Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2018)

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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 WORK - Based in Cologne, Germany, remote or Europe preferred

I do custom electronics, robotics, and embedded software development - I specialize in quickly turning ideas into prototypes. I've built custom automation equipment for chemistry labs, sensors that are in use in household/utility applications, control circuitry for construction equipment, 3d printing electronics, data acquisition equipment. No project too small. Few projects too large. Deep discounts for open source hardware work.

I would also be happy to come over (anywhere in Europe) and teach any of the above skills to a small group of interested people. I've taught courses in electronic assembly (SMD), 3d printing (building/using printers, iterative 3d model design using programming) and robot design and construction. I've taught courses at several universities, hackspaces, and conferences.

SEEKING WORK | Freelance Front End Developer

Location: Portugal

Remote work: Yes

Portfolio: https://nunoarruda.com/#portfolio

Resume: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf

GitHub: https://github.com/nunoarruda

Email: nuno@nunoarruda.com

Hi I'm Nuno, a Result-Oriented Front-End Web Developer with a strong technical skill-set, attention to detail, and 16 years of experience. I have a passion for translating beautiful designs into functional user interfaces and building great web applications.

I actively seek out new technologies and stay up-to-date on industry trends and advancements. Continued education has allowed me to stay ahead of the curve and deliver exceptional work to each employer I’ve worked for - both full-time and contract.

I've successfully delivered projects like a CSS UI library used by 17,000 employees, a mobile app that now has 15,000+ users, and an award-winning payroll system. I've done frontend work for Adobe, 21st Century Fox, Bayer, among other companies.

I've been working remotely for the last 5 years for clients worldwide and I can be flexible in order to have overlapping working hours with a distributed team.

SEEKING WORK - Remote, travel possible depending on location and duration.

Location: North-east UK

What I do: Data migration, transformation, and processing. Prototype development. Feasibility studies.

In the past I've been a network engineer, run large-scale Debian installations doing devops before it had a name, and been responsible for servers in Antarctica. I have experience with a wide range of different Unix tools and technologies, at various levels of the stack. This gives me the ability—and the perspective—to pick the best combination of tools for any particular project, rather than simply treating everything as a nail because all I have is a hammer.

I focus particularly on taking on “weird” or niche data or exploratory projects end-to-end; things that wouldn’t be a fit for a standard web or development agency.

Previous work:

* Custom domain specific language (DSL) to encode business rules for computer vision system (Common Lisp)

* University library data migration project, with a focus on completeness and validation. (Clojure, Elixir, Ruby)

* School data processing app (Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL)

* Custom data dashboards (R, Geckoboard)

* High-reliability, long-term timelapse platform for inaccessible locations. (FreeBSD, Arduino, Python, Shell)

* Migration of existing Node.js+Firebase service to Golang+PostgreSQL on AWS

* Feasibility study investigating the possiblility of writing custom code to interface with a biometric timeclock (Common Lisp)

* Proof-of-concept hardware development for projects linking the physical and virtual worlds in real time (Arduino, Node.js)

Buzzwords: Debian, Ubuntu, AWS, PostgreSQL, Perl, Common Lisp, Clojure, Ruby, Go, Arduino / AVR, Elixir / Phoenix, FreeBSD

Got something you think is a good fit? Drop me a line at mike -at- lambdafunctions -dot- com

SEEKING WORK - London, UK - Remote preferred, happy to visit clients anywhere in the UK.

DevOps / Python guy with over a decade's experience building, hosting and tuning applications.

I work with engineering teams to make their products as scalable and robust as possible. AWS, Kubernetes, load testing, CI, deploy systems, monitoring, config management, security audits, dev projects of my own - you name it I've done it.

Recent projects include:

+ AWS/Kubernetes/Docker deployment to support a large distributed (15 microservices + persistence layer) application. Updated a sprawling Django/Postgres app to fit modern containerised hosting, resulting in a stack that makes great use of k8s' scaling & resiliency features. Templating via Helm for multiple, namespaced stack instances & continuous integration.

+ Another AWS/k8s/Docker stack, this time with a persistence layer comprising Cassandra & Kafka with service discovery through Zookeeper. Prometheus & Grafana for monitoring.

+ Large multithreaded Python 3 application for automated cryptocurrency trading. Haven't got rich yet.

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

+ Support, enhancements and development for a number of Django projects.

hn-2018-02@mbird.biz / https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/alex-hewson/b6/50a/8b4

SEEKING WORK - Remote (Manchester, UK based)

I'm a freelance Laravel developer. Comfortable with all aspects of web development, front-end, back-end and dev ops.

