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Willing to relocate: No
Email: logandark@logandark.net
Self-taught software engineer with over 10 years of experience. TypeScript, Rust, Python, some Haskell. Some embedded, desktop, lots of web. Frontend and backend.
I've done UI/UX design work in Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD before it was cool. I like to make it pop...
My last couple gigs had me on database issues. Reworked a bunch of SQL templating, bookkeeping, object representation. Cleanup work that simplified the end UX too.
Did some work on database adapters too. Translating Redis <-> Postgres and others, live migrations between them. Exciting stuff, very detail oriented.
Looking for full-time salaried or hourly gigs, first come first serve, Frontend SWE or Full-stack. Not task-based or for AI training. I can interview and start immediately for a fit.
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https://github.com/LoganDark
Remote: Yes — or onsite/hybrid, any is fine
Willing to relocate: For the right role — especially research
Technologies: Rust, C, Crystal, Elixir, Ruby, Python, TypeScript; LLM training & agents, RAG / vector memory, high-performance parsers & data formats, full-stack + infra/ops
Résumé / Portfolio: https://tabcomputing.com/portfolio
Email: thomas@tabcomputing.com
Self-directed systems & AI engineer, available for contract (or the right full-time role). In the last year — solo, mostly from scratch — I've built: an LLM training engine and active research project (AGPT); an AI agent framework that autonomously runs my own production infrastructure (copious); a semantic-memory / RAG library (memo); a C11 YAML 1.2 parser that passes all 308 test-suite cases and outperforms every other compliant parser on real-world benchmarks (YAM); and a serialization format about half the size of JSON that parses ~3x faster (C0DATA). I also maintain Ruby Facets (since 2005). I go from model internals to production ops, and I ship — every link on the portfolio is real, running code. Research is my first love — AGPT above is my own line of it — and the work I'd most gladly relocate for, though I'm every bit as happy shipping production systems. The site also has an AI assistant you can talk to; she'll take a brief and send it to me.
Remote: Yes — remote only (~EU hours or async)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, FastAPI; LLMs & embeddings, semantic search, self-hosted open-weights models (on-prem, offline); deterministic data/ML pipelines; PDF/document extraction, OCR, IoT, time-series, logs → decision-useful information
Résumé/CV: https://walat.eu/cv/ | https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat
Email: dariusz@walat.eu
Trustworthy output from untrustworthy data. I build systems that catch what's silently wrong — a dead sensor nobody noticed, contradictory records, a garbled scan, a confidently-wrong model — so it surfaces as a flag today, not a six-month catastrophe.
I use LLMs where they earn their place (development, meaning, embeddings, plain-language access to jargon-locked data) and keep them out of decisions and the data flow, which stay deterministic and verifiable. An LLM can help you find the answer; it can't be the answer.
Senior systems engineer, multiple AI cycles of judgment on what survives the hype and where it breaks. Currently turning messy Polish legal PDFs into a correctness-checked graph — the hard part is the verification, not the AI. Previously I built a legislative-notification service that ran autonomously in production for over three years before I retired it. I've written about where AI coding agents actually fail and why verification is the real work: https://walat.eu
Best fit when: correctness matters, the data is real-world-messy, and you want someone who names what doesn't work and why.
Remote: Yes (contract or fractional)
Willing to relocate: temporarily yes; permanently no
Technologies: Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Django, Vue, React, Flutter, Firebase, AWS, Azure, Docker, Linux
Résumé/CV: https://luzdealba.github.io
Email: luzdealba [at] gmail [dot] com
TL;DR: 15+ years shipping software. These days I make coding agents checkable: skills, state, evals, and a record of what they did.
I maintain Harnix (https://github.com/anakotai/harnix), an open-source scanner that scores whether a repo is ready for agent workflows (guidance, CI, tests, docs) and ranks what to fix first.
