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

Location: Nagano, Japan

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes (within Japan)

Technologies: Python (Django), JavaScript, PHP, Linux, HTML/CSS, Docker, Git + interested in Go and Emacs/Elisp

Resume/CV: https://ferg.jp/feargal-south_resume.pdf

Email: me [at] ferg.jp

British citizen living in Japan. I am a translator looking to transition to a new role owing to challenges affecting the industry as a whole (AI). Most recently, I have been running my own business as a freelancer. I have also been studying programming (focus on web development) and building websites and side projects for several years. My professional experience of software development is limited, but I am a hard worker and quick learner. You won't regret giving me an opportunity.

I prefer remote work but am open to hybrid work if your company has an office in Japan. I may consider relocation within Japan, depending on the role.

I've been working on production-grade AWS deployments for over 10 years, so it's a bit hard to frame my experience/skill set. That being said, if you need help with almost anything AWS - architecture, infrastructure, performance, scale - feel free to reach out. Although versed in Well-Architected/multi-region/multi-account, I strive to supply the simplest solution for your particular scenario. I only work on a contracted C2C basis.

Location: US EST

Remote: Only

Technologies: IAM, VPC, Cloudwatch, EC2/ASG/ELB, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, CodeDeploy, Cognito, Athena, S3, Cloudfront, Kinesis, SQS, SNS, IoT Core, Sagemaker, ElastiCache, MediaConvert

Email: hn@cldcntrl.com

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Willing to relocate: No

Role: Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead / Engineering Manager

Experience: Engineering Manager and Senior Engineer with deep experience in high-throughput, external-facing APIs and distributed systems. I’ve led small teams (5–10 engineers), owned architecture for revenue-critical platforms, and stayed hands-on shipping production code.

Recent work includes language rewriting a revenue-generating API with zero downtime, resolving thread pool exhaustion under load, and improving observability and incident response using Prometheus and Grafana. Strong background in event-driven architecture.

Tech: C#, .NET Core, Kotlin, Java, SQL AWS (ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS), PostgreSQL, Redis Event-driven architectures (NServiceBus, Kafka-style patterns) React / Next.js (pragmatic frontend work, not UI-heavy) Prometheus, Grafana, CI/CD

What I’m looking for: Senior level IC roles or EM roles that remain technically hands-on. Companies learning to scale, break down monoliths, product teams trying to ship quickly and technically sound. Remote-first or hybrid preferred.

Resume: https://www.sanecki.me/resume

Email: ben dot sanecki at gmail.com

Location: Ottawa, Canada

Remote: remote, hybrid, or 100% on-site.

Willing to relocate: Yes (Canadian Citizen, TN Visa ready for US roles)

Technologies: Python (AST instrumentation), C (C11, bare-metal), Golang, SQL (SQLite SAVEPOINTs), AI-native architecture (MCP, Tool-use orchestration), Distributed Systems Verification (Source-DPOR, LTL)

Résumé/CV: https://www.entingzhang.com/Enting_s_RESUME_system_eng_2026_... (Interactive Demos Available in https://www.entingzhang.com)

Email: e35zhang@uwaterloo.ca

Bio:

Network Software Engineer (P2 @ Ciena) specialized in formal concurrency verification and high-performance system observability. I focus on "Architecture Over Intelligence"—building reliable agentic workflows where correctness is enforced by the system design rather than probabilistic model outputs.

Key Projects & Impact:

Clotho: Built a deterministic interleaving orchestrator that uses AST-level hijacking to verify Python codebases. It prunes $O(N!)$ state spaces into $O(2^{C})$ Mazurkiewicz equivalence classes via Source-DPOR.

Project Oracle: Architected an AI-native diagnostic suite that slashed TTR for core FIB (Forwarding Information Base) issues from 4 hours to Knowledge Recovery: Successfully decoded complex, undocumented legacy control planes into formal specifications to enable critical 6500-to-10.X system transitions.

LTL-Driven Testing: Built a permutation-based framework using Linear Temporal Logic to auto-generate 8,000+ high-fidelity tests, identifying regressions in minutes that previously stalled teams for weeks.

I am looking for a new Senior Backend or Systems Engineering role where I can apply rigorous formal methods to modern AI-native or high-concurrency financial/distributed infrastructures.

  Location: Palo Alto, CA, USA
  Remote: Much prefer in-person but if compelling I can be flexible
  Willing to relocate: Yes, anywhere in the world
  Technologies: Software (Go, Swift, Gleam, Ruby, Python, WebDev, Deployment), Hardware (CAD, rapid prototyping, DfM, drafting, mechanical engineering), Systems Thinking
  Résumé/CV: https://figbert.com/files/cv.pdf
  Email: figbert [at] figbert [dot] com

I'm an industrial design junior at Stanford University looking for summer work at the intersection of software and hardware. Want to have a tangible impact on the creation of meaningful products. Love working on diverse problems, diving in on areas where progress has stalled and getting things going again. Feel free to reach out.