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Posted by whoishiring 1/2/2026

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)

Please state the location and include REMOTE for remote work, REMOTE (US) or similar if the country is restricted, and ONSITE when remote work is not an option.

Please only post if you personally are part of the hiring company—no recruiting firms or job boards. One post per company. If it isn't a household name, explain what your company does.

Please only post if you are actively filling a position and are committed to responding to applicants.

Commenters: please don't reply to job posts to complain about something. It's off topic here.

Readers: please only email if you are personally interested in the job.

Searchers: try https://dheerajck.github.io/hnwhoishiring/, http://nchelluri.github.io/hnjobs/, https://hnresumetojobs.com, https://hnhired.fly.dev, https://kennytilton.github.io/whoishiring/, https://hnjobs.emilburzo.com, or this (unofficial) Chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hn-hiring-pro/mpfal....

Don't miss this other fine thread: Who wants to be hired? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466073

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lpandong 1/6/2026|
Tiger Data (FKA Timescale) [ Global | 100% Remote | Multiple Roles: Eng, Product, Support + more ]

We began in 2017 as TimescaleDB, focused on making PostgreSQL the best database for time-series data. As our customers evolved, so did we.

Today, more than 2,000 companies use our technology to power real-time analytics, agentic applications, and high-ingest operational systems. What started as a time-series database has become the fastest PostgreSQL for modern workloads. To reflect that evolution, we’re now TigerData—a name that speaks to our speed, precision, and ambition. The tiger has long been part of our culture: fast, focused, powerful. From “Tiger Time” all-hands to welcoming new hires as “tiger cubs,” it’s how we build—decisively, fearlessly, and with purpose.

This is not a reinvention: it’s a reflection of how we already serve our customers today.

TigerData is growing! Check us out: https://www.tigerdata.com/careers

Software Engineering Manager - Database - https://www.tigerdata.com/careers/08ddff61-b67a-42c5-a799-2e...

Senior Test Tooling Engineer - https://www.tigerdata.com/careers/f50c226d-682e-40e9-8d2e-52...

Database Support Engineer - https://www.tigerdata.com/careers/0aca17c7-7222-4f75-9c8e-59... Customer Delivery Engineer - https://www.tigerdata.com/careers/3d060bc0-1abf-446b-881e-f4...

Senior/Staff Product Manager, AI - https://www.tigerdata.com/careers/542068ed-6f51-4994-9f58-0c...

ewf 1/2/2026||
Embed Workflow | Support Engineer | REMOTE (EMEA/APAC/LATAM preferred) | Part-time

We're building an in-app workflow builder that SaaS companies embed directly into their platforms—letting their users automate processes without leaving the app.

Looking for a Support Engineer (10-15 hrs/week) to help developers integrate our product, troubleshoot issues, and shape our documentation. Technical background required—you should be comfortable reading code and understanding APIs.

Competitive hourly rate, flexible hours, real product influence. 1-2 month trial with path to grow as we do.

Apply here by Jan 15: https://embedworkflow.com/careers/jobs/support_engineer

OnjaMadagascar 1/13/2026||
Onja | Full Stack Developer, Course Design & Back-End Developer, Course Design | Full-Time | ONSITE - Madagascar

Looking to join a social-impact driven company? Are you a software developer ready to use your skills for good? Onja trains underprivileged youth into world-class software developers. We are on the lookout for Course Designers who can help our students go from ‘what is coding’ to working in Global tech teams.

Help build a scalable course that will help train Madagascar’s brightest young people, while working alongside a team of talented, fun colleagues from all over Madagascar and the world.

Please apply through the following links:

Full Stack Developer, Course Design: https://onja.org/careers/full-stack-developer-course-design

Back-End Developer, Course Design: https://onja.org/careers/back-end-developer-course-design

jperaino 1/8/2026||
Norm is building AI that understands regulations for regulatory compliance. Our AI currently automates compliance determinations for federally regulated financial content, though our vision is to build a platform that can handle any regulation in any industry. As AI begins to permeate our society, Norm aims to become a critical building block for other AI systems that need regulatory intelligence. You can read more about our vision here: https://www.norm.ai/post/building-regulatory-ai-agents

