. Plus I'd love to work on applied AI / robotics.