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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2014)

100 points| whoishiring | 12 years ago

Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility.

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[+] ccarpenterg|12 years ago|reply
OFFER TO VOLUNTEER - Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Scientific and Open Source projects

I'm an engineer with experience working for startups doing web development. Currently I'm one of the Community TAs for the Startup Engineering class and for the Machine Learning class at Coursera (Stanford).

I'm looking for opportunities to volunteer, preferably Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence or Scientific projects. Being a Community TA has been a great experience and an opporunity to get a deep understanding on these topics. I'm eager to contribute to scientific, open source projects and the like.

Drop me a line: [email protected]

Startup Engineering: https://www.coursera.org/course/startup

Machine Learning: https://www.coursera.org/course/ml

Github: https://github.com/ccarpenterg

ML code: https://github.com/ccarpenterg/ML

[+] nathanbarry|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING FREELANCER - DESIGNER - Boise, Idaho. Remote work is fine.

I'm a designer and author who now creates training courses on design. I’m hiring a freelance designer to help create video tutorials on Photoshop and design for a new course.

To apply, plan a design design tutorial (with a sample PSD to work from) to be recorded by someone else. It should teach a specific design concept or Photoshop technique and include a simple PSD that can be used as an example in the tutorial.

Here are a few examples:

  * Properly nesting rounded rectangles
  * Designing an icon
  * Understanding white space
  * Working with the pen tool in Photoshop
  * Understanding layers in Photoshop
You are delivering the example PSD and a rough script (paragraph or outline format is fine) for a 2-3 minute video. To be clear, I am not looking for the video itself, but everything prepared in advance so that someone else could sit down and record the screencast.

At first this is to help with a full length video course, but the future plan is to build a video training site. So there will be regular work on an ongoing basis.

This should be obvious, but do not plagiarize. If your example is inspired by someone else, link to them.

Pay can be hourly or per tutorial.

Apply here: http://nathanbarry.com/jobs/designer/

[+] imdsm|12 years ago|reply
Slightly off topic but would the video training site have content on writing/authoring? If so, I can't wait.
[+] rprospero|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK:

I'm a recent graduate with a PhD in Physics. If you're building a neutron beamline, then I'm the guy you're looking to hire. Of course, if you're building a neutron beamline, we've probably already talked, so let's discuss what else I can offer.

I've spent the past eight years working as the jack of all trades on our project. I've written byte level servers, hardware interfaces, GUI control systems, API's, and data analysis code. Lots of data analysis code. While I might not necessarily be familiar with your technology stack, I'm used to that. I've had days where I've needed to work with Eight different langauges, from Labview to IDL to Haskell to Scheme to SPEC.

If you have a problem, I'd love to take a crack at it.

e-mail: [email protected] github: https://github.com/rprospero

[+] leknarf|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC or Bay Area preferred - Remote is okay

Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher rates, and take care of the business side of freelancing.

  - Exceptional talent only: $100/hr minimum rate.
  - No recruiters or spam. We're developers too and we only match consultants with projects that fit their expertise and interest.
  - Serious clients only: Wanna hear about a disruptive social network for cats that "just needs a coder"? Neither do we.
  - Freelancers with side projects or startups are especially welcome!
If that's appealing, you can read more and sign up at: http://getlambda.com/

We've posted about this on HN a few times and have been amazed by the response. I apologize in advance if it takes a while for us to get back to you -- we interview everyone personally and are still ramping up the process.

Right now, we're particularly looking for NYC Rails devs and SF iOS devs, but anyone else based in the US is still welcome to apply!

[+] macarthy12|12 years ago|reply
Its a pity you are only looking for US based devs. Will that change anytime?
[+] redaxle|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK =====================

Chicago, IL or Remote

Available for full stack web development, api development, web scraping, server admin, mobile development. Covers design, development, deployment.

View projects at: http://redaxle.com/work

Back-end: Linux, PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, nodejs, phantomjs

Front-end: CSS/CSS3, HTML/HTML5, JavaScript + jQuery Master or expert level on Smarterer for most back-end and frontend languages/technologies, email for details.

Design: new concepts in Photoshop or can work from a design comp.

Mobile: Cordova/Phonegap + custom plugins, mobile-first design, mobile-only sites

VPS providers: Linode, Digital Ocean, Rackspace

3rd party: Stripe, Braintree, PayPal, Twilio, ...

Software: vim, apache, nginx, APC/xcache/memcache, arch linux, cronie, atd/atq, various linters, imagemagick custom web framework + CMS for unique business requirements

Other: site scraping, mass mailing, business automation, and more.