My chosen stack/technologies:

● Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Nginx, Ubuntu (w/ Ansible)

● JavaScript, jQuery, Vue.js

● HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap

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

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

Blog: https://chrisloftus.github.io

Email me: chris at blackflare.co to talk about your project!

SEEKING WORK

Hello! I'm looking for contract jobs doing front end and/or full stack JS development. I've been working exclusively in React/Redux for the past year. Most recently I've been working on a React app with 3 main challenges: 1) run well on both web and Amazon Fire stick (HTML5 container) using a shared code base; 2) API driven video browser/player (like Netflix/Prime Instant Video) and 3) a WebRTC video implementation.

Location: Reno, NV, USA

Remote: Yes. Available for some travel.

Willing to relocate: No.

Technologies: React/Redux; Node; Angular; HTML/CSS; full stack JS, WebRTC, TDD, git, deployment/devops, project management, engineering management

Résumé/CV: www.andrewsamuelsen.com

Email: andrew.samuelsen@gmail.com

Rate: $100/hr

SEEKING WORK | Remote

Full-stack dev with extensive remote background seeking new projects. Mostly Ruby/Rails/JS stack, AWS, Go, etc.

Thorough and caring in my approach, early contacts will receive favorable rates.

Please contact for further discussion: farnsworthyhn@protonmail.com

SEEKING WORK -- remote or Charlotte, NC. Travel OK

Experienced full-stack developer: Go, Python, Swift, Objective-C, Javascript, Java, C/C++, Assembly, PostgreSQL. MySQL and PHP when I have to.

I have a lot of experience with iOS and macOS apps, backend development and databases.

- Recent iOS app: Merchbar https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id879654508?mt=8

- I also did backend, iOS app, and IoT platform work for http://www.audacywireless.com/online-interface/

Charlotte's a hub, so I'm happy to fly to you for occasional meetings and other necessities.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepbnjay/

- Github: https://github.com/pbnjay - mainly small Open Source projects, I'm happy to chat and screenshare tidbits from more interesting projects.

Email: jeremy at stridatum.com

SEEKING WORK

Location: India

Remote only (Full or part-time)

I'm a Vanilla JS developer and primarily develops browser extensions for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari web browser. I successfully completed 40+ projects in past 8 years as a freelancer. I also worked in an early stage incubated B2B product based startup so I have a good understanding of how startup ecosystem works and the challenges faced by a startup, building an MVP, business model canvas etc. Right now I'm travelling + freelancing.

GitHub: https://github.com/HemantPawar

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawarhemant

Email: hemant@hemantpawar.com

SEEKING WORK - New York, US - Local preferred, open to remote and travel opportunities.

Information Security and Compliance expert with nearly a decade of experience assessing, monitoring and building security solutions.

I work with information security, operations and risk management teams at financial institutions (banks, lenders, broker/dealers and insurance companies) to help prioritize security objectives, comply with rules/regulations and implement technology solutions. Policies, network security, IDS, SIEM, PKI, IDAM, AWS security, project management, systems integration and vulnerability assessments.

Past Projects:

- Vendor selection and implementation of Security Incident and Event Manager (SIEM) for a Managed Services Provider (MSP). Developed a scoring method and a risk-based selection process for network and device monitoring software at an IT services provider with 100+ clients.

- Modified and improved legacy IT financial controls and trading systems for a Fortune 500 energy trading company. Detected errors and remediated mistakes in a custom Value at Risk (VaR) system and trading platform, leading to a reduction of time to address tickets from an average of 10 to 3 days.

- Developed statistical model for incident detection and likelihood of breach. Performed research and produced a unique solution integrating threat vectors specific to the client's needs.

- Designed and architected a visitor management system for a large U.S. Federal client. Managed 16+ development team and delivered project on time and under budget. Custom Java frontend, Oracle backend and various customized off-the-shelf tools in-between.

Website: https://www.tailriskconsulting.com

Email: rob.terrin@tailriskconsulting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-terrin-430ab28

SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

My email: zach@breue.com

SEEKING WORK - Remote, Berlin - Content Marketing / Marketer

- Content Production (Blog Content, Product Writings, Newsletter)

- Content Marketing Strategies (Long Term SEO Optimization, Newsletter Campaign, Growing your Mailing List)

- Landing Page Optimization (.e.g Best Practices Guidance, SEO, Conversion Rates)

- Dedicated Content Promotion (Social Media, Reddit, HN, Influencer)

- Social Media Channel Optimization & Assistance (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram)

- Landing Page or Blog Setup (e.g. Hosting, Domain Registrar, Initial Setup)

I am eager to work with you or your company on these things. Looking forward to hearing from you,

Website: https://www.iamliesa.com/

SEEKING WORK - Chicago, IL - Remote Ok I'm a software consultant who has worked creating web and enterprise applications at companies ranging from small to large. I aim to focus on your needs, your problems, and your goals given your constraints. I want to work with you and do what’s necessary to innovate and advance your cause.

