Recruiters

What I look for, what I skip, and how to reach me.

I’m drawn to mature, transparent organizations that prioritize work-life balance and mental well-being. Please connect me directly with hiring managers when you can; office perks don’t sway me.

Red flags include timesheet-driven cultures and affiliations with military, tobacco, fossil fuels, or government intelligence; my moral compass points me elsewhere. If your culture is toxic, let’s save each other the time and heartache.

Quick links

Companies I might be interested in

Space

e.g. NASA, SETI, METI, CERN, NSF, Fermilab, and similar research orgs.
Internet infrastructure

e.g. CDNs, GitHub, Cloudflare, and peers in the reliability / platform space.
Education

e.g. Wikimedia, museums, public libraries, ed-tech with a clear social cause.

Red flags

Competitive programming questions. You’re hiring for building, maintaining, and securing infrastructure, not coding acrobatics.
Unprepared interviewers rehashing easily Googled queries, or processes longer than about 2.5 weeks. That’s a hard pass.

Compensation

I’m well-versed in SRE / DevOps market standards. Stock and bonuses are fine, but not as cover for a below-market base (under $240k in NYC metro terms). Put salary ranges in the job post up front, and don’t lowball after interviews; respect goes both ways.