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Why?

I have nothing against receiving offers and talking about opportunities, but it's getting more difficult and time consuming to answer all requests.

Especially messages like "I have multiple job opportunities" or "if you are interested please share your resume" barely get my attention to be frank.

Are you interested in changing your job?

I am happy in my current role and not actively looking. That said, I am always open to hearing about exceptional opportunities that are a strong fit.

How should the first message from a recruiter look like?

As much details and context as possible, for example:

• A description of the position
• The project or company
• Used technologies
• Salary range
• Remote work policy
• Contract type

What Positions are you looking for?

If I were to consider a change, I would look for hands-on engineering roles where I can write code regularly, solve complex technical problems, and work across infrastructure and application layers.

Roles that would be a strong fit:

• Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• Infrastructure Engineer
• Platform Engineer
• Software Engineer (infrastructure/platform focus)

Senior, Staff, or Principal-level positions are all fine depending on role scope. What matters most is hands-on technical work rather than seniority title.

Solutions Architect or Field Engineer roles can work if they involve significant technical implementation and coding rather than primarily presentations and sales support.

I am exclusively interested in opportunities as Individual Contributor. I am not considering management roles.

What Positions are you not looking for?

I am not interested in roles without significant hands-on technical involvement, such as:

• Management or People Management positions
• Pre-Sales, Sales Engineering, or Go-to-Market roles
• Account Management, Business Development, or Customer Success positions
• Project Management or Vendor Management without technical implementation
• Solution Architecture roles focused primarily on presentations and sales support
• Any role where the primary focus is business development rather than technical engineering

I prefer building and implementing solutions over presenting and selling them.

What makes a role appealing to me?

Roles that appeal to me are ones where I can:

• Write code regularly - Go, Python, Ruby, C, TypeScript or similar languages, especially for systems programming and infrastructure automation
• Build and maintain infrastructure - Kubernetes, cloud platforms, automation tooling
• Troubleshoot complex technical problems - from network packets to application code
• Design and implement systems - not just presentations, but hands-on building
• Automate processes - eliminate manual work, improve reliability
• Work across the full stack - infrastructure, systems, and code
• Contribute to open source - build in the open when possible
• Mentor through code - reviews, pair programming, technical guidance

I work best in environments that value solving hard technical problems over sales presentations and business development.

What technologies do you work with?

I focus on systems fundamentals and modern infrastructure: Go, Python, Ruby, Bash, C, Linux, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD/CKS), AWS, and Infrastructure as Code. I'm interested in Rust, eBPF, and kernel-level development.

For full details, see my resume which includes my complete technology stack and 70+ technical certifications.

What contract types do you consider?

Full-Time permanent contract.

Would you relocate for a new job?

No, I'm only interested to work remote with 0% - 10% traveling.

Can you send me your CV / resume?

No, you already have all information you need.

My personal website contains the latest version of my Resume, which I keep in sync with my LinkedIn Profile.

Can I contact you if my offer does not include remote work?

Sure, but most likely I'm not much interested if remote work isn't possible at all or at least most of the time.

Can I contact you if I can not provide any details about the offer?

Sure, but in that case responding will probably not have the highest priority for me.

Do you hate recruiters?

No, everyone has a job. Yours is to fill positions with the right people. But you are not alone, there are many out there.

That's why I appreciate when you follow some basic rules when you reach out.

Inspired by Julio González (Archive: [1], [2])