Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2021)

65 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 | EU / UK-based | On-demand, targeted SRE expertise

I provide short-term (1-2 weeks), high-end SRE consulting services focused on solving specific operational problems in emergency or high-pressure situations. I deal with all aspects of systems engineering and SRE / DevOps processes, as well as with strategic and evaluation needs.

My expertise is based on 30 years of hands-on technical experience in all areas of IT, but especially in designing, building and operating complex, hybrid platforms for global clients.

I usually work with clients who:

  - have urgent operational issues that need immediate outside expertise
  - are launching a new service but are not sure if it is customer-ready
  - have unstable or non-scaling systems that are impacting end-users
  - are worried about process gaps that affect service delivery quality
Examples of work I've done for clients:

  - Implementing multi-level cloud redundancy
  - Tracking down performance bottlenecks
  - Stabilisation of complex applications
  - Validation of new projects before production
  - Intelligent logging & monitoring implementations
  - Effective dashboarding and alerting
  - Tool selection & best practices
I have extensive experience in a wide range of SRE / DevOps / SysAdmin tools, most AWS and Azure services (at a global level), and many data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, Storm, Solr, Elasticsearch, Redis, Hadoop, etc.

You can find out more or get in touch here: https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2109h

SEEKING WORK | Taipei, Taiwan (GMT+8) | Remote OK

I can help you launch your MVP. I’m a generalist engineer with 11 years of experience. I’ve worked at big and small companies, as CTO of a startup, and done lots of consulting. Most of that was doing web stuff, but I’ve also worked on more niche stuff like ML, computer vision, and microcontrollers. I have worked as a consultant long enough to know that the process is as important as the code, and being able to communicate even more so.

Languages (Ruby, Python, Rust, Go, Swift, JavaScript, C, C++, Elixir, Java, R, PHP)

Frameworks & Libraries (Scikit-Learn, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Flask, Rails, Sinatra, OpenCV, PCL, ggplot2, Seaborn, d3.js, Protocol Buffers, gRPC, React, Redux)

Databases, Etc. (PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, MySQL, MongoDB)

Platforms (iOS, AWS, Heroku, Digital Ocean, Kubernetes)

Tools (UNIX, Git, VIM, Jupyter Notebooks, Graphite, Prometheus, Grafana)

APIs/Services/Integrations (Slack apps, Zapier integrations)

Website: https://zacstewart.com

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

Email: work@zacstewart.com

Day rate: $1000

SEEKING CONTRACT WORK | UX, UI & web design

Portfolio: https://www.seanw.org/

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Email: sw@seanw.org

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I help startups improve the UX, UI and web design of their products, including web app redesigns and custom website designs. My background as a full stack developer and independent app creator lets me work closely with your developers to design solutions that strike a balance between development effort, performance and usability.

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The best live example of my work is Checkbot (https://www.checkbot.io/), a browser extension that audits websites for SEO, speed and performance problems. The entire project is my own work including coding the extension itself, UX/UI design, website design (the desktop homepage is optimised to load in 0.7s with only 0.3MB transferred), website copy, and website articles on web best practices.

[ Rated 4.9/5, 40K+ active users, 100s of paying subscribers ]

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I have 10+ years of experience, including 5 years working for myself with over 20 companies including Just Eat and Triumph Motorcycles, and I have a PhD in software verification. See my website for testimonials, portfolio and more:

https://www.seanw.org

Skills: Figma, Sketch, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, HTML/CSS, OCaml, Java, Python, C, website SEO and speed optimisation.

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Email sw@seanw.org with a short description of your project and how you think I can help - I can get back to you within one working day to arrange a call to discuss a quote.

SEEKING WORK | Edinburgh, UK | Remote or on-site | Graphic Designer

Are you an eco‑conscious business looking for web or print design services? I'm a multidisciplinary graphic designer with an eco-friendly focus.

My design process takes into account the sustainability of the final project from conception to end of life.

