Location: EU, overlap with PST
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 → infra)
- Launched and audited major blockchain systems (incl. 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
Credibility:
- Contributor: Rust Book, Rust By Example, Python docs, Haskell Communities and Activities Report
- Dozens of smart contract audits
- Background in cryptography, infosec, formal methods
If you need someone who can own the stack and ship reliably, email me at damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com
Infra / DevOps: NixOS/Nix, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Ansible; CI/CD, Linux internals, observability, reliability engineering.
Fintech / crypto: Launched Tezos and other blockchains; smart-contract audits; regulated, security-critical environments; built production systems for trad banks.
Highlights: - Designed and shipped a commercial LLM end-to-end (algorithms → training → infra) - Launched and audited major blockchain systems (incl. 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
Credibility: - Contributor: Rust Book, Rust By Example, Python docs, Haskell Communities and Activities Report - Dozens of smart contract audits - Background in cryptography, infosec, formal methods
If you need someone who can own the stack and ship reliably, email me at damianjobsites+hn@gmail.com