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

1 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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SEEKING WORK | Web dev | Gijon, Spain, UTC+2 | Remote | Ru / Eng

  Skills: TypeScript, Java, React, Vue, Three.js / WebGL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, + Design/UI/UX, CI/CD, OOP, TDD, AI / Claude Code
  Résumé/CV: https://konfrontend.github.io/
  Email: konfrontend@gmail.com
  Github: https://github.com/konfrontend
  Telegram: @cossa91
I'm a full stack generalist, specializing computer graphics / interactive 3d experiences. Looking for a contract or freelance as frontend / full stack dev. Would love to join a startup or a game development team. Have a nice one!
SEEKING WORK

Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: OK

Willing to Relocate: No

Programming Languages: Ruby, Scala, Javascript, Python, TypeScript, Haskell, Scheme

Programming Strengths: Data Structures and Algorithms, Data Engineering, Programming Language Theory, Type Theory, No-Code, AI&Prompt Engineering, Complex & Unusual Domains (Healthcare, Fintech, Music, Arts, Sciences)

Frameworks, Databases & Tools: Vue, React, Rails, Flask, Postgres, HBase, MongoDB, Kafka, Jenkins, AWS, Docker

Other Skills: Leading Teams & Managing Projects, Productizing LLMs, Managing Interview Pipelines, Architecting & Implementing Greenfield Solutions, Education & Team Growth, Leading Communication and Coordination Between Stakeholders Across Teams and Organizational Silos

CV: Available Upon Request

Email: poetic.artifice@gmail.com

I am a seasoned (>15 years experience) full-stack staff-level software engineer specializing in the backend, systems architecture, AI, platform engineering, internal tools, prototyping, and data engineering. In addition to strong programming and architectural skills, I'm a force multiplier for any team in either role through the three T's -- teaching, talking, and tooling. I also hold a US patent in the AI space.

In the past, I've taught a number of scientists and students to code in python; I've led and managed a number of high-impact engineering teams of up to 12; and pioneered a number of no- and low-code solutions for stream processing, data model and query generation, form building, workflow systems, and front-end construction for a variety of industries, including those with strong regulatory requirements and complex business rules such as healthcare and fintech. >10% of all medicare applications and millions of individuals currently flow through pioneering no-code systems I conceived and built and have ran in production for over a decade.

Most recently, I've built an events website that scrapes hundreds of thousands of sources (with custom scrapers for each) daily, an agent coding harness and software factory that teaches itself to perform better over time [much more than just your usual increasing skill texts, just ask me for more info], does bounded cost runs, and maintains intent across threads and users.

Prior to that, I've built an ai workflow engine and a platform for both minimizing hallucinations and working with documents that are far too large for existing context window inputs or outputs using a novel, patented process that I invented; and applied these tools to various contracted projects requiring analysis and and cross-checking of information and other forms of integrity across textual and video/audio corpus data in a variety of domains (fiction and non-fiction).

I am also an improvisational pianist, published poet, and I've created novel algorithms and tools for studying and composing both music and poetry, which I have given a talk on at a recent functional programming conference.

I have extensive experience working for and running startups (I've personally raised over $300k), software consulting shops, with some mid-sized company engineering experience as well; these give me a unique insight into speaking with customers and internal stake-holders, translating between engineering and other departments, gathering requirements, aligning stake-holders across departments on a vision and attainable timeline, and architecting/building/taking ownership over significant internal and customer-facing areas of responsibility.

If any of the above seems like a match for you and your organization or project, don't hesitate to reach out. I am available for both full-time positions and short- and long-term contracts.

SEEKING WORK

    Location: Medellín, Colombia (UTC-5)
    Remote: Yes; also open to hybrid in Medellín
    Willing to relocate: No
    Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Node, React, TypeScript, CSS, Next.js, Postgres, etc
    Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1orMVXk5huFuf5lQr4S4X76ZlusLKzXNd/view?usp=sharing
    Email: it's in my CV
    Github: https://github.com/aalin
Senior full-stack developer. Ruby since 2006, React since 2014.

Open to employment and contracts.

SEEKING WORK

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: [Yes / On-site London]
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: JS, Python, AWS/GCP/Azure + Design/UI/UX skills
  Résumé/CV: Available upon request via email
  Email: qute.bits [at] gmail [dot] com
  Github: https://github.com/QuteBits
Software Engineer / Lead, 15+ years of xp, currently building exo-skeletons and looking for a 3-month contract.

Recent work:

  - [0-to-1] 2.5 years as a CTO at one of the FinTech startups (Market Analytics for G-SIBs, based on their regulatory data) in The City of London. 18 months from 0 to having real clients (yes, including all of the onboarding);
  - [0-to-1] Serverless photogrammetry pipeline for generating sub-mm precise headshape scans to create 3D-printed cycling helmets (safest on the market at the time). 12 months from 0 to production (B2C company), got featured in Wired;
  - Several years as a Fullstack at BioTech startups + wrote some drivers for wet lab equipment for several months (until I learned the dangers of it);
Looking for: 3-month contract Fullstack / Backend / Product Engineering role.
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