We've raised $137m from top-tier investors to pursue this vision. We're growing very quickly and have major, household-name financial institutions as clients and investors. We're working on hard, interesting problems and want to push the boundaries of what's possible for AI-driven products. We're hiring for many engineering roles in NYC, including:

- Full Stack Engineer, Senior + Staff ($190k-270k)

- Applied AI Engineer ($200k-275k)

- Cloud Infrastructure Engineer ($175k-250k)

- Forward Deployed Engineer ($190k-250k)

We're also hiring for many non-technical roles. The best way to apply is online on our website (we review every application!). Full list here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/norm-ai?utm_source=7ow8wN5o3g.

emaankhan 1/10/2026|
This looks like a really interesting product. I’m currently a software engineer at Amazon and have previously worked at places like DRW and HeadSpin, and the problem space really caught my attention. I’m earlier in my career but just applied to the Applied AI Engineer role.

Excited to see where Norm goes. Would also love to connect and learn more about the company!

JobrosDad 1/8/2026||
I have adapted our "Stealth" pitch to fit their strict format while keeping the "Nerd Bait" hook. Stealth PropTech Startup | Boston, MA (or Remote) | Founding Full-Stack Engineer | CONTRACT TO HIRE | Competitive Market Rate + Equity We are looking for a "Mad Scientist" engineer to build a living, gamified dashboard that disrupts a massive legacy industry (Consumer Logistics/Real Estate). The Stack: React, Next.js, Supabase, Node.js. (Bonus: Framer Motion/GSAP). The Project: This isn't a CRUD app. It is a "Command Center" that feels like a video game. It features a dynamic "AI Companion" (Nook) that actively coaches users through complex financial and logistical phases. We need someone who can take a "Frankenstein" MVP concept and turn it into a high-performance, secure, living organism. About You: * You treat your IDE like a video game. * You obsess over micro-interactions and "game feel." * You want to be Employee #1 on a product that solves a universal anxiety point for 40k+ users in Boston alone. The Deal: * Mode: Contract-to-hire. We start with the MVP build (paid project). If you survive the mission, you become the Founding Engineer. * Culture: No Jira. No PMs. Just code and shipping. To Apply: Email me at jobroplus@gmail.com Do NOT send a resume. Send ONE link to the coolest/weirdest thing you have ever built. Show me code with a soul.
foobazzy 1/8/2026|
> I have adapted our "Stealth" pitch to fit their strict format while keeping the "Nerd Bait" hook.

I think you might want to update this.

andy99 1/8/2026||
Tells you everything you need to know, I wish this was mandatory.
gambit_robotics 1/10/2026||
Gambit Robotics | Founding Principal / Staff Full-Stack Engineer | NYC | Onsite | Full-time

Hi! I’m Nicole (ex-Google AI), cofounder of Gambit Robotics with Eliot Horowitz (cofounder/CTO MongoDB).

We’re hiring for two founding engineering roles to work directly with us in our NYC office (in-person only):

1) Founding Principal / Staff Full-Stack Engineer - 8+ years experience shipping production systems - Strong backend and systems foundation - Experience owning architecture end-to-end (zero → production)

2) Founding Full-Stack Engineer - 4–6 years experience building and shipping production products - Strong product sense and ownership - Comfortable working across backend, client, and infrastructure

https://www.gambitrobotics.ai/careers

Gambit is an AI-powered kitchen assistant that mounts magnetically under most range hoods or microwaves. It uses computer vision, thermal imaging, and on-device AI to understand what’s happening in the pan in real time, and handles the hardest parts of cooking — heat, timing, and doneness — so people get better results with less stress.

We’re moving quickly from prototype to product and launching via Kickstarter later this month. It’s a seed-stage startup with high autonomy, real impact, and a very intense (and fun) next phase.

If you or someone you know might be a fit, email me: nicole@gambitrobotics.com

https://www.gambitrobotics.ai

cyberax 1/2/2026||
Duranta | Staff Backend Engineer | Full-Time | On-site | Seattle or NYC

We're building business-in-a-box software for landscaping companies, with mobile applications and an offline-capable web app. We're also doing custom AI (_not_ LLMs) to produce measurements from satellite imagery.

Our frontend is in React and React.Native, backend is in Go and Python. We're looking for someone who can lead the backend development and help us manage the data processing pipelines for AI training.

