Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)

Yardstik | Senior Software Engineer | Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) | $120,000 - $200,000

Yardstik is a start-up software company with a mission of building trust and safety into the Internet Economy. The world of background screening, certification, and training has lacked innovation and we’re here to change that for our customers. Our enterprise-class technology allows us to provide a right-fit solution for our customers realistic for any platform, in any industry. Join us in our efforts to protect organizations and their people.

We are honored to have recently been named a MSPBJ Best Place to Work for the sixth year in a row and named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Startup Workplaces. Come be part of our amazing culture and join an environment where you can see and feel the impact of your work every day.

This position will be part of a team focused on Yardstik's core background check business. The team's mission is to push beyond existing products and features to create a new category for Yardstik.

You are the right candidate if you are an experienced engineer with a passion for writing quality software who strives to remain up to date with the latest development practices and are ready and eager to hit the ground running in a collaborative environment.

Apply at https://app.trinethire.com/companies/135023-yardstik/jobs/12... and continue to watch our careers page as we are growing!

Estuary | US-Based / Remote | Full-time – https://estuary.dev/ Estuary is a VC-backed, post–Series A startup powering right-time data replication and transform — from sub-second CDC replication to terabyte-scale OLAP data flows. We’re open-source, developer-first, and focused on making data movement radically simpler across both our Platform and Applications layers. We’re hiring for:

Senior Systems Engineer — Capture & Materializations Design and build high-performance connectors that move data in and out of Estuary in real time. Work across APIs, databases, and streaming systems to ensure correctness, reliability, and scalability. This role is deeply systems-oriented, with a focus on data plane execution. Go and Rust are core to our stack.

Product Manager - Own product areas end-to-end, working closely with engineering and design to shape the roadmap and deliver a great developer experience. Engage with users, translate real-world use cases into product decisions, and help define how modern data infrastructure should feel to build with.

Technical Product Marketing Manager - Founding product marketing hire working closely with Estuary’s Head of Marketing and Developer Relations team. Help shape how we position and communicate the platform to technical audiences through product launches, messaging, technical content, demos, customer stories, and developer-facing campaigns.

What we’re looking for: Engineers who care about building reliable, maintainable systems and enjoy working with complex APIs and data flows. We value curiosity, clear communication, and a willingness to learn.

Bonus points for experience with CDC tools, open source contributions, or fast-paced startups.

To apply: Email your resume to careers@estuary.dev

DoubleVerify (DV Scibids) | Sr. Data Engineer I | ONSITE/HYBRID - New York, NY (3x/week) | Full-time | $89K–$178K

DV Scibids is the AI-powered digital campaign activation arm of DoubleVerify — the market standard for digital media measurement trusted by hundreds of Fortune 500 brands. Our Data Engineering team owns the critical integrations and data flows that connect Scibids' optimization engine to the broader adtech ecosystem. In this role you will own and build backend services and data pipelines that power product expansion — exploring external partner APIs, designing reliable ingestion and reconciliation layers, exposing internal endpoints for other DV teams, and keeping production systems observable and performant at scale. Stack: Python, SQL, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore, Cloud Run (GCP), Prefect, Docker, CI/CD, Git. Java or Rust a plus. Looking for: 3+ years in data engineering or backend engineering. Strong Python and SQL. Experience integrating with external APIs and operating production data systems at scale. Comfort with cloud-native environments and modern engineering practices. AdTech/auction-system familiarity is a plus, not required. We use an AI-augmented dev style — familiarity with Claude Code or Cursor is welcome but not mandatory.

Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/doubleverify/jobs/7513841002

GovStar | https://govstar.us | REMOTE — United States, Eastern or Central Time Zones | Full-time - https://www.govstar.us GovStar builds emerging-technology solutions supporting U.S. national-security missions. We are hiring senior, hands-on engineers for several roles:

AI Engineer - Python, production LLM applications, APIs, Azure AI services, PostgreSQL, React/TypeScript helpful.

AI Kubernetes Engineer - Kubernetes, Terraform, production LLM serving, GPUs, Helm, observability, Python or Go, Azure/AWS.

AI Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure/AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, networking, identity, security, observability, CI/CD and regulated cloud environments.

Requirements: U.S. citizenship; currently residing in the United States' Eastern or Central Time Zone; ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust; strong hands-on engineering experience; at least 10 years professional engineering experience

These are individual-contributor roles for engineers who want to remain close to the code and infrastructure.

Compensation is competitive and determined by experience and demonstrated technical capability. We are happy to discuss the compensation structure early in the interview process.

To apply, please email your resume and GitHub profile to nicholas.hanson@govstar.us

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FanPad | https://fanpad.xyz/ | REMOTE | Full-time

FanPad is a direct-to-fan partner and platform that helps musicians and creators maximize long-term fan engagement and monetization. We have case studies at scale to prove it works (clients include Earth, Wind & Fire and Skepta). We’ve closed our latest funding round and are looking for a Founding Engineer to join the team.

Angular · .NET · PostgreSQL · AWS (RDS, EC2, Lambda, S3) · Twilio · Mailgun · various third-party API integrations

What we're looking for: 5+ years of full-stack experience across our stack (backend-leaning preferred); Strong ownership mindset; Self-sufficient in a remote startup environment with US or equivalent timezone availability; Clear communicator who can act as a thought partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders; Passion or genuine curiosity about the music industry or creator economy is a big plus

We offer competitive salary + meaningful equity

To apply, please email sudip@fanpad.xyz with:

Your resume + A brief note on your experience with our stack + 3 songs you're currently obsessed with and why