I also work as a fractional CTO. EdTech Connect (VC-backed): owned the architecture, ~2k users, ~300 paying vendors. Schooly: high availability and autoscaling for 500+ schools, one-person ops. Anakot.AI: compliance automation in Southeast Asia, endorsed by Thailand's Board of Investment. Aksarapak/Dalo: offline AI learning, web + iOS. Wrote for SitePoint on Docker and DevOps. English, Spanish, Portuguese.
Contract or fractional, embedded with a team putting agents in the product, where what the agent did is evaluated and auditable. Available now.
Evenings ICT: EU afternoons and US East mornings.
Remote: Yes, remote only (CET)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js (App Router, RSC), Node, Bun, PostgreSQL, AWS, SST, Turborepo, WebSockets, WebGL. Web3: viem, wagmi, Ponder, Safe, Foundry
Résumé/CV: https://ciarka.pl/marcin_ciarka_cv.pdf
Email: yc_oct_job@plamka.net
Senior full-stack engineer, frontend-leaning, 9+ years. I build interfaces where a UI bug costs the user money.
Summer.fi, 2022 to 2026: took the Lazy Summer earn app from an empty repo to production as TVL approached $200M.
Most recently: contract advisor on a self-custodial DeFi app. Set up the monorepo, internal SDK and the indexer.
Before that: six years of banking and leasing front-ends in a regulated enterprise shop.
Things you can click: https://chainvi.be (sub-second, on-chain + off-chain enriched data, one server-side WebSocket fanned out to every client, component library under 6 kB gzipped) and https://resonance.summer.fi (live protocol activity as generative audio with WebGL).
Looking for: senior IC role on a B2B contract, available immediately. Crypto and DeFi are home turf, but I'm just as keen on any product team with hard frontend or full-stack problems, whether that's fintech, devtools or something else.
My most recent role was Principal Engineer at HungerRush where I led a number of major initiatives, including designing and implementing their next-generation conversational voice AI ordering platform (OrderAI).
Remote: Yes. Hybrid in Toulouse, regular travel to Paris, London or Amsterdam is fine
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, React, Electron, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, cloud and edge architecture, industrial IoT, offline-first systems, Ansible, Docker
Résumé/CV: https://jvelo.at/resume
Email: jerome@velociter.fr
Freelance product engineer and tech lead. 20 years building software products, ten of them as a founder. I work across product, design and code.
Recent work: a control platform that runs indoor farms on three continents, control software for a gravity simulator built with CNES (the French space agency), and a canvas-based rich-text editor that stays fast on documents with millions of words. Details at https://jvelo.at
Now I am building a writing agent on top of that editor. Its edits land as proposals over a clean document: you review them one by one, accept, rewrite, or discuss one with the agent, which comes back with a new version. Proposals stay anchored while you keep typing. It runs its own tool-calling loop on Claude or any OpenRouter model, and every run is traced down to tokens and cost.
Available from mid-October for contract work as a hands-on engineer, tech lead or fractional CTO, full-time or part-time.
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, and AWS (certs: https://www.credly.com/users/jon-north.ad78f0c8). Happy to deal with greenfield or legacy or any mix of the two. I learn new things extremely quickly.
I prefer long term contract work, though I’ll help you with smaller things as well. W2 employment is a possibility if the fit is right.
AI: However you roll is fine. Agentic, just-generative, or write by hand. I’m fine with any of it. The important thing is crushing your goals.
Technologies: Python, C/C#/C++, SQL, NoSQL, Go, Golang, Docker, Git, Linux/Windows, Bash, Kafka, Redpanda, PySpark, Spark, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP HANA, LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2
Resume/CV: www.adiuvat-consulting.com
Email: jon.north@adiuvat-consulting.com
Remote: Yes (required)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Java, SQL, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, Common Lisp
Résumé/CV: https://sinistercode.com/public/donnie/resume
Email: macnod [at] gmail [dot] com
Senior software engineer, 20+ years. Available immediately; US Pacific hours. Looking for a full-time remote role designing backend or platform systems.
