Sending this to jobs@drswarm.com per instructions, but flagging here too. This is an exact stack match: I've shipped Django/Python + Celery/Redis + Postgres + LLM API pipelines in production — most directly the Jorge real-estate AI bot (auditable human-in-the-loop handoff flow, rate-limited Redis queues, 1,753 tests) and an AI Workflow API with YAML-driven node pipelines, ARQ workers, and SSE streaming. Strong on the 0→1, own-it-end-to-end pattern. PT/US Pacific timezone. Contract-to-FT works well.
DrSwarm | Founding Engineer (Full-Stack) | REMOTE (US or LATAM; must overlap with US Pacific hours) | Full-time or Contract to Full-time
DrSwarm is building AI-driven workflow automation for healthcare clinics / health systems (scheduling, RCM/billing workflows, patient ops). This is a true 0→1 role: ship fast, talk to customers, own systems end-to-end.
Looking for:
- Strong full-stack builder who ships
- Good to work with
- Can talk to customers / users / salespeople
- High integrity, cares about healthcare
Comp: Market with mix of base + bonus + meaningful equity
Process: 30m intro → 60m technical/product deep dive → short paid work trial → references. I (founder) read every email and reply.
Hi,we run Beneath The Tree with — a dev agency that ships AI-powered productsfor startups. We've built full-stack systems with the exact tools you listed: Next.js, Django, Python, and LLM APIs.
I'm not looking for a full-time seat. Here's what I'm proposing instead.
Share your vision for the clinic workflow automation — under NDA,of course. I'll build a working prototype you can actually test. Fast. If you like what you see, my team and I can own this end-to-end.If you don't, you keep the prototype free.
We've shipped production systems at two startups and currently building another from zero. Healthcare workflow + AI is exactly where our skills hit hardest.
Everyone is faking it until they make it. I think a deciding event is when someone takes on no other employment for 1 year at a time and works 110% all in on their startup, then they are definitely an entrepreneur and have made the leap from the sidelines.
One idea I didn't see listed elsewhere: Try to go and work for an early stage startup if you are having trouble getting a startup off of the ground yourself. You will learn a lot more as one of the first 10 employees as you do as one of the first 10k. If you tell startups founders you eventually want to do your own startup they respect that and will try to give you opportunities and can share a lot with you about their startup experience.
Also hopefully if you are part of a successful startup exit you will get some street cred and some money to live off of. If it's a failed startup even better as you will learn even more from that experience.
Build a website and an iOS (and/or Android) app and get them up and running and give them away for free. It may be a lot harder and take a lot longer than you think to convert hardware -> software skills. If you do it in your spare time as a hobby you will ramp up at your own pace and have something to show future employers.
Thanks for the advice. This is basically what I've been doing for the past year, every spare second I've had devoted to side projects. I don't think my expectations are too out of whack because whenever I've gotten a code challenge from an employer, it was pretty easy and I made it through to the next round. But it probably takes longer to build up a portfolio that is actually meaningful.
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drchrono is a medical platform for doctors and patients. We are crafting the best mobile healthcare experience, with a focus on iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and web.
The driving force of our efforts is in changing the way people engage and experience healthcare through electronic health records. You would be part of an entrepreneurial, sharp and capable team.
We’re hiring Python/Django Devs, Frontend Developers, Graphic Designers, and we are hiring for Dev-ops.
DrSwarm builds AI-driven workflow automation for healthcare clinics (scheduling, RCM/billing, patient ops). 0→1 role: ship fast, own systems end-to-end, talk to customers.
Near-term: ship a production integration for a design partner; build an auditable human-in-the-loop workflow/agent pipeline.
Stack: Next.js/TS, Django/Python, Postgres, Celery/Redis, Docker, AWS/DO, LLM APIs.
You: strong full-stack shipper, reliable teammate, comfortable with customer feedback.
Comp: market base + bonus + meaningful equity.
Email jobs@drswarm.com (subject: “HN Founding Engineer”) with GitHub/LinkedIn, 2–3 shipped projects, and your time zone/overlap.