Senior engineer with 10+ years of experience, while Scala is my strongest language, I'm a generalist and have shipped production code in Rust, Java, Go, TypeScript, Ruby, and more. I'm keen on picking up new tools.
AI is central to how I work now: I use it like a junior I delegate work to, but I always validate its output. I've also built AI tools and apps myself, so I know where these tools excel and where they quietly add risk.
I believe in using the right tool for each task. Strong infrastructure background (AWS, cloud-native, distributed systems).
I've attempted to bootstrap products myself so I understand what it takes beyond writing code. I take full ownership end to end, I don't wait to be told what needs solving.
Available immediately and used to working on US timezones. Open to senior IC or tech lead roles. US C-Corp for contracting.
My whole team got laid off recently and I have been in constant communication with them, I also have multiple friends who got laid off this year who shared the pain it has been to get a new role,
Market seems better than the last few years but it still does not feels right to me,
We have got multiple people reaching out but the majority of the roles are in-office or hybrid while I work fully remotely.
I posted on LinkedIn, with the help from friends I got quite a lot of visibility (most viral post I have ever had) but still, out of the ~10 recruiters that reached out, only 2 are remote roles, I also got a few offers to work for equity only.
I posted on the monthly "Who's wants to be hired?" thread, it has lead to a few offers to work for equity only + shady people that want me to attend calls and "delegate" the work to them while splitting the revenue.
I also got the people reaching out with promising offers with the intention of getting me to run their malware hidden in coding challenges + recruiters that magically have a role that hasn't been published yet but they use a gmail address, these ones just keep requesting more and more info like an Executive Summary.
I have also got a few referrals and even for these, they are moving slowly.
To put it in perspective, years before I'd easily get 10 recruiters in my inbox per week.
Market seems tough and I can't imagine what junior people are passing through while trying to get a job.
Senior engineer with 10+ years of experience, while Scala is my strongest language, I'm a generalist and have shipped production code in Rust, Java, TypeScript, Ruby, and more. I'm keen on picking up new tools.
I believe in using the right tool for each task. Strong infrastructure background (AWS, cloud-native, distributed systems). US C-Corp for contracting.
I've attempted to bootstrap products myself so I understand what it takes
beyond writing code. I take full ownership end to end, I don't wait to be
told what needs solving.
Immediate availability because my whole team was laid off recently, I'm used
to work on US timezones. Open to senior IC or tech lead roles.
P.S: I also have decent experience leveraging AI to speed up my work, not vibe coding but holding AI-hands like I'd typically do with junior devs. I also have built multiple AI integrations.
Unfortunately this is becoming common, it happened to me today, I was suspicious at first but when they guy showed his face (first time, I guess this was a mistake) in the meet I started trusting them, suddenly their interted started failing and he suggested we both turn the camera off.
I was asked quickly about my experienced and he shared that I was a perfect fit, immediatelly I was asked for my github username, then, I was asked to share my screen, I ended the call to not waste more time but my guess is that I would be asked to do something with the project live.
I haven't dig into their malware approach (yet) but this pattern is too frequent to easily recognize it.
Senior engineer with 10+ years of experience, while Scala is my strongest language, I'm a generalist and have shipped production code in Rust, Java, TypeScript, Ruby, and more. I'm keen on picking up new tools.
I believe in using the right tool for each task. Strong infrastructure background (AWS, cloud-native, distributed systems). US C-Corp for contracting.
I've attempted to bootstrap products myself so I understand what it takes
beyond writing code. I take full ownership end to end, I don't wait to be
told what needs solving.
Immediate availability because my whole team was laid off recently, I'm used
to work on US timezones. Open to senior IC or tech lead roles.
P.S: I also have decent experience leveraging AI to speed up my work, not vibe coding but holding AI-hands like I'd typically do with junior devs. I also have built multiple AI integrations.
My whole team got laid off recently and I have been in constant communication with them, I also have multiple friends who got laid off this year who shared the pain it has been to get a new role,
Market seems better than the last few years but it still does not feels right to me,
We have got multiple people reaching out but the majority of the roles are in-office or hybrid while I work fully remotely.
I posted on LinkedIn, with the help from friends I got quite a lot of visibility (most viral post I have ever had) but still, out of the ~10 recruiters that reached out, only 2 are remote roles, I also got a few offers to work for equity only.
I posted on the monthly "Who's wants to be hired?" thread, it has lead to a few offers to work for equity only + shady people that want me to attend calls and "delegate" the work to them while splitting the revenue.
I have also got a few referrals and even for these, they are moving slowly.
To put it in perspective, years before I'd easily get 10 recruiters in my inbox per week,
Market seems tough and I can't imagine what junior people are passing through while trying to get a job.
EDIT: I forgot mentioning the people reaching out with promising offers and the intention of getting me to run their malware hidden in coding challenges.
Senior engineer with 10+ years of experience, while Scala is my strongest language, I'm a generalist and have shipped production code in Rust, Java, TypeScript, Ruby, and more. I'm keen on picking up new tools.
I believe in using the right tool for each task. Strong infrastructure background (AWS, cloud-native, distributed systems). US C-Corp for contracting.
I've attempted to bootstrap products myself so I understand what it takes
beyond writing code. I take full ownership end to end, I don't wait to be
told what needs solving.
Immediate availability because my whole team was laid off recently, I'm used
to work on US timezones. Open to senior IC or tech lead roles.
I have been running a company like this for ~6 years, we are only engineers, and, I'm the only one handling sales.
Getting started is the hardest part, like many are saying, its simpler when you can rely on your network.
Everything is about trust, by this, start reaching out to people who already trust you, there is a chance that this will get you either a project or a referral. Once you build a portfolio, you will keep getting these referrals.
In my case, I have got most of our contracts by sending cold emails, I have got a few customers through the "Who's looking for freelancers" posts + many others by just talking to people.
Lately, market is flooded with AI-generated stuff and fake job seekers which is causing people to distrust others, it seems harder to get contracts through cold outreach and the referrals we have got have done wonders.
AI is central to how I work now: I use it like a junior I delegate work to, but I always validate its output. I've also built AI tools and apps myself, so I know where these tools excel and where they quietly add risk.
I believe in using the right tool for each task. Strong infrastructure background (AWS, cloud-native, distributed systems).
I've attempted to bootstrap products myself so I understand what it takes beyond writing code. I take full ownership end to end, I don't wait to be told what needs solving.
Available immediately and used to working on US timezones. Open to senior IC or tech lead roles. US C-Corp for contracting.
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