Posted by whoishiring 11/3/2025
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)
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Location: Takoma Park, MD, USA
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, JavaScript, Swift, semantic systems, LLM orchestration, AI-assisted architecture
Site/Portfolio: https://www.michaeldouma.com
Email: m5@inotherwords-studio.com
You built something powerful. Early adopters get it. But broader adoption stalls because the experience doesn't create its own momentum. I specialize in that exact inflection point - making sophisticated tools feel like discovery rather than homework.
My approach comes from 10 years running an indie game studio. I apply behavioral psychology to B2B/developer tools. Not gamification - actual intrinsic motivation that makes the 100th use rewarding. Judge for IGF, MagFest, CODiE, GEE, Serious Games awards.
Recent work: Semantic analysis mapping 110M+ connections across 1.5M words. Previously: SpicyNodes (40M users), time.gov (pioneering govt web service), medical AI serving 1.5M patients.
I lead teams or ship directly via AI-assisted architecture. Looking for Series A-C companies (10-50 people) with products that need to feel less like enterprise Java circa 2003. Developer tools, learning platforms, technical products with adoption friction.
Seeking: Head of Product Experience, Director of Developer Experience, or whatever you call the role that makes your product sing.
Latest: https://www.inotherwords.app
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldouma/ Senior Backend/Full Stack Engineer | Team Lead
Location: Poland, Europe
Remote: Yes (10 YoE working remotely, EST/PST timezones OK too)
Willing to relocate: For the right opportunity
Technologies:
* Backend - Ruby on Rails (14 YoE), SQL, Redis, Sidekiq, Elasticsearch, Memcached, Heroku, AWS, K8s, Datadog
* Frontend - Javascript (14 YoE), Typescript, React, Vue
Skills:
* designing and implementing web apps across the entire stack
* high-traffic optimizations
* security
* payment processing architecture and financial integrations
* leading remote teams
* hiring
Résumé/CV: https://cutt.ly/RrnaORcb
Email: in the resume
Available full or part time
blog: https://vincents.dev/blog/ resume pdf: https://vincents.dev/resume
My brain works best interdisciplinary. I need to switch disciplines every so often to stay 100% engaged.
Location: Amsterdam
Remote: Hybrid (2.5 days) or remote
Willing to relocate: yes
Technologies: JavaScript and Python. If you're willing to let me learn Rust, C++ or x86-64 assembly on the job then those too (I've dabbled).
Résumé/CV: on request (5 years of professional experience and countless of years while I was a student, part-time)
Email: mettamage@protonmail.com1. Writing my own graph/tree algorithms, so I can visualize traffic flows better than whatever Google offers, detecting key drop off points, bringing that to the relevant marketing people so they can come up with ways to combat it.
2. An email campaign needs to be sent out, but the key person that knew about it left. I dive in and realize the whole data source has been phased out. I go into the huge org I'm at, connect to the right people (my managers have no idea), get the access rights to the correct data source. The data engineer is on vacation, I dive into our Airflow project, look at how our dags are made, create my own dag + needed custom operators, and now the email campaign can be sent out, on time.
3. Someone asks me to research something with minimal information (regarding media spend and outcomes on that). So I go research it, turns out the conclusions are very sensitive. My colleague did the research before me and he looked at my conclusions and realized I came to the same realization. Together we come up with a strategy how to effectively communicate this such that these insights strenghten the marketing team. My analysis was a bit complex, so instead of creating a compelling visualization, I created a small plotly application (in a notebook) with the right visualization metaphores and right filters.
4. Programming small free apps that drive traffic, but are also useful app in their own right (think stuff like an advanced tax calculator, etc.).
5. Using Airflow, certain APIs for solid data and LLMs to optimize our SEO pages. The last step in the pipeline is an actual human reviewing it critically and editing the text. It saves them 80% of work.
Currently collaborating on a project where we look at how LLMs can be a mini data analyst and retrieve data. My colleague got this project, but we realized it's better if we collaborate on it.
Remote: Yes, remote only
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Swift, ARKit, SwiftUI, RealityKit, Reality Composer Pro, Shader Graph, SwiftData, object tracking, room tracking, LiDAR scene reconstruction, world tracking, hand tracking, Enterprise APIs, plane tracking, body tracking, postprocessing, face tracking, image saliency analysis, semantic segmentation, depth estimation, RoomPlan, SceneKit, Object Capture, photogrammetry, CoreML, Create ML, OpenAI API, Supabase, Metal, Combine, iMessage extensions, Firebase, Firestore
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atmorales0/
Email: tony@1984.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/robomex
I am a freelancer/contractor who specializes in developing augmented reality, spatial computing, and computer vision apps for iOS & visionOS. Several of my apps were handpicked and featured worldwide by Apple. I've worked with solo founders, startups that went on to get acquired (OpenAI, Shopify), and R&D teams at large corporations.
If you have any questions or you want to get a conversation started: Shoot me a message & let's talk!
