Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)

May 1, 2026 · Source ↗

TLDR

Monthly HN thread where job seekers post availability, stack, and contact info for direct outreach from hiring teams.

Candidates self-select into the thread, so signal density is high; no recruiter layer between poster and hiring manager.
Geographic spread includes SF Bay Area, Seattle, Melbourne, Nashville, Memphis, and Vancouver, with most open to remote or hybrid.
Visa situations vary: at least one candidate requires E-3 sponsorship after a mass layoff.
Stacks skew toward distributed systems: TypeScript, Go, Python, Elixir, Kubernetes, AWS, and Postgres appear repeatedly.

Thread is dominated by backend and infrastructure profiles; Go, Python, and TypeScript are the dominant languages across top posters.
Several candidates signal senior or staff-level experience: ex-Amazon Prime Air, ex-Twitch, Mastercard platform engineering, and 9-year mobile specialist.
Product-engineering hybrid profiles are present but rare; one Melbourne-based poster explicitly notes a product-side focus rather than pure engineering.

@rjpruitt16: Ex-Amazon Prime Air and Twitch engineer, distributed systems focus, open to remote US from Memphis.
@vladdoster: 5 years at Mastercard, built platform tooling with Terraform, vector DBs, and Open Service Broker; remote only from Nashville.
@sqquima: Recently laid off, needs E-3 sponsorship, open to US relocation or international if costs covered.