Hacker News: mmarcanthttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mmarcantHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 02 May 2026 01:12:53 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by mmarcant in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"]]>(Eng Leadership / Systems / Product)

Location: SLC, Utah

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, TypeScript, React, Django, Node, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ClickHouse, ETL, Airflow, FAISS, vector DBs, vLLM, llama.cpp, local inference

Résumé/CV: https://opertus.systems

Email: mark@opertus.systems

12+ years building and scaling systems and teams. I help teams go fast when systems, product, and org are out of sync. Scaling infra, unblocking teams, and getting things to ship without breaking.

Focus:

- eng leadership: hiring, leveling, process

- org design: early teams, scaling teams

- architecture: systems that hold up under growth

- DevOps / DevEx: CI/CD, tooling, developer velocity

- compliance: HIPAA, security, audit-ready systems

- AI systems: retrieval, local inference, agent workflows

Previously: YC-backed startup, Calm, nonprofit CTO.

Scale: millions of users, and built teams and processes that enabled rapid growth.

Opertus Systems: improve reliability, reduce manual ops, ship automation and AI that hold up in production.

Looking for:

- full-time roles (eng leadership / eng management / product / program)

- fractional CTO and contract work

- teams scaling product + infra together

- orgs introducing AI into real systems

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11407682

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297258

Points: 1

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9019571

Points: 4

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8655544

Points: 4

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