20+ yoe as dev/IC. 10+ yoe in managerial and executive roles. Multiple great exits and acquisitions. I have recently built a software NGO with over half a million supporters and over a thousand active volunteers and major political and media networking. I have built tech for Tezos, Oracle, Shell, Digitas, Saatchi & Saatchi, Time Warner, Sparkasse, Bank of America.
If there's a problem related to tech, I can solve it, and build a team or company around it. Available for work as dev/IC, EM, Director, or CTO, with experience in each. Full-solution MVP development from scratch. Performance optimization and modernization of older systems. DSL and programming language design, compilers. Let me know if you're looking for experience that isn't below! HN posts are short. CV upon request.
If you think I might be able to help you, shoot me an email: damian.jobsites+hn@gmail.com
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Example engagement types:
- Long term dev / IC or managerial roles
- Security audits for cryptography and secure code
- Review your code and dev processes, 10-page report
- Short-term dev and research work
- One-shot meetings
(see reply for skill list)
20+ yoe as dev/IC. 10+ yoe in managerial and executive roles. Multiple great exits and acquisitions. I have recently built a software NGO with over half a million supporters and over a thousand active volunteers and major political and media networking. I have built tech for Tezos, Oracle, Shell, Digitas, Saatchi & Saatchi, Time Warner, Sparkasse, Bank of America.
If there's a problem related to tech, I can solve it, and build a team or company around it. Available for work as dev/IC, EM, Director, or CTO, with experience in each. Full-solution MVP development from scratch. Performance optimization and modernization of older systems. DSL and programming language design, compilers. Let me know if you're looking for experience that isn't below! HN posts are short. CV upon request.
If you think I might be able to help you, shoot me an email: damian.jobsites+hn@gmail.com
~~
Example engagement types:
- Long term dev / IC or managerial roles
- Security audits for cryptography and secure code
- Review your code and dev processes, 10-page report
- Short-term dev and research work
- One-shot meetings
(see reply for skill list)
- Backend Programming: Zig, Rust, Haskell, Python, JS, TypeScript, Node, Vue, React, Elm, Scala, C, C++, SQL, Perl, PHP, Clojure, OCaml, Erlang, Elixir, Theorem provers (TLA+, Isabelle HOL, Agda), ...
- Devops & co: NixOS, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Ansible, Linux admin, Distributed Systems, ... Quote from code review: "This is the most beautiful Bash code I've ever seen written"
- Fintech: Dev experience with banks and financial institutions. Launched Tezos and other major blockchains. Dozens of smart contract audits.
- Bizdev: Gamification, consumer modelling, data-driven retention and engagement
- AI: LLMs, predictive text, machine vision (trajectory tracking), DSP, Big Data, ...
- Infosec: Cryptography, Red team testing, RE, audits, threat modeling, ...
- Other tech: Godot game engine, audio engineering (mastering), Verilog, VHDL
Management and business: Minor in Psychology, led and managed teams between 2 and 30 people, product design and gamification, hiring, executive and political outreach, media appearances, and a lot of other experience that won't fit in this post.