Technologies: Nodejs, Javascript (ES 3/5/6+), Typescript, Express, Sequelize Python, Django, Flask React, Redux, VueJS, Angular 1/2, html, css, scss React Native Postgres, Reds, MongoDB Webpack, Babel AWS, Heroku

Resume: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-UFUwX8--UbeVFQUHRTd0lQRD....

Website: http://www.nickdrane.com

Email: nicholasdrane@gmail.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasdrane/

I am available to start working immediately.

SEEKING WORK - remote or Philadelphia - dustin.getz@hyperfiddle.net Work history, screenshots: http://www.hyperfiddle-consulting.com/

Dustin and Karl are full-stack, React.js experts. We can handle anything–the crazier, the better.

We made http://hyperfiddle.net/ — a Datomic IDE, extensible in Clojure

React.js, Redux, Javascript, ClojureScript, Clojure, Scala, Java, Meteor and MongoDB, Datomic

SEEKING WORK - Remote, US-based

Remote: Yes (have worked exclusively remotely for past 6 years)

Willing to relocate: No

I've been doing full-stack work for the past 6 years, with Python and Django on the back-end and HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery on the front-end. I've also worked with the Django REST Framework and React.js. I'm intimately familiar with schema and data migrations, including migrations between Django projects. I've worked extensively with startups and with distributed teams and am open to occasional travel.

Résumé: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8b4x4qzEFAOS0FFb1NhcDBOVkE...

Email: dustan.bower at gmail

SEEKING WORK: embedded/IoT systems engineering, development processes, product quality, DevOps implementation and training

Location: Munich, Germany

Remote: preferred

I'm an experienced (>10 years) embedded software engineer with management experience. I have a master's in mechanical engineering.

I've worked on all stages of embedded products, from product management, to specification, to coding, testing, and qualification. I've introduced modern methodologies to my teams, including agile development all the way to DevOps for embedded. A lot of my career was spent working on safety-critical systems up to ASIL D / SIL4.

How I could help you:

  * organise and manage your development efforts
  * manage your product
  * advise in assuring the quality of your product
  * create fast feedback loops all through the development cycle (DevOps)
  * close gaps in your team's embedded development expertise
  * train your team
  * improve development processes
  * interact with regulatory bodies
  * help you comply with safety regulations
An overview over my current projects:

  * managing a small, experienced team in the development of an industrial robot
  * advising a multinational company in the development of a highly safety-critical (ASIL D) automotive electronics component
  * advising a startup in the IoT development tooling space
  * coaching an experienced team on improving their development workflow to increase speed and quality
  * training and advising several German Fortune 500 companies on DevOps philosophy, processes and implementation
Contact me at luca [at] ingianni.eu
SEEKING FREELANCER / SEEKING WORK

Location: Provo, Utah

Profit from my poor planning! Let me be your dorky subordinate freelancer that you contract the crappy stuff out to!

You: an experienced freelancer with more work than you can handle --- or maybe you just have an eye for arbitrage.

Me: a better programmer than businessman. I'm going back to school in April and need to pay for tuition. A lot of my problems would disappear with a good amount of work at $20-30/hr (1099) for a few months (or possibly longer; let's talk).

"He quoted his rate first, which is stupidly low, and he wasted my time telling me about his problems? This guy is like the worst freelancer ever." Yes! Now's your chance to nab that sweet sweet middleman money!

"No one could be that desperate." Dude, I wrote this last night upon returning from a 10PM - 2AM janitor job. Trust me, I am good to go.

"OK, well, can you, like, actually do anything?"

Yes! My main focus has been Clojurescript/React SPA's. My last gig was for a venture-backed SF startup. Before that I spent a couple years slaving away on a cross between Excel and a Lisp environment, rendered in SVG by CLJS. I've also done work in Ruby and Python, though I'm weaker on their standard libraries. Do I mind boning up on anything, unpaid? No. Remember: janitor.

"I mean, we're talking remote here, are you going to be a giant headache?" No. I have experience working remote, probably just like you, and know the pitfalls.

"What's the catch?" In the end, of course, you'll have to judge for yourself! From my side though: I'm looking to satisfice on deal flow, rather than optimize on rate. Hopefully we can help each other.

Tab over to your email (c'mon, you know you have it open), and send any sort of message to devarbitrage@gmail.com. It will automatically respond with my name, phone number, and actual email. Let's talk!