Job posting: https://jobs.lever.co/getduranta/50af551a-9a5c-498c-9729-6f2...

Contact: alex@getduranta.com (please put "HN" in the subject)

connorb-coder 1/13/2026||
Coder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time

Coder is an AI software development company leading the future of autonomous coding. We empower teams to build software faster, more securely, and at scale through the collaboration of AI coding agents and human developers. Our mission is to make agentic AI a safe, trusted, and integral part of every software development lifecycle.

Coder’s self-hosted Cloud Development Environment (CDE) is the foundation for deploying agentic AI in the enterprise. It provides a secure, standardized, and governed workspace to deploy autonomous coding agents alongside human developers, accelerating innovation while maintaining control and compliance. Coder's isolated, policy-driven environments improve productivity, cut cloud costs, and reduce data risks. Developers transition to AI at their own pace using their own tools. Platform and security teams can govern, audit, and manage a great developer experience at scale.

We passed 100k stars on GitHub! https://github.com/coder

All positions are fully remote in the countries listed unless otherwise specified.

[1] Software Engineer, AI tools (US/Canada)

[2] Senior Software Engineer, AI Tools (US/Canada)

[3] Staff Software Engineer, Front-end (US/Canada)

And more! Apply here + job descriptions, salary bands: https://coder.com/careers?utm_source=O2n5Ew72WD

Not all of our jobs are listed here. Please note that you must submit an application to be considered for any of our positions. If you have any questions, please reach out to jobs@coder.com.

huss97 1/15/2026||
Steel.dev | Founding Engineers (Infrastructure, Applied AI), Growth, GTM | Toronto, San Francisco | In-office

Steel is building open-source browser infrastructure for AI agents & apps. We make it easy for AI engineers to ship products that interact with the web using our Sessions API - An API that controls fleets of browser sessions in the cloud while we handle everything from scaling to antibot and more.

Our tech stack:

- Frontend: Vanilla React + TailwindCSS + Shadcn, built with Vite, deployed on Vercel

- Backend: Fastify, Node.js, Zod, NATs, Drizzle with Redis, PostgreSQL, and S3

- Infrastructure: Pulumi, Go, Firecracker VMs, Docker

- Languages: Mostly Typescript, Rust, Go

With over 6,000 GitHub stars, dozens of paying customers, and millions of sessions served, we grew our platform 50x in 2025 purely through word-of-mouth and our open-source community. Backed by world-class investors, we're building a small, talent-dense team that's shaping the future of how humans & agents interact with the internet.

Current roles (all roles include competitive comp + equity):

- Infrastructure Engineer: Design, optimize, and scale our browser VM infrastructure

- Applied AI Engineer: Build on agent frameworks, integrations, and real-world AI use cases

- Founding Growth Lead: Own the growth machine to turn insane organic traction into a category-defining brand

- Founding GTM Lead: Be our first sales hire, closing deals with AI startups transforming entire industries

To learn more & apply (Mention HN): https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/steel

P.S. If you're feeling spicy, try our optional hiring challenge and submit the flag with your application once you reach the final step → https://challenge.steel.dev

cjcjameson 1/8/2026|
Parabola | Senior SRE + Full Stack Engineer | NYC/SF ONSITE-Hybrid | Full-time

We're building the AI-powered workflow automation platform that ops and finance teams at Lyft, Flexport, WHOOP, 1000+ other companies use to turn their business logic into executable workflows. They're dealing with messy reality: PDFs, emails, spreadsheets, APIs scattered across systems. We let non-technical teams build production-grade automation by describing what they need in plain English.

Senior SRE: Join our platform team keeping the foundation solid as we scale. Own reliability, security, and developer experience for a multi-tenant system handling 100+ integrations. You'll be on-call, but working on genuinely interesting problems: making deploys boring, keeping customer workflows running, building infrastructure that compounds. Best fit if you care about enabling teams, not just managing pipes.

Senior Full Stack Product Engineer: Own entire features from idea to production. Build interfaces that make complex automation accessible to people who've never written code. Current problems: LLM-powered workflow generation, extracting structure from chaos (PDFs, emails, weird APIs), real-time collaboration on live data pipelines. The companies winning with AI in 2026 are the ones who made their business logic explicit and their context connected. We're building the layer that makes that possible.

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/parabola-io or email cj@parabola.io

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