Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2012)

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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 -- Delhi, India (Remote work preferred; I am also willing to travel)

I'm a software developer and operations guy. I love taking on interesting and challenging projects where there's a lot of figuring out to do and an elegant system to be built. I have more than eleven years of paid work experience; I have been hacking and programming for much longer than that.

The five most recent languages I used are .NET/C#, PHP, JavaScript/node.js, XSLT, and shell script, with a side of HTML5 and CSS.

RECENT + INTERESTING PROJECTS

I'm currently finishing up on a WordPress plugin that transforms the regular ATOM feed to an ATOM-derived format that is used by The Associated Press.

I wrote a node.js script to send bulk email via Amazon SES, and utilize the full 100 messages/sec that the client had available.

I built a training/learning module Windows app recently; the fun thing was that I created a build system that would actually compile parts of the app on the client's computers, so that they could update their training materials and upload a new installer, without needing to come back to me. The build system had a nice GUI to control it and did not require any special dev tools on the client's computers.

I ported an open-source Java web app to Heroku, and set up the client's systems so that they could edit and update the website using GitHub for Windows (which pushes to Heroku directly, GitHub isn't involved -- it's just a nice and human-friendly UI for git.)

I've customized several Amazon EC2 images, and written AWS CloudFormation scripts to build up-to-date images on the fly. In one instance, I imported a Linux VMWare image to EC2 – EC2 only supports VM import for Windows images.

WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY

"I was very impressed with professionalism and the end product."

"Flawless project from start to finish. Nik's excellent communication skills and brilliant knowledge of node.js and Amazon scripts meant this project was very successful. We have been acquainted with an excellent developer and we will be availing of Nik's services again in the future."

"Nik is by far the best Elance contractor I have worked with. Wait till you see his proposal. Right there, you'll know what I mean. He took superb care of my project providing great deal of knowledge and unmatched attention to details. The solution he came up with was above and beyond my expectations , resulting in instant savings for years to come. I gave reviews here before, but this one I write with pleasure and satisfaction. Thank you Nik, you're the best!"

CONTACT ME

You can contact me via email: nik@niksci.com or Skype: ndabas.

On a side note, I like using Elance as a project management and escrow platform, and you can check out my Elance profile (work history + client reviews) at http://niksci.elance.com/. On Elance, I am usually ranked among the top 1000 contractors, out of a total of nearly 150,000.

Thanks,

Nik.

SEEKING WORK — I'm based in England, but will happily work remotely for anyone in any location!

Looking for a freelancer who's not afraid of communicating? Someone who will always respond to your emails and who gets excited about realizing the potential of your project.

You've found him.

RECENT WORK

An on line web camera management application which allows small business to share their web cameras with multiple users. I had the task of refactoring the application to make it simple, secure, maintainable and scalable. I completed the re-write in just six days and communicated at every stage with the project owner to make sure the finished project was exactly what my client wanted.

Need proof?

Read the excellent testimonial from my client at the top of my testimonials page: http://alanhollis.com/testimonials/

MORE ABOUT ME

More about me can be found via http://alanhollis.com.

My github profile is available on http://github.com/alan01252.

My strongest languages are PHP, JavaScript and Java. I’ve also got a whole heap of experience debugging and maintaining code written in other languages such as C#, Perl and Python.

CONTACT ME

Feel free to contact me via any of these methods:

Email: me@alanhollis.com

Website: http://alanhollis.com/contact/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/alan01252 ( Getting new followers makes me happy! )

Skype: alan01276

Thanks

Alan

PS. I'm always looking for feedback on my sales pitch / website / and portfolio! Every piece of feedback I receive is greatly appreciated regardless of size!

SEEKING WORK - remote I'm open to some part-time freelancing to get me started in the freelancing business again. I'm a full-stack developer with strong focus on PHP for the server side part. I've been programming for +10 years, the last 5 I spent building (from the ground up) and maintaining some of the largest web sites in Slovenia (where I'm from) that have a few million uniques a month, so I know a thing or two about scaling. If you have a small-ish project that would requiere someone that can build a page from 0 to production (provided you take care of the design) or you need something fixed or extended then I'm your guy.