I write programs that write programs. Data UI is a compiler I'm building in Common Lisp. It already compiles a 57-line model into PostgreSQL, REST, a minimal React UI, row-level RBAC, and Kubernetes+TLS, and deploys it. The same application is roughly 20,000 lines written by hand. In my tests an agent can generate large parts of it, but not the application. It needs a senior directing it the whole way. The 57-line model is what gets reviewed instead. Live demos: https://data-ui.com
Recently, Azure Government (FedRAMP IL5): commercial Elasticsearch was not allowed, so I replaced it with self-hosted Elasticsearch inside the VNet. Subnet and AKS in Terraform; Elasticsearch from Terraform-managed Helm charts.
I run several models from different providers, including local ones, in one Emacs instance. Any of them can enlist another against the same live state. One shape: a model drafts a plan, enlists a second to draft its own, then reconciles the two. They implement against the live Lisp image, and they can patch the Emacs instance they are running in, so a fix to the harness takes effect on the next prompt. In the usual setup the model can't reach the program running it. Only I commit.
Portfolio: https://sinistercode.com/public/donnie
GitHub: https://github.com/macnod
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, Python, Rust, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, RAG/LLM apps (OpenAI, Gemini, LangChain)
Résumé/CV: [link to your resume PDF]
Email: kodalibhargav019 [at] gmail [dot] com
GitHub: https://github.com/kb019
Full-stack engineer (M.S. Software Engineering, ASU, 2026) with ~2 years of industry experience. I contribute bug fixes to open-source projects: shipped a fix in Rolldown (the bundler behind Vite), found a Vite build bug by reading its source that silently dropped modules from production builds, reported a layout bug in Ratatui, and was embedded for six weeks with the OpenMRS inpatient management team, where I also cut backend startup from 9 minutes to under 2. I also built Sprout, a Rust terminal habit tracker published on crates.io.
Looking for new grad / early-career backend or full-stack roles. Authorized to work in the US (OPT)
I use Claude Code daily on real production work, generate-and-review, and build my own AI tooling. If you want a fast read on whether I fit, paste my llms.txt into an LLM with your job description and ask where I match and where I don't. My site has an "Ask AI" button that does the same.
Available immediately and used to working on US timezones. US C-Corp for contracting.
Remote: yes
Willing to relocate: no
Technologies: Go, Python, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP, AWS
Résumé/CV: https://robinsiep.com/experience
Email: contact [at] robinsiep.com
Senior backend engineer focused on distributed systems and system design, with about a decade of end-to-end ownership across design, implementation, and production.
Most recently, I was lead backend engineer and architect on a distributed platform for venture capital workflows (Go services, event-driven architecture on GCP, data reconciliation, observability), and lead engineer on a survey fulfilment system integrating various third-party providers. Both roles included mentoring and coordinating other engineers.
I'm looking for a permanent role, but remain available for contract work in the meantime.
Embedded HMI and firmware engineer. For 5 years I was the sole software owner of the instrument clusters that shipped on heavy agricultural machinery: C firmware, J1939, the graphics layer, bench and field.
Shipped examples: a Cummins engine and a DANA transmission commanded from our own HMI/VCU, and a Bosch CAN valve module that removed the per-unit OEM controller and the European HMI license.
I also built VisionUI, a desktop UI framework: custom 2D engine, WYSIWYG editor, licensing and cloud backend. Performance-critical parts are in Rust, and the editor wires layers through MCP.
Looking for embedded, firmware, industrial HMI, Qt/QML, or desktop product work. Full-time or contract.
Remote: Yes, EU/CET (hybrid Paris ok)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Node.js, LLM agents, MCP servers, Claude Code, Codex, Figma Plugin API, TouchDesigner, WebGL/GLSL
Résumé/CV: https://www.somaticbits.com/David_Pettersson_Senior_Creative...
