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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2026)

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

Please only post if you are looking to hire a freelancer or work as one. Small (2-5 person) agencies are fine, but recruiters, job boards, and so on, are off topic here.

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simoneattanasio
SEEKING WORK, Brussels, remote work is possible. I work in Go-To-Market and Business Dev for deep tech and life sciences.
appstractech0
SEEKING WORK | Remote (US Citizen) Technologies: Java, Python, React, Angular, AI/ML Degree: M.S. in Computer Science (AI ML Specialization), B.S. in Computer Science Experience: 3 years full-stack (Enterprise Java backend & fast-paced startup environments) Email: ahmed@getappstractech.com

Fully registered US LLC with active EIN setup for immediate Corp-to-Corp (C2C) / 1099 contract engagements. I specialize in creating full stack web apps, using AI/ML. Looking for short or long-term project work helping teams clear technical debt, create web apps with AI features, fix bugs, or build robust APIs. I look forward to chatting!

edimaudo
SEEKING WORK, Canada, remote if possible. Work in analytics with a good mix of operations and project management. Experience in retail and financial services
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ag_user123
SEEKING WORK | Remote

I am a full-stack developer with focus on PERN/MERN stack and over 10 years of experience delivering software. I have a strong background as a software architect and have successfully led teams as a fractional CTO. I have worked with clients from diverse industries worldwide. I have successfully delivered over 20 projects for a range of clients, including early stage startups, growing startups, solo founders, digital agencies, and notable companies like Apple and Binance.

Technologies: LLM API Integration, AI Agent Development, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, Heroku, Datadog, React.js, JavaScript, Next.js, Apollo, GraphQL, data visualizations (D3.js, Mapbox, Leaflet), headless CMS (Contentful, Prismic, Strapi), Wordpress, Tailwind, TypeScript, Web3 (ethers.js), Chrome extensions and more.

Portfolio: https://andrejgajdos.com/projects

Email: mail[at]andrejgajdos.com

Personal Website: https://andrejgajdos.com

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

Github: https://github.com/AndrejGajdos

jon_north
SEEKING WORK - Contract, Remote, USA, backend engineer

I am a backend expert, having built and maintained mission critical, low latency and highly available systems for many companies over the last 10 years, in addition to over 20 total years of software development experience. I learn new things extremely quickly. AWS preferred but not required (I hold a variety of certs, available here: https://www.credly.com/users/jon-north.ad78f0c8)

You will like working with me because I:

  * hold your goals as my priorities
  * communicate verbosely yet synthesize well
  * my rates are reasonable in exchange for the value I deliver
  * I guarantee I will get the job done
Concrete examples:

* built the primary streaming data architecture for realtime game player tracking information (all games, 50ms SLA) and game stats for one of the top 3 US sports leagues (can’t name drop!) using Redpanda/Kafka on Azure+Terraform, and implemented its developer portal using Gravitee to provide first class streaming API support and monetization. Also built, deployed and maintained their ask-a-question-get-a-true-answer AI bot to expose 20+ years of stats to natural language fan questions! (this was the third of currently four times I’ve built similar architectures for different companies)

* Implemented a vector DB for one of the leading AI image hallucination platforms (millions of users) to provide an image similarity service.

* replatformed dozens of complex quant jobs to AWS Lambda for a startup hedge fund (~$1B AUM), vastly improving QoS and maintenance cost. Line 1 to platform-in-prod time 3 months, including refactoring for fit. This was mission critical cannot-fail stuff and required extensive proof of correctness.

* built a framework to collapse dozens of singleton ETL programs into one config-driven, simple C# application performing the same functionality at ~80% reduction in maintenance cost year over year.

Contact: jon.north@adiuvat-consulting.com More: www.adiuvat-consulting.com

Technologies: Python, C/C#/C++, SQL, NoSQL, Go, Golang, Docker, Git, Linux/Windows, Bash, Kafka, Redpanda, PySpark, Spark, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP HANA, LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2

jtolj
SEEKING WORK | Richmond, VA | Remote Contact: jesse@objectfactory.io

Hi! I had pretty good luck in this thread last time I participated. I was able to connect with a few great people and work on interesting projects for them. The world has changed quite a bit since then, so we'll see how this goes.

Last October, after ~4 years, I left an Engineering Lead role at a small podcasting software company. Previously I've founded/sold a solo startup in the web accessibility space, worked in digital agencies for ~7 years, and built software for TV/Radio operations.

Since October, I've been working on building a suite of desktop software with Tauri and am just now at a stage where I have some flexibility to take on client work again.

