Ask HN: Looking for Scala + Akka + Spray contractor for startup?

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Post by kereta » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 2:26 AM UTC

We are a group of 6 working on a startup project with 3 SW engineers working part time but need more Scala/Akka/Spray experienced programmer consultant to help roll out a bare bones server app. We need a good foundation to build on however and highly scalable. Luckily our senior SW engineer knows what he wants to build, lacks the time.

What would be best place to find contractor help? Anyone interested?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for Scala + Akka + Spray contractor for startup?

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Post by eliah-lakhin » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 2:45 AM UTC

I don't have experience with Akka specificially, but I have long experience with Scala, and similar web frameworks in another languages.

Here is one of my projects in Scala: https://github.com/Eliah-Lakhin/papa-carlo And this is my resume: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26689230/cv.pdf

I would like to work in Akka based startup as a remote full-time contractor(I had been working remotely for years). As a a middle-ware role for start. What do you think?

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Post by cfeduke » Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 2:52 AM UTC

I work in Scala and Akka everyday at my full time job creating systems to handle video image processing and web client access plus analytics. (I love Scala, warts and all.)

I am also a technical reviewer for Scalatra in Action (Manning) and was a technical reviewer for Developing an Akka Edge (Bleeding Edge).

I'm looking for remote contract work; post a reply if you're interested. I'm pretty easy to find.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for Scala + Akka + Spray contractor for startup?

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Post by wozmirek » Thu, May 01, 2014, 9:01 AM UTC

Maybe a Typesafe consulting partner? I work at SoftwareMill, a Scala software house, we're remote & distributed and quite used to the type of work you need. As for our experience, I think the most relevant bit would be moving yap.tv, a Ruby-based TV startup to Scala.