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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @01:39PM (#47604022)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Remote: In-person / Hybrid preferred

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Java, TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Git

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tong-vivian/

Email: vtong415 [at] gmail [dot] com

Hi there! I'm Vivian. I'm a software engineer with 5 years of experience across full-stack web and desktop application development.

At Intel, I led a small team to ship a new hardware component framework for Platform Designer, an electronic design automation tool used by all of Intel's FPGA customers. One concrete win: improved UI response time by 9.8x by profiling 150+ API methods to find opportunities for optimizations.

At a recent early-stage startup, I refactored custom field creation to be database-driven rather than JSON file-based, so business could create fields directly, without waiting on engineering.

I'm looking for a strong engineering team where I can own problems end-to-end.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @11:20AM (#47234701)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Remote: In-person / Hybrid preferred

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Java, TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Git

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tong-vivian/

Email: vtong415 [at] gmail [dot] com

Hi there! I'm Vivian. I'm a software engineer with 5 years of experience across full-stack web and desktop application development.

At Intel, I led a small team to ship a new hardware component framework for Platform Designer, an electronic design automation tool used by all of Intel's FPGA customers. One concrete win: improved UI response time by 9.8x by profiling 150+ API methods to find opportunities for optimizations.

At a recent early-stage startup, I refactored custom field creation to be database-driven rather than JSON file-based, so business could create fields directly, without waiting on engineering.

I'm looking for a strong engineering team where I can own problems end-to-end.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Saturday February 07, 2026 @09:29AM (#46924176)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Remote: No, prefer in-person or hybrid

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Java, C++, PostgresSQL, GCP, Next.js, TypeScript, React

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tong-vivian/

Email: vtong415 at gmail dot com

Hi there! I'm Vivian. I am a software engineer with experience across the stack - from enterprise applications at Intel to full-stack at an insurance startup.

Recent work:

- Full-stack at seed-stage insurance tech

- 4 years at Intel: led framework development, achieved 9.8x performance improvement

- Early career: firmware (C)

Comfortable with: Backend, full-stack, or systems roles

Looking for: Backend or full-stack role at a growing company