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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:27PM (#49527690)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L0ufKuiPJn1RoWWi25VUeg7xX6h...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) on Monday August 03, 2026 @11:52AM (#49157427)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:40PM (#48768820)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:32PM (#48417099)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026) on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @12:56PM (#48025161)
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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026) on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @12:55PM (#48025153)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026) on Monday May 04, 2026 @03:12PM (#48013515)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026) on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:45PM (#47403855)
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1 point by zanedev28 41 days ago | parent | context | next | edit | delete [–] | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)

Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

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1 point by zanedev28 62 days ago | parent | context | prev | edit | delete [–] | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)

Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Oqx3BqpubL6YszI2GAcFFZrNxz...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Looking for roles in backend engineering, DevOps/SRE, observability, or AI tooling where I can leverage my experience building developer infrastructure and working with distributed systems.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026) on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:02PM (#46865391)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYTxqlWIKmm59UT5ffK493tKR0...

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-lee-14496a297/

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: https://github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (https://runretriever.app/), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026) on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:33PM (#46595158)
Location: Charleston, SC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby, Python, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, AWS (ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB, Secrets Manager), Docker, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Prometheus

Resume/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/zane-lee

Email: [email protected]

GitHub: github.com/Kcstills17

Co-creator of Retriever (runretriever.app), an AWS-deployed observability platform that enables AI-powered trace analysis through distributed systems. Built a custom MCP server allowing developers to query trace data using natural language through LLMs like Claude, optimizing context consumption through intelligent data distillation from verbose OTLP structures.

Experienced with building full-stack applications. I am comfortable using AWS as a cloud environment and have experience with AI technologies such as RAG, MCP, and Vector embeddings.

Looking for roles in backend engineering, DevOps/SRE, observability, or AI tooling where I can leverage my experience building developer infrastructure and working with distributed systems.