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

  Location: Ireland
  Remote: Yes (EU and US timezones preferred)
  Willing to relocate: No (unless high salary)
  Technologies: Rust, TypeScript/Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, REST, GraphQL, AWS, GCP, Docker, CI/CD, Linux
  Résumé/CV: https://bluesialia.github.io/
  Email: bluesialia@gmail.com
  Looking for: Senior Backend/Systems roles (Rust preferred but I'm aware my Typescript experience is more attractive). Distributed systems, APIs, databases, infrastructure. Interested in performance-critical systems, data-intensive applications, and cost-efficient cloud architectures.

  Location: Bangalore, India
  Remote: Yes (Remote or local hybrid)
  Willing to relocate: No

  Technologies: Python, C++, FastAPI, AWS (Athena, EC2, S3), Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, Azure Python SDK, WebSockets, Git
   

Email: sourabhsharma2096@gmail.com

Backend Engineer specializing in data-heavy architecture, high-concurrency pipelines, and low-latency systems. Bringing 2.5 years of production experience alongside an Integrated M.Tech in CS (Machine Learning).

Key Engineering Work: Schema Migration: Executed a zero-downtime migration of multi-regional components from MySQL to AWS Athena, maintaining continuous, active data ingestion.

Latency Optimization: Designed and deployed a Redis caching layer that reduced complex API query latency to 8ms during concurrent traffic spikes.

Infrastructure Automation: Developed a cloud orchestration tool using FastAPI and the Azure Python SDK to dynamically provision VMs and stream real-time logs via WebSockets.

Concurrent Systems: Built a scalable, high-throughput booking architecture utilizing FastAPI and PostgreSQL, deeply optimized for heavy transactional database loads.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Django, FastAPI, Python, React, AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, ChatGPT), Roku BrightScript, Linux, AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Ant Media Server (HLS/RTMP streaming, 24/7 channels), video pipelines, automation

Résumé/CV: https://www.ryanvinson.com

Email: info@ryanvinson.com

Who I am: Fractional CTO with 25+ years of experience building and scaling products across multiple generations of the web. I’m often brought in to turn ideas into working systems quickly, or to stabilize and evolve existing platforms.

I’ve led teams, hired engineers, defined architecture, and stayed hands-on in the code. My work spans AI-driven platforms, streaming media systems, and full-stack web applications. I’m comfortable operating at both the executive strategy level and deep in implementation.

Known for being a “Swiss army knife” technologist who can bridge product, engineering, and execution without overengineering.

What I am looking for: Part-time Fractional CTO or Head/Director of Technology roles.

Best fit: startups or growing companies that need someone to own technical direction, ship quickly, and make practical decisions without unnecessary complexity.

Strong interest in AI-powered products, media/streaming, and content platforms, but open to any project where execution speed and clarity matter.

Technologies: Python (Zope Interface/Component, Flask, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Cerberus), TypeScript, Vanilla JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, AWS, Git, MPNet/Transformer, Unreal Engine (Blueprints), Blender

Resume/CV: https://baranzini.dev

Email: keith@baranzini.dev

Software Systems Engineer 8 months into writing code. Built and shipped EZInvoice - a full-stack, local-first invoicing desktop app currently in private beta on the Microsoft Store(link available on request). Across my portfolio, I independently implement Clean Architecture featuring a fully isolated domain layer via imperative mapping with SQLAlchemy, explicit dependency inversion via zope.interface/zope.component, and native TypeScript interface ports on the frontend. I bring a special focus with 4,000+ hours of architectural blueprinting in Unreal Engine. My active projects include a transparent overlay UI for devs via Electron, as well as a Sentiment Analysis API using a custom tuned transformer(MPNet) and an 8-base mood Plutchik system via FastAPI.

Remote: Yes (UTC+2, flexible)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sidekiq, Solid Queue, Redis, HotWire, Stimulus, ViewComponent, Tailwind, RSpec, AWS, Linux. Some Crystal from contract work at Kagi. Claude Code daily.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksii-neishchenko-44a23893/

GitHub: https://github.com/alexneisc

Email: oleksii@ilikegoodcode.com

Senior Ruby on Rails developer, 11+ years across fintech, SaaS, e-commerce, and startups. Open to full-time remote or contract. What I'm best at: Performance work on existing codebases. Once optimized a set of Rails API endpoints from 90-120s down to 1-2s — measuring first, raw SQL where ActiveRecord produced bad queries, indexing, restructuring background jobs. External API integrations (5+ over my career: Google Maps, Chargebee, WhatsApp via 360dialog, SDB Groep, AFAS). Comfortable with the messy parts — retries, idempotency, webhook ordering, partial failures. Working with legacy and tests-nobody-touches. Reading before writing, refactoring without breaking things. As Tech Lead at clevergig (Dutch SaaS) for 3 years, I set up code review, bug tracking, and ownership processes for a long-lived codebase.

Recent stops: FactCTO (fintech), Rail Europe, Fitjourney.ai, Kagi (Crystal backend), clevergig (Tech Lead).

For fun: building a Rails app + ESP32 device that tracks power outages at my home — the device pings the API every minute, the Rails side aggregates into hours-with-power vs. without. Started during the post-2022 outages in Kyiv and kept evolving — a good way to keep Rails fresh and combine backend with a bit of hardware.