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

  Location: EU
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: C++, Rust, Python, Go, Zig, Haskell, TypeScript, Nix
  Résumé/CV: ask damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
  Email: damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com

20+ yoe as dev/IC. 10+ yoe in managerial and executive roles. Multiple great exits and acquisitions. I have recently built a software NGO with over half a million supporters and over a thousand active volunteers and major political and media networking. I have built tech for Tezos, Oracle, Shell, Digitas, Saatchi & Saatchi, Time Warner, Sparkasse, Bank of America.

If there's a problem related to tech, I can solve it, and build a team or company around it. Available for work as dev/IC, EM, Director, or CTO, with experience in each. Full-solution MVP development from scratch. Performance optimization and modernization of older systems. DSL and programming language design, compilers. Let me know if you're looking for experience that isn't below! HN posts are short. CV upon request.

If you think I might be able to help you, shoot me an email: damian.jobsites+hn@gmail.com

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Example engagement types:

- Long term dev / IC or managerial roles

- Security audits for cryptography and secure code

- Review your code and dev processes, 10-page report

- Short-term dev and research work

- One-shot meetings

(see reply for skill list)

Location: Rochester, NY

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Actively using Python, Scala, and JS. Experience with Rust, PHP, Java, Ruby, and others.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmior/

Email: michael@mior.ca

I'm a computer science professor with a PhD looking to make a move back to industry. I've been enjoying the teaching and research I'm doing, but I'm interested in getting back to making products people actually use. I have significant database and systems experience including as one of the PMC members of Apache Calcite, an open source relational data management platform used by Uber, Netflix, and others.

I have 10+ years experience as a software engineer/researcher (including as a grad student) and my lab, the Data Unity Lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology works on some cool stuff related to non-relational data management. I still find the time to write code both with my students and my own. Delivering high-quality code along with any work I publish is very important to me.

I'm interested in either senior software/data engineering or data science roles. The technology used is less important to me than an interesting product and a great team. I have a lot of experience picking up new tech quickly and I'm looking forward to using that in new ways.

Location: Dubai, UAE (EU citizen)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python/C/Assembly, Linux/Unix/*BSD/Windows, penetration testing, reverse engineering, bare-metal development, emulation, embedded, electronics, gnuradio

GitHub: https://github.com/chris-pcguy

Email: chris.jobshn2601@broke-the-inter.net

Spare time project: https://github.com/ChefKissInc/QEMUAppleSilicon (co-developing an open-source Apple Silicon emulator)

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SEEKING WORK - Data scientist, consulting & fractional leadership, US/remote worldwide, email in profile.

I'm a data scientist with 20+ years experience who enjoys gnarly, avant-garde problems. I saved a German automaker from lemon law recalls. I've worked with a major cloud vendor to predict when servers would fail, allowing them to load shed in time.

Some of the things I've done:

    - Oil reservoir & well engineering forecasting production.
    - Automotive part failure prediction (Lemon law recalls)
    - Server fleet failure prediction allowing load shedding.
    - Shipping piracy risk prediction - routing ships away from danger.
    - Realtime routing (CVRP-PD-TW, shifts) for on demand delivery.
    - Legal entity and contract term extraction from documents.
    - Wound identification & tissue classification.
    - The usual LLM and agent stuff. (I'd love to work on effective executive functioning)
    - Your nasty problem here.

I use the normal stacks you'd expect. Python, Pytorch, Spark/ray, Jupyter/Merimo, AWS, Postgres, Mathematica and whatever else is needed to get the job done. Ultimately it's about the problem, not the tools.

I have years of experience helping companies plan, prototype, and productionize sane data science solutions. Get in touch if you have a problem, my email is in my profile.

NB: Don't contact me if you're doing ads, gambling, or Enshittification.. I'd like to sleep at night.