Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)

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Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility.

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SEEKING FREELANCER | Manchester, UK or REMOTE | Frontend Engineer (React)

We're in the process of developing a complete overhaul of the current Boomkat website. Encompassing a download store and ecommerce functionality for our physical sales, it's a sizeable project. With over a million tracks in our back catalogue, and millions of orders, we operate at a scale which represents some unique challenges, and opportunities.

We're focusing on improving the overall user experience of the website, creating something that's beautiful and engaging, and better using the depth of data we house. What we're building right now will lay the foundations for an exciting second phase, where we plan to break new ground in delivering incredible experiences around our music.

The new website is built in Ruby on Rails, and uses React.js and Redux heavily on the front end. We're looking for a skilled, detail oriented contract Javascript developer to join the team. We're a small, fast moving team, with a wide range of skills. We work remotely, but have a base in Manchester.

Someone who would enjoy this role will have:

  - A thorough understanding of React and Redux, and working knowledge of Ruby on Rails.
  - Good working knowledge of responsive design processes and techniques
  - Experience delivering cross-platform applications for the web; particularly in a mobile environment.
  - Plenty of experience writing well structured and tested code, in a continuous delivery process.
  - An ability to work quickly, whilst still maintaining a robust and stable codebase.
Get in touch at shlom@boomkat.com - please include your CV, Github link, etc.
SEEKING WORK - Lisbon, Portugal or Remote

Full-stack web developer specialized in Python (Flask and Django) with 10+ years of experience on software development.

I have a PhD and published work in statistical Natural Language Processing, so am also looking for interesting opportunities on NLP. I have experience as teacher, so if you need one-to-one consulting or mentoring on any of these subjects (software architecture and development, web development, NLP, programming, algorithms, data processing, developing with Python, C, Java, others?), I'm used to make complex things seem simple.

I'm currently bootstrapping my own software company (http://flatangle.com) with an online product (http://elements.flatangle.com/) and an Android application almost ready for the Google Play Store (Java frontend app which interfaces with CPython through JNI and uses the same Python codebase as my web software). I have experience on designing application architectures, implementing and releasing working products.

You can check my personal website for more information, http://joaoventura.net/ or my github accounts for some hints on my work: https://github.com/joaoventura/ and https://github.com/flatangle/.

SEEKING WORK

Location: Rhine-Ruhr, Germany / remote. I'm fine with travelling but different rates than usual apply in that case.

Remote: Yes

IT consultant, web and enterprise software developer with more than 15 years of experience.

I'm experienced in JavaScript, HTML5 and many other web-related technologies. I'm long-time Java developer and I know a fair bit about RDBMS as well, particularly PostgreSQL and Oracle DB.

In the past 3 years I've been developing AngularJS applications (having started with Angular 2 recently) with Java / Spring back-ends and PostgreSQL databases. Among other things, many of these applications make of use complex data analysis and data visualization (using D3.js, NVD3, Chart.js).

Website (contact): https://bjoernkw.com

GitHub profile: https://github.com/BjoernKW/

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Manchester, UK based)

I'm a Full Stack Developer. Comfortable with all aspects of web development, front-end, back-end and DevOps.

- Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Nginx, Ubuntu, Memcached, Redis, Twitter API, Pusher API, socket.io

- JavaScript, jQuery, React, Gulp.js, Git, AWS, S3, CloudFront

- HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap

My portfolio can be found here - http://chrisloftus.co

My GitHub has a React Native (iOS) project and a recent task management app that I'm building with Vue.js and Vuex. https://github.com/chrisloftus

Blog: https://chrisloftus.github.io

Contact: chrisloft a.t. gmail to talk about your project.

SEEKING WORK

Southeastern US or Remote

www.fountstudio.com

Fount is a collective of senior freelance developers with significant experience across the entire stack. Python, Java, Javascript, Node.js, Angular, React, AWS and more. Please email jack [at] fountstudio.com with your opportunity and we'll see where we can add value. Thanks! Jack

SEEKING WORK - South Eastern PA/Remote

C#, Asp.net MVC/WebApi, AngularJS, MS SQL Server. Large body of work in the public and private sector on projects of various scale. From helping a small publishing shop connect their CRM to their CMS, to writing the backend content management system for one of the largest publishers on the app store, to building the 911 dispatching system for the local county. I primarily build web applications, but have also developed projects related data scraping and cleaning, document manipulation, and batch processing systems.

