Ask HN: What Are You Working On?
What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)
on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @11:24PM (#50001587)
Location: Europe, Role Type: Fractional, Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC/protobuf, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile (please do mention "Via HN" in the subject for your email to land in the right place in my inbox)
Core Focus Areas:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
● Expert-level kdb+/q, engine internals, query planning/optimization, C API extensions, performance analysis, hardware acceleration
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $385K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:42PM (#49543587)
Location: Europe, Role Type: Fractional, Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC/protobuf, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile (please do mention "Via HN" in the subject for your email to land in the right place in my inbox)
Core Focus Areas:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
● Expert-level kdb+/q, engine internals, query planning/optimization, C API extensions, performance analysis, hardware acceleration
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $385K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)
on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:48PM (#49177654)
Location: Europe, Role Type: Fractional, Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC/protobuf, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile (please do mention "Via HN" in the subject for your email to land in the right place in my inbox)
Core Focus Areas:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $385K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)
on Thursday July 02, 2026 @12:14AM (#48756481)
Location: Europe, Role Type: Fractional, Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC/protobuf, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile (please do mention "Via HN" in the subject for your email to land in the right place in my inbox)
Core Focus Areas:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $385K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs
on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:40PM (#48401975)
Adding to your 6 and 7, Ed Zitron's Better Offline podcast has a good series on how the path was paved to the cost reckoning of the present day.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)
on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @08:46PM (#48378230)
Location: Europe, Role Type: Fractional, Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC/protobuf, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $385K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)
on Monday May 04, 2026 @05:46PM (#48015449)
Location: Remote / Worldwide, Role Type: Fractional, Remote
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust / PyO3 / Tokio, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $345K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: How do you search the web programmatically these days?
on Friday April 17, 2026 @08:13PM (#47811979)
https://pypi.org/project/ddgs/
(Assuming you prefer Python.)
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)
on Thursday April 02, 2026 @06:55PM (#47621246)
Location: Remote / Worldwide, Role Type: Fractional, Remote
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $335K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)
on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:12PM (#47253132)
Location: Remote / Worldwide, Role Type: Fractional, Remote
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, Delta Lake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Vector DBs, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $335K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most complicated Algorithm you came up with you...
on Sunday February 08, 2026 @08:30PM (#46940532)
At some point, I needed to write a function which, given a collection of product titles, picks one that is neither the longest nor the shortest, it should pick the one which best captures the essence of the product while not being excessively verbose. For example, given the product titles below, it should pick "Portable Two-Way Translator, Handheld".
Portable Two-Way Translator, Handheld
Portable Handheld Translator
Handheld Two-Way Translator
Electronic Two-Way Portable Instant Voice Translator, 40 Languages, Handheld
Based on previous experience with centroid-based algos, the function I wrote does a first pass throwing all words from all product titles into one big bag, then computing a centroid (frequency histogram with low-frequency words removed). The second pass is to compute a cosine similarity score for each product title (its own frequency histogram against the centroid). Whichever product title is the most similar to the centroid wins.
That algo may have existed already in some academic paper somewhere, but I came up with it independently.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)
on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:18PM (#46864971)
Location: Remote / Worldwide, Role Type: Fractional, Remote
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, Temporal, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $335K base, pro-rated.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:35PM (#46560403)
These roles are North America only, based on your careers page. Please consider adding a caveat to the "Remote" designation.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)
on Monday January 05, 2026 @09:37PM (#46508095)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted Contextualized Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)
on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:15PM (#46116585)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)
on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @05:28PM (#45816591)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)
on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @05:05PM (#45443543)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform, CUDA
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2dfYAMB4/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2025)
on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @05:03PM (#45443516)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, CUDA, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZuSpneLDVzzYoeaA8or-m5m2df...
E-mail address in the profile.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)
on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @08:25PM (#45110860)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3OLzALN/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)
on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @08:22PM (#45110838)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3O...
E-mail address in the profile.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025)
on Monday August 04, 2025 @08:17PM (#44792897)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3OLzALN/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2025)
on Monday August 04, 2025 @08:16PM (#44792882)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3O...
E-mail address in the profile.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)
on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:09PM (#44450587)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3OLzALN/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2025)
on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:07PM (#44450580)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3O...
E-mail address in the profile.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)
on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:42PM (#44171935)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform
Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3OLzALN/view
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: $325K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2025)
on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:40PM (#44171918)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP1QTyp-kRz8rqg88vhswGHNT3O...
E-mail address in the profile.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)
on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:26PM (#43872594)
I'm not sure if I should be applying but before I do, I'm wondering what kind of novel or interesting data driven algorithms you refer to here. Are you referring to like adaptive query planners based on runtime statistics? Real-time detection of query latency spikes? Automated creation of secondary indexes based on usage patterns? Statistical smarts to decide what to cache and when? These would be sort of runofthemill for any modern database product, can you clarify if you are looking for any of these?
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2025)
on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @05:02PM (#43561545)
Location: Remote / Worldwide
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Cassandra, Scala, Rust, Python, TypeScript, Zookeeper, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT, Aerospike, Snowflake, Qdrant, PrestoSQL, Trino, Clickhouse, SQL, Golang, gRPC, Terraform
Resume: https://is.gd/resume2024q4
Email: in the profile
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
Ask: 285K base, inflation-adjusted twice a year, 0.005% equity.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2025)
on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @04:59PM (#43561495)
SEEKING WORK, Senior Data Engineer, Remote / Worldwide
Well-rounded Scala/Rust/Python dev, well-versed in data engineering, with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores. I have experience with data modeling for high throughput database activity and a strong understanding of which workloads and data access patterns are scalable and what datastore the data should reside in. I have a highly confident ability to lead a data / MLops project from start to finish. Hire me.
Core Skills:
● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)
● Apache Iceberg (Scaling, Tuning, Self-Hosted Setup)
● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Storm
● Custom-Crafted TF-IDF / Embeddings, Vector-Based Semantic Search, Deep Intent Recognition In Search Engine Queries
● Languages: Scala, Rust, Python, SQL (proficient), Golang, TypeScript (ramping up)
Other Skills: Airflow, Aerospike, DBT, Snowflake, Qdrant, Databricks/DeltaLake, BigQuery, Redshift, Hive, Kinesis, PrestoSQL/Trino, ClickHouse, gRPC, Airbyte, Terraform, Reverse-Engineering Search Engine Technologies.
Educational Background: Computer Science.
Solid experience working remotely and working with teams that are distributed geographically. I typically work Pacific Time hours.
More details: https://is.gd/resume2024q4
E-mail address in the profile.