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

SEEKING WORK | Remote | Serving AU, NZ, APAC & US West Coast. Synchronised with US West Coast (PST) and APAC business hours.

Role: Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, & Fractional CTO Advisory

Location: New Zealand Remote: Yes Willing to Relocate: No

Email: hackernews [at] architectfwd [dot] com CV/Site: https://architectfwd.com/about

I help organizations bridge the gap between "high-level strategy" and "technical execution." Most transformations fail because the architecture isn't aligned with the delivery priorities—I’m here to engineer that alignment.

I have 20+ years of international experience across public and private sectors. Currently a Principal Architect, I’ve spent my nights and weekends building the ArchitectFWD™ ecosystem:

- Enterprise - an AI-augmented platform designed to model enterprise components and evolve strategy in real-time.

- prfrm - performance management for people. Not HR.

How I can help your team:

• Fractional CTO/Architect: Strategy, governance, and technical roadmapping without the full-time overhead.

• Architecture Alignment: Mapping product strategy to services and tech stacks to kill "Architectural Drift."

• Operating Model Design: Moving from static "shelfware" documentation to value-driven, agile execution.

• Mentoring: Coaching architects and product leads.

Technologies/Frameworks: Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF/Modern Lean EA), Strategy-to-Execution Frameworks, AI-Assisted Development Workflows, Agile/Scrum, Multi-tenant SaaS Architecture, AI enabled Performance Management (prfrm™), AI augmented strategy and architecture (ArchitectFWD Enterprise).

Availability: Looking for part-time advisory, retainers, or fractional capacity. Whether it's a 2-hour "sanity check" on your roadmap or a regular weekly heartbeat, let’s talk.

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dutch national)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: TypeScript/JavaScript, Three.js, Client-server networking, C++, Claude Code

Résumé/CV: https://nickvanurk.com/resume.pdf

Email: nickyvanurk@gmx.com

Github: https://github.com/nickyvanurk

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

Discord: jycerian

Interests: Gamedev, Game engines, Computer graphics, Computational Geometry, 3D Applications, Robotics, Tool development, Digital twins, Simulations, GIS, Server Engineer/Online Services, UX/UI, FUI Design

Can rapidly learn new technologies. Game, Web, GIS, robotics development experience. Build my own 8-bit computer: https://nickvanurk.com/8bit.mp4 Optimizing things gets me all excited. Check out these Three.js projects I made: https://mechacraft.io https://everwilds.io/ and https://nickvanurk.com/capping/ https://nickvanurk.com/prototype/ In my free time I like to work on web games like Mechacraft.io. Professionally I've worked as an engine programmer on the Modd.io web game engine (TypeScript, sadly offline now) and SPARQ native game engine (C++, to be released). I find I enjoy web/typescript more than native/c++ so I would like to return to that space.

If you have a cool web game (engine) project or web tool with a 2D / 3D graphical / computational geometry component to work on please feel free to reach out by email, LinkedIn or Discord!

Location: Bangladesh

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, MVVM, MapKit, AVFoundation, WebRTC, Firebase, CI/CD

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdous19/ && https://ferdous-mahmud.github.io

Email: ferdous.webdev@gmail.com

iOS Engineer focused on building fast, native mobile experiences that scale. I've spent the last couple of years shipping apps that survive real-world traffic—from a top Saudi ride-sharing platform to high-traffic social media and enterprise tools.

I do my best work bridging the gap between tricky engineering problems and polished UX. Whether it's heavy memory optimization, real-time tracking with WebRTC/Socket.io, or complex media handling, I love keeping the architecture clean and the app snappy.

Lately, I’ve been having a lot of fun building practical on-device AI features using Apple's foundation models. I also write a lot—I've published over 50 articles breaking down iOS engineering concepts for the community.