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

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

Main tech skills:

AI/ML: LLMs, RAGs, predictive models, machine vision; MLops (K8s, Airflow, Kubeflow, Flyte, Seldon, KEDA, ELK, Kibana), end-to-end systems (algorithms, data pipelines, training, inference, deployment); Vector DBs (Qdrant, Chroma); data lakes; performance- and cost-driven implementations (C++/Rust).

Backend / systems (languages): Rust, Python, Go, Zig, C++, C, Haskell, Scala, Typescript, Node.js, Next;

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.

Security: Cryptography, threat modeling, audits, reverse engineering.

Leadership: Staff+ IC → CTO; led teams 2–30; hiring, mentoring, technical strategy, raising VC.