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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026) on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:02AM (#50338751)
Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer (10 yrs) | Scheduling & practice-management SaaS | Contract, available now

Location: Lahore, Pakistan (UTC+5)

Remote: Yes. Contract work, long-term and full-time hours are fine. Also open to full-time employment through an EOR (Deel, Oyster or similar) if that is how you hire.

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Technologies: Ruby on Rails (10 years, including Hotwire/Turbo/Stimulus in production), React, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, Stripe/Twilio/SendGrid, Node.js/Express, Python/LangChain

Résumé/CV: https://www.itsarslan.com/rana-arslan-resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Four of my last five products were scheduling and practice-management systems for clinics, schools and service businesses: therapy providers, childcare records, clinical reporting, client booking. I know why appointment logic breaks when you add a second location, and why background jobs fail quietly when volume doubles.

At Westside Children's Therapy I cut average API response time by 60% on a Rails platform serving 30+ clinics, and cut failures by 95% on a Sidekiq pipeline running 20,000+ jobs a day. I have also built and deployed a RAG product (matcharesident.com), and I can add LLM features to an existing Rails app without disturbing what already works.

Good fit: Rails SaaS with scheduling, billing, records or background-job pain, and teams that want a senior contractor who can start now. I also take overflow work from agencies (white-label or disclosed).

Hours: 6pm to 2am Pakistan time, which is 8am to 4pm US Eastern in winter and a full 9 to 5 from March. Paid via Deel, Wise or Payoneer. No visa or sponsorship needed.

GitHub: github.com/ranaarslan11