Contact: jan[dot]hancic at gmail

Showcase: http://hancic.info/showcase

SEEKING WORK - Amsterdam, London, Remote.

I am a sysadmin who loves to efficiently solve business problems. With a DevOps background, twelve years of sysadmin experience, and a passion for problem-solving, I am keen to help HNers achieve their goals.

My main areas of expertise are:

    Scaling high traffic websites

    Designing highly-reliable applications

    Building applications on AWS

    Server maintenance and optimisation

    Reducing the cost of existing AWS resources

    Developing prototypes and full sites in Django
Although primarily a sysadmin, I am also experienced with Django/Python development. I am building my own startup with these technologies, so I know the sort of problems startups face.

I am building a business around the idea of a 'sysadmin as a service' for those people who need regular sysadmin work, yet do not have enough projects to justify hiring a full-time sysadmin. Would you like a friendly expert to work on ad hoc projects and also be available for emergency support?

If you'd like to discuss any of these services in more detail, drop me an email - mike@fadedink.co.uk

SEEKING WORK - Remote, Columbus or Cincinnati areas, or the possibility of a travel / remote combination. My specialties are Ruby, Rails, and javascript/jQuery/Backbone, but I also have a great deal of experience with Asp.net MVC and iOS. Over the past year or two, I've primarily been doing Rails development for clients, including several startups, intermixed with some consulting work as a Team Lead and Ruby/Cucumber mentor at a large financial company. Recently, I've partnered up with another great developer to form a small small consulting company called JetCode here in Columbus. Look us up!

Email: adam [at] jetcode.io

http://jetcode.io/

http://github.com/adamalbrecht

https://twitter.com/adam_albrecht

SEEKING WORK — REMOTE preferred; based in Cambridge, UK — PART-TIME preferred

I have ten years of experience in commercial software development, including high-performance messaging systems, real-time trading platforms and desktop applications.

I am an advocate of languages with static, sound and implicit type systems; intimately familiar with C, Erlang and Haskell; comfortable with many languages, including C++, Objective-C, OCaml and Python; strongly interested in language design and implementation.

I am looking to switch away from full-time employment, in order to build up my open-source portfolio, branch out into iOS development, and bootstrap my own company.

Please let me know if I can answer any questions or assist in any way.

mietek (aFNORDt) bak.io

http://github.com/mietek

http://linkedin.com/in/mietek

http://twitter.com/mietek

SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance Python/Django/jQuery, with extensive experience building e-commerce marketplaces. I have a research background, data analysis, playing around with NLP right now.

I run a django dev shop, currently taking gigs for it. Here's my portfolio:

* http://www.cloudshuffle.com/

* http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio.html

Contact details in my profile or the link above.

Here're some examples from my portfolio:

* http://www.teaspiller.com - An online marketplace for tax experts.

* http://www.garnishbar.com - social network, to share mixed drink recipes

* http://www.fertilityplanit.com, built their self serve ad network + billing and payments.

* http://www.turlytag.com - an app to connect owners with people who found their lost items.

* http://www.fratmusic.com - an online radio streaming app serving over 1.3 million uniques a month.

* http://loudfarm.com - A music event site.

* http://www.wisekangaroo.com/ - Find a tutor.

and many more.

Looking to pick up another project as we're bootstrapping a product out of our consultancy and haven't been doing much to find new projects. I'm ex-MSFT, and I started a boutique consulting group 2 years ago. I was formerly a VP of Engineering for Good Technology, based in Redwood Shores. Email's in profile. Looking for iOS, Ruby, and Erlang projects. Can handle Scala and Java projects.

