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

55 points by whoishiring ↗ HN
Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility.

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

Location: North-east UK

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

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

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SEEKING WORK - Remote

Product designer and developer from Iceland.

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I can help you with:

* UX Design - We will work together to make user flows, wireframes and prototypes that will be easy to use and pleasing to the eye.

* Front-end development - Building a front-end needs attention to details. I got the skills to work with your developers, or on my own, to create a great product.

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See my previous work at https://gilli.is/

Contact me at gilli@hn.gilli.is

Related links:

* Portfolio: https://gilli.is

* Dribbble: http://dribbble.com/gilli

* Twitter: http://twitter.com/gillisig

* Github: http://github.com/gillisig

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SEEKING WORK | Copenhagen, Denmark | Remote works well

Willing to relocate: For periods of time, yes.

Technologies: JavaScript, Node, React, React Native, AWS, Azure.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfsaxberg/

Email: jacob@webcom.dk

I am a full-stack developer who have been part of a few startups, created my own way back, and am currently building a large web application for a client, due soon.

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 a little experience making Android apps, and my open-source Android app Ceilingbounce has happy users.

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

Some public facing things I've worked on:

https://priceonomics.com

https://survis.com

https://remarkbox.com

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

DevOps / Python guy with 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:

+ Re-hosting a large microservice node.js + RethinkDB web application on Google Cloud. The resulting stack (serving a busy news site) is deployed to GKE with a set of Helm charts and a minimal amount of custom tooling for CDN & image serving. GKE has turned out to be low-maintenance and rock solid; I'll be glad to work with it again.

+ Rewriting a Python big data stack for a bioscience client. Result was a robust, scalable system deployed with Terraform/Docker to spot instances managed by AWS Batch. Benefits included better resilience, higher resource utilisation and vastly reduced cost/processing time.

+ 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 crypto trading. Didn't get rich, still posting on here.

hn-2018-11@mbird.biz / https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/alex-hewson/b6/50a/8b4

SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote

Hi, I'm Hrishi Mittal. I run Learnetto, an online education site (https://learnetto.com). I have a growing site with a few thousand developers. I'm working on a new service to offer 1-on-1 coaching and mentoring to junior and mid level developers.

So I'm looking for multiple senior developers who have expertise and confidence in teaching Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Node, Express, Python, Django, React, Vue, Angular, SQL, Devops, AWS and other technologies.

If you have any experience teaching online through blog posts, tutorials, courses or books, you might be the right type of person I'm looking for.

If you don't have experience teaching yet, but do have tech expertise and are interested in getting into teaching, then I'm also interested in hearing from you.

I'm looking to pay anywhere between $100-$200 per hour based on your skills.

This will be highly rewarding work because you will help developers who are starting out in their careers to learn faster and progress quickly.

Please fill in this form with your details - https://goo.gl/forms/fFYHV9bzVHyxE5DR2

If you have any questions, email me at hrishi@learnetto.com

If you're a junior developer looking to improve your skills, feel free to email me.

SEEKING WORK - Remote, Cologne, Germany - http://mygnu.com

  Hi HN,

  my name is Ujal and I am a Frontend Engineer from Cologne, Germany.

  For the past 8 years I've worked exclusively as a freelancer 
  and I am currently on a search for exciting new projects.

  My past clients include https://minglabs.com, 
  https://dunckelfeld.de and https://universal-music.de

  You can find more about me on http://mygnu.com.
  See https://linkedin.com/in/udschal for a full list of my projects.
SEEKING WORK | San Francisco | Remote Okay | Steve Morin

Currently CTO for 50+ person startup/company. Been a manager of 35+ people 3 times. Looking for new engineering leadership role. I've worked a Yahoo, AT&T and started companies before, so have a nice variety of experience with platforms at scale, dealing with mature organizations and growing small teams to mature ones. I have also opened up international offices for companies for growth and expansion. I have a deep specialty in BigData and Data Systems engineering as I started an ran a large consultancy in the US that specialized in that for large companies. Have experience with Frontend, and Backend systems. I have a very large architectural breadth along with strong business skills.

  Location: San Francisco
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Java, Python, Javascript/React, Elixir/Erlang, Perl, Clojure, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark Hbase, Elastic Search, Docker AWS , GCP, Ansible, Chef, Postgres, Neo4J ....
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebmorin/
  Email: steve@stevemorin.com
SEEKING WORK / Remote / Based in Los Angeles

Designer + Developer

I have over 10 years of experience as a graphic designer and web developer. I create websites, brand identities and marketing material for a variety of companies including startups, agencies and non-profit organizations. In addition to my design skills, I have thorough knowledge of full-stack web development.

