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dkvochkinon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No (Open to Hybryd)

Technologies: Python, Typescript, React, Postgres, AWS/Azure, Agentic AI, LLM, RAG, MCP/Tooling, LLM Evaluations, Voice AI, TTS/STT

Email: dmitrykvochkin@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitry-kvochkin-5b8aab97

Summary:

Ex technical co-founder & CTO (hands on); 12 years of experience; After 2 years of bootstrapping a gen ai startup, team of 4 engineers and 200k AAR, I am looking for my next challenge. Built a voice AI SaaS platform from 0 to 70+ customers handling 10s of thousands of call minutes, including things like:

- Knowledge base (embedding + RAG)

- Agentic workflows/tools calling

- 3rd party integrations (calendars, CRMs, etc)

- LLM evaluation + observability system

- and more...

Looking to keep up the pace without having to deal with VCs and worrying about balance sheet!

dkvochkinon Alibaba acquires Berlin-based data Artisans for $103M

Another, more recent example, is Farfetch (FTCH). European startup that went public on NYSE

dkvochkinon Ask HN: What are you currently working on in your spare time?

I have been building an e-commerce website[1] from scracth (I know I could have used shopify or similar but I wanted to learn the ins and outs) to sell motivational posters. Tried a few ads but seems like there is no market for this kind of posters. Probably shutting it down soon....

[1] https://printinsanity.com/

dkvochkinon Ask HN: What was the best decision you made in your career?

Hi, for someone who is interested in starting contracting in UK, what should one know about taxes? Did you have to create a limited company? Could you please advise Thank you.

dkvochkinon Ask HN: (Inquiry)How much you spend on wine?

yes, i am trying to investigate the market of people who spend money on wines. Thanks for pointing me in the (right) direction!

dkvochkinon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)

Hi, do you accept candidates from Europe who want to relocate to Australia?

dkvochkinon Ask HN: I get bored while programming?

Could you tell a little bit more about ritalin? I mean there are a lot of side effects, which might be not worth it. I also have a lot of trouble to focus, on stuff that are not interesting, for longer than 30min, and although i have not been diagnosed with TDAH, i have been thinking about trying out some meds.