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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @05:32PM (#46141169)

  | Email    | [email protected]       |
  | Location | London, England                  |
  | Remote   | Remote preferred or hybrid       |
  | CV:      | https://www.izaacbroadbent.com/  |
  | GitHub:  | https://github.com/izaacdb       |
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js, Tailwind, Redux, D3, Node, Python, PHP, Prisma, GraphQL, Apollo, Fastify, NestJS, Express, Django, FastAPI, tRPC, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch, Terraform, Serverless, Nx, CloudFlare, LLMs, Deepgram, Embeddings, Vector Databases

15 year Full Stack Engineer:

- Recent focus on AI applications (enterprise and SaaS integrations).

- Founding engineer at a VC backed startup.

- Running a freelancing business for 10 years with great reviews.

- Delivered projects for Google, Lloyds, Barclays, British Airways and H&M.

- Was once a Biochemist

Would love to hear from anyone, but startups and scientific businesses I'd be very interested in. Full time or contracts. Feel free to reach out, always happy to discuss projects.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025) on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:44PM (#45805369)

  | E-mail   | [email protected]       |
  | Location | London, England                  |
  | Remote   | Remote preferred or hybrid       |
  | CV:      | https://www.izaacbroadbent.com/  |
  | GitHub:  | https://github.com/izaacdb       |
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js, Tailwind, Redux, D3, Node, Python, PHP, Prisma, GraphQL, Apollo, Fastify, NestJS, Express, Django, FastAPI, tRPC, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch, Terraform, Serverless, Nx, CloudFlare, LLMs, Deepgram, Embeddings, Vector Databases

14 year Full Stack Engineer:

- Recent focus on AI applications (enterprise and SaaS integrations).

- Founding engineer at a VC backed startup.

- Running a freelancing business for 10 years with great reviews.

- Delivered projects for Google, Lloyds, Barclays, British Airways and H&M.

- Was once a Biochemist / Molecular Biologist

Would love to hear from anyone, but startups and scientific businesses I'd be particularly interested in. Full time or contracts. Feel free to reach out, always happy to discuss projects.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025) on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:58AM (#44559084)

  | E-mail   | [email protected]       |
  | Location | London, England                  |
  | Remote   | Remote preferred or hybrid       |
  | CV:      | https://www.izaacbroadbent.com/  |
  | GitHub:  | https://github.com/izaacdb       |
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js, Tailwind, Redux, D3, Node, Python, PHP, Prisma, GraphQL, Apollo, Fastify, NestJS, Express, Django, FastAPI, tRPC, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch, Terraform,

Serverless, Nx, CloudFlare, LLMs, Deepgram, Embeddings, Vector Databases

14 year Full Stack Engineer:

- Recent focus on AI applications (enterprise and SaaS integrations).

- Founding engineer at a VC backed startup.

- Running a freelancing business for 10 years with great reviews.

- Delivered projects for Google, Lloyds, Barclays, British Airways and H&M.

- Was once a Biochemist / Molecular Biologist

Would love to hear from anyone, but startups and scientific businesses I'd be particularly interested in. Full time or contracts. Feel free to reach out, always happy to discuss projects.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025) on Friday June 13, 2025 @04:21AM (#44266741)

  | E-mail   | [email protected]       |
  | Location | London, England                  |
  | Remote   | Remote preferred or hybrid       |
  | CV:      | https://www.izaacbroadbent.com/  |
  | GitHub:  | https://github.com/izaacdb       |
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js, Tailwind, Redux, D3, Node, Python, PHP, Prisma, GraphQL,

Apollo, Fastify, NestJS, Express, Django, FastAPI, tRPC, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch, Terraform,

Serverless, Nx, CloudFlare, LLMs, Deepgram, Embeddings, Vector Databases

14 year Full Stack Engineer:

- Recent focus on AI applications (enterprise and SaaS integrations).

- Founding engineer at a VC backed startup.

- Running a freelancing business for 10 years with great reviews.

- Delivered projects for Google, Lloyds, Barclays, British Airways and H&M.

