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

Windows Python programmer with focus on creating Windows Services

https://www.scalyr.com

We are an early stage startup building a log management, monitoring, and alerting service based on our experience running cloud services at Google. We are seeking a freelancer to adapt the agent program that our customers run on their servers to collect system metrics and server logs. It is written in Python and currently runs on Linux so we are looking to adapt it for Windows.

This is a great opportunity to work with a small, very engineering-focused company at an early stage of development working with very interesting technologies. The project will have a big impact on our customers. Plus, the agent is open sourced so this work benefits the community and will give the developer something they can point at for future employers. Finally, this project could result in more ongoing work in the months / years to come.

The main tasks will include:

* Create a build process that will bundle the Python agent as a Windows executable and run it as a Windows service (using something like py2exe)

* Create an installer

* Develop a mechanism to allow our users to easily update the agent when new releases are made

* Write code to collect relevant system metrics from the Windows server

We are looking for candidates who meet the following requirements:

* Windows expert, focusing on Window Services and best practices

* Have built Windows executables from Python on previous projects

* Have created installers for Windows

* Must be willing to provide ongoing support (which we will pay for as needed)

Interested? Email contact@scalyr.com with resume and brief description of how your background matches our candidate requirements.

Looking to get assurances about the security of your site or application? I will perform a thorough code and security audit for you and highlight any issues related to a) security b) code quality and c) robustness.

As part of the service, I will compile a report detailing each issue, the impact it may have on your business, and how to fix it.

I can then work with your developers to fix the issues, or optionally, fix the issues myself.

If you are interested please get in touch. I can also show you an example anonymised report that I recently compiled for a custom e-commerce solution to give you a sense of what my audit covers.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Glen Scott

I have five years of professional iOS experience and have been building apps as an indie developer since the SDK was announced in early '08.

My first few years were spent working on high-profile iOS projects for companies in the financial industry. My last three years have been spent working as iOS engineer for a successful SF-based startup. I recently left my full-time position to pursue freelance work and am looking for immediate or near-future iOS projects.

More info and a full resume can be found on my website - ryanipete.com.

Alternatively, feel free to contact me directly - 303-526-6133, ryanipete -at- gmail.

Looking for opportunities to help companies with backend/server-side architecture & development (primarily PHP MVC), system integration and server infrastructure setup/maintenance.

I mostly work remotely from Thailand, on a very flexible schedule (I can schedule work hours to get overlap with most other timezones when required) but on-site visits to pretty much anywhere are a possibility if required too.

Contact me via stephen (dot) reay (at) me (dot) com

Link to resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuMb-r-oSsLdCy-zkFl0s4n8...

I'm a full stack Rails developer, latest project being a marketplace for indie musicians to set up stores, sell music, and engage fans. This involved setting up a background process to run a 3rd party C library for embedding artist info into the song files, integrating Stripe and AWS API's, and running an nginx/unicorn production stack.

The full list of skills and expertise includes:

  *Ruby, Rails, Nginx, Unicorn
  *JavaScript, jQuery, Underscore
  *AngularJS, Backbone
  *Java, Maven, Struts, Spring, Android
  *HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Foundation
  *WebGL, Unity3d, C#

Before freelancing fulltime I taught and developed teaching materials for web development at General Assembly, did String Theory research during my PhD program, and come from a family of Java software engineers. More at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuMb-r-oSsLdCy-zkFl0s4n8...