Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2022)

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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 | France, UK - REMOTE US/EU timezones | Search, Data-driven application expertise - Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Mongo, Hadoop, Redis.

I provide short-term (1-4 weeks), high-end search and data consulting services focused on solving specific problems in urgent or critical situations.

My expertise is based on 30 years of hands-on technical experience in all areas of IT, but particularly in architecting, building and managing data-driven enterprise platforms.

Examples of work I've done for recent clients:

  - Productionalising Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch and Solr-based applications
  - Implementing multi-level Azure cloud redundancy for data-driven applications
  - Tracking down performance bottlenecks in Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, Storm and Spark
  - Stabilisation of complex Java-based containerised applications
  - Validation of greenfield project design
  - Azure cloud architecture for HA production workloads
  - Data architecture design for Solr, Mongo and Elasticsearch
  - DevOps implementations & best practices for Azure & AWS
On parle français!

You can find out more or get in touch here: https://www.nonstopops.io/?sid=hnf2205

SEEKING WORK | Lisbon, Portugal or Remote (originally from New Zealand!) | Full stack -- and I mean full stack, from BIOS-dev to biz-dev :)

I've done a bunch of interesting stuff over the years. Drones, VR, OS development, low level network mobile/server stuff, reverse engineering, large-scale VPN DPI, streaming video, speech-to-text, automatic cloud optimisation, deep tech, etc. If you've got some interesting networking or low-level-system stuff, that'd be fun. But I'm open to all discussions :)

Ping me and we'll talk!

https://paulh.consulting or paul@bieh.net

SEEKING WORK, Cassandra / Druid Cluster Engineer, Primarily Remote

Well-rounded Scala data engineer with deep knowledge of the internals of distributed datastores.

Core Skills:

● Cassandra (Data Modeling, Troubleshooting Performance And Operational Issues)

● Druid (Stream Ingestion, Cluster Ops, Data Modeling, Scaling Complex Queries)

● Stream Processing At Scale: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming

● Languages: Scala, SQL (highly proficient), Python (proficient)

Other Skills: Zookeeper, BigQuery, Redshift, Kinesis, Airflow, DBT, Snowflake, PrestoSQL, Clickhouse, Stitch, FiveTran.

Educational Background: Computer Science.

Solid experience working remotely. EU-based, 5 hours overlap with PST.

More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JcfJMdm7R5NOb4bpE2FUrtovMdk...

E-mail address in the profile.

SEEKING WORK | UX/UI & web design

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

Location: Edinburgh, UK and remote (I’m used to time zone differences and async work)

Email: sw@seanw.org

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I help startups with the UX/UI and web design of their products. This includes websites, landing pages, screenshots and copywriting, and I can assist with frontend development where needed. My background as a startup founder and full stack developer helps me create practical design solutions that balance usability, aesthetics, development effort and performance. I work to fixed price quotes when projects are self-contained.

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The best live example of my work is Checkbot (https://www.checkbot.io/), a browser extension that tests 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 homepage is optimised to load in 0.7 seconds, 0.3MB data transferred), website copy, and website articles on web best practices.

[ Rated 4.9/5, 50K+ active users, 100s of paying subscribers ]

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I have 10+ years of experience, including a PhD in software verification and 5+ years working for myself helping over 20 companies including Just Eat, Triumph Motorcycles and Fogbender (YC W22). See my website for testimonials, portfolio and more:

https://www.seanw.org

Skills: Figma, Sketch, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, Hugo, Jekyll, WordPress, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, Tailwind, OCaml, Java, Python, C, analytics, website SEO and speed optimisation.

Note: For larger projects, I usually have my partner assist alongside me in the background to speed things up and I’m working towards starting a design studio with her in the future.

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Email sw@seanw.org with a short description of 1) your project 2) how you think I can help 3) the business outcome you’re looking for and 4) any deadlines. I can get back to you within one working day to arrange a call to discuss a quote and how we can work together.

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

Are you a business looking for web or print design services? I'm a multidisciplinary graphic designer with an eco-friendly focus, specialising in lightweight website designs and low-ink usage print design. My design process takes into account the sustainability of the final design project from conception to end of life.