- Was once a Biochemist / Molecular Biologist

Would love to hear from anyone, but startups and scientific businesses I'd be particularly interested in. Full time or contracts. Feel free to reach out, always happy to discuss projects.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2025) on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:38AM (#43935195)

  | E-mail   | [email protected]       |
  | Location | London, England                  |
  | Remote   | Remote preferred or hybrid       |
  | CV:      | https://www.izaacbroadbent.com/  |
  | GitHub:  | https://github.com/izaacdb       |
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Angular, Next.js, Tailwind, Redux, D3, Node, Python, PHP, Prisma, GraphQL,

Apollo, Fastify, NestJS, Express, Django, FastAPI, tRPC, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Elasticsearch, Terraform,

Serverless, Nx, CloudFlare, LLMs, Deepgram, Embeddings, Vector Databases

14 year Full Stack Engineer:

- Recent focus on AI applications (enterprise and SaaS integrations).

- Founding engineer at a VC backed startup.

- Running a freelancing business for 10 years with great reviews.

- Delivered projects for Google, Lloyds, Barclays, British Airways and H&M.

- Was once a Biochemist / Molecular Biologist

Would love to hear from anyone, but startups and scientific businesses I'd be particularly interested in. Full time or contracts. Feel free to reach out, always happy to discuss projects.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024) on Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:17PM (#39221594)

  Role:         Full Stack Development
  Location:     London, UK
  Remote:       Hybrid
  Relocate:     Yes, USA, Aus, NZ

  Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Hooks,
                Jest, NextJS, Angular, RxJS, NgRX, Node, Express,
                Koa, NestJS, Nx, AWS, RDS, ECS, SNS, SQS, GraphQL,
                Postgres, MySQL, Prisma, MongoDB, tRPC, CSS, Tailwind

  Email:        [email protected]

  --

  I'm Izaac, a software engineer with 13 years of experience.
  I founded my business, Jackdaw Tech, in 2016 to specialise in
  business applications which help companies grow.

  Have launched startups and built applications for some big names:
  Google, Lloyds, Barclays, Mercedes, British Airways

  --
* Izaac fixed our AWS stability issues while developing some outstanding software solutions for our factories. He's an excellent communicator and has an eye for detail. Highly recommended.

* This was an unusually challenging project, and we were able to trust and rely on Izaac to stay focused and deliver the end experience on time.

* You are the most amazing team… the highest performing team I ever have had the pleasure to work in…

  --

  [CV]:          https://izaacbroadbent.com
  [Portfolio]:   https://jackdawtech.co.uk
  [Hello]:       [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2024) on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:23AM (#38852483)

  Role:         Full Stack Development
  Location:     London, UK
  Remote:       Hybrid
  Relocate:     Yes, USA, Aus, NZ

  Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Hooks,
                Jest, NextJS, Angular, RxJS, NgRX, Node, Express,
                Koa, NestJS, Nx, AWS, RDS, ECS, SNS, SQS, GraphQL,
                Postgres, MySQL, Prisma, MongoDB, tRPC, CSS, Tailwind

  Email:        [email protected]

  --

  I'm Izaac, a software engineer with 13 years of experience.
  I founded my business, Jackdaw Tech, in 2016 to specialise in
  business applications which help companies grow.

  Have launched startups and built applications for some big names:
  Google, Lloyds, Barclays, Mercedes, British Airways

  --
* Izaac fixed our AWS stability issues while developing some outstanding software solutions for our factories. He's an excellent communicator and has an eye for detail. Highly recommended.

* This was an unusually challenging project, and we were able to trust and rely on Izaac to stay focused and deliver the end experience on time.

  --

  Jackdaw is structured to work either per-project or on a retainer.
  You can book me for a several month project or pre-book a few days a month.
  I do the development work myself and can provide a larger team as required.

  [CV]:          https://izaacbroadbent.com
  [Portfolio]:   https://jackdawtech.co.uk
  [Hello]:       [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023) on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:35PM (#38502262)
Location: London, UK Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Node, NextJS, PHP, Laravel, AWS, SNS, Postgres Résumé/CV: izaacbroadbent.com Portfolio: jackdawtech.co.uk Email: [email protected] I'm a freelance developer with over 12 years experience, run a ltd company for 8. Happy leading small teams. Prefer working with small businesses and startups. Have worked in many industries - healthcare, fintech, factories, ecommerce, payroll and satellites. I'm looking for contract roles in UK/EU/US. Will also consider full time in US.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2023) on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:04AM (#38114480)

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Node, NextJS, PHP, Laravel, AWS, SNS, Postgres
  Résumé/CV: izaacbroadbent.com
  Email: [email protected]
I'm a freelance developer with over 12 years experience, run a ltd company for 8. Happy leading small teams. Prefer working with small businesses and startups. Have worked in many industries - healthcare, fintech, factories, ecommerce, payroll and satellites.

I'm looking for contract roles in UK/EU/US. Will also consider full time in US.