I’m exploring a new venture at the intersection of content provenance, fingerprinting, and AI usage attribution (audio initially, potentially expanding to voice, animation, and other media).
The problem we’re evaluating is how to reliably attribute creative works when they are used, transformed, or learned by AI systems not enforcement or takedowns, but provable attribution and auditability that could later support licensing or royalties.
Before building anything, we want to have a deep technical conversation with someone who has hands-on experience in areas like:
• Audio or media fingerprinting / perceptual hashing
• Robust similarity detection under transformations (compression, pitch/tempo changes, partial usage, synthesis)
• Watermarking vs fingerprinting tradeoffs
• False positives / false negatives in real-world systems
• What is actually feasible vs academic or marketing claims
This is not a job post (yet). We’re looking for paid consulting or advisory conversations to sanity-check an MVP approach before we pitch a pilot to talent agencies or studios.
If you’ve worked on fingerprinting systems (music, video, speech, ML training detection, etc.) and are open to a conversation, I’d love to hear from you feel free to email me @ dmschultz1964@gmail.com
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
#372Monadical.com | Senior Full-Stack Engineer | Full-Time Montreal | REMOTE (Canada-Quebec)
Monadical is a fully remote software consultancy. We’ve built a diverse, friendly team that gets exposed to diverse industries and learning opportunities through our 3-12+ month projects across multiple sectors. Check our portfolio to see what we mean.
We also maintain company principles that guide who we work with and how we maintain our culture. It’s a collaborative effort that any employee can edit through a pull request. We’re a relatively flat organization, fully-remote, and operate across many different toolsets and stacks depending on project needs. We’re a diverse team that shares similar values: self-direction, technical excellence, and curiosity. We do a lot of R&D and move quickly. That often means doing whatever it takes to answer a question and being quick to adapt to new information. Our iteration cycles are short.
We’re seeking:
- Senior Full-Stack developers strong at Python and/or JS, with experience in client relations, project management, a good understanding of machine learning systems, particularly LLMs, strong UI/UX design, and user research skills to help us build more thoughtful AI-powered products. Experience with ML models deployment and LLM application development is a plus.
See the full description and apply here: https://careers.monadical.com/
If you have any questions, drop us an email at apply at monadical dot com
Some perks of working with us include: • Work from home (we’re fully remote!) • Flexible working hours • Six weeks of paid vacation • Competitive salary • Autonomy •Flat organizational structure. Your ideas matter, regardless of your title
Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
#373myDataValue.com | Senior Founding Engineer | Fully Remote (UK Only) | £90k + 2% equity | Raising at £5m round
We are an AI-driven Hospitality Tech platform helping vacation rental owners automate their revenue on Booking.com. We are bootstrapped, profitable (£100k ARR), and growing month-on-month.
We are looking for a Founding Engineer (Python/Django) to partner with us (2 founders) and scale our infrastructure. This is a fullstack role (React) involving high-volume scraping, browser automation & agents.
- Stack: Python, Django, Postgres, React
- Challenge: Enterprise-scale scraping (1000s req/s), reverse engineering, and AI agents.
- Deal: £70k - £90k + Up to 2% Equity.
We are currently raising a round at £5m valuation with top VC's.
Apply here: https://www.mydatavalue.com/founding-full-stack-senior-engin...
Or email me your cv: martin@mydatavalue.com
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#374Hightouch | Multiple Roles | Remote | Full-time | $180,000 - $320,000 USD + equity
Hightouch is the modern AI platform for marketing and growth teams. Our AI agents reimagine marketing workflows, allowing marketers to create content, plan campaigns, and execute strategies with transformational velocity and performance. Hightouch is a rare company built on the intersection of two fundamental technological shifts: advances in LLMs and agentic AI, and the creation and rapid adoption of cloud data warehouses like Snowflake and Databricks. Building on these tailwinds, we’ve become a leader in AI marketing and partner with industry leaders like Domino’s, Chime, Spotify, Ramp, Whoop, Grammarly, and over 1000 others.
