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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2023) on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:19PM (#38116899)
Location: Boulder, Colorado

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Possibly, if within Northwestern US

Technologies: Ruby / Rails (15+ years), TypeScript / Node.js (4+ years), PostgreSQL, PHP, Rust, Golang

Résumé/CV: https://patrick-reagan.com/assets/files/resume-patrick-reaga...

Email: patrick [at] the-reagans [dot] com

Looking for full-time or contract opportunities. Open to fully remote or hybrid in Boulder / Denver metro area.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021) on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @04:25PM (#27360809)
KindHealth | Mid - Senior Backend Engineer | Full-time | Remote / Austin, TX, USA

KindHealth Insurance is improving the insurance buying experience for direct consumers and employees alike through our self-service web applications and industry partnerships all backed by the support of knowledgeable licensed insurance brokers. We're leveraging technology to aggregate disparate personal insurance data across a variety of platforms in order to quickly and optimally serve our customers at scale. We leverage Node.js, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Terraform, AWS, serverless, and other technologies to accomplish this goal.

We're looking for experienced backend engineers to join our growing team. You'll have an opportunity to make a positive impact on both the engineering culture and in the direct-to-consumer health insurance space. We're seeking:

* 3+ years of professional industry experience

* Node.js / TypeScript experience, or equivalent experience in an OO language

* Proficiency in SQL with an understanding of relational database design

* Experience working remotely on a team

Nice to have:

* Experience with automated testing (unit / integration) & Continuous Integration

* Experience leveraging AWS ecosystem and Serverless Framework to build out supporting systems

* Have worked in an Agile development environment

If interested, please send résumé / portfolio / Github to: [email protected]

Re:Guide to Slack import and export tools on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:30PM (#16642068)
I have a rudimentary tool (written in Ruby) that can be used to delete your history across channels & DMs that might come in handy: https://gitlab.com/reagent/slack-purge
I built this dead-simple "image enhancing" app (http://en.hance.me) to focus in on potentially embarrassing details in photos. It allows you to specify a zoom area and create a 4-panel stacked image that progressively "zooms in" on your target area.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016) on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @03:00PM (#12849070)
Viget | D.C./Boulder/Durham | ONSITE | Full-time | https://www.viget.com/careers/application-developer

We're seeking an Application Developer to join our team. Come solve interesting problems using Ruby and React mostly, but also Python, Elixir, and more. Our back-end developers work alongside industry-leading product and project managers, interface and product designers, and front-end and JavaScript developers to create compelling products and platforms.

Please send resume, work samples, and a thoughtful email that includes specifics about your responsibilities and how you approach your work to [email protected]. Please include your salary requirements.