Remote: Yes (Remote or hybrid/in-person in NYC)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, ZFS, Linux (Mint/Debian/Ubuntu), Proxmox VE, Docker, Git, AWS, GCP, OpenAPI, MCP (Model Context Protocol), local LLM deployment (Ollama, vLLM","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48755880","role":"demand","weight":0.65370667,"occurredAt":"2026-07-02T02:49:16.000Z","sourceKey":"hackernews","sourceName":"Hacker News","credibility":0.7,"venue":"news","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.12,"sentiment":0.5,"confidence":0.5836667,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","product:postgresql"],"statement":"If you’re an early-stage startup or a tightknit team looking for a seasoned technical leader who can anchor your backend, architect your infrastructure, and mentor your engineers without losing the hunger to get into the weeds and write co…","title":null,"body":"Location: New York City
Remote: Yes (Remote or hybrid/in-person in NYC)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, ZFS, Linux (Mint/Debian/Ubuntu), Proxmox VE, Docker, Git, AWS, GCP, OpenAPI, MCP (Model Context Protocol), local LLM deployment (Ollama, vLLM), agentic RAG infrastructure.
Résumé/CV: https://william.mantly.vip (At bottom of page)
Email: william@mantly.vip
Hey HN,
I’m a senior engineer and infrastructure architect who has spent the last 20+ years building everything from high-concurrency data pipelines to bare-metal server clusters. I’ve worn the corporate VP hat at JPMorgan Chase leading teams managing over 100,000 servers, and I’ve worn the founder hat running my own consulting firm, Theta 42.
But honestly? I miss the early stage startup energy. I miss the environments where we pivot fast, build from a whiteboard to production, and where everyone dons multiple hats to smash the next milestone.
What I bring to your team:
Real-world leadership & mentorship: I don't just manage tasks; I grow engineers. I've led development teams from scratch, run a tech consulting firm, and even spent years as a head instructor teaching Python/Django backends—maintaining a documented 90% job placement rate for my graduates. I know how to unblock a team and keep execution high.
Deep infrastructure, backend roots: I'm a self taught engineer who started with Perl in '99 on a WebTV. I’m a native Linux user who deeply understands networking, hypervisors, and storage layers (think Proxmox, LXC, and ZFS), not just cloud abstractions.
Pragmatic AI execution: I’m actively building local AI pipelines, structured tool-use interfaces, and agentic RAG infrastructure. I know how to cut through the LLM hype and implement local models (Ollama/vLLM) that actually solve business problems.
If you’re an early-stage startup or a tightknit team looking for a seasoned technical leader who can anchor your backend, architect your infrastructure, and mentor your engineers without losing the hunger to get into the weeds and write code, let’s talk.","offTopic":true},{"id":"3c39a5ab-dbd7-47b5-8d77-fab862a12d92","excerpt":" — Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Remote: Yes; hybrid/onsite locally
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Python, Modal, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, agent workflows and orchestration, Claude Code and other AI coding tools, Stripe, Clerk, Vercel
Rés","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48761969","role":"demand","weight":0.6453067,"occurredAt":"2026-07-02T14:14:58.000Z","sourceKey":"hackernews","sourceName":"Hacker News","credibility":0.7,"venue":"news","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.12,"sentiment":0.5,"confidence":0.5761667,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","product:postgresql"],"statement":"Looking for a full stack or AI/agent engineering role at an early stage company, full time or contract to hire.","title":null,"body":"Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Remote: Yes; hybrid/onsite locally
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Python, Modal, Vercel AI SDK, MCP, agent workflows and orchestration, Claude Code and other AI coding tools, Stripe, Clerk, Vercel
Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ZC7vP2tECxIubIIX5o0KR72...
Email: joshualherron@gmail.com
I build full stack web apps and agent systems. The two I've worked on most personally are Infinite Realms, a live AI RPG with a multi agent backend and a GPU media pipeline on Modal, and NovelHut, a web novel platform with semantic search. I also designed and built an MCP capability server with 102 tools and real safety controls (trust gates, spend caps, a kill switch), ran it for a month in public with an autonomous agent managing real wallets, and built OpenTrust, a trust registry and marketplace for agent tools, for a hackathon. Everything is live, built solo, and linked in my resume.
