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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026) on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:15AM (#46857717)
FreightRoll | Software Engineer | Remote (US only) | $150k – $175K (Salary + Equity) | Full-time

We are an AI-first logistics technology startup.

Role:

-Experience with Elixir or Erlang in production, or polyglot engineer able to pick up new languages quickly

-Solid understanding of Postgres (beyond basic CRUD)

-Hands-on distributed systems experience

-Nice to have: Python & React experience

How We Work

- Remote-first: pairing when it helps, heads-down when it doesn't

- Extreme ownership: You own your work, your mistakes, and your growth

- Flat structure: Engineers talk directly to each other and to customers

- Lean team: Low process, high expectations

What You'll Do

- Design, build, and operate production Elixir/Erlang services

- DB schema design, query optimization, scaling strategies

- Collaborate closely with the team on architecture decisions

- Ship incrementally and learn from production

- Debug problems across the stack

- Improve our tooling, and processes as we grow

Compensation and Benefits - Competitive early-stage startup salary + Equity Package

- Health Insurance

- 401k

- Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Please send a resume to [email protected] with Software Engineer in the subject and mention HN Who is hiring Feb 2026

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025) on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:04PM (#42576206)
FreightRoll | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | Full-time | Remote Europe (CET/EET) | 40-50K USD

FreightRoll is on a mission to automate logistic operations for businesses. We are a fully remote startup that believes a flat, well organized team can accomplish great things. We bridge the gap between legacy enterprise solutions and the modern physical world with our innovative workflow engine. Every member of our team, from the CEO to our customer support staff, is hands-on in product development.

Small Engineering Team requires all engineers to be willing and able to work on all parts of the stack which requires continual learning and improving as an engineer

Systems Minded - we need to understand how the problems we’re working on relate to the system as a whole and we are continually improving, refactoring and refining the system

Low Ego - We embrace challenges to our ideas and are open to evolving them for the best outcome.

High Ownership - we own our products end-to-end as a team and we are able to effectively communicate usage, fallbacks, risks, and benefits of our engineering solutions to non- technical stakeholders

Role Requirements

- 5+ years in Infrastructure/DevOps roles, with 2+ years in a senior capacity

- Proven success building and maintaining complex cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)

- Strong Kubernetes (GKE) skills for configuration, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting

- CI/CD pipeline management with GCP Cloud Build and Skaffold (configuring profiles, triggers, multi-env support)

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience (e.g., Terraform)

- Experience with system reliability engineering (monitoring, alerting, incident response)

- Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead strategic infrastructure initiatives

- Scripting/automation proficiency (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)

To apply, please attach your resume and include a brief cover letter and send to recruiting [at] freightroll (dot) com

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024) on Saturday December 14, 2024 @01:53PM (#42418740)
FreightRoll | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | Full-time | Remote Europe (CET/EET) | 40-50K USD

FreightRoll is on a mission to automate logistic operations for businesses. We are a fully remote startup that believes a flat, well organized team can accomplish great things. We bridge the gap between legacy enterprise solutions and the modern physical world with our innovative workflow engine. Every member of our team, from the CEO to our customer support staff, is hands-on in product development.

Small Engineering Team requires all engineers to be willing and able to work on all parts of the stack which requires continual learning and improving as an engineer

Systems Minded - we need to understand how the problems we’re working on relate to the system as a whole and we are continually improving, refactoring and refining the system

Low Ego - We embrace challenges to our ideas and are open to evolving them for the best outcome.

High Ownership - we own our products end-to-end as a team and we are able to effectively communicate usage, fallbacks, risks, and benefits of our engineering solutions to non- technical stakeholders

Role Requirements

- 5+ years in Infrastructure/DevOps roles, with 2+ years in a senior capacity

- Proven success building and maintaining complex cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)

- Strong Kubernetes (GKE) skills for configuration, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting

- CI/CD pipeline management with GCP Cloud Build and Skaffold (configuring profiles, triggers, multi-env support)

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience (e.g., Terraform)

- Experience with system reliability engineering (monitoring, alerting, incident response)

- Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead strategic infrastructure initiatives

- Scripting/automation proficiency (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)

To apply, please attach your resume and include a brief cover letter and send to recruiting [at] freightroll (dot) com