<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: a_h_a</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=a_h_a</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:23:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=a_h_a" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by a_h_a in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: Yes<p>Willing to relocate: Yes (Canada or US; TN visa eligible)<p>Technologies: Java, Python, C++, CUDA, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, CI/CD, etc<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4mcC-2O3EdrqjF38_fMkiv9pCHn9wQg/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4mcC-2O3EdrqjF38_fMkiv9pCH...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>-<p>Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Platform. 10+ years of experience, mostly with Java, but interested in other tech stacks and roles as well.<p>Looking for full-time or contract positions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:23:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529047</link><dc:creator>a_h_a</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529047</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by a_h_a in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: Yes (Atlantic, full ET overlap)<p>Willing to relocate: Yes (anywhere in the US; TN visa eligible)<p>Technologies: Java, Python, C++, CUDA, SQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, CI/CD, data pipelines, distributed systems<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qLJaljaLZl6ReGLFupfC7cKyGfFeiJw1/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qLJaljaLZl6ReGLFupfC7cKyGfF...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>-<p>Software Engineer - Backend, Platform & Infrastructure. 10+ years across various domains and tech stacks.<p>Open to full-time, part-time, and contractor roles.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:30:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157976</link><dc:creator>a_h_a</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157976</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by a_h_a in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: Yes<p>Willing to relocate: Yes (US; eligible for TN visa)<p>Technologies: Java, Python, C++, CUDA, vLLM, AWS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Spring, data structures and algorithms, design patterns, distributed systems<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UaNTJX5VXpPJyOgzuTe2z-IhBI3Rk-iL/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UaNTJX5VXpPJyOgzuTe2z-IhBI3...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>-<p>Senior software engineer with 12+ years across various domains.<p>Looking primarily for backend roles, also interested in performance-oriented systems-level opportunities (C++, OS, CUDA kernels, etc.), only project experience here so far.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:27:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751199</link><dc:creator>a_h_a</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751199</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by a_h_a in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada<p>Remote: Yes (full overlap with EST)<p>Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right role (US tech hub; TN-eligible under USMCA)<p>Technologies: Java, Python, C++, CUDA, vLLM, AWS PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Spring<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5WBMu7RjtJ2Dlz7LSsIfg8MvSlFWD_L/view?usp=share_link" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5WBMu7RjtJ2Dlz7LSsIfg8MvSl...</a><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-havlovych" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-havlovych</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>-<p>Hello, I'm Alex, senior backend engineer with 12+ years building distributed systems. Looking for backend roles, also interested in ML systems, LLM inference and any systems-level work (C++).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359691</link><dc:creator>a_h_a</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359691</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by a_h_a in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada<p>Remote: yes, preferred (Atlantic Time, full overlap with EST/EDT)<p>Willing to relocate: yes (US East Coast; eligible for TN visa)<p>Technologies: Java, SQL, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring, AWS<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MfSyYuCpgBTd8mv5UHc-RxK0Dkjxs-3s/view?usp=share_link" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MfSyYuCpgBTd8mv5UHc-RxK0Dkj...</a><p>Email: contact@alexhavlovych.com<p>-<p>Backend engineer with 12+ years building distributed systems at IBM and early-stage startups.<p>At IBM, I worked on Kubernetes-based ingestion pipelines, developer tooling, and integrations for both SaaS and on-premises platforms. Before that, I was one of the first 3 engineers on an airline ticketing platform acquired later by a major airline.<p>Looking for backend, platform, or developer-tooling roles.</p>
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<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: yes<p>Willing to relocate: yes (Boston or NYC; eligible for TN visa)<p>Technologies: Java, SQL, Python, C++, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring, AWS<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QCU_Vnq97l3gY_vVnVURxSYCr8Yd_X0/view?usp=share_link" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QCU_Vnq97l3gY_vVnVURxSYCr8...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>Hi, I'm Alex, a backend engineer with 12+ years in distributed systems. Shipped an airline ticketing platform from scratch at a startup and built developer tooling and integrations at IBM. Looking for backend or platform roles.</p>
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<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: yes<p>Willing to relocate: yes (any US tech hub, eligible for TN visa)<p>Technologies: Java, SQL, Python, C++, CUDA, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Spring, AWS, LLM inference, vLLM, data structures and algorithms, design patterns, distributed systems<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGBTZBPb2bvWgwD1RZ43vOmyyYB5i-dp/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGBTZBPb2bvWgwD1RZ43vOmyyYB...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>I'm Alex, a software engineer with 12+ years of experience  in backend distributed systems, across early-stage startups and large corporations. I'm primarily looking for backend and adjacent roles, though I'm also exploring positions in systems-level programming and ML systems.</p>
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<p>Location: New Brunswick, Canada<p>Remote: yes<p>Willing to relocate: yes (Toronto or any US tech hub, eligible for TN visa)<p>Technologies: Java, C++, CUDA, SQL, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, RabbitMQ, vLLM, SGLang, Docker, Spring, AWS, LLM inference, data structures and algorithms, design patterns, distributed systems<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sh-mwgMjlG41Ltv-mmXsWJqqh31HZeeq/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sh-mwgMjlG41Ltv-mmXsWJqqh31...</a><p>Email: see Resume<p>Hello, I’m Alex, a backend software developer with 12+ years of experience in various domains. Currently I'm also exploring opportunities in systems-level programming, C++, and ML systems, with a strong interest in performance-oriented and low-level development.</p>
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