Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)

IBM Research | Boston, MA, USA (hybrid - 3 days in office; location flexibility - Boston preferred but NYC/SF possible) | Research Scientists and Research Engineers

Our team thinks there's a lot of value in co-design of software harnesses and LLMs, particularly for small/medium models, particularly in the open model space.

Our colleagues across the isle do an awesome job at training the Granite model series, so we (physically and organizationally) sit in a uniquely good place to do impactful work in this space.

I am currently looking for early career scientists and engineers who are interested in LLMs and also one of {programming languages, formal methods, compilers}. Experience with Rust is a plus. Cool systems-y projects with formalizations on paper or in rocq/lean/etc also a plus. Neither is necessary, per se.

If this sounds interesting please send over an email: nathan@ibm.com

Chestnut | Senior Product Engineer | SF or Seattle (Hybrid) | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Chestnut

I'm Nick, CTO & co-founder. We're Rippling, but for insurance carriers paying their sales force. Every policy sold triggers a chain of payouts across brokers, agents, and sub-agents. Today that runs on spreadsheets and legacy vendor systems and tomorrow they'll run on Chestnut. Nationwide and other major carriers have already made the switch.

Revenue is up 8x in the last year. We're backed by a16z. Founding team came out of leadership at Ethos (insuretech that recently IPO'd in January).

The work is state-heavy and correctness-critical: payouts that must reconcile with finance to the cent, dynamic agent hierarchies, retries, chargebacks, partial failures. These systems move real money and cannot drift.

You'll design schemas, build backend logic, ship UI, deploy, and own the sharp edges that show up with real enterprise customers.

Stack: Go, TypeScript/React, Postgres, Temporal, Kubernetes, AWS. We use AI aggressively and expect you to as well.

We're looking for 3–6 years on real product systems. You're thoughtful about invariants and failure modes.

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Chestnut

Email me: nick at chestnutfi.com

Cool job. Wish I knew Rust better.

CLEAR | Senior Software Engineers (Fullstack & Backend), Staff/Lead iOS Engineer, Infrastructure Engineers| NYC Onsite (4-5 days in-office w/ free catered lunch daily) | https://www.clearme.com/

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.

If interested, apply here --> https://grnh.se/e4e5dc881us

ko-br | Robotics, Computer Vision, Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning Engineers & Reserchers | https://ko-br.com | Cairo, Egypt & London, UK

We build Physical AI models deployable today in warehouses to solve mundane tasks like palletizing. Our tech lets robotic arms adapt to mixed SKUs, grip slips, and chaotic environments in real time.

Have a read through our manifesto: https://ko-br.com/manifesto

We want you if you solve problems like an owner (no ego, no blockers). Don’t say "it won’t work." Try it. Validate it. Ship it.

Engineering roles:

  — You're hands-on, no theory, just building
  — Experienced engineer? Great! Recent grad/PhD? Don't get discouraged, apply if you're itching to ship real products

Why join?

  — Generous base + equity
  — Work with state-of-the-art AI and real robots (UR/ABB/KUKA/FANUC).
  — Build tech that solves valuable problems today.

About me: Ex-Amazon/Meta. Built AI from satellite imagery to nanotech SEM, powered Alexa’s vision, led ML for WhatsApp. Now building robots that adapt to chaos.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadbaracat

Apply: https://ko-br.com/careers