Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancers? (October 2011)
Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility.
Mention HN for 25% off.
If you are a freelance developer/designer/hybrid, we send emails full of interesting, paid projects every Saturday (you still have time for today's, too).
I'm not intending on following up on tinyproj emails today, but I like reading them. What time do they usually go out?
No, seriously — my current chair is awful but I can't stomach spending so much on a new fully loaded Mirra chair that I've been lusting for.
Stuff I can do in exchange for said chair:
* Native iOS development
* Native Android development
* Take your mobile site/app and make it native(ish) using PhoneGap
Take a look at my porfolio if you're interested: http://endlesswhileloop.com/portfolio/
Also, a native iOS app I just released: http://endlesswhileloop.com/apps/dial/
This offer would be good for small, one-off projects (think 10-15 hours).
Remote work only.
(Is this even legal to offer?)
That's if you're in the US, at least -- the IRS is very clear about this.
Contact: josh at hintmedia dot com.
Nomadic, but I plan to spend the majority of this year in London.
I've worked professionally with python, ocaml and erlang. I've worked in search ( http://bit.ly/ji-texsearch-opt , https://github.com/jamii/texsearch ), testing ( http://bit.ly/ji-fuzzer , https://github.com/jamii/ocamlcheck ), distributed systems ( http://bit.ly/ji-mealy ) and p2p networks ( https://github.com/jamii/dissertation , http://bit.ly/ji-telehash , https://github.com/jamii/erl-telehash ). I have a strong background in math (real analysis, probability, discrete maths) and computer science (randomized algorithms, AI / epistemic logic, machine learning).
I'm willing to work on anything but my main interests are distributed systems and p2p networks. My current project is described at http://bit.ly/ji-mist
Blog - http://bit.ly/ji-blog
Github - https://github.com/jamii
References - http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=65525388#recommendat...
Resume (a bit out of date) - http://bit.ly/ji-about
Web & UI Designer http://www.wellroundedgent.com
HTML(5), CSS(3), SASS, jQuery, Wordpress, Tumblr
Prefer to work on web application design. Looking to move to New York City in January 2012 and would like to develop relationships with companies in the city. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email: ryan@wellroundedgent.com
Freelance Artist/Illustrator residing in San Francisco Bay Area. I can work remotely.
I'm a graduate from the Cleveland Institute of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration.
I can do:
* Mascots for your products
* Game Art (backgrounds, environment, items)
* Character Design/Development
Here's my portfolio site: http://www.taxidermyrobot.com
I am open to: Part Time, Freelance, Full time
Email me if you're interested in my work.
I specialize in Android application development using Java. I am also quite versed with HTML / JS coding, so I can work on composite HTML / native applications. You can see some of my work here: http://www.bricolsoftconsulting.com/category/portfolio/
Experienced web app developer from Germany - LAMP projects preferred: PHP, MySQL, Memcached, JQuery
Available for remote work; small to medium projects. I also do consulting work on scalability and refactoring issues.
GitHub: https://github.com/Udo Skill Profile: http://udos.name/
udo.schroeter@gmail.com
Web UX / UI for redesign of restaurant finder + blog http://www.cleanplates.com > Immediate work: scope definition / UX / wireframes, then design work through the end of the year (web, emails, marketing, etc).
API development for mobile sync (iOS) & foundation for site > Immediate: system design work, then feature additions through the end of the year and beyond. Search experience a must (SOLR / elasticsearch, mongodb / postgres), iOS client library dev preferred.
Web coder / developer to make design into working website. > Language-neutral for the web/front end (python, ror, java), tentatively java for the API part, tentatively wordpress for the blog part
Based in San Francisco, now starting development of a real-time stock quote and day trading mobile app for a financial services company. Working with API that speaks directly with stock/futures/options exchanges. Forget 15-minute delays, this is direct pipe microsecond access of any symbol and ability to trade on it. Competitor software is all boat anchored to PCs, time to make a touch-enabled browser/native mix to move things mobile.
Looking for help with the following: * iOS and Android UI * HTML5 & JavaScript (especially Node.js) for charting * mySQL for local device storage * overcoming network latency issues * user account systems
Local SF preferred but remote is no problem. You have the skills. I have the budget to pay you. Email me if you want to learn more.