Hourly, daily, weekly and project rates available. http://redaxle.com

[+] dylanrw|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - SF Bay Area / Remote - Long or Short Term Consultation

I am a Product Designer (Interaction Design/UI/UX). I have experience relevant to products from iOS & Android to Large Web Platforms. I typically consult on or perform the following:

  * Product management - strategy, best practices, team building, implementation.

  * Product design - strategy, best practices, team building, process, interaction design, ui design, iconography.

  * Front end dev - I tend to build most things I spec at the very least to a minimum in which there is no chance of fidelity loss from prototype to final product. I've also setup processes for growing teams and established best practices for new hires.
[email protected] | http://bvrgroup.us | http://dribbble.com/dylanrw
[+] 3stripe|12 years ago|reply

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  Graphic designer
  Remote/London

  I create websites and brands which are simple, effective and human.

  Past clients include: Topshop, Tate, BMW Guggenheim, Whistles,
  RBS, British Council and Mackintosh.

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[+] unknown|12 years ago|reply

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[+] cool-RR|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

My name is Ram Rachum, and I’m a freelance software developer. I help businesses solve their problems using software, mostly by developing web-based applications. I work mainly in Python and Django.

On the technical level, it’s my responsibility to have high problem-solving skills; to design a good architecture for each project I work on; to implement that architecture quickly and effectively; and to be experienced with the languages and frameworks that I’m using, so when a problem comes up, I don’t have to spend 2 hours to research and solve it but rather just 5 minutes, because I’ve seen that problem dozen of times before.

On the project-management level, it’s my responsibility to communicate clearly and honestly with the client and my collaborators on the project; to understand exactly what the client wants to build as we plan together how to build it; to always keep the client updated about progress; to have an owner mentality and make decisions with the best interest of the client in mind; to own up to mistakes when they happen; and to always get feedback as early as possible from the client and from the users, so we know we’re not wasting time going into blind alleys, and we’re spending time only on features that the users are happy with. My email is [email protected] . Send me an email and say hello.

More details about me: http://ram.rachum.com/cv/

[+] kiliancs|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Barcelona area or Seattle area, REMOTE preferred

Email: webmaster[at]bahaidream[dot]com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=237407934

I'm a software developer with 10 years of professional experience, although I started coding when I was 10.

In the past I've worked as a freelance full stack web developer and as a full stack developer, analyst, ux and ui designer. For the last 3 years I've been working on deploying IBM Maximo Enterprise Asset Management and integrating it with other enterprise applications and legacy systems. This involved development but also writing technical documentation, requirement gathering and business analysis.

I have worked individually and in teams. I've done technical work and also discussed and planned with stakeholders and clients. I have worked in several countries in small and big organizations. During the last six months I've only worked remotely.

Technologies: C#, Java, PHP, Python, Lua, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, XML, Tivoli Platform, PL/SQL, MSSQL, MySQL Other skills: UX, UI design, system integration, business analysis, software architecture.

I have Spanish citizenship but my wife is from Seattle and we are considering moving there. I'm in Seattle for a month in case you want to meet up and talk.

[+] ciclista|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Remote

Located in Albuquerque, seeking a remote position with flexible-ish hours for 20 to 25 hours a week.

- +5 years professional web dev experience (PHP, Python, Javascript). I excel at large sized backend projects, but happy to take care of the frontend as well. Past experience includes anything from Magento, Wordpress, Zend, Kohana, Silex to Flask, PyQT, etc. etc. to large custom “from scratch” applications, intranet apps, etc. Personal pride and interest in best practices security wise.

- +8 years running Linux exclusively. Very comfortable around a command line. Happy to set up, secure, troubleshoot and maintain any server.

- Fluent in English, Dutch and Spanish (euro expat with permanent residency in the US).

- Well read, well traveled, enjoy a multi-disciplinary approach to life. Former yoga and meditation instructor. Good sense for aesthetics (although not a designer, a good natural talent to help with developer to designer communications and UX/UI input). Currently I'm enrolled in a welding program full time (not a lot of theory outside of lab/practice/fabrication sessions).

Looking preferably for a small team or a single position, as well as something long term or at least 3-4 months, not the job hopper type.

Happy to chat over Skype, provide code samples and/or do a test run together.

[+] topynate|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Remote OK - British developer based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

I love working in Haskell and Scala, and I also have experience with Django. I've done some data analysis work in Python and as a maths student I became a dab hand at data modelling. I'm a fast learner if you need someone to work with a mature code base, and if you need to get an MVP out the door it wouldn't be my first time doing that either.

