Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

Beacon AI builds intelligent systems that make aviation safer and more autonomous. We’ve completed multiple DoD programs and are expanding our team with exceptional technical leaders to push the boundaries of human-machine collaboration in the cockpit. At Beacon, you will lead by example, mentoring and growing a small team of talented engineers (typically 1–2 to start) while staying hands-on in design and execution. You’ll help shape critical systems that advance aviation safety and autonomy, working alongside a team that values effort, creativity, and accountability.

We’re hiring Senior/Lead Engineers with 5+ YOE who love solving complex problems. At Beacon, you’ll own your work end-to-end, from prototype to deployment, and literally see your code take flight in real world aviation environments! Roles:

++ iOS Engineer [Tech Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Mapbox]

++ Senior Security Engineer [SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning, encryption]

++ Infra/Backend Engineer [Tech Stack: AWS]

++ WebApp/FrontEnd Engineer [Tech Stack: Python, Typescript, React]

++ Lead Autonomy/Robotics Engineer [Tech Stack: C++, Python, iOT]

Join us at beaconai.co/careers. Mention in the application that you saw our post on HN.

This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.

Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status).

Devin (https://experiencedevin.com/) | Toronto / Miami / Boston-Cambridge | ONSITE/hybrid | $100,000–$150,000 USD

We're building a sensorized vibrator that actually listens: pressure and motion sensors plus an AI story made for women that changes the motors based on what her body is doing. Closed loop, not another dumb toy.

Hiring a Founding Hardware & Embedded Engineer to own sensors → electronics → firmware/BLE → DSP → body-response → motor → app, through factory. Portfolio over résumé; degrees and years don't matter. Apply with what you've built: morgan@experiencedevin.com

Findigs | Full-time | NYC | 3x/week in office (M,T, Th) | findigs.com

At Findigs, we’re transforming the rental experience — making it fairer, stress-free, and more convenient by changing the fundamentals of renting.

We build high-scale applications that streamline renting for millions. Our modern tech stack includes Python, Django, Typescript, React, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

We foster a collaborative culture where engineers have high ownership and autonomy, taking features from concept to deployment.

Join our sharp, supportive, and mission-driven team in our NoHo office.

Open roles:

Lead Software Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/findigs/1ea92751-1c85-4eb6-84b4-86c529...)

Senior Software Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/findigs/3b39616d-223f-4326-a500-f804c3...)

Competitive Base Salary plus Pre-IPO Equity

401k Matching up to 4%

Unlimited PTO

Lunch in office every day, home office setup stipend, monthly gym stipend

Enrollment123 | https://e123insurtech.com | Staff Platform Engineer | REMOTE (US) | Full-time

We are SaaS platform that connects Insurance Carriers, Agencies and Agents, and enables sales to consumers.

My team is hiring a Staff Platform Engineer to keep things running smoothly and help our engineers modernize and build new products.

We are responsible for:

    - security for PCI and HIPAA data
    - AWS infrastructure that serves millions of people every month
    - developer tools and infrastructure to allow our teams to deliver
    - data engineering and operational support
    - automation, monitoring, and on-call rotations (especially during Open Enrollment!)

Our stacks include:

    (70% --) SQL Server + ColdFusion
    (25% ++) Postgres + node/typescript
    (5%) Airflow + python

It's not a flashy product or stack I'll admit, but we have a lot of opportunities to improve the product and a lot of growth potential to expand our impact. Happy to tell you more!

If you're interested, email me at jjay+orangesite@enrollment123.com with your honest, hand-written resume. I don't want some super polished AI bullshit, show me your real experience! The interview process is hopefully short and sweet: 1) meet with me for a quick intro to ensure we'll be a good mutual fit, 2) advance to a technical interview with the team, then 3) a last culture + company info session so you have all the info to make a decision.

Sorry, given our industry and size, you must be in the US and able to work without visa sponsorship.

Aeolus | DevOps Engineer | San Francisco, CA (onsite) | Full-Time Aeolus is seeking an exceptional DevOps Engineer to take ownership of the cloud infrastructure and deployment systems that power our mission in applied atmospheric science.

In this role, you'll be the technical foundation our scientists, ML engineers, and software engineers build on. At the core of our efforts is an operational physical weather model written in Julia, executed on GPUs. Responsibilities include designing and operating cloud environments, deployment pipeliness and infrastructure-as-code that keep our systems reliable, scalable, and fast. Our ideal candidate has extensive experience in HPC environments with Slurm management.

Apply at https://www.aeolus.earth/careers/devops-engineer