Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
I'm a back end developer with QA and DevOps experience. I'm an oldschool nerd from the era when we went and figured things out and got work done. Looking for a small company or startup that isn't a wrapper around an LLM API, and isn't pushing AI slop internally.
We're in South Austin, we prefer someone local in Austin, but not onsite. We a startup in the wellness space.
First engineering hire. You own the technical stack from day one — backend, infrastructure, database, frontend, integrations, AI pipelines. No hand-holding, no bureaucracy. You make the calls and you live with them.
We're building AI-powered personal health coaching — personalized, data-driven, built on real biomarkers: DNA, wearables, labs, food logs. The product is live with real users and significantly built out through a small AI software factory. This is not stealth mode. It's live, it's growing, and we need the engineer who wants to own the path from here to 10,000 users.
SEEKING WORK
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of https://mongoosestudios.github.io
Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new project. I write real code, not AI slop. I believe in writing tests and going the extra mile to deliver a good UX.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Dart/Flutter, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new codebase/product. No crypto companies. Vibe Coding shops, and those who have internal mandates to use AI, need not apply.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, recently been doing a fair amount of Dart with Flutter.
Résumé/CV: https://mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
Mostly a back end dev, but I'm happy to learn new things to work on a new codebase/product. No crypto companies. Vibe Coding shops, and those who have internal mandates to use AI, need not apply.
I'm primarily a back end developer, but I'm happy to pick up new skills for a project if needed. I've worked in Go, C#, C, Python, Dart, and some JS/TS. NO VIBE CODING.
More information can be found here: mongoosestudios.github.io
Note: If your company is a wrapper for API calls to LLMs I am not interested.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding, AI, and crypto shops need not apply.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding, AI, and crypto shops need not apply.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, C#, C, Jenkins, Kubernetes, miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
Mostly a back end dev. I've done a little front end and DevOps work here and there. Vibe Coding and AI shops need not apply.
Location: Austin, Texas
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Maybe
Technologies: Go(Golang), miscellaneous other things, if I don't know it I'll learn it.
Résumé/CV: mongoosestudios.github.io
Email: Located on the about page (not the landing page) of the link above.
I'm sick of AI everything. Every day I hope today is the day the grift machine finally implodes.
In the short term it's going to make things suck even more, but I'm ready to rip that bandaid off.
P.S. To anyone that is about to reply to this, or downvote it, to tell me that AI is the future, you should be aware that I also hope someone places a rotting trout in your sock drawer each day.
I get this take because of the existential threat, but it ignores that at least right now, LLMs are enabling people to get more from their computer than ever before.
Maybe LLMs can't build you an enterprise back-end for thousands of users. But they sure as shit can make you a bespoke applet that easily tracks your garage sale items. LLMs really shine in greenfield <5k LOC programs.
I think it's largely a mistake for devs to think that LLMs are made for them, rather than for enabling regular people to get far more mileage out of their computers.
No hate mate it's real that ai can really code anything u need but the brutal fact is you need to be much smarter to validate its code all I can see is skill and xp issue. But as Rust node Js dev I made ultra fast http framework using AI with just 200 lines of code it had beaten fastify hono and express. It's all possible just because of my xp in ffi and Rust with node js Architect lessons.
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