Why me: I ship features now, I put out fires, and I own a problem until it's actually fixed. I come up to speed fast on whatever language or stack your team already runs. I use AI as leverage but I keep product quality and business cost in view. I built everything above on a $20 a month AI plan and a small salary, so I know how to get a lot out of a small budget. Before and during all this I spent years doing frontline support for college students, the elderly, and the unsheltered, so I can sit with real users, find their pain points, communicate clearly, and design features anyone can use.
I'm mostly self taught, working through an A.S. in CS toward a bachelor's, so I won't win a credentials comparison. I'll win the one where the feature is shipped and the customer is happy. Looking for a full stack or AI/agent engineering role at an early stage company, full time or contract to hire. I like working with people and getting to know the team I'm building for.","offTopic":true},{"id":"1b0d7eae-45f5-47af-a046-f10ef71a5dc7","excerpt":" — Location: Slovenia, EU (CET/CEST)
Remote: Yes (required)
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: TypeScript, Python, Django, Vue, Nuxt, React
Résumé/CV: https://zgajner.com/work
GitHub: Remote: Yes (required) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, Python, Django, Vue, Nuxt, React Résumé/CV: https://zgajner.com/work GitHub: https://github.com/mzgajner Email: work@zgajner.com Full-stack web developer with 20 years of experience, currently working at a startup where I was employee #2. My strongest area of expertise, if I had to point one out, is frontend. I've built complex multiscreen dashboards, mobile games, IPTV set-top box interfaces, you name it. Consistent and performant UIs are my jam. I enjoy working with people, I've happily and successfully led teams, conducted dozens of technical interviews and managed cross-team initiatives. That said, I'm a deeply technical person at heart, so I'm not looking for a full-time management position. Over the past year I've been working with LLMs extensively, building an AI asset management product at my current employer, which required diving into coding harness internals and shipping features supported by LLMs. Our development processes started relying on LLMs as well, so I'm well prepared to join a team that's already heavy on AI or help it make that transition. My preferred environment is one where I get a seat at the table early so I can own a feature from conception to production. I'm used to low overhead, frequent exchanges with product people and daily deploys. If you're not there yet, I can help you get there.","offTopic":true},{"id":"21fe3652-a568-47da-ab62-f6ada5f27758","excerpt":" — Location: France (Geneva border), relocating to SE Asia Remote: Yes, any timezone Willing to relocate: Yes, moving to UTC+7/+8 within ~3 months Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Next.js, React, PHP, PostgreSQL, Prisma, REST, OAuth 2.0, Stripe Connect, EVM/web3. Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Graph","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222690","role":"demand","weight":0.55626667,"occurredAt":"2026-08-08T15:21:31.000Z","sourceKey":"hackernews","sourceName":"Hacker News","credibility":0.7,"venue":"news","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.12,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.49666667,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","product:postgresql"],"statement":"Looking for a product or full-stack engineering role, remote with no timezone restriction.","title":null,"body":"Location: France (Geneva border), relocating to SE Asia Remote: Yes, any timezone Willing to relocate: Yes, moving to UTC+7/+8 within ~3 months Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Next.js, React, PHP, PostgreSQL, Prisma, REST, OAuth 2.0, Stripe Connect, EVM/web3. Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Graph API, PowerShell, Azure. Résumé/CV: https://builtatnight.dev Email: hello@builtatnight.dev Four complete products shipped solo in the last eight months, after a full-time job. All of them are live, no dead demos: MigrateKit, a Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration SaaS that passed Microsoft Marketplace review on my own. Full tenant inventory over Graph (OAuth 2.0 PKCE), interactive runbook with rollback at every stage. https://migratekit.app Belle Facture, a French e-invoicing SaaS natively compliant with the 2026-2027 reform: server-generated Factur-X, immutable documents, integer-cents accounting, NestJS/Next.js monorepo, 145 tests. https://bellefacture.fr unmutable, a crypto-native live streaming platform: video under five seconds of latency, real time chat, on-chain non-custodial payouts with a publicly verified contract. Built in about ten evenings. https://unmutable.app ServiceNow Asset Scanner, a Chrome extension that updates assets from a barcode scan by reusing the existing SSO session, so it stores no credentials at all. