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

Location: NA timezones (Canada Central America)

Remote only : 10 years remote, 12 years experience

Technologies : C, C++, SIMD, OpenGL, WebGL, WASM, JS, TS

Interests : compilers, language runtimes, 2D & 3D graphics, performance

Hello, my name is Jesse.

I'd describe myself as a competent generalist; a lifelong learner. I'm pretty much always working on something I've never done before in the context of one of a handful of long-running side-projects I have.

My most recent professional experience has been about a year at a semiconductor startup where I wrote prototypes for a functional simulator and a compiler.

One of my side-projects of ~10 years is a 3D game engine. Working on it has taught me a great deal about systems and graphics programming. It runs on Windows, Linux and Web (WASM/WebGL). I chose to build it without any libraries (barring the CRT for startup), which began as a learning exercise, but has taught me the value of simplicity.

In more recent history I've been working on a metaprogramming system for C. Think C++ templates/constexpr, but more flexible, and significantly more ergonomic. It turns out I have a small passion for compilers. I was also recently contributing to Oil, a new bash runtime and POSIX compliant shell.

That's the cliff-notes on my technical background. As a person I'm friendly and easy to get along with. I like the phrase "Have strong opinions, weakly held". Outside of work I enjoy surfing, backcountry skiing, snowmobiling, rock-climbing and beer! I split my time between Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

Cheers, Jesse

https://scallywag.software

https://scallywag.software/resume.html

https://github.com/scallyw4g

jesse@scallywag.software

Location: Colorado, USA

Remote: Preferred, but would work hybrid for roles within a reasonable distance of me

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: I have worked in a full-stack capacity using Ruby on Rails, React, Sidekiq, and Postgres for about 5 years. I would be excited to work with that same stack, lean more towards backend, or to branch out into technologies such as Go.

Résumé/CV: jakebills.com/resume.pdf

Email: linkedin.com/in/jakebills1/

Location: US East Coast Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, AWS, SQL, Postgres, ClickHouse, DBT, Iceberg, ELT, Snowflake, Terraform, Kubernetes, Java, Kafka, REST Résumé/CV: On Request Medium: https://medium.com/@christopher.pike LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-pike-21405a194 Email: chris.pike@vertrix.ai

Software engineer with a strong background and interest in data engineering. 25 years of experience. I have built and led data engineering teams at 3 companies while staying hands on. I have also built trading platforms for multiple firms. Open to part or full time consulting or contracting opportunities.

Location: Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Strong focus on Java(8/17) HMI with Maven/Swing, Linux, and CI/CD (BitBucket, Jenkins + Jenkinsfiles, Artifactory, Docker); rusty in C++ with Boost/QT

Résumé/CV: on request

Email: news.ycombinator.com.gondola578@passmail.net

I'm a senior Java software developer with just shy of 15 years of experience in the field.

Currently I'm active in the air traffic market with fitting domain knowledge and previously was active in the defense industry, so demanding customers/projects are nothing new to me. Driven by my curiosity I enjoy learning new things and refining existing skills, for which, in an rather slow industry, opportunities can be hard to come by ;).