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

Location: Dallas–Fort Worth, TX (US)

Remote: Yes (remote only)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, REST APIs, Node, Linux / nginx / PM2, WordPress (custom themes & plugins, Gutenberg, ACF)

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lietz/

Email: mauisoxfan@gmail.com

Senior full-stack engineer, 15+ yrs shipping production web apps fully remote. Recently designed, built, and deployed a live production platform solo, end to end — Next.js/React front end, Python data pipelines (multi-source ingestion, entity resolution, 100+ check validation harness), PostgreSQL, on Linux/nginx/PM2 with HTTPS: https://ultimatefightingdatabase.com

Prior: 11 yrs at Tribune Publishing leading WordPress/CMS architecture for a major media brand — full-scale content migration (zero data loss), custom Gutenberg/ACF tooling, and ownership of site health, performance, and security. Open to full-time or contract.

I've had multiple people reach out telling me I buried a significant detail in my post: developing the curriculum on the adversarial use of language, and teaching it for a few years as an adjunct professor. So, here it is, in detail.

To be clear, I did not create the course itself. I had discretion on the specific material and approach to the course so long as it fit appropriate catalogue requirements: a multidisciplinary offering on the use of language to manipulate & persuade.

My own implementation had 3 pillars, with a central, loose thesis: Fundamentally, propaganda consists of poor arguments made in some way incomplete, incorrect, or insincerely, and simply learning to recognize their hallmarks is a 1st line defense against it. The first pillar used an excellent book, Logical Self Defense, as the foundation and I tried to entertain as best I could while hammering home its tenets on logical fallacies, premises, sufficient claim support, etc. The second pillar was a little light psychology and cognitive science. Influence techniques, psychological studies, cognitive blind spots, Benjamin Libet's readiness & awareness experiments, eye tracking saccades, even a live demonstration on the ease of implanting false memories through word choice. The message being that the human mind isn't perfect, it takes shortcuts, and care & awareness of that fact are the minimum requirements to avoiding some of it. The third pillar was simply case studies in propaganda. Readings, movies, news stories, as long as it didn't derail conversation I changed things to whatever was most topical at the time.

Location: Santa Cruz, CA (US)

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: SF Bay Area / California for the right team

Technologies: Python, SQL, web products, APIs, LLM/tool workflows

Portfolio: https://alexhorton.dev

Email: horton.alexander@gmail.com

Forward-Deployed Engineer · I take an unclear idea, workflow, or dataset to a first useful product, then improve it with real use.

I work best when a team has a useful but unclear starting point: a new product, a messy workflow, a decision that needs better data, or an agent system that has to work safely with real people and tools.

Selected work:

- Real Estate Leasing Engine — the specific workflow running on Mobius: a measurable outreach → inquiry → tour → application → signed lease path.

- Mobius Frameworks — a meta-architecture I built for deploying agents, modules, and workspaces. It gives visibility into what each agent does, scoped permissions, approval gates, and operating cadences.

- Energy Scout — a homeowner solar/battery decision tool built from utility-rate and incentive data: https://energyscout.org

- Bitcoin ML — market-signal research using walk-forward and Monte Carlo validation: https://bitcoinmachinelearning.com

I'm looking for to work with mission driven engaged people who are doing interesting things that have a positive impact on the world. Roles shape might include Product Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Agent product development, Business Operations/analyst, or selective Forward-Deployed Engineer work with teams building great products and processes.

Location: La Center, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, FastAPI, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, MCP, LangSmith, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, pgvector, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, React, Next.js, TypeScript

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14kqCgJxs-QWIulcaal3VkDug5_R...

Email: benjaminkruger1023@gmail.com

Summary: Senior AI Engineer with 9+ years of software engineering experience, specializing in Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG, and AI agents. I’ve built and deployed production AI systems using Python, FastAPI, LangGraph, LangSmith, MCP, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, and cloud-native microservices.

My recent work includes healthcare AI platforms for clinical documentation, summarization, patient intake, and workflow automation, including HIPAA-compliant production systems supporting 100K+ patient encounters annually. I’m particularly interested in Senior AI Engineer, Generative AI Engineer, LLM Engineer, AI Agent Engineer, and AI/ML Engineer roles where I can build production-grade AI systems end to end.