Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)

Hi HN! We’re an energy + AI startup that applies modern deep learning and optimization to improve the use of renewables and grid-scale batteries to deliver cheap, clean energy to commercial/industrial customers. We also do energy trading and battery optimization.

Roles:

- Data engineer: we're hiring our first data eng! Looking for a startup-minded SWE to work on both ingest and transformation of datasets that power our best-in-class ML models for energy forecasting.

- Product engineer: our energy sales have been growing rapidly and we want to 10x it from here, which involves building a lot of tooling to make sales more automated. This tends to be backend/data heavy, but will also have some frontend (NextJS/React/Typescript).

If you're interested in making a real-world impact on climate/energy, or if you know someone that might, please email me and include a one sentence description of the most impressive thing you've built: kevin@gridmatic.com

HME Technologies (https://hmetech.com/) is a small, profitable media and affiliate marketing company. We build audiences, sell sponsorships, and run a growing portfolio of content properties across YouTube and emerging platforms. We're operator-run, AI-native, and looking for our first AI Operations Lead to work directly with the co-founder to turn our AI capabilities into a serious operational advantage.

What you will do:

> Build the short-form engine: Design and run an AI-leveraged workflow to repurpose years of long-form content into 50-100 pieces/week for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.

> Stand up owned analytics: Move us off spreadsheets and partner dashboards. Build clear tracking for email growth, content performance, and affiliate attribution.

> Be the AI execution engine: Build automations (Make, Zapier, n8n) and write Python or JavaScript when needed to glue systems together.

> Operationalize AI internally: Build practical AI workflows for our creative directors, salespeople, and content producers to speed up their output.

What we are looking for:

- You ship: You aren't just "AI-curious"—you use Claude, ChatGPT, and automation tools to do real work every week.

- You operate: You can take a directive like "we need a thing that does X" and come back with a finished system, making the small decisions along the way.

- You write: We work async. We use Slack, Notion, and Google Docs. If your default is to schedule a meeting, this is the wrong role.

Our culture: Async-first, zero bureaucracy, and a sustainable pace. We don't do crunch culture, we respect off-hours, and we completely pause work for Shabbat (Friday sundown to Saturday night). Sustained operators need sustained rest.

How to apply:

Fill out our application form here: https: https://tally.so/r/b5Nbe1

Full JD: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dP5-nrLAaGIMzkCSSdLyj78F...

Please do not send a resume. If we're interested, you will do a paid project (4-8 hours of work, solving a real problem we have). We pay you for your time whether we hire you or not. If it's a fit, we move fast.