Contact - ianpoma a.t. gmail

SEEKING FREELANCER -- REMOTE OK. Open Source developer on Open edX (OpenCraft - Remote/worldwide company based in Berlin)

Development specialized on the free software project Open edX, used by many universities and companies to run online courses. See edx.org, stanford.edu or fun-mooc.fr for examples of Open edX instances. We are a team of nine developers, working remotely from Europe, North America, Asia, Russia & Australia. The company is not affiliated with edX, but contributing and working with them on various projects. This is a full time position, were you would be able to work remotely from where you want, as long as you have a good internet connexion. : )

It's a large Python/Django codebase, with good code standards and architecture (a lot of the edX engineers come from MIT). You would work on different clients contracts using the platform. The clients list/references include Harvard, edX themselves, the French government, and various startups & universities currently running their own instances, or looking to create one. Tasks are varied, from developing developing core platform features, custom exercises and tools for specific courses (XBlocks), customizing and deploying instances, working on both client/server sides, etc.

Most of your work is published as free software (Open edX is released under the AGPL license, which requires clients to release modifications under the same license), and you would also contribute to the free software project, pushing some of your developments upstream through pull requests, contributing features, documentation or help on mailing-lists.

Stack: Python/Django, Ansible, AWS/OpenStack, Debian/Ubuntu, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, MongoDB

Interview process: a 15 minutes (simple) coding exercise & a 30 minutes Hangout. If that works out, you're given a (paid) test task: a contribution to the Open edX project. The decision is taken based on how you handle the upstream contribution.

To apply, fill this form: http://opencraft.com/jobs/open-source-developer/

SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance

Python/Django/Mobile/React/React-Native/Front-end, with extensive experience building all sorts of web applications, especially e-commerce marketplaces. I've worked a lot over the years with AWS, and have a lot of sys admin experience with config management like Ansible, Chef, Docker. I have a research background in data analysis. I also have experience with Golang, React, Clojure, scipy, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, nltk etc. Contact details are below. Here're some recent examples from my portfolio:

* https://healthasaservice.co - An HR analytics dashboard to manage company health events and employee health reports.

* https://www.igrowfit.com - A corporate fitness subscription platform

* http://www.grapevinelogic.com - A platform for advertisers to work with Youtube content creators. and many more

* Turbotax CPA Select for Intuit, to help select accountants. Formerly Teaspiller.com, acquired by Intuit

* http://publish.saxo.com - publishing platform where anyone can publish e-books, and printed books (print on demand) and online courses.

* http://www.hypedsound.com - A platform for music artists to share their content from various networks.

You can look at http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio.html for further links

Github: http://github.com/sidmitra

Homepage: http://www.sidmitra.com

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmitra

Email: sidmitra.del@gmail.com

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE / Las Vegas area

I've been big on python testing lately. I've implemented testing for large python projects at two companies now, bring them from 0% coverage to 100% coverage. I'm well versed on mocking tools to isolate components for testing, make tests deterministic, and remove the need for networking (who wants to run tests that rely on third party things). I've recently grabbed onto hypothesis (think Haskell's QuickCheck, but for python), and I'm excited to put it into practice. Are you sad/scared about the state of your tests for your python project? I can fix that.

I'm also available for other work. I'm a generalist with a vast amount of experience working with web technologies. I am capable of doing system admin and orchestration (ansible is my favorite), backend code (I prefer django and tornado) and frontend UI work (who isn't using react nowadays).

contact: shu DOT chen AT freelancedreams DOT com

SEEKING WORK -- Stuttgart, Germany (REMOTE ONLY)

Web Developer with focus in front-end development. Did front-ends in ExtJS, Ember and React (currently evaluating Cyclejs).

My current project involves mapping (indoor, realtime with MQTT/WebSockets/React/Leaflet). I also did interfaces for web-analytics.

I'm searching for new projects starting this October.

Currently no portfolio of my past stuff available, in the meantime:

http://stackoverflow.com/cv/kay

http://ux.stackexchange.com/users/16373/k

http://stackoverflow.com/users/1016383/k

https://github.com/kay-is

contact: k@kay.is

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SEEKING WORK

Remote (Based in Baltimore, MD)

Get more users, sales leads, or customers.

I consult B2B tech companies on customer acquisition. That includes doing inbound marketing, acquisition funnels, optimizing conversion rates, lead generation, marketing operations, and marketing automation.

Past and present clients include:

- NoSQL DB (one acquired by Apple)

- DevOps monitoring software

- Recurring billing platform

- Leading enterprise data science platform

- Mobile advertising platform

- Leading ecommerce platform

- And more...

Far more technical and effective than your typical marketer; I deploy code and can talk shop with engineers and data scientists.

Think you could use my help? Send me an email (greg[at]gkogan.co) or read more at http://www.gkogan.co.

SEEKING WORK - London, UK only. No recruitment agencies.

Freelance iOS Developer. Available now.

 iPhone, iPad, Watch, and TV apps. Swift only.