-- Nick norenstein@gmail.com
GaggleAMP is looking for freelance web designers to work on a per project basis.
Projects will range from add dynamic elements to landing paged TO creating the UI for new application features.
Ability to code HTML/CSS and javascript is a huge plus
Send portfolio to jason at gaggleamp dot com if interested
Freelance to hire, iOS and Android development, with a focus on mapping apps. All brilliant engineers considered, regardless of skillset.
One particular gig we have now is porting a subset of our Flight Charts app to Android (from iOS), using our Android mapping platform that we use for other Android versions of our apps (based on Nutiteq).
We raised $45K from angels and won a $25K fbFund grant early on (2008), and we're now profitable from sales of apps and royalties from software licensing.
We had a killer summer, which is the season for our apps, and we were featured in a slew of press: http://www.gaiagps.com/press
Apply to jobs@gaiagps.com or http://www.gaiagps.com/jobs
San Francisco Bay Area.
Looking for local developers: interns, contractors, and part-timers are welcome.
Miranda Bros. (www.mirandabros.com) is a game studio with a focus on mobile games. We are currently making games for Android, check out our first title at http://mirandabros.com/games/.
We are currently looking for the following...
- Flex/actionsript developers (big plus if you have experience with Flex Mobile projects and Flex 4.5)
- Lua programmers, specially if you have experience with the Corona SDK
- PR/Marketing, we are looking for someone to manage our twitter, facebook, website and make copy.
If interested please email us at jobs@mirandabros.com. Mention this thread, and also provide us with a resume and your work experiences.
I mostly do backend web stuff lately, but I'm versatile. I can (and would like to) do machine learning stuff. I wrote a classifier that's 99.96% accurate on comment spam, and 99.99% if configured to present a captcha when it's close.
Tools I'm good with include Clojure, Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Javascript, Lua and Common Lisp. I've also written non-trivial things in Haskell, Python, Java, Scheme, C and C++. I know PHP fairly well if need be, but I'd rather not do projects that are mainly PHP unless the pay is really good. I'm interested in working with stuff not on this list as well, but can't promise expert-level performance on the first day.
edit: zak.wilson@gmail.com
I wrote a classifier that's 99.96% accurate on comment spam, and 99.99% if configured to present a captcha when it's close.
on a test dataset? Or new, out-of-sample data? I see those percentages and immediately think "overfitting."
Anyway, best of luck! I'm from Florida, so I'll keep you in mind if I hear from anyone needing ML work.
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0.99969655like: lessconf.lesseverything.com lessmoney.lesseverything.com lessaccounting.com lesstimespent.com
I'd be glad to put you in touch!
I'm currently going to college for my comsci degree and would love some freelance work to do so I can buy myself a a new laptop. I've done a crapton of stuff in Django and Flask and would love to get some work
Some past personal projects of mine (All django):
* http://radio.cattes.us/ - sort of like a ghetto turntable.fm clone using shoutcast
* http://cattes.us/ - cat rating website
* http://troutslap.me/ IRC bot logging api thing
My github: http://github.com/ell
I love working with Python and Django. Whether you need a simple web scraping script or a complete e-commerce solution, I can build it for you.
I am also skilled in Linux system administration and general technical support - my clients never have to worry about deployment and documentation.
I write PEP8-compliant code that is well commented and easily maintainable. I use DVCS (mostly Mercurial, but sometimes Git) to manage my code.
My portfolio: http://media.marteydodoo.com/personal/portfolio.pdf Contact me at hn-2011-10@marteydodoo.com.
Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LAMP, WordPress.
Needs: Rewrite a WordPress widget to be embeddable with a line of HTML, similar to the Twitter or Facebook Like buttons (i.e. a reference to an external JavaScript file), so it can work on all kinds of sites.
This includes rewriting the interface between the database and the widget to create an API for it. Like many other WordPress widgets, the current widget makes database queries itself. This was an MVP, so it's far from ideal.
Timeline: Start in late October, hoping to have this completed in a month or so, but don't have a strict deadline.
Contact: mikelee@moodthingy.com
Mobile development; native iOS (Obj-C) and Android (Java) development. Past experience also includes desktop development (Windows & Mac)
Specialities: Low level programming in C/C++, multi platform software (desktop, mobile), porting of libraries, 2D/3D renderers, back end systems.