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Services

· Web design: responsive mobile/desktop designs that are lightweight and fast - web development can be arranged also

· Branding: logo design, branded social media banners, posters, booklets

· Print design: posters, booklets & business cards, that have optimized material & ink usage

· Custom illustrations: digital artwork, print illustrations

To get started on your design project journey get in touch with me today via https://angeliqueboudeau.org

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Portfolio: https://angeliqueboudeau.org

Instagram and Facebook: @angeliqueboudeauorg

Contact: hi@angeliqueboudeau.org

SEEKING WORK | Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Central European Time)

Remote 4-person team of senior software engineers and designers here. We all have 10+ years of experience working for Fortune 500 companies and several acquired startups. Comprehensive knowledge of:

• JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Redux, React Native, CSS, Node.js

• Clojure, Elixir

• PostgreSQL, MySQL

• Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma

What we can do for you:

• Design & Build an SPA/PWA/Mobile MVP on a solid foundation so it's smooth sailing once your userbase starts to grow.

• Scale up a team that has an overflow of work or wants to add certain tech to their stack.

• Revitalize an existing app. Solve design, scalability, stability and performance issues.

• Consult on domain specific topics like banking, real-time trading, payment processing and PCI DSS.

Sectors: FinTech, MedTech, EduTech, Social

Website: https://go-stellar.com

Email: hello@go-stellar.com

SEEKING WORK -- REMOTE or Local SF Location: San Francisco, CA

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ruby, Python, Javascript, Vue, Haskell, Scala

Resume/CV: available upon request.

Email: hnwwthread@gmail.com

I'm a staff-level individual contributor with 14 years of full-stack experience in a wide variety of technologies, languages, and problem spaces.

I've led and developed teams of up to twelve engineers, have years of experience in a technical product ownership role, and have been fully responsible for the architecture, initial implementation, and ongoing production management and maintenance for systems currently used by millions in the health care space.

These include no-code web builders for forms and whole applications that have saved thousands of developer-hours and millions of dollars, HIPAA-compliant, versioned and fully-auditable data stores, configurable streaming data infrastructure system, and a workflow engine that is responsible for the coordination of a live production application that serves millions.

I view myself as a strong individual contributor who acts as both a force-multiplier for the team and a critical communications hub by being able to understand and translate the needs of a variety of stake-holders due to my truly full-stack business experience.

SEEKING WORK: REMOTE

Location: Pakistan at the moment but I am a Japanese National.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Résumé/CV: [Google Drive Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvmXxyKUzY1qB1-Cjy26LidqOF0...)

Email: ajeelahmed1998@gmail.com

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I just recently graduated(<1 month) with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning. I am looking for jobs that would allow me to work with people who are well versed in the field of Machine Learning Engineering or to an extent Data Engineering.

Although I am a recent graduate I consider myself a quick learner and my passion to get my hands dirty in data ensures that I would perform my jobs with due diligence and interest.

My communication skills have been praised by my peers and my ability to work under pressure ensures that the task gets done no matter what.

I am also open to paid remote internships if the conditions are right.

(As I am relatively inexperienced, I would really appreciate any kind of advice or feedback that would help me get better as an ML Engineer and as well as a human being.)

I also have experience in building MERN stack web apps and mobile applications using React Native but I'd really prefer something Python and ML based.

Thank you for reading.

SEEKING WORK | REMOTE SR Software Architect / SR Full Stack Engineer with a DevOps fable

  Location: Berlin, Germany
  Remote: at least 70%
  Willing to travel: yes
  Willing to relocate: no
  Languages: German (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Basic)
  LinkedIn: www.hoelzel.it
  Validated CV: https://elite.mvpfactory.co/resume/johannes-U2opq-6U9E
  E-Mail: hn [at] hoelzel.it

Hey I am Johannes and I talk to humans and machines!

I grew up with the internet, uploaded my first websites to geocities, was tech-admin of a lot of bulletin boards and have been doing professional code since 2003. After trying to build my first start-up in 2006 I realised that they just won’t come only because I built it. Therefore, I have a bachelor economical psychology, which helps me immensely with team leadership but also allows me to view the product from multiple perspectives.