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hn@daniellove.net

http://daniellove.net

http://daniellove.net/apps

http://linkedin.com/in/danlove (add me to see all my recommendations)

I've worked for clients such as BBC, Burberry, AKQA, Zolmo, and Jamie Oliver.

Solid experience in developing mobile applications with a strong portfolio of award winning & high profile applications. Commercial client experience with both Objective-C and Swift. Working experience of start-ups, fast paced advertising agencies & large corporations. A strong sense of design, with a focus on user experience.

SEEKING WORK - UK / Remote

Embedded software developer with background in smart meter product development.

  - Requirements capture, solution design, task decomposition, documentation
  - C, MISRA C, C++, Ruby
  - M2M protocols, especially those in the domain of smart metering (DLMS/COSEM, GBCS)
  - Automation with Jenkins and Ansible
email: cam@stackmechanic.com

linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cameronisanengineer

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SEEKING WORK - UK Possibly On-site | Remote Preferred

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• Impressive client history, with over 15 years of experience with agencies and startups • Experienced Remote Worker • Excellent Communicator • Full stack front-end and back-end developer

Recent Projects Include:

1: Interactive Vehicle Configurator for Lotus Cars' London Piccadilly Store. Built in Backbone.js with a PHP CMS / Backend. 50,0000 configuration options plus ordering system to allow in-store enquiries.

2: New online site and interactive training system for Call-Centre SaaS Evaluagent. Built with Symfony / Bolt CMS.

3: Lead collection App for Subaru UK, built with Cordova for iOS and Android platforms, the app allows dealers and show staff to present features and take customer details offline, which sync to a CRM in real-time once a network connection is available.

4: 200 site install of dealer website system for Honda UK. Using Docker for fast deployment / scaling with full configuration and design choices for individual dealers. Build with Symfony / Doctrine, AWS used for fast resource scaling.

Get in touch if you'd like to talk. I currently have availability in August and September.

Email: ross@rossriley.co.uk,

Github: http://github.com/rossriley

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SEEKING WORK | FULL STACK DEVELOPER | REMOTE + EDINBURGH, UK.

Freelance full stack software developer with over 10 years experience including a PhD in software verification offering:

- Web app development: JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript, AngularJS, jQuery), Python (Flask), Java, PHP (WordPress)

- Mobile app development: Android, iOS, PhoneGap/Cordova

- Cloud hosting: Creating scalable apps that run on Heroku and AWS

- SEO: On-page audits with technical help to make required changes

- Code quality: Reducing defects in existing projects by integrating test suites, staging sites, Continuous Integration and code reviews

Portfolio and more information available at https://www.seanw.org.

SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR or Remote

I'm a polygot, full-stack developer with 16 years experience. My specialties are Rails, Postgres, Chef, and Angular/Ember, although I'm comfortable on a variety of platforms. I am reliable, easy to work with, quick to turn things around, and a good communicator. I can work solo or on a team, either as lead or a team member. I value client satisfaction as highly as technical excellence.

You can see some of my recent work here:

http://illuminatedcomputing.com/portfolio

https://github.com/pjungwir/aggs_for_arrays

https://github.com/pjungwir/db_leftovers

If you'd like to work together, I'd be happy to discuss your project!: pj@illuminatedcomputing.com

SEEKING WORK - London UK or remote. NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES.

Available September 5th.

I'm a senior/lead DevOps with 15 years experience tuning & hosting web applications and I'm on the lookout for the next adventure.

I work closely with developers throughout the application lifecycle to build scalable and long-term robust architectures. Load testing, CI, deploy systems, monitoring, config management, security audits, dev projects of my own - you name it I've done it. For larger organisations I've even led whole infrastructure teams.

Recent work includes:

+ AWS/Docker platform to securely host a large public-sector microservice-based web app taking millions of pounds per month in payments.

+ Chef-managed deployment of large microservice stack across varied configurations on cloud and physical servers

+ Large multithreaded Python 3 application for automated cryptocurrency trading. Didn't get rich, still posting on HN.

+ Jenkins + docker-compose platform for efficient builds of microservice-based projects

+ Lots, lots more.

hn-2016-08@mbird.biz / https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/alex-hewson/b6/50a/8b4

FREELANCER SEEKING FREELANCER (Remote, UTC-5/EST)

I do a lot of Python work and I'm often fully booked. I'm turning down enough work to keep another developer employed, so I'm looking for someone with some serious Python skills who is interested in working remotely (part time or full time).

I need someone who is capable of doing things way beyond CRUD apps. Some of the work I do involves massively concurrent servers, collaborative filtering, financial trading, graph databases, developing Python extension modules in C... but there's some CRUD going on as well, mostly RESTful APIs and scrapping.