Portfolio work is up at http://pandaris.com. I'm also working on two other personal iOS projects, so get in touch if you want to hear more. :)
Market rate contract work only; email and skype are on my profile.
Boulder, CO / Remote
Frontend and server side javascript
I recently quit my job at Mahalo.com and am moving to Boulder, CO in November. I am particularly interested in building high concurrency realtime applications in javascript.
* My team recently won the node knockout competition with http://eightbitbeats.com
* Resume http://resume.joshontheweb.com
* Homepage http://joshontheweb.com
* Github http://github.com/joshontheweb
Python, Tornado, Django, Google App Engine, Javascript (jQuery, learning Backbone.js), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Linux and VPS (Linode), MongoDB, RabbitMQ (pika).
My Github repos: https://github.com/ccarpenterg
Some work in Python:
http://todolist-app.appspot.com/
http://www.presidenciables2013.cl/
Blog: http://ccarpenterg.posterous.com/
Contact: ccarpenterg@gmail.com (My name is Cristian)
Native iOS and Mac OS X developer, specialized in custom interfaces and high quality apps.
My small portfolio: http://purecreek.com/index.php/contract-work
My personal resume: http://matteomanferdini.com
My professional experience: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/matteomanferdini
I led business development for a UX, marketing and PR firm in San Francisco. We helped launch dozens of startups and saw several through to very high exits. We also ran marketing/PR for a major demo confernece. The firm dissolved due to the founders joining a venture-backed startup so I'm on the hunt.
Think of me as a B2B sales/BD guy who can impact product experience and marketing, and who can also handle all the relationship building that goes into PR.
We are looking for skills that include: Puppet, AWS, Nagios, advanced scripting/python, etc.
This position could be remote, or onsite in Monroe MI.
We are looking for someone with availability of 3+ months, 30-40 hours per week.
Please respond to hr@mnxsolutions.com and send us some detail about yourself, your rate, and your availability.
We are also hiring full time permanent if interested http://www.mnxsolutions.com/jobs.
I'm actually a little busy right now, but I just started doing this full-time, so I'd like to get my name out there.
I'm an iOS dev looking to transition to UI design. Check out my portfolio/blog: http://www.stuartjmoore.com and on Forrst: http://forrst.com/people/stuartjmoore/posts
I'm in DC, and mostly work for people in CA, so I'm quite used to remote work.
Application programmer - C++ ( https://github.com/vbar/ ), Perl ( http://search.cpan.org/~vbar/ ), Python ( https://scraperwiki.com/profiles/vbar/ ), C#, Java. Full CV at http://www.mangrove.cz/ .
UX/IX Designer (Not a Graphic designer). I'm a C.Sc engineer by education, but an UX person by passion. I do mobile/web UX/IX. I care about crafting experiences that mesmerize the user. Remote work.
Languages known: C/C++/Java (Rusty with all of these) I stutter in HTML(5), CSS, JS.
I also do pro-bono work. Remote work preferred (I'm based in Asia)
P.S. I'm Entrepreneurial, and advise startups (pro-bono, ofcourse)
If interested, lets chat @amxn (twitter)
Microsoft stack developer - .Net, (C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Winforms), MSSQL (v7-2008R2), VB6, ASP3. HTML, CSS and JavaScript too, SAS as well if that's your thing. Back end, front end, large or small, 11 years in industry now.
(Less Hacker related but I'm as at home with a camera if you're after a photographer.)
One day I'll set up a portfolio site - until then, contactable at gp dot webb at ntlworld dot com.
- I create fresh, out of mainstream websites. If you're looking to deliver the message I can do it.
- I also have Ruby/Rails/Jekyll background and e-commerce experience (Shopify, Wordpress) able to deliver complete solutions not just design.
- I'm specialized in responsive design supporting smartphones and tablets.
Portfolio: http://ungainlyy.com (& low rates of course :)
Native iOS (ObjC, iPhone/iPad) developer.
Specialties in iOS memory management, advanced location-based software, proximity search, graph algorithms, VoIP, debugging thorny crashes, developer training, app review.
Market rate contracting gigs only, PLEASE NO: job offers, equity gigs, unfunded ventures, Android/BB/WinMo/Titanium/HTML5/PhoneGap gigs.
An young geek and fucking awesome passionate application developer who cares about perfect code and simplicity.