DESIGN: websites, mobile apps, logos, banner ads, marketing material, advertising, billboards, trade show displays, packaging, 3D modeling, photo retouching

DEVELOPMENT: HTML, CSS, LESS, JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, Node, PHP, Django, MySQL, Bootstrap, Foundation, REST APIs, Contentful, Webhook, Wordpress, Modx, Git, Grunt/Gulp, Static Site Generators

PORTFOLIO: http://sunderlandstudio.com

LINKEDIN: http://linkedin.com/in/stevesunderland

CONTACT: stevesunderland[at]gmail.com

Excellent job mate. You have an issue with https://www.sunderlandstudio.com/portfolio/louise-fishman.ht...

The second "VISIT THE WEBSITE" link points at https://www.sunderlandstudio.com/portfolio/{{ item.website }}

Your website is full of errors thanks to view-source:https://www.sunderlandstudio.com/assets/css/app.css that points to multiple links to url(../../../node_modules/slick-carousel/slick/fonts/...
I assume you're trying to be helpful, but it's a bit rough to pick flaws in someone's work in response to a freelancer post, especially the "Your website is full of errors" bit.

Since the person's email address is there, probably the helpful thing to do would be to send them a note about the errors your found.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356732 and marked it off-topic.

SEEKING WORK / London, UK / Remote

I have over 15 years commercial experience taking projects from start to finish. After many years in permanent employment in various companies I am looking to go into contracting.

I am a full stack Python/Django developer and can deliver your minimum viable product in a month along with a nice and unique polished design. Due to extensive experience in marketing and SEO in one of the leading agencies in the UK I can help layout a plan for online marketing as well.

For further info and chat ping me on jupiterandganymede@protonmail.ch

SEEKING WORK - Remote/SF/Missouri

iOS/Android/Mobile development

Portfolio & Information: http://quarkworks.co

Contact: contact@quarkworks.co

SEEKING WORK - Remote / London, UK / Travel within Europe once per month fine

Java/Python/AWS developer (10+ years experience). I'm also running an AWS compliance & security assessment firm.

I can build your MVP rapidly in Python/Django, develop your API in Java & AWS, assemble you a team and help you with client outreach/business development.

https://bernhardwenzel.com

SEEKING WORK - Remote / Europe

Seeking contract work for a few months. I could build MVPs and/or make your apps more robust, faster, more extensible.

I have extensive experience with the following technologies:

- JavaScript (mainly React)

- Python (mainly Django)

- C# (Windows and Office app/extension/service)

- Clojure and ClojureScript and JVM ecosystem (Java, mainly Spring)

Extensive experience building web applications, enterprise applications, application architecture, API and database modeling.

Served remotely as the CTO of a US-based startup for 5 years, which became a multi million dollar success with tens of thousands of paid users.

Created multiple startup/enterprise products with the technologies mentioned above.

Worked as a consultant and trainer and helped digital transformation of multiple enterprises, including banks and insurance companies and startups. Spoke at various international conferences on Clojure, React, Django.

Contact: contact@ustunozgur.com

SEEKING WORK. Location: India

Remote possible: Yes. Prefer remote.

Profile: https://www.codementor.io/vasudevram Rating: 4.8/5.0. See reviews there.

Creator of xtopdf, PDF generation toolkit for Python. Freelance developer, consultant and trainer for many years. Worked with many startups. Employee at a few large and small US & Indian companies earlier.

Skills: Python, C, SQL and database design, Unix & Linux, shell, awk, sed, etc., web dev (back end), REST, XML-RPC, PDF generation (created a product for it - xtopdf) & PDF text extraction, command-line utility dev (wrote IBM dW article on creating Linux CLI utilities in C), Flask, SQLAlchemy, software design, testing. Some Ruby, Rails and Java earlier too, not current.

Was team leader of a successful Windows C database middleware product; did a lot of Unix C work too, e.g. managing (hands-on) year-long project for migration / conversion of NEC mainframe data and programs to Unix C and shell scripts and Sybase for examination processing department of a leading university.

