Location: EU, overlap with US Time Zones
Remote: Yes
Relocation: No
Technologies: Rust, C++, Python, Go, Zig, Haskell, TypeScript, Nix, K8s, Terraform
Email: damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
CV: on request
Senior engineer / tech lead (20+ YOE). Former IC → EM → Director → CTO.
Multiple exits. Hands-on, or owning the whole technical org.
Highlights:
- Designed and shipped a commercial LLM end-to-end (algorithms → training → MLops)
- Launched and audited major blockchain systems (e.g. Tezos)
- Shipped production systems for Oracle, Shell, Time Warner, BoA, Sparkasse, Saatchi & Saatchi, Digitas
- Built and scaled a software NGO (500k+ supporters, 1k+ volunteers)
Strengths:
- Turning ambiguous problems into shipped systems
- MVPs that don’t need rewriting
- ML, LLMs, RAGs, vector DBs
- Rigorous code and infosec audits for mission-critical infra
- 10x–1000x performance wins on legacy systems
- FP, Compilers, DSLs, distributed systems, security-critical code
Further work:
- Contributor: Rust Book, Rust By Example, Python docs, Haskell Communities and Activities Report
- Dozens of smart contract audits
- Background in cryptography, infosec, formal methods, infosec audits
Tech: AI/ML (LLMs, Foundation Models, RAGs, MLops); Rust, Python, Go, Zig, C++, C, Haskell, Scala, Typescript, Node.js, Next; NixOS/Nix, AWS, Terraform; Launched Tezos and other blockchains
If you need someone who can own the stack and ship reliably, email me at damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
Highlights: - Designed and shipped a commercial LLM end-to-end (algorithms → training → MLops) - Launched and audited major blockchain systems (e.g. Tezos) - Shipped production systems for Oracle, Shell, Time Warner, BoA, Sparkasse, Saatchi & Saatchi, Digitas - Built and scaled a software NGO (500k+ supporters, 1k+ volunteers)
Strengths: - Turning ambiguous problems into shipped systems - MVPs that don’t need rewriting - ML, LLMs, RAGs, vector DBs - Rigorous code and infosec audits for mission-critical infra - 10x–1000x performance wins on legacy systems - FP, Compilers, DSLs, distributed systems, security-critical code
Further work: - Contributor: Rust Book, Rust By Example, Python docs, Haskell Communities and Activities Report - Dozens of smart contract audits - Background in cryptography, infosec, formal methods, infosec audits
Tech: AI/ML (LLMs, Foundation Models, RAGs, MLops); Rust, Python, Go, Zig, C++, C, Haskell, Scala, Typescript, Node.js, Next; NixOS/Nix, AWS, Terraform; Launched Tezos and other blockchains
If you need someone who can own the stack and ship reliably, email me at damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com