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Services

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

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

· Print design: posters, booklets & business cards

· 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/#portfolio

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angeliqueboudeauorg/

Contact: hi@angeliqueboudeau.org

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SEEKING FREELANCERS | REMOTE | Technical PMs | Tribe.AI

If there are any technical PMs looking for consulting gigs in the ML/AI space, take a look at tribe.ai/join (takes ~5 mins to apply). I've been in the community for more than a year; it's a great experience with interesting projects, internal events (fully remote but they do have a space in NYC you can hang out at). I know there's a huge need for product oriented folks right now - feel free to ping me if you have questions!

That sounds quite interesting. I have already sent the application. I would love to shoot you some more questions, feel free to contact me at leander.low@gmail.com
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SEEKING WORK | Europe | Remote preferred, Onsite possible

Hi, my name is Till.

I always like to help people, so if you need help with anything, let me know. I'm mostly offering short term consulting or contracting. Usually I work remotely, but I'm open to travel to visit you short term. I can help get things running, especially when you're a young startup or launching a new project.

Buzzwords: F#, C#, .Net, C++, Typescript, Rust, Elm, AWS (Cloudformation, CDK, S3, Cloudfornt, ECS, Lambda, RDS...) , Rust, terraform, ...

I've also worked with hiring and product planning.

CV: https://docs.zohopublic.eu/file/6ptn130f37fb9bb38457b94cd56c...

Email: hn@till.red

Website: https://till.red

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/till-schroeder/

Please mention this thread when writing me :)

SEEKING WORK | Remote Only, no relocation | Part-Time | Located in Eastern Time Zone

Role: Software Engineer

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, React (NextJS, GatsbyJS), Golang

Github: https://github.com/bowmanmike

Email: mike at mikebowman dot dev

Website: https://mikebowman.dev

I'm a software engineer with over 6 years of experience looking for freelance/contract work. I've got plentiful experience with back-end development, and am confident with React and other front-end frameworks. I'm a good communicator, reliable, and easy to get along with. Ideally looking for roles where I can act as a mini engineering team for a company that doesn't have one, but open to other opportunities!

Get in touch!

SEEKING WORK | Remote Only | Part Time | US Time Zones

Role: Software Architect / Senior Software Engineer

Technologies: Ruby on Rails / Ruby on Jets, Rust, Crystal, C/C++, D, HTML/CSS/JS, any SQL, ML / Deep Learning, (also PHP, Java, .NET but it's been a while)

Github: https://github.com/sam0x17

Website: https://sam0x17.dev

Email: me at sam0x17 dot dev

Software engineer with over a decade of industry experience in web development, low-level / high performance backend work, ML. Former DoD research computer scientist as well.

I also provide advice to early stage YC and series A-B+ startups as they build out their engineering teams, make key technical hires, build and scale their platforms, etc.

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SEEKING FREELANCER | Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone

At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our work life while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We're looking for well rounded software engineers to join our team. Contract or contract-to-hire, open to employment too. Many more details on our website https://www.uplift.ltd/careers

1. Mid/senior experience in at least 2 of these:

* React/React Native

* Django (python)

* GraphQL (Django & React+Apollo)

Usually start part time & ramp up.

2. Scala Engineer

This position involves building backend services in Scala and a GraphQL layer in TypeScript.

Must have 1-2 years of experience with Scala. Experience with TypeScript is a big plus.

This is a 6-month opportunity,could turn into a permanent position.

Bonus:

* Freelance experience: delivered projects, managed budget/estimate, worked with non-technical clients (most important)

* Heroku or AWS

* Laravel/MVC framework in PHP, PHPUnit

* Thrift

* Excellent CSS skills

* Native iOS/Android

* SQL experience

* Can think critically, build from rough specs (no designs or detailed specs)

One of our core values is continuous learning: within the industry & from each other. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you're self-sufficient, passionate & a good communicator, apply now!

Web designers can check out our site for details.

#### To apply:

You have at least 20 hours per week available, and are located in a US timezone.

Visit https://www.uplift.ltd/careers/, select a position, and follow the instructions.

SEEKING WORK | Remote only | Part time | US time zones

Graphic designer with experience in both frontend (Wordpress, some Joomla and some Typo3) and backend (PHP) - iconography and editorial design with ConTeXt. Looking for part time job/small projects.