Overview of xtopdf (my PDF toolkit for Python): http://slid.es/vasudevram/xtopdf

xtopdf creates business reports & simple PDF ebooks. Supports 20+ input formats. Works on CLI, desktop and Web UIs, on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Some well-known orgs in US, UK, NL use it.

APP DEVELOPER: iOS | iPhone | iPad | Apple Watch | Apple TV

SEEKING WORK | Remote | Dallas, TX

Validate and launch your iOS app for less than $10K.

https://iamskog.com

Get started with a free Skeleton Demo!

SEEKING WORK / Remote / Based in Seoul, Korea

Web Design/Development. Fairly new to the industry, looking for experience, and open to short-term or long-term projects.

I have been coding for almost 2 years and have about .5 years of professional experience as a web developer. I can build single page apps with React or VueJS. I also know how to build full-stack applications, using (for example) MongoDB and NodeJS.

DEVELOPMENT: HTML, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, Node, Flask, MySQL, Bootstrap, REST APIs, Git, Gulp

PORTFOLIO: https://simonhlee97.github.io

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-h-lee/

CONTACT: simonhlee4945[at]gmail.com

Small Artificial Intelligence consulting shop.

Computer Vision.

Deep Learning

Machine learning

Risk Analytics.

Credit risk modeling and analytics

Tell us the business your're in and we will tell you how AI can help you. As they say data is the new oil. If you have the data we can train a system with your data. If we can feed enough data into a database can detect patterns. Those patterns can then be used to make predictions.

Recent engagement(s)

German auto manufacturer

Financial underwriting company for leasing / finance automotive

Ev (electric vehicle) valuation tool for a leading ev automative company.

Credit Collections scoring system for collection agencies

Computer vision system. Facial detection / Recognition for a kiosk

Robotics / process automation. Feasiblity study for a major league business team in Houston.

$250/hour. Pay for Play. 15 min free call.

contact(at)qureshimedia.com

10 hours minimum. NYC.

SEEKING WORK, Big Data Engineer, Primarily Remote (based in Eindhoven, NL)

I am a strong data engineer who is passionate about large-scale distributed systems and streaming pipelines, and cares about producing clean, maintainable, robust Scala / Spark code.

Core Skills:

● Kafka, Spark Streaming, Avro

● Cassandra (DevOps, Data Modeling)

● Distributed Systems Coordination (ZooKeeper)

● Feature Engineering for Machine Learning

● Programming Languages: Scala (highly proficient, 8 years exp.), Python (proficient)

Other Skills: Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes/GKE, JVM tuning for big data.

Educational Background: Computer Science.

Solid experience working remotely.

All of my recent work history (8 years) is exclusively with startups. I have recently architected and engineered the platform and big data pieces of an end-to-end, turnkey ML platform. References upon request.

Profile: https://angel.co/dan-serban

Rate: $125/hour.

E-mail address in the profile.

SEEKING FREELANCER. Philadelphia & New York. Local only.

We are a development shop that focuses on software craftsmanship. Our calling is to help companies create amazing, intuitive web & mobile applications, APIs, products, and services.

Pair programming, continuous integration & delivery, kaizen, and TDD/BDD aren't just ideas we pay lip service to, but core practices of our day-to-day work.

We love polyglots. We use lots of Ruby, Python, Elixir, and JavaScript (mostly React and React-Native).

As PromptWorks grows, so does demand on our engineering team. We often find ourselves fielding development inquiries from excellent clients working outside our preferred stacks and expertise or we occasionally don’t have enough staff to fill out a team with employees. In those cases, we like to work with seasoned, versatile contractors that are excited to dive in. We are seeking experienced freelance engineers to mutually expand our business.

Skills we are currently looking for:

  • Ruby & Rails
  • Elixir & Phoenix
  • Kubernetes, Docker, AWS Lambda
  • Python
  • React, Angular
  • React Native
  • .NET
  • iOS, Android
https://www.promptworks.com/jobs
SEEKING WORK, Software Developer, Remote (Phoenix, AZ)

I have 15 years experience in software development, and I work in many languages (most currents are node.js, python and ocaml).

I mostly do complex algorithms, weird file conversion, and language parsers.

I have most recently worked on the VHD and VMDK file formats, some real time web transactions and with the Fusion 360 API. In the past I have worked on gcode parsing and generation, toolpath generation, OCR issues, gerber and excellon file parsing and generation, Xenserver, signal acquisition and processing (including the hardware), GIS systems, distributed file systems (gluster), etc.

github: https://github.com/nraynaud

address in profile.