I know Ruby and Rails well, Django/Python at relatively good level. Use git for source control. Love Macs.
Wanna work on interesting projects with amazing idea.
Site/blog — http://goshakkk.name/
Friendly advice: webapps development is generally just moving data around back and forth between DB and client. That's not much and pretty much anyone can do it. When you will be working at real projects, you'll see that the bulk of tasks that need doing come in 4 flavors: annoying tasks, yak shaving tasks, tasks you don't have enough knowledge to get done, and flow tasks. The data ping-pong is not the issue. So in the mean time do yourself a favor and learn as much as you can out of science, rather than faddy techs: backtracking, dynamic programming, A*, hungarian algorithm, support vector machines, red-black trees, markov chains, monte carlo methods, drinking philosophers, decaying windows, bloom filters ...
How many of these can you solve? http://www.interviewstreet.com/recruit/challenges
Finally, lose the Apple love. It's very unbecoming.
I've been doing this stuff for fifteen years and even I don't have the self-delusion to call myself "fucking awesome".
But you're still in high school, so maybe you'll grow up a bit and get out of the Ruby ghetto.
If he'd approached it as "I'm looking for an internship where I can learn something," I wouldn't have replied as I did. Instead, he tried to puff himself up as something he plainly isn't. And, hey--I like popping bubbles.
In retrospect, the throwaway account probably wasn't necessary, as the original post was upvoted. I s'pose other people don't really dig that sort of thing either.
I work with back-end systems; most of my experience is with C, C++, and Java. I can work with most technology stacks, though - it's the application that interests me.
I have experience with telemetry and data analysis for avionics and medical devices. I feel at home with large data sets.
I'd be happy to work remote or travel to your site.
You can see my resume here: http://ctbaldwin.com/resume.pdf
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. Here's my portfolio:
Web Application developer that knows how to ship. Looking to build long term relationships with smart clients who like to work agile.
Skilled in the following:
* Rails 2.3, 3.0 & 3.1
* jQuery
* Heroku
* SASS, HAML
* Capistrano
* Linux admin
and a bunch of other tech.
My blog: http://jamespmcgrath.com
An example of my work: http://dealush.com
Say hi @ http://jamespmcgrath.com/hello/
Interface designer: I work with companies around the world on application design, usability, and branding.
Experienced working with developers, version control, MVC frameworks, template languages, information architecture, conversion rates, etc++ across multiple time zones.
Tech -> HTML5 / CSS3 (Sass, Stylus) / Photoshop / JS (some)
Portfolio site -> http://nylira.com
Experienced Ruby on Rails engineer (3 years experience), and Cocoa developer (I've been writing in Cocoa for the last 8 years).
If the project is big enough I can bring a team to bear on the project: I have a number of really good freelancing people I can bring on for larger projects, and/or depending on what kind of skillset your project requires.
Email, Github, etc etc avail in my proile
http://djangogigs.com/gigs/1138/
Close to settling on someone via the responses to that ad, but if you're especially good with recurring billing and customer-account-activity-features, contact me ASAP.
I am looking for a UI/UX designer to help out with my site which will be launched in a very short time.
The job involves the following Coming up with the main design layout for the entire site Doing the CSS for 4 layouts (6 pages, there are 2 pairs that have very similar layout structure)
Please email me at vicngtor@gmail.com
Senior JavaScript (frontend + Node.js) and PHP programmer, past experience with Python and Ruby (+ Rails).
Teaching grade CSS & HTML
Programming (with) Drupal since version 4.7
Lot of experience with Zend Framework
GNU/Linux user and free software advocate
More on http://ccl.me/cv Pet projects on http://ccl.me/prj#en
We're a soon-to-be-founded software company that wants to offer consulting/contract work around Nokia's Qt. We're also interested in doing more general work in the world of open source, desktop, mobile.
If you're interested contact us via http://woboq.com/ We're based in Berlin but look for remote work everywhere.
Looking for someone who has experience in designing/developing launch pages using LaunchRock or Kickofflabs.
Let's see some of your designs or favorite launch pages. We're looking to test a few different ideas and want someone who can quickly mockup wireframes, design them and then launch them.
This will be a fun project!
E-mail me at iman@trainsignal.com
Web application developer with 10+ years experience. Past projects include several custom CMSs, a 911 dispatching system, and financial apps for state government. Latest project was a mobile app using sencha touch and phone gap.
