Location: SF Bay Area
  Remote: Yes, Pacific Time (UTC-8 +/- a couple hours as needed)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Swift (iOS, macOS; SwiftData, SwiftUI), PHP (modernization specialist; Symfony, Doctrine, PHPUnit), Typescript/NodeJS, React, MySQL, GCP, CI/CD, TDD, Docker, Kubernetes, AI & agentic workflows (Claude Code, etc), security, payments, passkeys/WebAuthn, Language Server Protocol (LSP), DevRel & community management
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/firehed/ https://github.com/firehed
  Email: hnjobs202607@ericstern.com

I'm a principal engineer with >15 years of experience shipping across the stack: backend, web, and native (with some tinkering in embedded). I focus on application architecture, security, and reliability, and am just as comfortable leading greenfield projects as improving existing ones. As an OSS maintainer, I review, mentor, and set technical direction.

Open to contract and full-time opportunities.