Email: hn@somaticbits.com
Creative technologist / product engineer. Two sides: AI tooling and automation for teams, and generative/immersive art. Same instinct either way - prototype fast, make the abstract real.
Recent work:
- Idea Engine (open source): start from a seed word, wander an association map, and pin the path you took into a buildable concept card. Three-model pipeline - one proposes associations, one scores and filters them for surprise and coherence, one writes the card. Svelte + Hono + SQLite, runs locally in Docker. https://github.com/somaticbits/idea-engine
- Forward-deployed engineer at a large hospitality/marketplace company. Built automations that removed up to 6h of manual work per project.
- Slides and websites generated straight from existing Figma components. Design system in, finished artifact out.
- Currently writing a custom MCP server for a calisthenics training app, so workouts and progress are coached and queried by an agent rather than through the UI.
Looking for full-time work where AI tooling meets creative tech. Teams building something new rather than iterating on what's there.
AI & automation: https://www.davidpettersson.com
Generative & immersive art: https://www.somaticbits.com
Backend & Platform Automation Engineer with 4+ years of experience building API middleware, GitOps infrastructure, and event-driven automation. I bridge the gap between application software and systems administration—writing clean Python, securing endpoints, and automating manual workflows.
Selected Repos & Impact: - Chiron-Relay (github.com/redjordan2539/Chiron-Relay): Async serverless FastAPI middleware on GCP Cloud Functions bridging Twilio webhooks and Gmail API. Features raw payload HMAC-SHA1 request validation, GCP Secret Manager integration, and Pytest coverage in CI. - johto-infra (github.com/redjordan2539/johto-infra): Declarative Ansible IaC repository deploying rootless Podman Quadlets bound natively to systemd unit files. Features Traefik TLS cert resolution, Ansible Vault secret management, Gitea Actions CI/CD with ansible-lint, and automated Restic DR pipelines with explicit retention policies. - Production Dispatch Engine: Built a Python automation tool to parse daily delivery workflows and send customer SMS alerts—cutting a multi-hour manual task down to under 30 minutes.
US Citizen based in CA with zero visa requirements. Looking for mid-level Backend, Platform, or SRE / Infrastructure Automation roles (Remote, or West Coast Hybrid/On-site).
Remote: Yes; occasional office visits
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, REST, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Vue.js, React
Résumé/CV: https://thaler.dev/thaler.cv.pdf
Email: dmitry@thaler.dev
Senior full-stack engineer with a backend focus and 15+ years of experience. Most of my work is at the integration layer: bringing awkward external systems together behind GraphQL and REST APIs that product teams can rely on. This has included payment gateways and government services at a national lottery, multi-protocol network telemetry, and retail planning systems processing billions of sales and inventory records.
I take ownership beyond the application code, including infrastructure, deployment, and observability. I care about keeping systems reliable and cloud costs under control.
EU-based B2B contractor; no sponsorship required. Experienced working remotely with US companies via Deel and Globalization Partners. Available with 7 days’ notice.
Remote: Yes (EU or Americas time zones)
Willing to relocate: Barcelona, Amsterdam, Madrid
Technologies: TypeScript/Node (NestJS), Postgres, ClickHouse, Redis, Solana, Claude Code + MCP agents in production (approval gates, evals), payments/settlement integrations
Résumé/CV: https://2137.dev
Email: krzysztof@2137.dev
I go through the customer data, sales calls, support messages, product usage, and analytics. Then I find the real problem and build what is needed: the positioning, landing pages, tracking, automations, content, or first growth test.
Looking for contract, fractional, or full-time work in growth, product marketing, GTM, growth engineering, or marketing operations.Location: France
Remote: YES
Willing to relocate: NO
Technologies: C/C++/Rust/Node/Typescript/React/Python, Azure/AWS/Docker/K8S, Claude/Codex/Cohere/LangChain, DevOps stack
Résumé/CV: https://www.artifixsolutions.com?sid=hn202610.