I have 7 years of hands on (mid level) CTO experience but am also a senior software architect with a hard fable for DevOps and kubernetes at heart. I started working when Servers where still mostly dedicated, have lived the revolution of virtual servers, made a short stop at serverless tech and am now invested in the kubernetes ecosystem and its containers. My preferred cloud is AWS, but I also like to tame bare-metal and everything in-between.

Application wise I have deployed and built everything from frontends, backends, APIs, daemons and my preferred languages of choice are now golang, JavaScript and PHP. I can pick up a new stack easily and am usually the member of the team who can quickly jump between stacks as well as their languages and takes care of the serverside of things.

Technologies:

  Fullstack (Frontend, Backend, APIs, Daemons)
  Favorites: Golang, JavaScript, PHP
  Cloud / X-Cloud : AWS, Hetzner, OVH, Bare-Metal
  Databases: MySQL , MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
  DevOps: Ansible, Puppet, Bash
  Server: Kubernetes, Docker (Swarm), Bare-Metal, Fargate, Serverless
  Windows Server, Windows Network, Active Directory
  Location networking, VPN (Wireguard, Software, MS-VPN)
  Jira / Redmine / Trello
Buenas soy latinoamericano, me gustaria una oportunidad de trabajo en su equipo, soy nuevo en la programación y me gustaria un oportunidad de trabajo donde aprender, para la fecha tengo conocimientos en Vue, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, Node.js, Jquery, Python, Go, CSS3, SASS, Docker, Batch, VBS, C++, Java y estoy aprendiendo Laravel y Symfony. Me gustaria una oportunidad para aplicar lo que he aprendido gracias por leer mi comentario feliz dia. _-------------------------------------------------------

Hi, I'm Latin American, I would like a job opportunity in your team, I am new to programming and I would like a job opportunity to learn, to date I have knowledge of Vue, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, Node.js, Jquery, Python , Go, CSS3, SASS, Docker, Batch, VBS, C ++, Java and I am learning Laravel and Symfony. I would like an opportunity to apply what I have learned. Thank you for reading my comment. Happy day.

SEEKING WORK -- REMOTE or NYC

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Javascript/Typescript, Go, Node.js, React/Redux, PostgreSQL, etc

Resume: https://dwayne.xyz/resume

Email: contact@dwayne.xyz

I’m a web and app developer with over 15 years of professional experience. I’ve worked at startups, mid-sized companies, and large corporations including Apple, eBay, and the Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Center. I specialize in full-stack web development (I prefer longer term backend/database/API feature development), and I’m experienced in iOS development, server administration, database design, and more.

SEEKING FREELANCER | Writers, Bloggers - Business Intelligence, Analytics, DataOps, Database, Data warehouse, SQL | REMOTE (anywhere on the blue planet)

Metabase is the easiest way for people to get insights from their data, from tiny startups who get up and running quickly to major corporations with tens of thousands of users.

We are looking for writers and bloggers to help us creating high-quality, informative, and engaging content for our community.

Interested? Apply here: https://www.metabase.com/jobs/freelance_technical_writers/

SEEKING WORK | Mexico | Remote Only

4-person team comprised of multidisciplinary roles in development, design, UI/UX and marketing that can bring an MVP to production in just a few weeks. Most of the team has worked in startups for +10 years.

Languages: English and Spanish.

Hourly rates: $54-$64 USD

Our services: https://osom.so/development

Technologies:

- Ruby on Rails

- PHP, Laravel

- JS, Node, Vue, React, Svelte

Services:

- MVP/Prototype development

- Startup rescue mission/scaling up

- UX consulting

- Branding and marketing strategy

Email: development [at] osom [dot] so

Buenas soy latinoamericano, me gustaria una oportunidad de trabajo en su equipo, soy nuevo en la programación y me gustaria un oportunidad de trabajo donde aprender, para la fecha tengo conocimientos en Vue, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, Node.js, Jquery, Python, Go, CSS3, SASS, Docker, Batch, VBS, C++, Java y estoy aprendiendo Laravel y Symfony. Me gustaria una oportunidad para aplicar lo que he aprendido gracias por leer mi comentario feliz dia.

