Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)

MONUMENTAL | https://www.monumental.co/ | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Full Time | Onsite

We make robots that autonomously construct buildings. We are currently developing and manufacturing our autonomous bricklaying system in the beautiful centre of Amsterdam. And our robots are already earning real revenue operating on construction sites all over the Netherlands.

We're looking for experienced software engineers for many roles. You can help us solve problems like:

- Data sync and analytics queries across a fleet of robots (that can be offline for hours at a time)

- Modelling buildings in code and finding the right UI for operators to edit them

- Designing systems for robots to drive safely and fully autonomously around a building site

Check out the progress we've already made on Atrium, our operating system for robotics: https://www.monumental.co/atrium

We're rapidly scaling up operations and we need experienced engineers who can build the systems that manage all of that complexity. If you think that 'full-stack' could reasonably mean debugging firmware, mixing buckets of mortar _and_ writing React components, we are looking for you. Robotics experience not required!

https://www.monumental.co/jobs

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vvd | Design Engineer | Remote (work from anywhere) | Full-time | React, TypeScript, Next.js

https://vvd.world

We’re building tools for storytellers, worldbuilders, writers, and creators.

We’re looking for a Design Engineer who can design and build polished product experiences end-to-end. You should care deeply about taste, interaction, motion, and frontend craft, but also understand enough about APIs, auth, and data flow to avoid getting blocked.

We’re AI-native, but not trying to replace human creativity. We use tools like Cursor and Claude Code as leverage to move faster while keeping a high quality bar.

Strong fit if you’ve shipped real things, can go from rough idea to polished implementation without waiting for perfect specs, and have built interfaces that feel good, not just functional.

Apply: https://apply.workable.com/vvd/j/43FDC8C9AA/

River | Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI) | SF or NYC or REMOTE (US, Europe, South America) | Full-Time | $150K-$250K + equity | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/river?utm_source=Zp9nJyqvd4

I'm Alex, founder and CEO of River. I also wrote the first line of code and still ship PRs.

River is a client-first Bitcoin-only financial institution building the financial app people use every day to save in bitcoin and spend in dollars. We custody over 25,000 BTC, serve individuals and businesses across the U.S., and are profitable. We publish cryptographic proof of reserves monthly and our company financials annually.

Here's what our engineering team is working on:

  - Real-time Bitcoin and USD payments, trading, and settlement on an Elixir monolith with a unified GraphQL API
  - Next-generation Bitcoin custody with quorum signing, key ceremonies, and geo-redundant infrastructure
  - Scaling our ML/AI systems (Python, PyTorch, XGBoost, LLMs) to automate operations and tackle fraud/risk
  - A ground-up React and React Native rewrite of our consumer app
  - Porting our Lightning Network infrastructure from Go into Elixir

We're hiring:

  - Staff Software Engineer (Elixir) | $200K-$250K
  - Senior Software Engineer (React, Full-stack) | $150K-$220K
  - Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer | $200K-$250K

Apply at https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/river?utm_source=Zp9nJyqvd4

Honestly, Intelligence and Motivation are the most important things to me, not specific competence with a particular technology.

I generally feel like intelligent and motivated people can learn anything.