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

Location: North-east UK

What I do: Backend development / infrastructure

In the past I've run large-scale Debian installations doing devops before it had a name, and been responsible for servers in Antarctica. I have experience with a wide range of different Unix tools and technologies, at various levels of the stack. This gives me the ability—and the perspective—to pick the best combination of tools for any particular project, rather than simply treating everything as a nail because all I have is a hammer.

I specialise in working with non-technical entrepreneurs and providing a "CTO-as-a-service.” I take care of the technical side end-to-end, leaving you free to work on your business, rather than worrying about servers and databases.

Previous work:

* University library data migration project, with a focus on completeness and validation. (Clojure, Elixir, Ruby)

* School data processing app (Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL)

* Custom data dashboards (R, Geckoboard)

* High-reliability, long-term timelapse platform for inaccessible locations. (FreeBSD, Arduino, Python, Shell)

* Migration of existing Node.js+Firebase service to Golang+PostgreSQL on AWS

* Feasibility study investigating the possiblility of writing custom code to interface with a biometric timeclock (Common Lisp)

* Proof-of-concept hardware development for projects linking the physical and virtual worlds in real time (Arduino, Node.js)

* Project management webapp for construction companies (Rails, AngularJS, Bootstrap)

Buzzwords: Debian, Ubuntu, AWS, PostgreSQL, Perl, Common Lisp, Clojure, Ruby, Go, Arduino / AVR, Elixir / Phoenix, FreeBSD

Got something you think is a good fit? Drop me a line at mike -at- lambdafunctions -dot- com

I’m an experienced developer currently seeking moonlighting work. I’ve written tons of code that runs in production, as both a startup employee and as an agency subcontractor. I follow best practices, use version control, write tests, and have extensive knowledge of the developer ecosystems surrounding the tools I use. My rates are reasonable, with discounts on guaranteed volume.

Capabilities:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Sass/SCSS/PostCSS
  • Static marketing sites
  • Rust, Elm, Ruby, Go

  • Refactoring
  • Prototyping
  • Performance

About Numbrs: Numbrs is a customer-centric financial services company. It enables its customers to manage their existing bank accounts and personal finances and to buy any financial product from every provider at the best possible price. Numbrs is not a bank and will not become a bank. Numbrs is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and employs over 100 people. 1.5 million bank accounts are currently managed through the app in Germany and it is the #1 bank-independent banking app on iOS and Android. For more information, please visit www.numbrs.com

About the profile: Responsibilities include but are not limited to deploying, supporting, monitoring and troubleshooting large scale micro-service based distributed systems with high transaction volume; documenting the IT infrastructure, policies, and procedures. Applicants are also expected to participate in after-hours work.

* a Bachelor's or higher degree in technical field of study 10+ years of experience in managing and troubleshooting large scale distributed systems

* 5+ years in JVM

* 2+ years in AWS

* 2+ years in Docker, Kubernetes and Mesos

* 3+ years in setting up, configuring and monitoring Kafka and Zookeeper in production

* 5+ years experience in operating relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (Couchbase, Cassandra) storages

* excellent knowledge of at least one modern programming language, such as Go, Java, C++, Python and Scala

* a good understanding of network and routing protocols (TCP/IP, DNS and others)

* excellent troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities

* excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills

* experience implementing, operating, and supporting open source tools for network and security monitoring and management on Linux/Unix platforms

* experience with encryption and cryptography standards

If you are interested in working for us, please send your resume to careers (at) centralway (dot) com Should you have any other questions, feel free to reach me at the given email address.

Regards, Selina

Full-stack developer with 5 years of experience working with YC startups. I can build your entire backend in Python/Django with a REST API and/or GraphQL endpoint, deploy it to a Kubernetes cluster with an automated CI/CD pipeline. I can get this built and running on almost all cloud environments including AWS and Azure. Finally, I can build your whole front-end using React, Redux, and Apollo. Oh, and I’m a pretty good Android developer too.

I’m available for short-term projects.

Skills: Python, Django, Elixir, GraphQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, React, Redux, Babel, Webpack, Postgres, Linux, Nginx, Apache, Kubernetes, Docker, and more.

Reach me at xpatel [at] pulsecode DOT ca

Aquabyte is seeking a Software Engineer to help with product and algorithm development for our underwater camera algorithms. We work on stereoscopic 3D video, object detection and segmentation, and other problems in the underwater domain.

Job Responsibilities:

- Build entire application production pipelines from ingest to visualization

- Build new products from the ground up

- Work at the cutting-edge of the latest underwater video research

Qualifications:

- Technical degree (CS, math) from a top research university

- Expert developer with experience building production-scale data pipelines and web applications in Node.js, Python, JavaScript, and Lua

- Excellent with React.js / web development

- Previous startup and product experience

- Ability to work independently and efficiently on projects

Bonus Qualifications:

- Experience with Caffe, Torch, or Tensorflow and knowledge of how to optimize these models

- Experience working with underwater video data

- Previous startup founder

If interested, please email your resume to jobs@aquabyte.ai

Aquabyte is a venture-backed startup that uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to optimize fish farms. We are invested and advised by NEA and Princeton University.