I built: http://whisper.sh - anonymous social media app - fastest growing social media app in the store right now. Erlang/Ruby/iOS WatchWith - MTV's flagship social media app - itunes.apple.com/us/app/mtv-watchwith/id422366403?mt=8 VH1 Co-Star - Erlang backend, iOS app NCM's MovieNightOut (iOS and Android) Campus Sentinel (iOS/Android)

SEEKING WORK: Mainly Remote (based in Portugal can easily travel to Europe)

Team of 4 web developers and 1 web designer bootstrapping www.unplu.gg - the home energy management platform.

SKILLS:

RoR, Mongodb, Redis, Node.js / HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, javascript / Heroku, Linode We work mainly with Ruby on Rails (3 years xp) and MongoDB, while also using redis and Node.js. Realtime data is a great part of what we do and love.On the frontend we're experienced with HTML5 and CSS3, CSS3 transitions, jQuery and javascript.

We also design and code apps for iOS or Android.

What we can help you with:

We can help you define, validate and implement your vision with focus on User Experience. Develop backend, frontend or both in a integrated, consistent way. We can provide portfolio on request.

Get to us at mail@unplu.gg

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Web development AND design. A horse with a horn. Billions of years experience.

Exciting bullet points:

* PHP - primarily Codeigniter but I'm flexible :)

* HTML 5 / CSS 3

* Javascript

* iOS/Android app dev (Titanium / PhoneGap)

* Git/Mercurial

I also have a degree of exposure to things like SASS, Mongo, AWS etc etc.

My site: http://pitbot.net - email in profile.

I'm in the UK.

SEEKING WORK: native iOS developer, 10-12 apps in store, another 6-8 enterprise distribution apps. Remote / offsite, based in NYC. Contact info in profile.
SEEKING WORK - Remote - US ex-pat living in Bolivia

I'm a C#/Ruby/PHP developer that specializes in creating web applications that are responsive, fast and hand crafted. I write all of my HTML by hand and don't use WYSIWYG tools in none of my projects. I love writing semantic, lean websites that run exceptionally well on mobile devices.

My github: http://www.github.com/sergiotapia

My bitbucket: http://www.bitbucket.org/sergiotapia

I specialize in:

1. C# - ASP.Net MVC3/4 Web Applications

2. Ruby on Rails

3. Ruby scripting

4. PHP web applications using CakePHP 2.X

I speak English and Spanish fluently and have tons of experience working with remote clients.

My oDesk contractor profile: https://www.odesk.com/users/~01c99c3199c2ba5734

I would prefer working through the oDesk interface as it has a number of benefits both for you (potential employer) and I:

1. You can track how much I work and what I work on. 2. You can easily limit how many hours I can work on your project per week. 3. I am guaranteed payment on hourly contracts. 4. I gain precious feedback on my contractor profile.

I'm a family man of two small children, I'm looking for a stable outsourcing project that lets me work with smart people from around the world. I'm personable, friendly and not a "rockstar-programmer" - I'm here to make your job easier.

SEEKING WORK — remote, freelance, based in Buffalo, NY. Software engineer, 14 years experience, with additional background in networking, security and system administration. Emphasis on good design and maintainable code.

Back end: Python, C, C++, Java, Scala, PHP. Front end: Javascript, CoffeeScript, Ember.js, Handlebars

Previously worked providing web-based federated identity management services for the cable TV industry; cellular telecoms basestation software; security auditing and training; anti-virus enterprise management software; various web sites and APIs.

Email: dan@danellis.me

Immediate availability.

SEEKING WORK - Poland, Remote

I'm currently looking for work as full stack Python/Django developer.

I also have experience with Tornado, Pyramid, C++ (OpenGL and Qt) and Java. For my personal projects I use linux, nginx, postgresql, memcached, mercurial, jQuery and twitter bootstrap, but I'm also familiar with apache, mysql, mongodb, hbase, git and many other less popular stuff.

I've started my own consulting company this year and I've been working on oDesk since then: https://www.odesk.com/users/~01af6dc541cff3a804

http://careers.stackoverflow.com/gvs

E-mail: tomaszjama at gmail

SEEKING WORK - Remote - Orlando, FL

Frontend and backend dev: JS, jQuery, Backbone, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Rails, Node.js

http://kevinkhandjian.com kevinkhandjian@gmail.com

SEEKING WORK - Remote

Human/machine interface designer/developer.

