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jon_north
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About jon_north
I've done a wide variety of software development since 1999, and am seeking freelance engagements, primarily backend at present.
Primary languages: Python, C/C++/C#, SQL Interests: anything backend: distributed systems, financial domain (trading, asset mgmt etc), AWS, Kafka, Docker, Terraform, Redis, REST
Please reach out if you'd like to speak about your project!
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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This seems like a very good idea, not just because of the desire to do human archaeology at times, but also to let further agentic exploration occur. It would be best if it became …
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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 compan…
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Location: USA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Maybe Expert backend developer primarily focused on data engineering, mission critical/low latency/highly available systems, an…
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Yup. I judge by results too. I'm still waiting for that too. I see a whole lot of software created by smart people - as far as I can tell, about the same amount of software they wo…
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100%. To me the real question is whether all the bother getting the agents to not waste time nets out to real gains, or perceived gains (while possibly even losing efficiency). It'…
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We're talking about people who work really high paying jobs deciding if a tool is worth their time. Why would anyone discuss whether or not people who don't work those jobs should …
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And yet, the average salary of an IT worker in the US is somewhere between 104 and 110k. Since we're discussing coders here, and IT workers tend to be at the lower end of that, may…