The True Engineer is an engineering leadership and software development publication platform hosted on Substack. Authored by Adlet Balzhanov, a senior software engineering lead with background in Big Tech and high-growth enterprise scale-ups, the publication delivers monthly long-form analytical essays, career frameworks, and strategic insights for software developers, engineering managers, and technology executives. Operating under a creator-driven digital subscription model, the newsletter focuses on technical leadership tactics, staff-level engineering practices, organizational dynamics within large tech companies, and navigating the operational impacts of AI on software development.
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden • Artificial Intelligence
≈ $12k – $36k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Almaty, Kazakhstan) • Full-Time • Middle
Bash
Go
Python
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Cloudflare
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Grafana
Prometheus
Terraform
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
HappyTeams is an employee engagement and HR analytics SaaS platform based in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2020 by Ben Jacobs and Michael Dever, the platform provides automated pulse survey tools and real-time organizational mood tracking designed by organizational psychologists.
HQ: Dublin, Ireland • Information Technology • IT Outsourcing • Software • Est. 2020
$58k – $67k per year • Warsaw • Remote (Poland) • Full-Time • Polish: C1
Go
PHP
SQL
PHP
Symfony
DevOps
Git
GitLab CI
GitLab
Tenarai (formerly Infogain) is a Silicon Valley-based global technology services firm that specializes in enterprise artificial intelligence acceleration, digital transformation, and software engineering. The company partners with Fortune 500 leaders across sectors such as technology, retail, healthcare, and travel to design and implement custom AI-driven solutions and modernize data architectures.
HQ: Los Gatos, United States • Professional Services • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
$70k – $80k per year • Senior • Kraków • Remote (Poland) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Go
JavaScript
Python
C++
LLVM
DevOps
Bazel
CI/CD
Git
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
GitHub
Visa is an American payments technology company whose network traces back to the BankAmericard programme launched in 1958 and which became an independent public company in 2008. It does not issue cards or lend money; instead it operates VisaNet, the switching infrastructure that authorises, clears and settles hundreds of billions of transactions a year between issuing banks, acquirers and merchants in more than two hundred countries. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company earns fees on payment volume and processed transactions, and has expanded into account-to-account transfers, tokenisation, fraud scoring and open banking through Visa Direct and its value-added services division.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Crypto Payments • Fraud Detection • FinTech • Financial Services • Credit Cards • Payments • 5000+ employees • Est. 1958
≈ $67k – $106k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Warsaw, Poland) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Java
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Terraform
Five9 provides cloud contact centre software covering voice, digital channels and workforce management. Its platform adds conversational artificial intelligence for self-service and agent assistance. Enterprises use it to replace on-premise call centre infrastructure.
HQ: San Ramon, United States • Est. 2001
≈ $25k – $63k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Bash
Go
Python
DevOps
Ansible
CentOS Stream
CI/CD
Git
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
KVM
Loki
OpenStack
Prometheus
Terraform
Ubuntu
Red Hat
≈ $61k – $144k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 9+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Porto, Portugal) • Staff
Go
Java
Python
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Progressive Delivery
TeamCity
Terraform
GitLab
IAM
Amazon EKS
Google GKE
Helm
Istio
≈ $113k – $220k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Bash
Go
Python
DevOps
Ansible
CentOS Stream
CI/CD
Git
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
KVM
Loki
OpenStack
Prometheus
Terraform
Ubuntu
Red Hat
Consid is a leading digital transformation and IT consulting company. They specialize in helping companies and organizations realize their visions through sustainable digitalization, offering services from strategy to implementation. Their expertise spans digital transformation, communication, and development, focusing on creating user-centered solutions that drive business impact and customer experience.
Warsaw • Gdańsk • Software • Information Technology • IT Consulting • 51-200 employees
$80k – $93k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Warsaw, Poland) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
dbt
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Amazon ECS
Wrocław • Automotive Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Mechanical Components
≈ $63k – $99k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Wrocław, Poland) • Full-Time • Senior • Polish: C1
Go
DevOps
Azure
Kubernetes
QA
Swagger
American Express is a Financial Services and global service company that has expertise in Financial Services, Business Travel, Corporate Card, Network Services and Merchants Services.
Bengaluru • Los Angeles • New York • Phoenix • Payments • Financial Services • Credit Cards • Est. 1900
≈ $26k – $68k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Java
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
From cloud migration and managed services to advanced data/AI and cybersecurity solutions. Take advantage of Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure or OChK Platform.
Warsaw • Cybersecurity • Information Technology • Cloud Computing
$42k – $48k per year • Warsaw • Remote (Poland) • Full-Time • Polish: C1
C#
Go
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
C#
.NET
Entity Framework Core
Databases
MS SQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Vertex AI
OpenAI
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Azure
Docker
GCP
Hyper-V
OpenStack
VMWare
GitHub
Management
Google Workspace
Jira
Slack
Nablon is an AI-powered tech company that builds intelligent, autonomous agent systems that transform enterprise workflows across industries by going beyond simple task automation.
Bengaluru • Operating Systems • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2025
≈ $27k – $113k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India)
Go
Python
AI/ML
AutoGPT
CrewAI
LangChain
LangGraph
LLM
LLM Guardrails
AI Agents
Function Calling
Improving is an IT professional services firm that helps organizations achieve success through core expertise in AI, data, and applications to transform legacy systems and build cloud-native solutions.
