#hiring

PgDog, a Y Combinator-backed startup (P25 batch), is hiring a founding software engineer. The role involves building and scaling the company's core product from an early stage.

AWS CEO Matt Garman discusses Amazon's plan to hire 11,000 interns and junior employees, emphasizing the company's long-term investment in early-career talent to build a strong pipeline for the future, even as AI reshapes the tech industry and workforce needs.

Informal coffee chats have become a key part of competitive recruiting, often more influential than formal job applications in industries like finance and consulting.

A developer describes building an AI-powered software engineering intern that autonomously breaks down tasks, writes code, runs it, and fixes errors using large language models.

Hacker News user created an unofficial "Who Is Hiring" thread specifically for freelance developers. The post asks hiring managers to list project requirements, technical skills, and estimated budgets directly—without recruiting firms or job boards. Commenters are discouraged from off-topic complaints, and interested readers are asked to email only if personally interested in the job.

U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in June, the smallest gain in 2.5 years, signaling a slowdown in hiring amid economic uncertainty. The unemployment rate fell from 3.7% to 3.6%, while average hourly wages rose 4.4% from a year earlier, still above pre-pandemic levels but showing signs of cooling.

A user asks whether anyone has successfully landed a job through the 'Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?' threads, questioning if the posts are effective and inquiring about the quality of any offers received.

The July 2026 "Ask HN: How is hiring?" thread asks recruiters whether AI is improving their ATS pipeline with quality candidates, or if bot-generated ghost applications are making it impossible to identify real applicants—or a mix of both.

Hazel (YC W24) is hiring a Full Stack Engineer for its largest government contract, seeking candidates with TS/SCI security clearance to work on technology solutions for government clients.

A Hacker News user questions why companies aren't aggressively hiring AI talent to disrupt established industries, arguing that despite widespread layoffs and available talent, most organizations are hoarding cash rather than building product-focused AI startups that could become the next major tech leaders.

YC-backed startup Proliferate (YC S25) is hiring a Founding Product Engineer to work on its product.

Anthropic is hiring a Research Engineer focused on Rule of Law to study how its AI systems could impact democratic processes and legal institutions, and to develop safeguards against potential misuse or unintended consequences.

CoderScreen is an open-source coding interview platform offering live pair programming and async technical assessments. It is built on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, and Sandbox for code execution. The creator seeks feedback on the platform and thoughts on the future of hiring in the AI era.

This is a monthly "Ask HN" thread for July 2026 where freelancers seeking work and those seeking to hire freelancers can post. Posts must start with "SEEKING WORK" or "SEEKING FREELANCER", include location and remote work availability. Small agencies are allowed, but recruiters and job boards are off-topic.

Hacker News hosts its monthly "Who wants to be hired?" thread for July 2026, where job-seeking individuals can post their location, remote preference, relocation willingness, technologies, résumé, and email. Readers may email posters only for work opportunities, while agencies, recruiters, and job boards are off-topic.

Hacker News' monthly "Who is hiring?" post for July 2026 invites employers to list job openings. Posts must come from hiring company employees, specify location and remote/onsite status, and be limited to one per company. The thread also provides links to third-party search tools for job seekers.

Manufact (YC S25) is hiring a Developer Advocate for its San Francisco office, focusing on developer relations and partnerships.

The companies investing most heavily in artificial intelligence are also increasing their overall headcount, according to a new analysis. Major tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have been expanding their workforces even as they pour billions into AI, suggesting that AI spending is driving job creation rather than replacement across their operations.

A job listing on Talents2Germany advertises a remote Next.js Developer (Full Stack) position in the FinTech sector, targeting talent interested in working for a German company.

Taylor Town offers his services as a software developer to AI agents via an API endpoint, allowing large language models to hire him to complete software tasks. The system uses a simple JSON API where agents can propose work, submit payments, and receive completed code or designs directly.

The article explores how to improve hiring decisions by addressing the classic "secretary problem" — which suggests stopping after evaluating ~37% of candidates — and proposes practical side-stepping strategies such as defining clear criteria, conducting structured interviews, and using calibration samples to better balance exploration and selection in real-world hiring.

Taylor is offering a programmatic hiring interface where developers can send a POST request to his API to hire him. He describes a structured JSON request format with fields for project details, budget, timeline, and contact information, with a 24-hour response SLA.

Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees as part of a restructuring that reduced management layers, then grew its engineering team by 45 percent. The company reorganized its workforce into three groups — builders, sellers, and measurers — to focus more on technical talent and engineering output.

The article discusses how engineering organizations evolve as they grow, focusing on ownership structures and hiring practices at different team sizes (20, 50, and 200 engineers). It outlines key challenges and necessary changes in culture, communication, and management approach as a startup scales.

The article argues that while AI can automate certain tasks, it should not replace graduate hires in the workplace. It highlights that junior employees bring essential qualities like fresh perspectives, adaptability, and long-term growth potential that AI cannot replicate. Over-relying on AI risks creating skill gaps and undermining organizational learning and development.

Supabase, a Y Combinator-backed company, is hiring for a project called Multigres. The role involves working on extending Postgres capabilities for multi-tenant and distributed use cases.

Nox Metals, a Y Combinator S25 startup, is hiring a software engineer to help build tools and infrastructure for the metals recycling industry.

Hacker News Job Trends displays a summary of "Who is Hiring" posts, listing companies that are actively hiring based on Hacker News monthly hiring threads, organized by date and frequency of mentions.

Hightouch (YC S19) is hiring for open positions listed on their careers page.

Noora Health, an organization that has saved over 70,000 children's lives, is hiring a Chief Technology Officer in Bangalore, Karnataka.