Email: lajos [@] artifixsolutions.com
A SENIOR TECHNICAL RESOURCE FOR STARTUPS
I make great ideas real. I'm a 5-time CTO with extensive hands-on technical experience in hundreds of technologies and paradigms across all of IT.
I can provide as much or as little help as you need:
Some of my work:Remote: Yes, open to remote, hybrid, or in office
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Fortran, Python (including Matplotlib, Numpy, Scipy), OpenMP, Git/GitHub, Linux, Bash, others...
Résumé/CV: Available on request
Email: http://trettel.us/hn-jobs-email.png (to reduce spam, please type in the email address)
GitHub: https://github.com/btrettel
Personal website: http://trettel.us/
I'm Ben Trettel, a mechanical engineer with about 15 years of experience, specializing in computational fluid dynamics, multi-disciplinary design optimization, and verification and validation of computer simulations.
I am particularly interested in opportunities to build cutting-edge physical products where computational simulation and design optimization are key.
Please email me at the address above about only specific job opportunities that are matched to my skills and background. Do not email me about generic job opportunities that anyone can apply to or non-job opportunities like advertising your job board or giving me advice on my resume.
I am not interested in gig economy type contract work.
Recruiters: Send full details of the position including company and job description in the first email. As long as it meets the criteria above, do not ask if I am interested, just send the details.
Remote: Yes, Hybrid OK in Winnipeg
Willing to relocate: Only to Vancouver Island
Technologies: C#, .NET Core, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Vue.js, React, PHP/Laravel, Python, Java, HTML5/CSS, Node.js/Express, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Entity Framework, Eloquent, RESTful APIs, Docker/Swarm, Kubernetes, Nginx/Apache, Git/SVN, CI/CD, Linux
Résumé/CV: https://www.dsaul.ca/Resume Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/dsaul Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-saul/ Portfolio: https://www.dsaul.ca/Portfolio
Software Certificates are viewable on LinkedIn.
Email: hn2026 at my website's domain
Please only send emails if you are employed by a company who is hiring, or a recruiter. If you are a referral bot/agent/orchestrator, don't send me emails.
Hello HN, I'm Dan Saul, a full-stack software developer with 10+ years of experience building and shipping production systems across SaaS, telecom, and business automation. I enjoy turning complex requirements into working software that people actually use.
How I work: I take ownership of features end to end, write tests and documentation as part of the job, and care about code review and solid SDLC practices. I participate in Agile processes as a team member, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architecture decisions. I build software directly and use agent-driven tooling pragmatically, treating generated code like any other contribution that needs review and verification.
What I'm looking for: Full-stack or backend-focused product teams where I can write real code, solve real problems, and help ship reliable software. Interested in SaaS, internal tools, telecom/comms, and practical business applications. I work best with teams that value clear thinking, accountability, and getting things done without unnecessary process.
Remote: Yes (100% Remote only)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: LLM Context Architecture, System Topology, Invariant Modeling, Deterministic Serialization, Logic Orchestration, State Recovery (Target stacks for AI: Python, Rust, JSON, etc.)
GitHub: https://github.com/Recursive-Logic-Core
Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
Role: AI Systems Architect (System Topology, Specification & Logic Design)
Focus: Eliminating LLM failure modes (context rot, attention drift). I operate purely at the architectural and logic-orchestration level (I do not write manual syntax/code; AI generates implementation while I audit logic).
Projects: - SLAP: https://github.com/Recursive-Logic-Core/SLAP - DriftBreak: https://github.com/Recursive-Logic-Core/DriftBreak - Context: https://github.com/Recursive-Logic-Core/llm-context-architec... - Forensics: https://github.com/Recursive-Logic-Core/system-analysis
Terms: German employment contract & benefits (EoR welcome)
Languages: German (native), English (fluent written, async-first)
Notice Period: 2 months to end of month
Email: arch_mmm@proton.me