To be clear - I do not sling slop or sub-contract work. If you are looking for +100,000 line PRs daily, I'm not the person you are looking for. If, however, you are interested in well considered, resilient code and thoughtful advice informed by a wealth of experience in a lot of different industries and technologies feel free to reach out.

Some of the areas and technologies I can help with:

Laravel, JavaScript (Svelte, React, Vue, NodeJS), Rust, Tauri, DevOps (AWS, Containerization, CI/CD), improving legacy codebases, human processes / team culture (particularly where they intersect/conflict with LLM usage), and more.

I'm open to ad hoc feature work or greenfield projects. Both discounted rates based on the client's ability to pay and flat rates are possible for the right client. Agencies are fine, and I'm open to retainers.

I'm booking projects now to start in mid-August. Reach out via email to schedule a call.

Thanks! Jesse Tolj / Object Factory, LLC

igorsh
SEEKING WORK (Remote Global)

Technologies:

  - Python: OpenAI , Gemini, LangChain, CrewAI, Streamlit, Pandas, Elasticsearch, Meilisearch, OpenCV, Scikit-learn, Scikit-image, TensorFlow, PyTorch.
  - C/C++/C#.
  - Frontend: Vue.Js.
  - Cloud: AWS, GCP.
  - DBs: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL.
  - DevOps: Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetis.
Background: Backend, Desktop.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-shraga-177a546/

email: igor [dot] shraga [at] gmail [dot] com

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mjgs
SEEKING WORK, Europe / Asia, remote work OK, I am very flexible with working hours and can accommodate most time zones, experienced remote worker.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: NodeJS, Typescript, Perl, Python, Bash, Git, Express, Mocha, HTML/Javascript/CSS, ES2015-2020, OAuth 2.0, React, JQuery, Bootstrap, Netlify, Podman, Docker, Lambda, Serverless, Message Queues, Stripe, Linux, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Nginx, GitHub Actions, Gemini, Ollama.

Résumé/CV: On request via email

Hi I’m Mark, a Web Developer, Consultant and Automation Engineer originally from the UK. I specialize in devops/system tools, workflow automation integrations, and NodeJS web development.

10+ years working in IT, experienced delivering large projects for Fortune 500 companies internationally, and working remotely.

Most recently:

- Highly programable template rendering CLI tools.

- An open core, provider agnostic publishing server software.

- A Typescript OAuth2.0 REST API, with Typescript+React frontend.

- Programming with LLMs and devcontainers.

About me: https://markjgsmith.com/about

Portfolio: https://markjgsmith.com/portfolio

Recommendations: https://markjgsmith.com/recommendations

Email: markjgsmith@gmail.com

devKnight
SEEKING WORK | Worldwide | REMOTE Based in: Latam Interested in: Part Time/Contract Time Zone: US time zones

Technologies: React, Next, Remix, Vue, Typescript, Express/Node, Mongo, Mysql, AWS(Serverless), Laravel/PHP, Jest, Cypress, playwright, Ruby on Rails

Email: me+hn @ segoviacristian dot com

Have 6+ years of experience working at US based startups and small companies. Looking for full stack roles, though open to frontend or backend roles as well. Speak English at an advanced level. Looking for part time/contract roles

sinisamikulic
SEEKING WORK | Croatia (Europe) | Remote

Senior frontend engineer (product-focused) with 14 years of experience in highly successful and fast-growing startups across San Francisco and Berlin, including 6 years working remotely and directly with founders (https://smikulic.com/#work).

My strengths are in UI/UX product development and frontend infrastructure. Looking for a long term engagement to help build your product.

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Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL/REST API, Turbopack/Vite, Ruby on Rails, Docker, AWS, AI tooling (Claude Code etc.)

Website/Portfolio: https://smikulic.com

Email: sinisa@codewell.studio

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Showcase project I co-founded — https://movieo.me/

ryneandal
SEEKING WORK | Valencia, Spain | Remote only

Senior software engineer and independent consultant (15+ yrs), currently based in Valencia, Spain (CET). I do primarily backend work in Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask) and PHP (Laravel/Drupal), API development and consumption, data pipeline work, and AI integration features (RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs). Strong infra/ops chops (Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux), comfortable owning projects end-to-end and mentoring. Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.

Location: Valencia, Spain

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (FastAPI, Langchain, LangGraph, Django), PHP (Laravel, Drupal)

Résumé/CV: https://ryneandal.github.io/ryne-andal-dnv-resume.pdf

nunoarruda
SEEKING WORK

Angular & Ionic Developer

Location: Portugal

Remote: Yes, remote only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, RxJS, Angular, Ionic, Cordova, Capacitor

Résumé/CV: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf