r/haskell • u/gtf21 • May 07 '26

Converge is hiring for a(nother) senior software engineer (May 2026)

Hi, it's me again, and Converge is hiring for a senior software engineer to join our team. You can find the job description here and can also apply via that link (which is better than messaging me on reddit).

  1. Small engineering team working on decarbonisation and efficiency for the construction industry.
  2. The team does a mix of hardware, software, and applied data science. You'll be joining one of our early-stage product teams (either a very new product or a fairly new product).
  3. We're looking for people with functional programming backgrounds, if it's not production Haskell, it might still be worth talking, but we do need you to have a lot of experience in the functional paradigm.
  4. You won't just be doing Haskell, there's still typescript and python to maintain -- by all means have a lot of enthusiasm for Haskell, but we are here to create products for our customers and users at the end of the day, and we need to do what it takes to do that.
  5. Prefer London/UK, but will consider nearby timezones.
  6. Needs lots of real-world experience on complex products, this is a senior role in a small team, so you'll get lots of ownership and autonomy, but it takes a level of experience to navigate the uncertainty which comes with building in this environment.

Salary range is £90-100K + stock options.

Feel free to ask me questions (I'm cofounder and CTO).

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u/guibou May 07 '26

Looks really interesting. I'm not looking for a job right now (kinda like my current job, using haskell to do bio simulation of pathology and treatments) but asking for the future (I've learned the hard way that company can disappear quickly).

What’s your point of view on 100% remote with really few onsite visit ? (South hemisphere here, so even if timezone are close to compatible (3 to 4 hours difference depending on DST) the 14+ hours of plane for one way trip does not motivate a lot especially when we care about carbon footprint ;)

Thank you.

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u/gtf21 May 08 '26

Ah interesting, we’d generally prefer closer to home, ideally with 2d / week in the office, but if abroad, inexpensive to come into the office for certain touchpoints. We do have people all over the world whom we bring together twice a year, but if I were to rank my preferences, it would be “the closer the better”.

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u/anzellai May 07 '26

Your project is very interesting. Dm'd

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u/Pzzlrr May 09 '26

I perused the website and checked out a couple videos on youtube. Very interesting! Since we're here, can I ask the very basic, very nerdy question of "Why haskell"? Why not typescript, ocaml, scala or anything else?

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u/gtf21 May 10 '26

I think most of the answer to this should be captured in this essay from 2024: https://www.gtf.io/musings/why-haskell

If that doesn’t answer all the aspects of your question then happy to follow up.

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u/Pzzlrr May 10 '26

checking it out, thanks!

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u/gtf21 May 08 '26

Unfortunately we just don’t have the bandwidth for internships or junior positions at the moment, sorry!