Portfolio: milerm.bitbucket.io Resume: https://bitbucket.org/milerm/curriculum-vitae/src/master/cur... Email: acidrums4+works at gmail dot com

SEEKING WORK | Seattle | Remote OK

I am a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Google Style, with experience at both large and small organizations. I've been using Kubernetes since the very beginning, been actively working at scale, and worked across the stack and with diverse technologies. I'm looking to help small dev teams increase their velocity by implementing best-practices of Devops: CI/CD, Kubernetes Deployments, and effective Monitoring frameworks.

I'm available for consulting on your initial setup, for fixing your build, as well as on retainer for operational Oncall. I'm actually quite busy at the moment, but happy to have a conversation if you've got something small or forward-looking, or happy to forward it on to my network.

My resume: https://resume.gauntletwizard.net/ThomasHahnResume.pdf

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-hahn-3344ba3/

My Github: https://github.com/GauntletWizard

SEEKING WORK | Remote Website: https://www.paleblueapps.com

Remote: Yes

Email: info @ paleblueapps com

How to build an awesome mobile app for Android and/or iOS? Solid app architecure, best-practices, and consistent monitoring. Our experienced software engineers can jumpstart (and maintain) your new app. Get in touch for an honest conversation.

* |_ (O) |#| '-'

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SEEKING WORK | Australia (western Victoria), remote only

I’m expert in both Rust and the web as a whole, a generalist with experience in web frontend, web backend and various non-web stuff too. But what I’m particularly enjoying these days is training people in Rust (formally or informally), mentoring, and things like that.

https://chrismorgan.info/hire-me/

SEEKING WORK | Renewable Energy consultant

Research portfolio and contact info: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=a0oog-YAAAAJ&hl=en

CV/Resume available on request

  Location: Canada, Ontario
  Remote:   Yes
  Technologies: Utility-scale wind, solar PV, battery storage.
  Areas: Technology design, feasibility evaluation, performance evaluation
SEEKING WORK

S.F. Bay Area | Remote preferred | Email: me@boldcoder.com

Resume/CV: https://laclin.com/kiraly-resume.pdf

I graduated from U.C. Berkeley with High Honors in Mathematics and Honors in Computer Science.

I've worked on 100s of successful projects for Rockwell, Northrop Grumman, Adobe, Motorola, the DTIC, UK-NCIS, and many others. I was the sole software developer one year for 50% of the U.S. Vote and did the initial draft of one of Adobe's printer protocols. I've worked on my own Linux distro for 25 years and have patched and built 1,000s of FOSS packages in the process.

I can handle an unusually wide range of work as the resume shows. I've done everything from anti-terrorism and fighter jet database appliances to webdev, technical writing, fraud detection, and restructuring one mid-size corporation.

In my most recent role, discussed in the PDF, I had a patch to Linux kernel 5.17 accepted. It was a minor patch but made it possible for the project to support vanilla kernels.

I'm looking for 1099 work. I don't mind junior roles and/or "fill in the gaps" tasks.

SEEKING WORK | Remote or Belgium | http://mikhailian.mova.org

20+ years of career, last few years designing and writing Spring Boot applications and deploying them with Spring Cloud or Kubernetes on AWS because it pays well.

Wrote code in Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Ruby-on-Rails, Drupal (PHP) and even Lua.

Did Angular on the front-end, but could only master Vue.js.

Over the years, changed several professions: Corpus Linguistics, Speech Synthesis, Speech Recognition, Professional Services, AI/ML Research, Project Management, even had a 3-years stint as an IT Director of major news site.

Seeking either greenfield projects with a touch of Natural Language Processing or maintenance of high-volume software.

I'm planning moving to Benelux. Can you tell me what is MD rate for mid spring boot/angular dev? Sorry for bothering you :)
What is MD? Daily rate varies between 400..800€.

There is a lot of work in this field, but the higher the rate – the more you have to wait for opportunities.

Thank you. MD should mean man day.
SEEKING WORK | Canada, West Coast | Remote | Senior Dev

My specialty is startups and early-stage - gap-filling and jumping in as a swiss-army knife. I have a business degree and decades of deep technical skills throughout the whole stack, from hardware design to UX.

More info here: https://heathjohns.com/