Contact me at [email protected] for more information.

[+] codygman|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK (remote or DFW, TX area only)

I just ended 2 years with media search engine start up whose stack was based on Django, Python, and Apache Solr. I spent most of my time creating the backend API to communicate with Youtube, Hulu, Itunes, and other sites. I first created it in python (Tornado), but the latency was apparently too high so I rewrote it in Go.

I also wore a devops hat and wrote bash scripts to provision vagrant VMs and setup our continuous deployment/integration with Jenkins CI. All this being integrated with hipchat of course. All of our code was tested, and can bet I took advantage of REST (HATEOAS namely made problems simpler).

I also learned to have a bit more pragmatism and profile my code, instead of polishing every piece as if it were a diamond ;)

Recently I'm loving Haskell the most, but I've always had a soft spot for schemes and lisps. Clojure is something I'm eventually going to be hacking on.

Ideally I'd like something to do with functional programming, but I still enjoy doing web development and using python.

In the past I have written in: HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Perl, C (small amounts), C++ (even less), Visual Basic, C#, Java, Ruby, Python, Cython, Go, Racket, Chicken Scheme, Nimrod, Lisp, Racket, Haskell, and Elm.

Github: https://github.com/codygman/ (sadly most stuff is private and can't be open sourced yet)

Email: [email protected]

Blog: http://codygman.github.io

[+] fellars|12 years ago|reply
Single founder seeking freelancer with potential co-founder or employee #1 status. I've gotten startup to revenue generating stage and ready to start ramping up. im technical myself but plan to move away from development as I scale.

Currently bootstrapping and self funded by I am an EIR at a vc firm so can raise money if/when needed. Right now im generating revenue through both product and services.

Remote or Utah based.

Tech stack is PHP, MongoDB, Backbone.js

Email me: dan at my hn username .com

[+] pmetz|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK, LONDON BASED BUT REMOTE IS OK

I consider myself a full stack software engineer, and also partly a hobbyist sysadmin, for now mainly interested in mobile apps and their back end. I'm also the (not so) proud owner of a BSC in CS just in case anybody cares.

The roughly 5 years of commercial programming experience covered lots of things from implementing video streaming and the payment engine for a webcam porn site to work on the mobile banking system of a big Swiss bank.

A huge fan of artificial intelligence. No, not since they started the recent hype with deep learning and the google cars, long before that, I had the vision about it and still do. (I'm also interested in projects related this field)

Apache Cordova => -https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ubs-mobile-banking/id4410680... -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubs.swidKX...

Native iOS => -https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/salsa-steps/id514894356?mt=8

Company website => -http://unarin.com -http://unarin.co.uk

Native Android => in progress

If I got you interested please contact me at peter[dot]metz{at}unarin.com .

[+] ammmir|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - San Francisco Bay Area, CA or REMOTE, TRAVEL OK

I build apps, websites, and APIs that solve business problems. A couple of recent projects (more at http://www.pilvy.com/):

* IVPN Client for Windows: Developed for IVPN (https://www.ivpn.net/), who had some unique security & privacy requirements. Based on OpenVPN.

* VMware End User Computing Demo Portal (https://www.vmwdemo.com/): Lets their sales and marketing teams easily demonstrate the Horizon product suite to potential customers. Eliminated a ton of time-consuming work by automating Active Directory/LDAP account provisioning, expiry, and integration with Horizon Workspace.

I'm looking for short-term (near-full time) and long-term (part-time) projects. Immediate availability.

tech: node.js, JavaScript, Objective-C/Cocoa/iOS, Python, Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Erlang

http://www.pilvy.com | https://github.com/ammmir | amir at pilvy dot com

[+] munimkazia|12 years ago|reply
Freelancer - SEEKING WORK - Mumbai, India - Remote

I have just completed my ongoing projects and I am back here for more. I have been doing freelance work from reddit and HN successfully for the past year or so.

I am a software engineer working in one of the country's largest e-commerce websites.

I love learning and working on new technologies and platforms, but currently, my main experience is in Node.js and PHP. I also have some experience in working with Ruby and Sinatra. I work on linux, and I have deployed and managed web, database and application servers on CentOS and Ubuntu. I am familiar with bash scripting. I am also familiar with some basic Python and Go, but I have never really got a chance to work on it.

One of my previous jobs involved working with a large WordPress application, so I am quite adept with WordPress too. Most of my freelance work from reddit has been on the wordpress front: Customizing and working on various plugins. I have worked with various data stores too: Mysql, mongodb, redis are the primary ones.