From scratch experience and interface design, from the napkin to nginx.

Frontend: HTML5 (Haml, Slim), CSS3 (Sass, Less), JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, Ember.js, Backbone.js, Handlebars)

Backend: Ruby, Rails, Mongodb (Mongoid), Postgres

Design: Pencils, pens, paper, Photoshop

NOTE: I am not available to do any work relating to social networks, online marketplaces broadly, and will have to review any consumer-focussed work before I can confirm availability. If you're working on a b2b product we're probably game though. http://robotfuture.net/

SEEKING FREELANCE - Remote dress.me is seeking a Full Stack developer to help redesign our MVP to our professional platform. Dress.me is a platform where users can get product recommendations based on their style and easily recommend products to friends.

Qualifications: Experience with PHP and Codeigniter Familiarity with AWS, Github Familiarity with Datamapper ORM Comfortable interacting with affiliate network API's Solid OO background

Hi there,

We are a team of 52 intrapreneurs based in Cochin (http://toobler.com/staging/toobler-new/about.html#team) , India

and would love to discuss build your Startup Program .

We are big fans of "Lean Startup" Methodology well versed with HTML 5 , PHP 5, Responsive web design , frontend javascript libraries like Twitter BootStrap, Backbone, Raphael js and backend javascript frameworks like nodejs, underscore.js

Have a look at some of the recent startup projects we are linked to from the Silicon Valley -> http://yacket.com

                                                                                                                                  -> http://shopboxuk.com

                                                                                                                                  -> http://bluestacks.com
and many more at our portfolio -> http://toobler.com/portfolio.html

Our Preferred way of collaboration is via Github - https://github.com/jerrydon .

Can we discuss your project via Skype. Here is the Skype id of my tech lead - > jerrrydon

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

-- with warm regards

Zeefu Internet Marketing Manager +91 9946617371

Skype : zeefu21 Email : zeefu@toobler.com www.toobler.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/toobler Linkedin : http://in.linkedin.com/in/jerrydon

SEEKING WORK - The Netherlands (Remote)

I'm specialized in front-end development, did internships at some dutch startups, currently freelancing and helping out design companies with front-end and wordpress development.

Front end Development - CSS/Sass - HTML/HAML - jQuery Wordpress Development - Theme development Contact information at my website http://bartligthart.nl

SEEKING WORK - We're about to launch our new service http://freelanceleague.com We specialize in: 1. Logo Design 2. Landing Pages 3. Mobile Sites 4. Icon Sets

Some examples of our work: http://freelanceleague.com/static/work

We have yet to determine prices for everything, but if you're interested then just say you found us on HN and I'll give you a discounted rate. Email me for more info: jordan@freelanceleague.com

SEEKING WORK - Product Design, freelance

UI/UX/Visual designer focused on web and mobile apps w/ 7 years of experience. As many years of front-end dev work.

Generally can afford about 15/hrs a week.

http://www.dribbble.com/jordanful

SEEKING WORK - Remote (based in London)

Full-time freelancer, working remotely (although able to make meetings in London) over 10 years of PHP experience, currently mainly working on Zend apps although have experience in wordpress, silverstripe etc. Previously worked with corporate clients (Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu Siemens, Barclays) as well as media one (one of the sites I was working on was featured on a Google Chrome TV advert). Lots of experience in eLearning.

Can handle frontend (CSS3/HTML5, JS templating etc) and so can quickly put together MVPs/prototypes for clients (currently doing this for a few other startups)

Contact details and portfolio in profile.

Seeking work: USA/Baltimore|Remote

iOS dev (Native/ObjC), backend dev (C, ObjC, PHP, Ruby, scheme, common lisp, java), SysAdmin/config (fbsd,obsd,solaris,linux)

https://www.elfga.com/~erik/ erik@elfga.com