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

Location: Eldoret, Kenya

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Open

Technologies: Linux, Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Nomad, Bash scripting, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenHIM, FHIR Info Gateway, Kafka, Airflow, Golang, NodeJS, Angular, ReactJS, Laravel, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.

Résumé/CV: linkedin.com/in/derrick-rono-13900359

Email: toloita@proton.me

Engineering leader with over 10 years of experience building and operating distributed health systems across cloud and on-premise environments. Experienced in delivering end-to-end platforms, from architecture and production code to containerized deployments and observability using Prometheus and Grafana. Strong background in leading cross-functional teams, handling health data interoperability, and implementing standards like FHIR and Shared Health Records in low-connectivity settings.

Location: Portugal (UTC+0/+1) Remote: Required

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Node.js, Javascript, TypeScript, Express.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud Tasks, VM, Network, Cloud Functions, Storage), Docker/Docker swarm, AWS (S3, ECS, EC2, ECR), RabbitMQ/AMQP, GraphQL, Redis, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Linux, event-driven architecture, distributed systems

Résumé/CV: https://files.pampilosmutantes.pp.ua/cv_nc.pdf

LinkedIn: I want to keep this private so my current employer doesn't know. Just contact me and I'll send you. Or get it from the cv. Thanks for understanding.

Email: rodolfopolicarpo117[at]gmail.com

About: Senior Backend Engineer | 9 years experience | Node.js/TypeScript

Currently building a multi-channel dispatch pipeline (scheduling, queuing, rate-limiting, retries, idempotent execution) on GCP Cloud Tasks + Cloud Run at scale.

Location: India

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: Yes

Technologies: Golang, Python, Java, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yjz7XxCVS54Ud7GQlwMrC2W9ult...

Email: shameer.baramy@gmail.com

Strong experience building scalable backend applications for product and platform teams. I also have experience managing a team of full-stack engineers developing platform engineering tools.

Recently worked as a founding engineer at an AI startup, building a general assistant for Mac that can perform a wide range of operations and understands context from what the user is looking at or pointing to.

Worked across the stack in various domains, spanning startups and enterprises. Interested in backend development, developer experience, distributed systems, platform engineering.

  Location: Germany (CET/CEST)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Python, AI/LLM integrations (agents, extraction), FastAPI, automation & internal tools, scraping & data pipelines, Docker, Git, SAP
  Résumé/CV: https://mbitai.com
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbitai
  GitHub: https://github.com/TMFNK
  Email: info [at] mbitai . com

Freelance software engineer in Munich. I build automation, AI/LLM integrations, and data pipelines in Python, end to end and solo. Recent example: automated a PLM migration at Hero Group, converting SAP bills of materials into a new recipe format and validating the migration files. Working with teams in Germany and the US; open to freelance/contract or full-time remote.