Location: EU
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Rust, Haskell, Python, Go, TypeScript, Nix, Zig, C++
Résumé/CV: ask damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
Email: damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
If there's a problem related to tech, I can solve it, and build a team or company around it. Available for work as dev/IC, EM, Director, or CTO, with experience in each. Full-solution MVP development from scratch. Performance optimization and modernization of older systems. DSL and programming language design, compilers. Let me know if you're looking for experience that isn't below! HN posts are short. CV upon request.
If you think I might be able to help you, shoot me an email: damian.jobsites+hn@gmail.com
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Example engagement types:
- Long term dev / IC or managerial roles
- Security audits for cryptography and secure code
- Review your code and dev processes, 10-page report
- Short-term dev and research work
- One-shot meetings
(see reply for skill list)
- Backend Programming: Rust, Zig, Haskell, Python, JS, TypeScript, Node, Vue, React, Elm, Scala, C, C++, SQL, Perl, PHP, Clojure, OCaml, Erlang, Elixir, Theorem provers (TLA+, Isabelle HOL, Agda), ...
- Devops & co: NixOS, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Ansible, Linux admin, Distributed Systems, ... Quote from code review: "This is the most beautiful Bash code I've ever seen written"
- Fintech: Dev experience with banks and financial institutions. Launched Tezos and other major blockchains. Dozens of smart contract audits.
- Bizdev: Gamification, consumer modelling, data-driven retention and engagement
- AI: LLMs, predictive text, machine vision (trajectory tracking), DSP, Big Data, ...
- Infosec: Cryptography, Red team testing, RE, audits, threat modeling, ...
- Other tech: Godot game engine, audio engineering (mastering), Verilog, VHDL
Management and business: Minor in Psychology, led and managed teams between 2 and 30 people, product design and gamification, hiring, executive and political outreach, media appearances, and a lot of other experience that won't fit in this post.
Remote: Yes (Remote or Hybrid, EU Timezone)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: [Deep Learning] PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLFlow; [Languages] Python, C, C++; [Infrastructure] AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB.
I'm a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 10+ years of R&D. My core expertise is Deep Learning Model Development and Pipeline Engineering, taking specialized models from concept to reliable output.
My recent work spans Computer Vision (traffic scenario analysis, SLAM, skin deformation analysis) and Generative Audio (speech synthesis focused on naturalness, novel voice generation, and controllability/editability).
I understand the full ML lifecycle, from novel research to scalable, cloud-ready API deployments. Seeking hands-on Senior-level roles and Lead positions to drive innovative model development. As Head of ML R&D (3 years), work included model development, AWS deployment, and rapid prototyping of LLM/GenAI applications for demos, all very hands-on along with a team of 10.
Background: PhD & Master's in Music Technology and Audio-Haptic Robotics (McGill).
CV and more details: https://sinclairs.gitlab.io/cv/sinclair_cv2025.pdf
Email: stephen.sinclair [..at ..] nonnegativ.com
Remote: Yes (Remote Only)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, AI
Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiefernandez/
Email: obiefernandez@gmail.com
Hello, I'm one of the original evangelists for Ruby on Rails and the author of The Rails Way as well as Patterns of Application Development Using AI. Over the past three decades, I’ve led teams and built products at every scale — from early-stage startups to global platforms — combining deep technical expertise with a creative, forward-looking approach to software craftsmanship.
I bring 30 years of hands-on engineering experience, including senior leadership in architecture, AI integration, and product strategy. Whether working as an individual contributor or guiding organizations through transformation, I focus on delivering clarity, velocity, and sustainable innovation. My last gig was leading AI strategy related to Developer Experience at Shopify.
Currently evaluating consulting and permanent opportunities with preference for executive leadership position at a larger company, although will consider consulting and fractional CTO type roles for startups and smaller ventures if the project and team are interesting enough.
Location: Prague, Czech Republic (EU), comfortable with EST overlap
Remote: Yes (preferred)
Relocation: No, but open to occasional office visits
Focus: Product leadership with technical depth — bridging business and engineering, aligning stakeholders, translating vision into clear product roadmaps, and guiding SaaS development.
Tech: TypeScript, Angular, React, Next.js, NestJS, Tailwind, Nx, CI/CD, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, Heroku.
APIs: Stripe, OpenAI, AssemblyAI, Deepl, Twilio, Slack, etc.
Product: Jira, Miro, Notion, Prototyping, Wireframes, Figma
Email: oletrn@gmail.com Location: Brussels, Belgium
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Go, OpenCL, Python, AI Infra, DevOps, Docker, Azure AD, Windows/Linux server, SQL/MySQL/Postgresql/SQLite, React, AWS, JavaScript, TypeScript, PowerShell, Bash, SCCM, Intune, ProxMox, VMWare ESXi, Windows AD, Git
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1edrc2vgYfI1YjQtNprf0pXTCSlH0syVx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108516447659643757324&rtpof=true&sd=true
Email: matyas[at]meng.zip
GitHub: https://github.com/mengdotzip
Outside of work, I’m a self taught developer and I’ve spent ~10 years programming, contributing to open source and running a homelab: building Go/Python backends, writing proxies and CLIs, and maintaining Linux/Windows servers, containers (docker, kubernetes), and virtualized setups.
I’m now looking to move into software development full‑time and turn my passion into a living.