Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2016)

SEEKING WORK - San Francisco - Remote OK - Travel Possible

Experienced software developer with a history in startups.

Proficient in:

  * Python  ['django', 'bottle', 'google.app.engine', 'pyramid']
  * Javascript  ['angular','backbone','node','firebase','react'];
  * Clojure  '(compojure om)
  * Ruby ['rails', 'sinatra']
  * Go {'appengine'}
  * Haskell, Prolog (and other esoterics)

We've helped entrepreneurs develop their MVP, as well as large companies develop core features. We provide services such as feature development, product management, and software auditing.

Previous engagements include Fuze, DriveShift.com, Sosh, Getaround, Codecademy, Factset, Wakemate, drip.fm, and Swiftstack, among others. Currently represented by http://www.10xmanagement.com

For more info see our page at http://turbines.io, or talk to us at hn@turbines.io

SEEKING WORK - Digital Nomad (currently in Germany) - REMOTE, also would travel

Hey, my name is Sebastian and I've been a freelance web developer for 7+ years. For the past 3 years I've been a digital nomad traveling through Europe. Currently I reside in Germany. My current area of work includes everything JavaScript and the rest of the crew: HTML + CSS.

Frontend:

  * Vanilla JS (ES6), jQuery
  * Backbone, Underscore, Vue.js
  * Mustache, Handlebars
  * Stylus, LESS, Sass
  * Foundation, Bootstrap, Bulma
  * Gulp, Grunt, Bower, Yeoman

Backend:

  * Node.js, NPM
  * Express, Hapi
  * Socket.io, Websockets
  * MongoDB, Redis
  * Git, Git Flow, Ubuntu, Nginx

I am the creator of jQAPI (http://jqapi.com), have sold a jQuery Showcase/Blog/Twitter (http://usejquery.com).

I attended multiple hackathons (NodeKnockout, RailsRumble, StaticShowdown) - I finished 3rd at NodeKnockout 2012 in the category Utility/Fun, 1st solo and 2nd overall at StaticShowdown 2016.

My recent project is about the new WebMIDI API (+HTML5 Audio): http://midi.space (started with my Yeoman Generator: https://github.com/mustardamus/generator-grail)

Check out more of my stuff at http://akrasia.me or http://github.com/mustardamus. You can find my mail address in my profile.

SEEKING WORK

Location: Remote (primarily Shenzhen, China); Las Vegas, San Francisco Bay Area

We're a boutique product development firm focusing on concept design through manufacturing and delivery of consumer electronics products. We focus heavily on low-volume, flexible manufacturing in China Pearl River Delta region. Another of our particular specialties is precision electromechanical systems, but we've designed, prototyped, and manufactured systems ranging from wearables all the way through interactive kiosks and high volume packaging. We have a lot of experience in helping companies source from China from the prototype stage.

Email: hello@mecchania.com

SEEKING FREELANCER -- REMOTE OK. OpenCraft - Open Source developer on Open edX (Worldwide, company based in Berlin)

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 nine 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: 30 minutes Hangout, then a (paid) test task for selected candidates (a contribution to the Open edX project) - the decision is taken based on how you handle the upstream contribution.

To apply, end an email to jobs+dev-hn@opencraft.com, including: 1) A short explanation of why the role interests you (no formal cover letter, please :) ) 2) A list of links to free software contributions you have made, preferably to third-party projects. You can also include communication threads or documentations you have written if any, as free software contribution is more than just about code. 3) A link to your github account 4) Your resume (or a link to an online resume like LinkedIn)

SEEKING WORK - San Antonio, TX or REMOTE - keyston [at] conceptual-ideas.com Full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in frontend and backend development.

Languages: Scala,Java,Javascript,Python,PHP,HTML5,Less,Sass Platforms: Android, Shopify,WordPress

Frontend : AngularJs(1/2),JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, Backbone.js, Handlebars,Node.js),HTML5,Less,Sass,Bootstrap,Foundation,compass

Backend : Play!,Node.js,Php,Akka,Spray.io, Netty,Sails.js,Laravel

Environments: LAMP stack, NginX, Linux,Wowza,AWS

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/keyston-clay/24/277/198

http://github.com/kclay

Pet project - a Scala driver for RethinkDB - https://github.com/kclay/rethink-scala

https://github.com/kclay/mydivisionbuild

Recent project : http://jobtreks.com/ (Play! + Scala + AngularJs) email for demo

Hourly and Contract(short/mid/long term) Jobs welcomed