SEEKING WORK

Location: Minneapolis / Saint Paul, MN USA Remote: Yes

Technologies: .Net, C#, Azure, Web API, WPF, WinForms, SQL, Mongo, Elasticsearch, Javascript, React, Node, much more

Experience: 12 years FTE development experience, leadership roles, consulting services as well

I am looking for contracts up to 10 hours per week.

Resume: Please email me

Email: grjrojo at gmail

SEEKING FREELANCER

Location: UK, Midlands

Technologies: Node, SQL, HTML

Experience: Must have a few years doing full-stack web development with good recent Node experience.

Anything from 10 hours per week to full time available.

Email me: floyd _at_ hampton _dot_ io

I tried to email you but the email bounced. If you're still looking for a developer please drop me a line jcieslik_at_whiteboarddynamics_dot_co .
SEEKING WORK, Montreal, Remote

Pragmatic Front-End Engineer working on big projects (50M+ Revenue).

Areas of focus:

  - Mentoring/Lead
  - Optimization (A/B testing)
  - Performance
  - Stability
  - Deployment
  - Automation
Skills:

  - JavaScript (React, Redux, NodeJS, Mocha, Webpack, etc.)
  - Scripting / Build / Automation (Bash, Docker, CircleCI, Jenkins, Capistrano)
  - Monitoring (AppDynamics, SumoLogic)
  - Clojure + ClojureScript
Recent successes:

  - Performance optimizations that equates to 3M extra revenue (data obtained with A/B testing with 95% statistical significance)
  - Reduce CPU lag on our fleet of servers 10-fold (Optimizations)
Rate: $105/h

Contact: charles[at]cpclermont.com

SEEKING full time Senior PHP backend/fullstack developer, long term remote work.

An up and coming company building self order systems for restaurants, with great growth potential and major customers is seeking senior PHP developers, mainly for backend work but some frontend may be required from time to time.

Pretty much everyone at the company works remotely, we have people working with us remotely for 10+ years in other ventures. We care about our people and provide a great opportunity for those willing and able to work from home. We don't care where, who or what you are as long as you're dedicated, talented and are willing to do great work as part of a team scattered around the globe.

Solve this below and let's talk:

-- QzBERTgyNDYKCjYzNkY2NDY1M0EzMzM1MzYzNDJDMjA3Mzc1NjI2RDY5NzQy MDc0NkYzQTIwNjg3NDc0NzA3MzNBMkYyRjc4NzM3NDY1NjM2ODJFNjU3NTJG NzM3NTYyNkQ2OTc0MkQ2MzZGNjQ2NQ== --

I gave it a quick try.

The == at the end looked like base64 so:

Decoding "QzBERTgyNDYKCjYzNkY2NDY1M0EzMzM1MzYzNDJDMjA3Mzc1NjI2RDY5NzQy" gives us:

"C0DE8246

636F64653A333536342C207375626D69742"

Bunch of numbers with some letters up to F? Should be hex:

"code:3564, submit"

The final piece can be decoded using the same process to "submit-code".

Middle piece can be decoded to hex: "0746F3A2068747470733A2F2F7873746563682E65752F" but I didn't get past this because this hex gives me a binary that I could not make sense of.

Better luck to the next :P

That's counterproductive, Felipe, I'd appreciate if you deleted your comment.

Let's see you do the rest though.

i find the fact that you created a HN account just to troll us with your little puzzle to be 'counterproductive'. you're not the NSA, you're a PHP dev house. respect people's time and maybe you'll get the applicants you're looking for
It is easier than that... the interesting thing comes after solving this first "puzzle"
Yeah, it's just a warmup really :)
are you sure its a valid data matrix code in task#3?
I stopped there as well... I tried two or three ideas but did not get nowhere
Too bad, maybe you should try again. We've made this step slightly easier now, with a hint or two added in the mix.
Thanks but no thanks! I am not really looking for job (I am actually quite far away from you and I also posted in this as I am also hiring). I am only curious on these types of challenges.

First two steps are good. The third one might be very easy but I found it very ambiguous. I suppose if you really need to find a job you will spend lots of time.

Yes, a bunch of guys are already past that step.

Hint: think simple here, real simple

i am pretty sure it's not a valid data matrix code.
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C0DE8246

636F64653A333536342C207375626D697420746F3A2068747470733A2F2F7873746563682E65752F7375626D69742D636F6465