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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)

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  1. leishman · · focus · HN ↗
    River | Staff Engineers (Elixir) | NYC or REMOTE (US, Europe, South America) | Full-Time | $200K-$250K + equity | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.ashbyhq.com&#x2F;river?utm_source=Zp9nJyqvd4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.ashbyhq.com&#x2F;river?utm_source=Zp9nJyqvd4 I&#x27;m Alex, founder and CEO of River. I also wrote the first line of code and still ship PRs.

    River is a client-first Bitcoin-only financial institution building the financial app people use every day to save in bitcoin and spend in dollars. We custody over 33,000 BTC, serve individuals and businesses across the U.S., and are profitable. We publish cryptographic proof of reserves monthly and our company financials annually.

    Here&#x27;s what our engineering team is working on:

      - Real-time Bitcoin and USD payments, trading, and settlement on an Elixir monolith with a unified GraphQL API
      - Next-generation Bitcoin custody with quorum signing, key ceremonies, and geo-redundant infrastructure
      - Scaling our ML&#x2F;AI systems (Python, PyTorch, XGBoost, LLMs) to automate operations and tackle fraud&#x2F;risk
      - A ground-up React and React Native rewrite of our consumer app
      - Porting our Lightning Network infrastructure from Go into Elixir
    
    We&#x27;re hiring: - Staff Software Engineer (Elixir) | $200K-$250K

    Apply at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.ashbyhq.com&#x2F;river&#x2F;610f652b-bdb9-4d82-9973-680babe16a07" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.ashbyhq.com&#x2F;river&#x2F;610f652b-bdb9-4d82-9973-680ba...

    1. ejanus · · focus · HN ↗
      Why not going global? What is the difference between your app and wallet with swap facilities?
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