Elastics is building an AI-native operating system for trading - deterministic agents, live data, portfolio management and execution across prediction markets, crypto, and beyond. We are Pre-Seed funded, working with our first clients, and need a Founding Engineer to accelerate building core product infrastructure.
Responsibilities: Build and own our agent orchestration & runtime engine (async, distributed systems) Deploy and scale services on Azure (Docker, CI/CD, monitoring) Connect to exchanges and data sources (API/websocket integration, streaming) Implement portfolio and risk calculations (PnL, positions, Greeks, risk metrics) Implement market discovery dashboards on our platform
Requirements: 5+ years of backend experience (Python, distributed systems, financial data pipelines) Comfort with Docker, Redis/Kafka, PostgreSQL Strong C++ experience Interest in financial markets and trading Startup mindset: you can ship, own, and iterate fast Warsaw-based (in-office) or willing to relocate Fluency in English - our work and clients are international Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
Offer: $5,000/month starting salary (B2B) + meaningful equity (true founding role) Work at the forefront of financial and AI innovation Work directly with experienced math, quant and product founders Exposure to top global hedge funds, exchanges and VCs
Send your resume to contact@elastics.ai with "HN who’s hiring" in the title
Building autonomous driving software at production scale across perception, prediction, planning, simulation, and the systems that power a commercial ride-hailing service.
Hiring now, Software Engineers and ML Engineers:
* Perception, Prediction, Planning ML Train and ship models for scene understanding and behavior, own E2E pipelines, and make the Driver smoother and safer. Examples: Senior ML Engineer, Prediction; Senior Software Engineer, Applied ML, Planner Technology; Senior or Principal roles in Perception Systems and Semantics.
* Simulation, World Modeling, Evaluation Push sim fidelity with foundation models, 3D reconstruction, sensor simulation, and realism metrics at massive scale. Examples: ML Engineer, Simulation; Senior ML Engineer, Simulation Realism; Principal Software Engineer, Simulator; Senior SWE, Model Evaluation; Research Scientist, World Modeling.
* Backend, Fullstack, Commercialization Build the backend and apps that run ride-hail at scale, from fleet orchestration to pickup and dropoff UX. Examples: Backend SWE, Fleet Orchestration; Backend SWE, Pickups and Dropoffs; Principal SWE, Commercialization; Senior Backend SWE; Fullstack TLM/Staff; Senior Frontend SWE, Simulation; Senior SWE, Data Tooling.
* ML Platform, Data Infra, and Data Science Power model training and evaluation with petabyte-scale data systems, lineage, feature stores, and decision science. Examples: Senior SWE, ML Data Infra; Senior SWE, Perception Data Primary; Senior Product Data Scientist; Data Engineer; Senior Data Scientist.
US comp examples from postings: Backend SWE $170k–$216k; Senior or Principal SWE and Staff-level ML roles commonly $204k–$421k base, plus bonus and equity. Roles vary by location and level.
Apply: https://waymo.com/careers (mention HN). Or, directly contact me (recruiter at Waymo) mhamel[at]google[dot]com
We are a young startup building modern software for European defence. Looking for generalists, especially with experience in: Web backend (FastAPI, Python), Audio processing (including Voice To Text models), Frontend (modern JS frameworks)
https://notion.lysk.ai/engineer
Email me: marek [@] lysk.ai