--------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm Latin American, I would like a job opportunity in your team, I am new to programming and I would like a job opportunity to learn, to date I have knowledge of Vue, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, Node.js, Jquery, Python , Go, CSS3, SASS, Docker, Batch, VBS, C ++, Java and I am learning Laravel and Symfony. I would like an opportunity to apply what I have learned. Thank you for reading my comment. Happy day.

Strong Java/Kotlin software engineer with 20+ years of experience. Really interested in Elixir/Phoenix.

Other tech: Kafka, K8, Postgres, API design. Very experienced on JVM optimization and perf tuning.

Location: Berlin, Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, flex on travel

Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Spring, REST, SQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, event-driven architecture

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

Github: https://github.com/luciano-fiandesio

Email: luciano@fiandes.io

SEEKING WORK - Remote US - DevOps

In the past, I've:

- Saved a company $500k a year in CI infrastructure costs.

- Worked with several hundred engineer organizations to migrate from Jenkins to GitHub Actions.

- Introduced configuration as code and GitOps best practices to teams.

- Built dynamic review environments triggered on a pull request.

I'm available to:

- Reduce the costs of your CI infrastructure so that you can free up your infrastructure budget.

- Help you migrate from Jenkins to a more modern CI platform, like GitHub Actions, to reduce operational overhead and iterate faster.

- Help your team evaluate emerging technologies and processes. CircleCI or GitHub Actions? Kubernetes or Nomad? GitOps or ChatOps? How do you know what's likely going to be a fad and what's not? I can help your team avoid costly mistakes when adopting new tools and processes.

- Scale your DevOps processes. Should your company adopt full-stack teams that own the entire delivery pipeline, or should a specialized team of internal experts own the pipelines? These are the questions I can help you answer so that you can decide on the right trade-offs that make sense for your company as it scales to avoid future expensive migrations.

- Do implementation work. Maybe you're a small team that doesn't have enough DevOps resources. I can augment your team, dive in, and start delivering fast. I'm well-versed in terraform, Kubernetes, docker, etc. I can help you build repeatable pipelines, documentation and provide a smooth hand-off to your internal team.

- Need something else? Please don't hesitate to reach out.

GitHub: https://github.com/cbui

Contact: chris@cbui.dev

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Generalist Software Engineer

What I do professionally: front-end and back-end

What else I when I work: pentesting

Hobbies related to tech: Reverse engineering with Ida Pro and Ghidra, creating crypto trading bots in Python

Location: Remote, Amsterdam, I am willing to relocate

Technologies (in order of work experience or knowledge): JavaScript/React/Node, C#/ASP.Net Core, Go, x86-64, C++, C

Resume: upon request (2 YoE software engineering, 2 YoE full-stack developer instructor for a coding bootcamp)

email: see my profile description

Education: 2 bachelors (psychology, computer science), 1 master (game studies) and 1 research master (computer security with VUSec)

Academic work: one paper on why players may become addicted to games that are not a fun or joyful experience and are too difficult

Other skills: investing and creating cartooney figures in Sketch

SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote US

Fern Creek Software is in need of multiple developers with various disciplines. Most of what we do is C# but that is honestly not a big requirement for us as most smart developers can pick up another language pretty easy.

We are consultants so we do work for other companies, usually SaaS companies.

Our teams are small, usually less than 7 people and we try to make sure and keep developers writing code instead of stuck in meetings.

This is a job where you will constantly be solving challenging technical problems, working with and learning from other really smart developers and using the latest tech stacks.

I need people who are self starters, can stay focused and can work independently, we are not setup for lots of overhead. We have no project managers or anything like that.

Interested?

Shoot me a message at jobs at ferncreeksoftware dot com

SEEKING WORK | Waterloo, ON Canada (UTC-5) | REMOTE ONLY

Software Developer - Infrastructure, 7+ years experience

  Backend: Rust, Elixir
  DevOps: Kubernetes, AWS
  Email: me@praveenperera.com
  Availability: 20-25 hrs / week
I'm an expert in cloud native development (DevOps, Kubernetes and AWS).