Hyderabad • Software • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Est. 2006
In office (Hyderabad, Pakistan)
Go
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
MySQL
NATS
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Git
gRPC
Kubernetes
Rest API
Spinny is an online & tech-based, new age used-car buying platform. It follows a full-stack business model for used cars by assessing cars on a 200-point checklist and provides 1-year warranty to buyers.
Gurgaon • Mumbai • Commerce • Secondhand • Marketplaces • Est. 2015
≈ $40k – $86k per year (Estimated) • Executive • 2+ years exp • In office (Gurgaon, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Architect
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
SQL
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Welcome to Dubber, the world’s leader in conversation capture and intelligence Already embedded in many networks and unified communication solutions globally, Dubber enables any organisation to unlock rich insights from conversations across multiple channels.
Melbourne • London • Data & Analytics • Speech & Audio AI • Artificial Intelligence
≈ $79k – $145k per year (Estimated) • In office (Melbourne, Australia) • Bachelor's Degree
C#
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
C#
.NET
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Rest API
e6data is an analytics engine platform that seamlessly connects to existing data lakehouse engines, lakehouses, and data warehouses, designed to automate deployment across cloud platforms through web UI.
Bengaluru • Data Engineering • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • Est. 2020
≈ $33k – $78k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Bengaluru • Remote (India) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Go
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Arcesium provides proprietary software and technology to comprehensive post-trade support to alternative investment industry. The company is a spin-off of D. E. Shaw & supports more than $65 billion in assets.
Hyderabad • Bengaluru • London • Software • Financial Services • Capital Markets • Est. 2015
Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Hyderabad, Pakistan) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Bash
Go
Java
Python
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Hibernate
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Nanonets provides a cloud platform to create custom machine learning models for object recognition & classification, text categorization, image scoring, image similarity scoring, etc. Backed by Y-Combinator.
Gurgaon • Palo Alto • Bengaluru • San Francisco • Data Entry & Processing • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2016
≈ $24k – $63k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Gurgaon, India) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Cassandra
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Vector
Marketing
Salesforce
≈ $24k – $63k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
Cassandra
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Hugging Face
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Vector
AWS
GCP
Prometheus
Marketing
Salesforce
AblyWorks is an HR-tech company that offers AI-powered HR and business software and tools to help organizations automate hiring, efficiently manage workforce operations, and handle digital financial services.
Noida • Delhi • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Human Resources • Est. 2017
≈ $24k – $64k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Noida, India) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
ZenteiQ is a deep technology company headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and founded in 2022 out of research at the Indian Institute of Science. The company works on scientific machine learning, combining numerical simulation with neural networks for engineering and industrial modelling problems, and builds training programmes around those methods. It sells to industrial and research customers in India while running education initiatives that push scientific computing skills into the wider engineering workforce.
HQ: Bengaluru, India • Predictive Analytics • Materials Science & Nanotechnology • Science & Engineering • EdTech Platforms • Education • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2022
≈ $22k – $94k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bengaluru, India) • PhD • Full-Time
Go
Python
SQL
Python
Celery
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Pydantic
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Redis
Firestore
AI/ML
Prefect
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Google GKE
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Rest API
Docker
GCP
Grafana
Jaeger
Loki
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Cybersecurity
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
QA
Swagger
≈ $22k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office (Bengaluru, India) • PhD
Go
Python
Python
Celery
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Redis
Firestore
DevOps
Google GKE
Kubernetes
Rest API
GCP
Grafana
Jaeger
Loki
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Cybersecurity
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
WP Engine® is a leading website hosting platform, trusted by over 5M websites. Learn more about our 24/7 support and security solutions.
London • Austin • Data & Analytics • Big Data • Software • Web Hosting • Content Management Systems (CMS) • Est. 2010
Equity • Senior • In office • Full-Time • Senior
Go
PHP
Python
Ruby
SQL
PHP
WordPress
Databases
Google BigQuery
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Google GKE
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Terraform
Amazon S3
IAM
Equity • In office • Full-Time
Go
PHP
Python
Ruby
SQL
PHP
WordPress
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
gRPC
Platform Engineering
Amazon EC2
AWS
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Git
Google GKE
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Terraform
Amazon S3
IAM
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Magnet Forensics is a company that specializes in providing digital forensics and incident response tools. Their solutions, such as Magnet AXIOM and Magnet GrayKey, are used by law enforcement, military, intelligence, and enterprise organizations to recover, analyze, and manage digital evidence. They offer a wide range of tools to support digital investigations, including data extraction from mobile devices, video recovery, and workflow automation.
Toronto • Ontario • Gothenburg • Waterloo • Ottawa • Homeland Security • National Security • Incident Response
≈ $97k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Executive • 10+ years exp • Canada • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Staff
Go
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
FinOps
Incident Management
Platform Engineering
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
ISO 27001
SOC 2
≈ $97k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Executive • 10+ years exp • Waterloo • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Architect
Go
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
FinOps
Incident Management
Platform Engineering
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
ISO 27001
SOC 2
