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by deevus 39 days ago
Location: Wollongong, Australia

Type: Contract or FT

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Zig, Rust, Go, TypeScript, Laravel/PHP, Django, AWS, Terraform, Docker; Tauri, Flutter; Ghidra/reverse engineering, cryptography (OpenSSL, libsodium)

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deevus/

GitHub: https://github.com/deevus (~5,000 contributions in the last 12 months)

Email: simon (at) simonhartcher.com

I run a solo consultancy out of Wollongong. Recent work: built a zero-trust key management system in Zig with a Python middleware layer for Byterix Labs (Singapore, scam prevention), spent twelve months on SwitchDin's platform team optimising Python ETL and Django (Newcastle, distributed energy resources), and ship a cross-platform Rust + React desktop disk cleaner called Reclaimr. Before that, eight years at Bonjoro: first senior engineering hire through to CTO, running a team of six on AWS Lambda + MySQL Aurora + Redis. Co-founder of gdzig (Zig bindings for Godot, 180 stars) and co-founding maintainer of Scoop (24k+ stars). Two front-page HN posts this year on Apple Silicon vs Framework laptops and applying Andrew Kelley's "Programming Without Pointers" technique to a real Zig project.