Posted by whoishiring 1/2/2026
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
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We are an AI-driven Hospitality Tech platform helping vacation rental owners automate their revenue on Booking.com. We are bootstrapped, profitable (£100k ARR), and growing month-on-month.
We are looking for a Founding Engineer (Python/Django) to partner with us (2 founders) and scale our infrastructure. This is a fullstack role (React) involving high-volume scraping, browser automation & agents.
- Stack: Python, Django, Postgres, React
- Challenge: Enterprise-scale scraping (1000s req/s), reverse engineering, and AI agents.
- Deal: £70k - £90k + Up to 2% Equity.
We are currently raising a round at £5m valuation with top VC's.
Apply here: https://www.mydatavalue.com/founding-full-stack-senior-engin...
Or email me your cv: martin@mydatavalue.com
alooola is a wealth management mobile app for medical professionals (investing + retirement + spending), backed by a 30-year advisory firm with ~$1B AUM. Our app is in production and we’re expanding features now that a major custody/infrastructure upgrade is complete.
We’re hiring our second engineer to own features end-to-end across React Native/TypeScript (iOS/Android) and Node.js/Express/Postgres. AI tools (Claude/GPT) are part of the daily workflow, but we care most about strong fundamentals, validation, and UX polish.
Benefits: medical fully covered; 401k match after 1 year; flexible schedule; unlimited PTO
Apply: https://alooola.breezy.hr/p/0764568c8521-ai-product-engineer
Common Prefix is a blockchain research & development company. Blockchain technologies enable large-scale economic coordination through shared, programmable ledgers. Our mission is to solve the foundational scientific and engineering challenges standing in the way of mainstream adoption, particularly around interoperability, scalability, and usability. We combine formal scientific research with production-grade engineering. Our team publishes in top-tier peer-reviewed venues and builds open-source infrastructure used across major blockchain ecosystems. We have contributed to advanced systems including Axelar, XRPL, Sui, and Flashbots, and are trusted partners to protocols building critical infrastructure.
What we're looking for:
Software engineers who can solve problems, are smart, get things done, and enjoy working on the bleeding edge, learning about cryptography, and working from first-principles.
Tech stack: Doesn't matter, we'll teach you. But we work mostly with Rust, Go, and TypeScript.
Open roles:
- Software Engineer (mid): https://www.notion.so/commonprefix/Opening-Software-Engineer...
- Senior Software Engineer: https://www.notion.so/commonprefix/Opening-Senior-Software-E...
- DevOps: https://www.notion.so/commonprefix/Opening-DevOps-Engineer-2...
We offer:
- $50,000–$160,000 / year cash + stock grant + performance bonus (depends on level but not location)
- Local from Athens, Greece, or remote
- Conference participation in exciting scientific and engineering venues, 2-3 times per year
- The opportunity to work and learn from world-class scientists from major universities in the field of blockchains, cryptography, and consensus
Apply here:
https://commonprefix.notion.site/2b7bf672de828051b53cdd37811...
Email me (CTO) jesse (at) wayward.com
We are applying AI to organize corporate events.
We are looking for a senior engineer with at least ten years of full stack experience, a strong focus on product and UX, and optionally some experience building LLM based products. Currently we are focussed on building tooling that enables us to capture domain knowledge from experts to streamline prompt creation and evaluation. Our tech stack is Typescript, React, Next.js and Tailwind. On the backend we use Drizzle with Neon, deployed and monitored via Vercel. We have pre-seed funding from a major US VC and are experienced founders. You’ll be working alongside the founders (ex-Apple, ex-Airbnb, ex-Tulip, ex-Tourlane) and will have a chance to shape the company, product and of course the engineering culture.
Apply here: https://eventfirst.jobs.personio.com/job/1646275
We're hiring 10-12 summer interns (June-August) to work on real client projects and research alongside our security engineers in NYC. You'll contribute to software security assessments, tool development, and research that gets published. What we're looking for:
Strong technical skills: C/C++, Rust, Go, Python, Solidity, etc. Experience in reverse engineering, appsec, program analysis, smart contracts, or cryptography
NYC interns get the full experience: Summercon, team events, Broadway shows, and more.
Remote available for strong candidates.
Actively reviewing applications and interviewing now.
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 Lead Engineers with 5-9 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:
++ Lead iOS Engineer [Tech Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Mapbox]
++ Lead Infra/Backend Engineer [Tech Stack: AWS]
++ Lead WebApp/FrontEnd Engineer [Tech Stack: Python, Typescript, React]
++ Lead Autonomy/Robotics Engineer [Tech Stack: C++, Python, iOT]
++ Lead Security Software Engineer [Skills: Ability to perform hands-on security engineering tasks, CMMC Compliance Knowledge]
Join us at beaconai.co/careers. Mention in the application that you saw our post on HN.
ChainSecurity is a young and innovative cybersecurity company that operates in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Our mission is to make the blockchain space secure and trustworthy for people, companies, and governments alike. We are proud of our security experts from the renowned universities ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne and others. We are trusted by 100+ blockchain companies and established corporations with security audits and services. We have secured complex systems for top blockchain clients, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, and multinational organizations, such as banks and industrial consortia.
A ChainSecurity Auditor will review the most complex blockchain projects to find vulnerabilities which no-one else can. By using state of the art tools, expert knowledge and a deep understanding of the fundamentals, we secure projects handling billions, often forming the foundation in the new paradigm of an open financial system.
Your Responsibilities:
* Work directly with the developers of the most successful teams in the blockchain industry to audit their code and secure their products
* Contribute to our security tools and create new ones in collaboration with our internal research team
* Conduct security research and publish your findings
Requirements:
* Strong background in software engineering, focused on security relevant areas and most importantly being able to reason about complex code
* Experience with penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, threat modeling or similar is a plus
* Good knowledge of cryptography
* Proficiency with Linux and Git
* Good written communication skills
* Fluent in OOP programming language
Bonus Points:
* Formal Verification, White Box, Vulnerability Scanning
* Solid Blockchain Knowledge
* Consensus Algorithms
Join us here: https://www.chainsecurity.com/jobs/blockchain-security-engin...
Questions about the role? Contact: jobs@chainsecurity.com