No rookies. 5+ years of experience minimum, but I would strongly prefer candidates with 10+ or 15+ years of development experience.

Must speak English fluently and live in the Americas time zone.

Must have a working knowledge of version control, automated testing and be proficient with the Unix command line.

Technologies: Python 2 and 3, SQLAlchemy, NumPy, SciPy, Twisted, Flask, Tornado, QuickFIX, Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis, PosgreSQL, MySQL...

hndenep@kaffeeschluerfer.com

SEEKING WORK

  Location: Chicago
  Remote: Yes
  Email: t.lekkas[at]practalis[dot]com
Happy to help non-technical founders solve their problems.

Experienced Python/Django developer focused on web application development and data products. Experienced in client facing project/product management roles. Experienced in using & implementing technology in order to resolve client/stake-holder issues. Experienced in managing technical teams in order to deliver on stated objectives.

SEEKING WORK: Based in London, remote work preferred

I'm looking for freelance work urgently. I've been an iOS developer since 2009. Worked freelance for 5 years and in startups for the last 2 years. Lots of experience with both Objective-C and Swift. Offering very good hourly rate.

Contact: kieran[at]hotrodsoftware[dot]com

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/aslkjduei

SEEKING WORK

Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Not right now (just had a baby), but probably in about a year

Technologies: angular 1, angular 2, es6, react, redux, react-native, webpack, html5, css3, sass, scss, jade, node, php, building restful api’s, git, grunt, jenkins, jira, mysql, postgres, redis, mongo, firebase, aws, heroku.

Resume: http://www.jasperschulte.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/curri...

Website: http://www.jasperschulte.nl

Email: You’ll find it on my site

Linkedin: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jasperschulte

As a Javascript front-end developer, my main experience lies in enterprise scale single page JavaScript applications (SPA’s), preferably built with the Angular 1/2 or React framework. Beside that I have strong business development and leadership skills. Having successfully built my own company from the ground up and run it for 10 years, I know what it takes to build, lead, grow and maintain a business.

SEEKING WORK - Los Angeles, California or Remote

I am seeking work in Virtual Reality and have been building skills in VR, Unity, C#, and 3D modeling over the last few months.

I'm a recovering web developer who has recently made the decision to pivot entirely to VR. I currently live in NYC and will be relocating back to LA in late August, for the long haul. I've been working on a VR game in Unity for Samsung Gear VR as a training exercise in order to teach myself all the skills necessary to ship VR product. My background is in frontend and UI/UX and I intend to apply those skills to VR.

My skills in VR currently include entry-level Unity, C# Oculus SDK, User Interface and User Experience design for VR, Samsung Gear VR (hopefully HTC Vive, Oculus, Microsoft Hololens, Google Daydream soon), 3D modeling in Maya.

My applicable skills from 15 years in design and development for the web include being a full-stack web developer (Python / Django, PHP, DevOps, DBs, Javascript HTML/CSS etc), UI/UX designer, product and project management, remote team management, online marketing, QA and development lifecycle, tech writing and system architecture, more. I also founded 2 social media startups and have worked in early stage with multiple VC backed startups, as well as interactive agencies and SMBs in the past.

I attempted to start a "journey" blog here: http://www.globalgum.com though I've slacked a bit in updating it.

If you are seeking a VR team, I have been building up a network of Unity developers and can work on assembling a team if needed.

Feel free to reach out at vr+hn@globalgum.com Thanks!

SEEKING WORK - London, UK | On-site preferred.

Freelance full stack software developer with 4 years of professional experience on top of few extra years prior as a hobbyist. By my recent clients, I have been described as “consumer/product centred developer” that does not only care for the quality of his code but for the quality of UX as well.

Focusing on lately: React, React Native, Front End

Extensive Experience with: SQL databases, NodeJS, Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, ES6, GIT, TDD & BDD, Linux, OSX

Also worked with: Mongo, Redis, RethinkDB, C#

Resume and email at https://meznaric.net/resume

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/meznaric

SEEKING WORK - remote, short to medium term projects - zak.wilson@gmail.com

I make software - mostly full-stack web development and HTTP APIs, but I'm adaptable. I have some interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I have minimal experience making Android apps. I can do stuff that's harder than basic CRUD apps. Stuff I know well: Clojure, Ruby (with or without Rails), Python, Django, Javascript, Lua, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SASS, responsive CSS.

Other stuff I've used for something non-trivial at least once: Common Lisp, Scheme, Java, SASS, C, PHP, Haskell, Bash, Perl, MongoDB, Mirah, Android development with Clojure. Yes, I can probably pick up that language or tool you're using that nobody has ever heard of.

Github: https://github.com/zakwilson