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lldkgegidnbcmdghfhf... and source at https://github.com/BuiltAtNight/servicenow-asset-scanner I build AI-native: I write the spec and the data model, coding agents implement, and I read every line back before it merges. That loop is the only reason four products fit into eight months alongside a day job. Before that, six years of enterprise IT, four of them placed full time inside a client's offices. That is where I learned what actually breaks in production and how to explain it to people who did not write the code. Looking for a product or full-stack engineering role, remote with no timezone restriction. Happy to take a short representative problem and be judged on the result.","offTopic":true},{"id":"0b031b42-7225-47cf-9182-8428208e1297","excerpt":" — Location: Romania & Serbia (Europe) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijavecbranimir Email: hn [at] rijavecb.com Hi, I'm Branko. I am looking for a position in a small team where I can wear multiple hats: building features, handling support tickets, writing documentation, SEO. I have an engineering degree in Geodesy/GIS and 5+ years of customer support experience. I've developed products like a text analysis tool, a fishing logbook app, and an app for easing certain customer support tasks (links on website). If you need someone who is just as comfortable handling support and documentation as they are writing code, I'd love to chat.","offTopic":true},{"id":"92b32dd9-4ca5-4384-8603-1344e9bbaa11","excerpt":" — At Flowstate, I took a workforce-planning SaaS from blank repo to paid pilot in 10 weeks as sole engineer-designer. I currently own product design, backend, mobile apps, Stripe Connect payments, AI-assisted listing tools, and infrastructure for a US trading-card marketplace. I use and evaluate new AI models and coding workflows to make product development faster, while preserving quality through type safety, tests, CI, review, and product judgement. I'm looking for a team that uses AI coding tools seriously, values strong product design, and keeps product builders close to customers.","offTopic":true},{"id":"bf6f907c-cfa7-4056-ac1b-a4748f30ee91","excerpt":" — Location: Romania & Serbia (Europe) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: JavaScript, React, Astro, Hono.js, Node.js, Pocketbase, PostgreSQL, PHP, Laravel, Inertia, TailwindCSS Résumé/CV: https://rijavecb.com/ | https://rijavecb.com/cv.pdf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijavecbranimir Email: hn [at] rijavecb.com Hi, I'm Branko. I am looking for a part-time or contract position in a small team where I can wear multiple hats: building features (Frontend/Node/Laravel), handling support tickets, writing documentation, and improving SEO. I have an engineering degree in Geodesy/GIS and 5+ years of customer support experience. I've developed products like a text analysis tool, a fishing logbook app, and an app for easing certain customer support tasks (links on website). If you need someone who is just as comfortable handling support and documentation as they are writing code, I'd love to chat.","offTopic":true}],"breakdown":[{"sourceKey":"hackernews","sourceName":"Hacker News","count":7}],"total":7}} Location: London, UK\n Remote: Yes (remote preferred; open to one day a week in central London)\n Willing to relocate: No\n Technologies: TypeScript/React, PHP/Laravel, PostgreSQL, React Native/Expo, product design/UX, AI-assisted development\n Résumé/CV: https://dv","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157418","role":"demand","weight":0.55626667,"occurredAt":"2026-08-03T15:51:51.000Z","sourceKey":"hackernews","sourceName":"Hacker News","credibility":0.7,"venue":"news","intent":"tool_discovery","painScore":0.12,"sentiment":0,"confidence":0.49666667,"matchedPatterns":["looking_for","product:postgresql"],"statement":"I'm looking for a team that uses AI coding tools seriously, values strong product design, and keeps product builders close to customers.","title":null,"body":"
\nI turn unclear product problems into useful, well-designed software. I talk to customers, turn what I learn into product and technical specs, design the workflows and interface, build the system, then help launch, market, and support it. That breadth is my strongest skill: it keeps the customer problem in view throughout. Location: London, UK\n Remote: Yes (remote preferred; open to one day a week in central London)\n Willing to relocate: No\n Technologies: TypeScript/React, PHP/Laravel, PostgreSQL, React Native/Expo, product design/UX, AI-assisted development\n Résumé/CV: https://dvy.io\n Email: hn@davidbarker.me\n LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvyio\n Seeking: Senior Product Engineer with product design ownership (permanent preferred; open to substantial contract work)\n