Hacker News: sahmadzaihttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sahmadzaiHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:45:15 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by sahmadzai in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"]]>Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (EST) Remote: Yes — full overlap with US East Coast, comfortable to PST Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python (FastAPI, Django), TypeScript / Node (Next.js, React), Swift / SwiftUI (iOS + Share Extensions), PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Fly.io, AWS, GitHub Actions. Daily Claude Code user. Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahmadzai Email: info@peakspire.ca

Senior full-stack who owns the whole stack from native iOS down to the backend.

Recent ship: YTGrab — free, ad-free YouTube-audio iOS app (SwiftUI + Share Extension) talking to a FastAPI / yt-dlp backend on Fly.io free tier. End-to-end in a weekend, $0/mo to run: https://github.com/sirajahmadzai/ytgrab

Looking for: contract / fractional engineering ($80–130 CAD/hr, ~$60–95 USD) on 0→1 MVPs, mobile + backend pairings, or any project where shipping weekly matters more than meetings. Comfortable with greenfield AND inheriting legacy.

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