My main focus is helping companies get the most out of the cloud. What that means depends on the company. It means architecting start ups cloud setup while paying special attention to security and best practises. It also means helping enterprise customers reduce their AWS bills. Other things I've done include, automate infrastructure with tools like CDK and terraform. Building platforms to allow developers and project managers to deploy code without getting the DevOps teams involved. Migrating from GCP to AWS, and much more.

I have lot's of varied experience, in different sectors and roles including: cloud development, front and backend development. As well as expertise with many different languages and frameworks including: Rust, Elixir, Typescript, Elm, ReScript, React/React Native, Phoenix.

Things to checkout:

Currently working on: https://primcloud.com

GitHub: https://github.com/praveenperera

Blog: http://blog.praveenperera.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm8urFQRWUEGpaDhdvmeYkQ

If you think you can use me for something you can contact me at me@praveenperera.com

SEEKING WORK | Halifax, Canada (UTC-4) | REMOTE ONLY

Need help improving your B2B SaaS trial to paid conversion? Let's talk.

I can help with:

1. A UX review of your existing flow to increase conversion

2. Building a plan to optimize your in-app and out-of-app onboarding flow for your customers' Desired Outcome

3. Analyzing your qual and quant data to understand what your best customers do... and then build a high-converting onboarding flow to send all your prospects through the same steps

Visit http://www.trialtopaid.com or email me - hn@reemer.com

SEEKING WORK

  Location: GMT-1
  Remote: Yes, please
  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Javascript, Node, Python, Elixir, React, Material Ui, Tailwind, NextJs/BlitzJs, Vercel, Redis, SQL, Mocha/Chai/Sinon, Docker (minor exp)

  Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ya-A4RcSi-BugR1EjEg3J3yrgiebfwdohjzaekMXC6M/edit?usp=sharing

  Email: kazykode@gmail.com
Full stack engineer with background in finance; most of my work was done in start ups and staff augmentation, but open to all positions; preferably with scale. :)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE

Location: european, running a development services company in china.

Technologies: Linux, frontend and backend webdevelopment, prototyping.

20 years experience with web development, offering web development services, developer training, mentoring and part-time CTO support for developers or junior CTOs. (fluent in english and german, learning dutch, french and chinese)

Email: see profile

I am also able to build up a development team for you in china to help you enter the chinese market or take advantage of resources in china.

SEEKING WORK - NYC or Remote

We are a remote 5-person full-stack design and dev team. Our portfolio: https://stratosphere.digital. Some recent projects we've worked on: https://axiosint.com/digitalsolutions, https://divvydose.com, https://emulatebio.com, https://conveyour.com, https://caster.io, https://konverse.com.

Some of the technologies we're most familiar with: Web and mobile design, UI, UX, iconography, illustration, design prototyping, PHP, Node.js, Meteor, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, LESS, Stylus, CoffeeScript, WebSockets, AJAX, MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, Cordova, PhoneGap, React Native, iOS, Android, Browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari), AWS, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, C, C++, C#, Java, Objective-C, Swift, pharmacy systems such as QS/1, HL7, HIPAA.

We offer hourly rates and discounted monthly retainer options. Contact: via our website or you can contact me directly at eliyah@stratosphere.digital.

SEEKING WORK | Boston, MA | REMOTE ONLY

DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Writer

Looking for part-time or full-time contract/consulting work in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Technical Writing. Discounted hourly rate for any employer working on Climate Change initiatives.

Programming Languages:

Bash, Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Perl

Applications/Tools:

VMware ESXi, Linux KVM, Ansible, Apache, Nginx, OpenVPN, Docker, IPTables & BSD Firewalls, Postfix, OpenSMTP, MariaDB, Ossec IDS, JUNOS,Windows Deployment, Windows Active Directory, Microsoft DNS, Exchange, Office 365

Cloud Infrastructure:

Amazon AWS (EC2, S3, Route53, RDS, VPC), GitLab CI/CD, Atlassian Jira Software, Confluence, & Service Management, Prometheus & Grafana, ELK Stack, Google Workspace, Azure Active Directory, Citrix ShareFile

Contact:

Website: www.danabucci.net

Email: consulting@danabucci.net

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