Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)

Chroma | ONSITE - San Francisco | Full-time | https://trychroma.com Chroma is the open-source database designed for AI. Help build the future of context engineering!

We're a team of 17, all engineers today. We work in Rust, Python, Typescript, and Go.

We're hiring for these areas:

- Database Storage

- Distributed Systems

- Product Engineering

- Platform

- Product Design

What we’ve recently done:

- We built and launched a new search API with hybrid search and sparse vectors

- We built a new sync API that lets us handle ingesting, chunking, and embedding data from sources (we currently support Github repos)

Apply here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/trychroma/9ed3aee8-07dd-44e3-9ca1-d...

More details at: https://careers.trychroma.com

Nelknet (https://nelknet.com/) | Senior contractors, frontend and backend | Remote (US & international, but some overlap with clients needed) We're a small, experienced team building software solutions for US-based clients. Recent projects include: - Building ChatGPT-style interfaces for intelligence report analysis

- Developing generative AI features for professional networking platforms

- Platform engineering for logistics/trucking management systems

- Architecture design for real estate search engines

- Implementing RAG pipelines for edtech products

We're expanding our network of senior contractors (both frontend and backend). This is a 1099 contracting relationship - you'll have the flexibility to manage your own schedule and potentially work with other clients while maintaining a professional commitment to our projects.

Requirements: - Strong English communication skills - Senior-level development expertise - Experience with modern tech stacks - Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively - Some level of US business hours availability

If you're interested, please fill out our intake form: https://baserow.io/form/mXa6NqUOKw9CcDPAU37oPh1uOPFHHESph6k0...

If we have a project that is well-suited to your skillset, I will definitely be reaching out!

Looking forward to connecting!

Better Stack | https://betterstack.com/ | /^Full-?stack Engineer$/i | Remote (North America & Europe)

We are software builders at :heart: CEO is a software engineer, COO is a software engineer, and you guessed it, CTO is an engineer, too. We are engineers, making the tools we always wanted. If you love building amazing software, you're at the right address.

We are looking for software engineers who, if given enough time, could build Better Stack on their own = looking for Full-Stack/Product Engineer/Generalist to help us create high-quality software with exceptional UX – end to end.

Apply at https://betterstack.com/careers/fullstack-engineer

How we operate: https://betterstack.com/careers – https://betterstack.com/careers/engineering – https://juraj.blog/

DocSpot | ONSITE (Santa Clara, CA) | https://docspot.com

DocSpot helps people find doctors by indexing information from a plethora of sources and empowering patients to search through one unified interface.

Tiny company, entry-level candidates welcome (no experience required):

Back-end developer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IvcTtE7yE7m5u0NfrVmvtR_i...

Full-stack developer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eX3-FuDFaK6kX6IQupm81p3S...

Content specialist (non-technical): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YKvuLVMXgj527fMuEyaVnum1...

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