Our team focuses on making a meaningful impact for our customers. We approach challenges with first-principles thinking, move quickly and efficiently, and treat each other with compassion and kindness. We look for team members who are strong communicators, have a growth mindset, and are motivated and persistent in achieving our goals.
Open Roles: Backend Engineer, AI Content Agents Developer Productivity Engineer Full Stack Product Engineer ML Engineer, AI Decisioning Software Engineer, AI Agents Software Engineer, Control Plan Software Engineer, Customer Studio Backend Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Journeys
We are committed to reviewing all applications
Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
#375Hightouch | Multiple Roles | Remote | Full-time | $180,000 - $320,000 USD + equity Hightouch is the modern AI platform for marketing and growth teams. Our AI agents reimagine marketing workflows, allowing marketers to create content, plan campaigns, and execute strategies with transformational velocity and performance. Hightouch is a rare company built on the intersection of two fundamental technological shifts: adva…
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#376Journalytic | UI Developer (React/TypeScript) | REMOTE (US time zones) | Full-time
Journalytic is an early-stage company building a mission-critical operating system for professional investment teams. We combine behavioral science, structured workflows, and well-crafted software to help hedge funds, family offices, and RIAs make better decisions every day.
We’re a remote team with hubs in Pennsylvania, California, and Seattle. This role is perfect for an engineer who relishes complex technical challenges in a fast-paced startup environment. You’ll be joining a team of passionate A+ players who will support you and challenge you to grow. You won’t be a small cog in a big machine. Your work will have a direct impact on how the world’s best investors operate.
For full details and to apply, visit https://jobs.journalytic.com
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#377SKYCATCHFIRE| Senior Python Backend Developer | US Remote (OH-based preferred) | Full-time
Our team transforms complex business operations into elegant, reliable systems. We prioritize "Email > Meetings" and protected focus time to ensure we build robust Django backends properly rather than settling for quick fixes. If you’re a self-motivated pro who takes pride in mastering your craft and using AI to work smarter, we offer a stable, predictable environment to solve deep technical challenges.
For full info, visit: https://www.skycatchfire.com/careers/django-developer/
Open roles: https://www.skycatchfire.com/careers/
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#379Pango | Founding Full-stack Software Engineer | On-site (hybrid) in Stockholm, Sweden (Visa Sponsorship possible) | Full time Pango is building the world's first Agentic Operating System for e-commerce logistics. Our vision is to create the AI e-commerce employee of the future. We are forming our core team in Stockholm and are looking for exceptional engineers. We are based at the SSE Business Lab, where companies su…
Helo, Are you hiring people from Latin America for remote positions? I’m located in Argentina.
Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
#380PermitFlow (YC W22) | Staff, Fullstack & Frontend Software Engineers | New York, NY | ONSITE | Full-time | https://permitflow.com
PermitFlow’s mission is to streamline and simplify construction permitting in the $1.6 trillion United States construction market. Our software reduces time to permit, supporting permitting end-to-end including permit research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring.
We’ve raised a $31m Series A led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, Altos Ventures, and the founders and executives from Zillow, PlanGrid, Thumbtack, Bluebeam, Uber, Procore, and more.
Permitting is a challenging yet interesting problem; thousands of municipalities across the United States have their own processes and requirements - many which are continually updating. Software, AI, and LLMs provide an exciting opportunity for us to reason at scale and distill a nuanced and localized permitting process into a standard and streamlined experience for our customers.
We're looking for customer-obsessed, ambitious, and hard-working teammates who are excited about solving a real-world problem with technology at its helm.
NYC Onsite Roles | apply at: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/permitflow?departmentId=d33195eb-89...
1. Staff Software Engineer - $200K-275K + equity
2. Fullstack Software Engineer - $125-240K + equity
3. Senior Frontend Engineer - $125K-240K + equity