Primarily work with ASP.NET MVC C# but looking to get involved with projects using python or ruby.
I'm looking for a tech writer who frequents HN, Techcrunch and other tech sites obsessively.
You'll be a ghostwriting and will be posting editorial/opinion based pieces 1-2 times a week.
Topics might include: new vc investments, lean startup methodology, SaaS and company culture
Contact me: iman@trainsignal.com
CoffeeScript / Server side JS / Node / Django
Towards the end of my MS CS and I have more time on my hands than I anticipated this semester. Would love to do work on more node / coffee projects, otherwise I have lots of experience building web apps with Python.
Web developer front and back.
I love javascript and python. I like data mining and nlp. I also love NoSQL. I started with frontend javascript before frameworks were a thing.
Blog - http://swizec.com
Github - https://github.com/swizec
Considering going full time / part time freelancing
* 2+ years with Windows Desktop application development. WPF, C#, .NET 4, MVVM.
* side project experience with Ruby on Rails
Would really like to get some experience freelancing and help solve my late-20's-life crisis I'm going through ;)
Please email me if you'd like more information.
mikeackerman at gmail dot com
Frontend/backend developer (13 years experience: PHP, Javascript/jQuery, CSS)
Recently built http://tvsizematters.com.
Specializing in fixing website bugs: http://fixingsites.com.
Im a generalist that can help with things like business plans and executive summaries, market research, campaign stratgies and other various things a start up made need help with because of time constraints or funds.
If interested email me at BBeard86@hotmail.com
Frontend / PHP developer. Lots of lots of front end stuff, several very large CMS/e-commerce projects completed. Also mobile. I'm from the UK. Prefer remote but willing to do on-site if it's interesting enough :)
Email in profile. Happy to supply past work on request.
Looking for a freelancer to create a Windows desktop application. Requires use of private API from Hype Machine (hypem.com) and custom UI development (all design work is done).
Let me know if you're interested! (me@kanebennett.com)
Web Application developer / Illustrator
Skills:
* django * rails * javascript * css/html
Find me at:
email: in my profile
Web developer that is passionate, social, and always learning.
Skilled in the following:
* PHP 5 & PHP 5.3
* Rails 3.0 & 3.1
* jQuery
* NodeJS
* CoffeeScript
* HAML, SLIM, XHTML, CSS
* Linux admin
You can view my resume at http://www.adamjleonard.com/resume
i'm a web developer, currently working for one of turkey's top visited web sites with the following skills:
* Python (Django, Pyramid, TurboGears 2)
* Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
* Groovy (Grails)
* PHP
* JavaScript
* MySQL (also playing with PostgreSQL and MongoDB)
don't hesitate in contacting me at mengukagan at gmail dot com.
Drupal developer & Drupal themer for a number of e-commerce projects this year for high-profile clients. If you have any experience with Drupal Commerce, get in touch: marcus AT wcforever.com
Anywhere, Remote is OK
Talkdesk is hiring: http://talkdeskapp.com
Back-end developer and front-end developer.
We are not picky but we work mostly with Node.js, Rails, Backbone.js and MongoDB.
Asp.net C# + SqlServer, I prefer startups(Europe). I have over 5 years work experience. http://victorantos.com/resume.aspx
Designer UX and UI.
Work:
http://forrst.com/people/kingsidharth
I can deliver:
* HAML / SASS
* HTML / CSS
* PSDs
Freelance iOS developer living in San Francisco. Available for remote or local work.
Portfolio- http://www.bixbyapps.com
Please no full-time or partnership offers.
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• Designer, UI, UX, Print, Brand, Motion, Mob, Web.
• CSS, HTML, JS.
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Ruby on Rails or PHP developer to build small web-app. More money if you know how to develop browser plugins.
NYC or Remote
See profile info for contact, looking to fill ASAP!
Android and iOS native development.
Brooklyn, NY (Williamsburg)
Remote work is a possibility
HTML, XML
Javascript/AJAX
PHP, MySQL
Delphi / Object Pascal
VB, C# .NET
OpenCV / EmguCV
Ruby (not rails)
Python
iPhone / Cocoa
AfterEffects
Photoshop
Illustrator
Flash / AS3
Flex
3DS Max
Maya
CSS 2 / 3