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

  Location: Bengaluru, India (IST, UTC+5:30)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: TypeScript/Node, React, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, AWS; LLM work - OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, tool-calling agents, RAG, MCP, evals; n8n, WhatsApp Cloud API, Twilio
  Resume/CV: https://github.com/yashharkawat
  Email: yashharkawat2000@gmail.com

Recent: a WhatsApp AI receptionist running live - Cloud API webhook, an agent that answers from the business's own content, captures leads and books appointments, with a clean human handover. https://brightsmile-whatsapp-agent.vercel.app

The work I am best at is the part after the demo: idempotency so a redelivered webhook does not double-book, durable records written before any external write, and evals on an agent's decisions rather than eyeballing a few transcripts.

Open to full-time roles and to contract work (part-time, IST evenings and weekends).

Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, Swift, SwiftUI, macOS, REST APIs, testing, developer tooling, AI-assisted engineering

I’m looking for small paid contract / overflow engineering work, especially bounded problems I can take ownership of and ship quickly.

Good fits: - TypeScript / Node.js bug fixes - API / integration failures - reproducible CI or test failures - developer tooling - Swift / SwiftUI / macOS issues - agent / AI workflow reliability

I’m comfortable starting with one small fixed-scope paid task rather than a long hiring process.

Public work: https://github.com/Bsibz https://github.com/Bsibz/contribgate https://github.com/Bsibz/runtime-receipt

Current introductory offer: $250 USD for one agreed, reproducible TypeScript/Node workflow repair — patch, regression test, and handoff.

Email: kickbsibz@gmail.com

Remote: Yes (open to hybrid or in-person)

Willing to relocate: Yes (preferred Bay Area, NYC, Austin, and Boston)

Visa: F-1 OPT, 3 years of US work authorization (STEM OPT eligible)

Technologies: Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LLMs, RAG, Qdrant, Hybrid Retrieval (BM25 + dense), Cross-Encoder Reranking, PEFT/LoRA, LangGraph, NLP, Computer Vision, PySpark, Vertex AI, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, W&B, Airflow, SQL, C++

Resume/CV: https://kubershahi.github.io

Email: kshahi@ucsd.edu

ML Engineer / AI Engineer with 2+ years of industry experience across ML systems, NLP, and large-scale data pipelines. Currently a Graduate Student Researcher at UCSD's BIAG Lab, where I built an end-to-end PyTorch/CUDA pipeline for registration-error regression, training a 3D U-Net that hit Pearson r = 0.874 on 147 held-out volumes. Previously built production Vertex AI training pipelines cutting experiment turnaround by 20% (Melio), and distributed PySpark ETL processing 5M+ invoices/year plus graph analytics driving 15% revenue growth (Vayana Network).

MS CS (AI) at UC San Diego, GPA 4.0. Recent projects include a dual-corpus RAG pipeline for earnings-call contradiction detection with hybrid retrieval and reranking (CrossCheck), an LLM agent evaluation study under adversarial/deceptive conditions across 4 architectures, and low-resource English-Maithili NMT with LoRA fine-tuning. Open to MLE, AI Engineer, Applied Scientist and Research Engineer roles.

Remote: Yes (15+ years working remotely)

Willing to relocate: No, but available for occasional travel

Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS, DigitalOcean, Heroku, React/TypeScript, LLM/RAG integrations

Résumé/CV: https://vedran.codes

Email: vmarcetic@bytecode.hr

Senior Ruby on Rails engineer focused on rescuing and modernizing established products.

I’m a good fit when a Rails application is already important to the business, but releases have become slow or risky, production is unpredictable, an upgrade has stalled, or the team needs someone senior to own a difficult technical initiative without proposing an unnecessary rewrite.

My work covers production debugging, Rails and PostgreSQL performance, upgrades, test stabilization, legacy cleanup, infrastructure, and payment or CRM integrations. I can take a problem from diagnosis through implementation and production.

I’ve worked on products including Napster, Gimme Radio, Roomsie, Nexible, and several Rails/Spree ecommerce systems.

I also build my own products: SayTrue.ai, grounded AI customer service across voice, web chat, and social channels; ClearMX, an email verification platform for small SaaS teams; and Movieo, a movie discovery and tracking product covering more than 250,000 titles. Building products myself keeps me close to engineering, product decisions, infrastructure, operations, and the commercial realities of shipping software.

For founders looking to launch something new, I also offer focused micro-SaaS builds and small SaaS MVPs through Bytecode for €10,000. We agree on a realistic scope upfront, centered on one core workflow, with authentication, billing, and a production deployment.

I’m open to senior or lead Rails roles, long-term contracts, part-time consulting, and focused rescue engagements.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Email: logandark@logandark.net

I'm a self-taught full-stack software developer with over 10 years of experience. My favorite programming languages are Rust and TypeScript! I've also been dabbling in Haskell lately. My favorite types of projects are systems programming, front-end development and UX/UI.

I have a GitHub with tons of projects and open-source contributions since 2013: https://github.com/LoganDark

I am an owner of many Rust crates: https://crates.io/users/LoganDark

I am a quick learner and have high attention to detail. I often improve team-facing documentation and processes when I enter a role. I also care deeply about developer experience and iteration time.

I am strongest with clearly-defined requirements and constraints, but I love contributing to open-ended problems as well. I enjoy refactoring code to remove bugs and inconsistencies. I will spot any UI imperfection.

I enjoy dog-fooding and do it whenever I can. I am obsessive about solving every issue I come across. I provide detailed documentation with issue reports.

Please contact me by email with any opportunities! Open to freelance/consulting, fulltime preferred. Hourly or salary only.

I am available to interview immediately and can start immediately.

My résumé is available by email upon request, but it's best to ask with an offer to interview.