SEEKING WORK - Rails/Elixir/React(Native) Full Stack Web (and Mobile) Developer

Location: Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Remote: Yes (but I'm happy to travel from time to time)

I've got over a decade's experience building innovative web applications using Ruby on Rails. Lately I've been increasingly interested in Elixir and Phoenix for building realtime applications. Also over the past several years, I've witnessed the heavy lifting move to the frontend and I've embraced React, Relay, GraphQL, and React Native on this path. I've worked on large teams, I've worked alone. As such, I've got experience across the full stack ranging from CSS pixel pushing all the way down to writing provisioning scripts for scaling servers.

Over the years, I've worked on a variety of projects from clients as big as a Fortune 50 company to early stage startups. Most recently, I've been working on an IoT/Mobile/Web platform for a very large company. I've spent many years in the eCommerce space helping streamline sales for hybrid online/B&M eCommerce companies. I've integrated with countless APIs.

I'm very interested in building cutting edge interesting apps. If you're looking to build another Facebook, I might not be for you.

I am in the early stages of growing my freelancing into an agency so I've also got a team on call for building out larger projects.

Let's chat! carter at altitype dot com

SEEKING WORK | Iran | Full-stack Engineer and UI/UX Designer

13 Years of experience in different areas of computers and trying to get out of Iran.

Remote: OK (payment: bitcoin or some other popular crypto-currency)

Relocation: OK (Extremely preferred)

Tech: Python, Django, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, MySQL, Ubuntu, jQuery, Apache2

CMS: Wordpress, Joomla, Prestashop, vBulletin, IPBoard

CSS Frameworks: Twitter Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation, Semantic UI, UI Kit

Other: Browser Extension

Software: Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)

Looking jobs for: Web developer, UI / UX Designer, Motion Graphic, Managerial positions

Preferably: Senior and higher positions

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojtahedi/

Email: gerdoo1397@gmail.com

SEEKING WORK - Remote / Michigan

Expert Fullstack Ruby on Rails/Nodejs Developer with 10 years experience. MVPs, Large legacy projects, Emergency fixes. Great communicator. Excellent knowledge and experience across a number of domains: fintech, healthcare, ecommerce, education, security. Also extremely strong in DevOps, AWS, Chef, Terraform. Worked on many large Rails and NodeJS projects that have scaled to Millions of users.

Remote: Yes.

Willing to relocate: No.

Technologies: Ruby/Rails, Node, Serverless, React, HTML/CSS, full stack JS, security, TDD, git, deployment/devops, AWS, project management

Résumé/CV: www.featlabs.com

Email: projects `at` featlabs `dot` com

SEEKING WORK - Chicago, IL - Remote or onsite - Part-time or 1-6 month contract

Skills:

– iOS Swift Development

– Augmented Reality ARKit Development

– Growth

– Solidity Contracts & Web3 Dapp Development (I am learning these now as I build a dapp)

I specialize in developing iOS apps. Several of my apps were handpicked and featured worldwide by Apple. I've built social, gaming, messaging, lending, consumer, and location-based products.

I also excel at growth. I've led marketing teams and grown products at sustained double-digit month-over-month rates.

Experience with: Swift, ARKit, iMessage extensions, Firebase, JavaScript, Solidity, Truffle, AWS, Sketch, Heroku, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, Wireframing, and UX.

Website: https://atmorales.com

Email: tony@atmorales.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atmorales0/

If you have any questions: Shoot me a message & let's talk!

SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance

Python/Django/Mobile/React/React-Native, with extensive experience building of web applications, e-commerce marketplaces. I've worked a lot AWS, Docker, Ansible I have a research background in data analysis. I also have experience with Golang, React, Clojure, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, nltk, TensorFlow and more recently Solidity. Some recent examples from my portfolio:

* Airbase - Coming Soon. An app to manage hundreds of app subscriptions using virtual credit cards. https://angel.co/airbase-1

* http://www.moonliteapp.com - An app for freelancers and clients to work together.

* http://joypost.me - An app(with an SMS bot) to send beautiful printed postcards to your loved ones.

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

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

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

* http://publish.saxo.com - publishing platform(for print on demand) and online courses.

You can look at http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio/

Github: http://github.com/sidmitra

Homepage: http://www.sidmitra.com

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

Email: sidmitra.del+hn@gmail.com

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SEEKING WORK

  Location: Remote
  Position: Technical Content/Writing, Proofreading, Content Strategy
  Availability: Short (2 weeks) to Medium (3-6 months) - US-Eastern or Western Europe or flexible
Background: I am a programmer that is comfortable experimenting with many new technologies and being able to write about such technologies.

I can deliver end-user documentation, beginner tutorials, transactional-content, notices or even marketing content.

Samples available upon request.

Contact: lancer101@boun.cr