Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)

MiLaboratories | Bilbao, Spain | ONSITE | VISA SPONSORSHIP | RELOCATION SUPPORT We are MiLaboratories, the team behind Platforma.bio & MiXCR. We are building the "OS for Biology"—a platform that processes terabytes of genomic data to accelerate antibody discovery and drug development. We are a deep-tech research lab, not a typical SaaS. We work fully on-site in Bilbao because the complexity of our problems (high-performance computing + biological nuances) requires high-bandwidth, in-person collaboration. We are hiring for two core roles: 1. Senior Go Engineer: You will build distributed systems for high-load genomic data processing. This is not CRUD. We need someone who understands memory management, concurrency, and algorithmic efficiency at scale. 2. Bioinformatics Developer (Antibody Discovery): You will work on the scientific core, developing blocks for NGS data analysis and antibody structure prediction. You should be fluent in both code and biology. The Offer: Comp: Top-tier EU salaries (~€90k - €120k). Tax Advantage: Bizkaia has independent tax autonomy. You qualify for the "Special Impatriate Regime" (30% salary tax exemption + expense deductions). The Reality: Your effective tax rate drops to ~15-20%, yielding a significantly higher net income than London or Berlin. Stock: We grant ESOP and treat equity as a life-changing wealth vehicle, not a "nice to have." Relocation: Comprehensive "Soft Landing" package (Visa, temporary housing, school search). Location: Bilbao is a hidden gem—ocean, mountains, and high quality of life with a low cost of living. Process: No HR screening. You will talk directly to the engineering team. Email me (I am the CEO): stanp@milaboratories.com. Please mention "HN" in the subject and include your GitHub.

Blackbird | Dev Shop | Remote (US or Europe) | Contract Blackbird builds web + mobile apps for startups and innovative companies. We work on interesting, greenfield projects, and rely on small, veteran teams who have lots of autonomy. Everyone is a remote contractor, and our work culture is low-drama and highly collaborative. No pointless meetings, no bureaucracy, no egos and lots of time spent building things. We’re looking for senior full stack engineers / CTO consultants / data scientists. We value engineers who are strong technically as well as great communicators. We work with lots of freelancers who appreciate the steady, interesting work. Our typical stack is TypeScript, React, Postgres, and AWS although it will vary project to project. If you enjoy moving fast, working with great engineers, and building something from the ground up, you’ll fit right in. If interested, reach out directly to me at vance [at] blackbird.us

Kyber | Low-level Developers | Paris area (hybrid) and Remote in Europe | Full-time | kyber.media Kyber is an open-source SDK and platform to control remote machines, from Remote Desktop to Robots Teleoperation/Teleobservation. Kyber is a multi-stream and multi-actuator transport in extremely-low latency, over Quic; it encloses the server, the client and the protocol. One could use Kyber to control robots, drones, desktop, servers in the cloud or just remote rendering of interactive 3D programs. Kyber is done for Remote RealTime, where every millisecond matters. Kyber is developed by engineers from the VLC and FFmpeg community, and we code in Rust, in C and in assembly. We have some development in Go too. We're a quite technical team, but cool to work with. Contact: jobs -- at -- kyber.media (subject: “HN job”)

Hatchet | Founding Engineer | NYC or REMOTE (US and EU) | https://hatchet.run Hey HN! I'm Alexander, one of the founders of Hatchet. Hatchet is an open-source platform for running background jobs at scale. We're hiring engineers who are excited to build the next class of engineering primitives, starting with queues, background tasks and durable execution. We started in early 2024 after launching our distributed task queue (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39643136). Hatchet is currently used by thousands of engineers for all kinds of workloads: log ingestion pipelines, code review agents, video encoding, GPU scheduling, etc. Our target customer is fast-growing startups who have a strong need for background jobs system. These days, that tends to be AI companies, though we're general-purpose and not exclusively targeted for AI workloads. Stack: Postgres, Go, Typescript, React, Kubernetes Apply here: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hatchet-run/jobs/SNpCm... Or email me at alexander [at] hatchet [dot] run

Ploid AI | Barcelona, Spain | HYBRID (preferably on-site) | Core Team | Full-time + Equity We’re building an AI-first bioinformatics platform to empower life science researchers with agentic AI and LLMs. Backed by pre-seed funding, a government grant, and real demand from biotech and seed companies, we’re looking for versatile engineers to help us shape the future of AI in genomics. What you’ll do: • Architect and build AI workflows, agentic interfaces, and data pipelines • Work across the stack: Go, Python, TypeScript • Contribute to system design, infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Terraform), and devops • Collaborate closely with scientists and iterate from prototype to product • Help define our technical culture and roadmap as a core founding member Nice-to-haves (not all required): LLM integration, RAG systems, HPC infra, ML, cloud/on-prem hybrid systems About us: We’re an early team of engineers and scientists with strong academic and industry backgrounds (ex-BCG, PhD in Plant Biotech, M.Sc. AI). We’re committed to building something impactful, technical, and genuinely useful for life science. Apply: hello@ploid.ai More about us: https://ploid.ai We also consider internship requests from strong student candidates. IMPORTANT: We are now seeking for expertise in frontend / full-stack and PhDs with AI applied to life science bioinformatics (multiomics and/or chem) Thanks everyone for all the support in our August and September posts! HN really helped finding amazing engineers.