Remote: Yes — EU hours, or US East Coast overlap

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go; ML/data pipelines; document → graph extraction; regulatory & legal-domain data

Résumé: https://walat.eu | linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior software engineer, 20+ years on production systems. Working on neural nets since 1996 (neuroevolution, genetic programming) — multiple AI cycles' worth of perspective on what survives the hype. Currently building a regulatory forecasting system for Polish law: ingesting statutes back to 1944, building a graph of legislation and amendments, reasoning about where the regulatory surface is moving. The hard problems are PDF → structured graph at scale and reasoning under uncertainty, not the model wrapper.

I also write about where AI coding agents actually work and where they quietly fail.

Best fit when the work is engineering-shaped — application/data rather than infra/SRE/Kubernetes-heavy — and the schedule overlaps EU hours. Comfortable as autonomous IC or small-team tech lead. Domains where messy real-world data meets non-trivial reasoning are where I'm sharpest — regulatory, legal, scientific, financial.

HN: news.ycombinator.com/user?id=stakent (since 2009)

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail — from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Currently building a production SaaS solo using AI coding agents as primary development method.

Documenting the operational realities — not the marketing: walat.eu/series/ai-agents-in-practice

Looking for remote-first senior IC roles where reliability and technical judgment matter.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + highly efficient AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Teams deploying AI/ML in production. I've documented systematic agent failure modes from building production systems - see walat.eu/series/ai-agents-in-practice/

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Teams deploying AI/ML in production. I've documented systematic agent failure modes from building production systems - see walat.eu/series/ai-agents-in-practice/

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures.

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures. Currently exploring AI/ML through personal projects (Sejm-Whiz - Polish legal document analysis using NLP).

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Remote: Yes (20+ years remote/autonomous work)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Django, Docker, K8s, Redis, AI/ML (NLP)

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/dariusz-walat

GitHub: https://github.com/stakent

Email: dariusz@walat.eu

Senior Software Engineer with 20+ years building systems that can't fail - from industrial control to modern distributed architectures. Currently exploring AI/ML through personal projects (Sejm-Whiz - Polish legal document analysis using NLP).

Unique value: Industrial reliability mindset + modern tech + emerging AI capabilities.

Looking for: Remote-first senior IC roles with interesting technical challenges. Particularly interested in Python/Go positions where reliability matters.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41952748

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

Being there I've been exposed to some life changing things.

Thanks!

All the best in 2024!

As for learning speaking over Zoom one anecdata point: I wouldn't get my job if not for Toastmasters and later a lot of TM meetings over zoom.

Looking at the screens for many hours 5 days a week I prefer face to face TM meetings.

And is a little addictive like ex. running.

Background: I've been swimming for the last few years for about 10-20 minutes twice a week and I've experienced the changes.

Switching few months ago to more intense sessions led to dramatically higher rate of the change and I start to think about the ways of sustaining this. For now I've bought the swimming paddles and this works.

I'm redirecting my career path from industrial maintenance management to software development.

I've done, among other things, over 10 years of code maintenance and functions extensions in a live industrial production environments.

My current preferred tool set: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. Now I prefer boring tools which allow me to concentrate on the problem at hand.

I'm open to other tools as needed.

My most recent project is Polish law change monitoring service available at https://unkot.pl. Access to the source code hosted on gitlab.com available on request.

In the past I've used go (golang), cython, neural networks with feedback loops running on CPUs, genetic programming.

stakentwalat.eu

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. And whatever is needed.

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F5dkYY1Tg218jNbKZCS3kR2W8bm...

Email: stakentwalat.eu

I'm redirecting my career path from industrial maintenance management to software development.

I've done, among other things, over 10 years of code maintenance and functions extensions in a live industrial production environments.

My current preferred tool set: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. Now I prefer boring tools which allow me to concentrate on the problem at hand.

I'm open to other tools as needed.

My most recent project is Polish law change monitoring service available at https://unkot.pl. The source code https://gitlab.com/stakent/unkot

In the past I've used go (golang), cython, neural networks with feedback loops running on CPUs, genetic programming.

I've designed and implemented event driven architecture with log based source of truth for the system which is distributed, eventually consistent, can work with unreliable network.

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. And whatever is needed.

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F5dkYY1Tg218jNbKZCS3kR2W8bm...

Email: stakentwalat.eu

I'm redirecting my career path from industrial maintenance management to software development.

I've done, among other things, over 10 years of code maintenance and functions extensions in a live industrial production environments.

My current preferred tool set: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. Now I prefer boring tools which allow me to concentrate on the problem at hand.

I'm open to other tools as needed.

My most recent project is Polish law change monitoring service available at https://unkot.pl. The source code https://gitlab.com/stakent/unkot

In the past I've used go (golang), cython, neural networks with feedback loops running on CPUs, genetic programming.

I've designed and implemented event driven architecture with log based source of truth for the system which is distributed, eventually consistent, can work with unreliable network.

I'm redirecting my career path from industrial maintenance management to software development.

I've done, among other things, over 10 years of code maintenance and functions extensions in a live industrial production environments.

My current preferred tool set: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. Now I prefer boring tools which allow me to concentrate on the problem at hand.

I'm open to other tools as needed.

My most recent project is Polish law change monitoring service available at https://unkot.pl. Access to the source code hosted on gitlab.com available on request.

In the past I've used go (golang), cython, neural networks with feedback loops running on CPUs, genetic programming.

stakentwalat.eu

I'm redirecting my career path from industrial maintenance management to software development.

I've done, among other things, over 10 years of code maintenance and functions extensions in a live industrial production environments.

My current preferred tool set: Python, PostgreSQL, Django, Git, Docker, Linux. Now I prefer boring tools which allow me to concentrate on the problem at hand.

I'm open to other tools as needed.

My most recent project is Polish law change monitoring service available at https://unkot.pl. Access to the source code hosted on gitlab.com available on request.

In the past I've used go (golang), cython, neural networks with feedback loops running on CPUs, genetic programming.

stakentwalat.eu