Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2017)

Freelance developer based in Brighton (50 minutes from London). I am flexible, resourceful and reliable and I can help you turn your ideas into reality. Happy to work on my own or as part of a team.

A few of the technolgies I work with: React Native: I've been working with React Native since the day it was released and it's now my favourite enviroment for building cross platform mobile apps. See: https://tomparslow.co.uk/technology/react-native/

D3.JS: My first choice for building rich interative web based data visualisations. See some examples at https://tomparslow.co.uk/technology/d3/

Python and Django: I've been using Django for close to a decade now and it's still often my first choice for web apps and APIs. https://tomparslow.co.uk/technology/python/

Arduino/Hardware: I have experience with coding in Assembly and C on various micro controllers and Arduino development and I work with some great people who can build some amazing machhines. See: https://tomparslow.co.uk/technology/arduino/

Please get in touch!

Portfolio Website: https://tomparslow.co.uk

Geeky and More Technical Website: http://almostobsolete.net

Github: https://github.com/almost

Email: tom@tomparslow.co.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 7951261227

Hello! I'm a contract app & web developer, specialising in building MVP's including native apps for iOS & Android, building or integrating with API's, backend systems and plain old websites. I have a proven track record of getting things built & shipped.

You can reach me at hello@darkpie.com and some more info on http://darkpie.com.

Keyword blast: Titanium, React Native, PHP, node, Codeigniter, Laravel, HTML, CSS, JS, AWS and about 100 others...

Development specialized on the free software project Open edX, used by many universities and companies to run online courses. See edx.org, stanford.edu or fun-mooc.fr for examples of Open edX instances. We are a team of ten developers, working remotely from Europe, North America, Asia, Russia & Australia. The company is not affiliated with edX, but contributing and working with them on various projects. This is a full time position, were you would be able to work remotely from where you want, as long as you have a good internet connexion. : )

It's a large Python/Django codebase, with good code standards and architecture (a lot of the edX engineers come from MIT). You would work on different clients contracts using the platform. The clients list/references include Harvard, edX themselves, the French government, and various startups & universities currently running their own instances, or looking to create one. Tasks are varied, from developing developing core platform features, custom exercises and tools for specific courses (XBlocks), customizing and deploying instances, working on both client/server sides, etc.

Most of your work is published as free software (Open edX is released under the AGPL license, which requires clients to release modifications under the same license), and you would also contribute to the free software project, pushing some of your developments upstream through pull requests, contributing features, documentation or help on mailing-lists.

Stack: Python/Django, Ansible, AWS/OpenStack, Debian/Ubuntu, JS, HTML/CSS, MySQL, MongoDB

Interview process: a 15 minutes (simple) coding exercise & a 30 minutes Hangout.

To apply, fill this form: http://opencraft.com/jobs/open-source-developer/

Versatile web developer comfortable on frontend and backend. 7 years experience (2+ remote) with an expertise in high-performance, high-volume web applications. Currently working on building cross-platform desktop applications with Electron.

Technologies: Python/Django, Node, React, AngularJS, Elastic-search, Postgresql/Mysql, Redis/nosql, Electron.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomjameswatson/

Projects - https://tomjwatson.com/projects

GitHub - https://github.com/tom-james-watson

Contact - tom@tomjwatson.com

See my post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14024910