On the front end side, I have worked on big JavaScript projects working with various html5 APIs. I dig semantic clean HTML markup and know my way around CSS.

I have worked on AWS on an earlier job, though my current organization has its own servers in a data center. I like working on big problems, "architecting" solutions which scale out and working on them, and tackling and troubleshooting live issues. I usually try to work on git whenever possible.

I am looking for medium to long term projects, and I love working remotely. Let me know if you have anything interesting and we can chat. Email me at [email protected].

[+] kingofspain|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Remote

I can be a unicorn for your project! Design & development, building API's, mobile apps and all that kind of stuff.

Past things I done: Ecommerce, API's, apps, intranets, medical compliance systems, CMS, CRM, surveying, events/ticketing, blah de blah. I can build your MVP or help further along the path!

Looking to pick up a couple of new projects now and rates from £500 / week for the moment.

Apps - iOS / Android

* App design, UI/UX

* Development Titanium or PhoneGap (prefer the former)

Recent iPhone app I completed (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pitchup.com-campsite-holiday...) was App of the Week in The Sun here in the UK, which was nice. Web

* HTML 5, CSS, Javascript (also responsive, bootstrap etc etc)

* PHP (mainly Codeigniter recently)

* Some nodeJS

I could really do with something soon to help with the festive period so for something you want to start now, I can do a healthy discount :) Email is in my profile. Personal site (http://pitbot.net). Happy to supply links and whatnot for examples of previous work.

I work with Git usually, but mercurial is also fine. Happy with basic sysadmin stuff too.

I'm based in the UK.

[+] krrishd|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Front-End Development - Freelance/Remote I'm a student looking for some quick freelance work for the holidays. Since im a student, you can expect discounts all around. I specialize in designing UI's for the web, and also dabble in making single-page-applications. My most recent project was an eCommerce site built with AngularJS and no server-side code, so if you want to check it out, email me for details. It sounds impossible, but I can explain :)

Other recent projects -

  - Weimai Landing Page - http://sellers.weimai.co
  - Teen2Geek - http://teen2geek.com
  - Teen2Geek Jobs - http://jobs.teen2geek.com
  - Teen2Geek Hub - http://hub.teen2geek.com
Skills

  - HTML5/Jade, CSS/LESS/SASS, Vanilla JS/jQuery, AngularJS, Ruby/Sinatra

  - Git DVCS, basic Linux sysadmin, Shell programming

  - Phonegap/Cordova, Ionic Framework

  - Bootstrap/Foundation
Resume

  - http://krrishd.github.io/krish.json
Links to my Github, Behance, etc

  - http://krrishd.github.io
Contact krishna.dholakiya @ gmail.com
[+] mickeyp|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - London, on-site (Central) / remote

Github: https://github.com/mickeynp/ Blog: http://www.masteringemacs.org/

Jack-of-all-trades full-stack Python developer with a wide gamut of experience doing both backend and frontend development work. Past work include: workflow & digital asset management system (Django/JS); enterprise-scale release management systems; large-scale ETL and web scraping; business integration work; report generation and other RDBMS CRUD apps (Oracle, MSSQL, etc.); writing modelling software for the train industry; and much, much more.

I am often called upon to do esoteric, non-Web development tasks; be it integrating disparate systems or helping a business out with failing projects by picking up the slack and learning tools and domain knowledge on the fly.

I am also more than willing to work with non-Python languages.

Used to working in high-pressure, client-facing environments.

I am available for on-site work in central London and remote work elsewhere.

Contact me (see e-mail in profile) and we can talk about you and your business's needs.

[+] parrots|12 years ago|reply
SEEKING WORK - Based outside of Philadelphia, PA. Remote work ok.

I specialize in crafting both web-based and native iOS applications and I run Consumed by Code. Over the years I've lead dozens of individuals, startups, and small businesses through the process of planing, building, and successfully launching their product ideas. I work directly with my clients as a partner; looking to understand their business and customers, seeing where technology can add value. This approach ensures the product is successful; be it a consumer-facing app that delights or a web-based system that optimizes their business.

Tools of the trade: Objective-C, PHP with CodeIgniter, ASP.NET MVC in C#, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL), HTML5, CSS3, Javascript with jQuery, and of course lots of Photoshop

Most recently I've launched my company's first product: Slopes - an iOS app for skiers and snowboarders. http://getslopes.com

I’d encourage you to visit my website, http://consumedbycode.com, to read client stories from past projects and learn more about how I can help you.