Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2021)

13 years experience in developing and deploying products, and leading teams with major autonomy and AI tech components (AGV/AMR fleets, manufacturing system integrations, biometric systems, inspection, service robots). Most recent projects/launches: self-driving outdoor forklift, largest AGV fleet in an automotive body shop process.

Tech Areas: Robotics, autonomy, full-stack software development (embedded, mechatronics, up to web), MVPs, lean startup methodology, software development best practices.

Technologies: ROS (architecting, Navigation stack, MoveIt), C++, Python, PCL, sensor fusion, functional safety (SICK product line), Docker, NVIDIA Jetson, WebRTC, Django, React.

Sectors: Manufacturing, Material Handling, National Security and Defense, HealthTech, eCommerce.

Available for consulting, MVP development, contract work, proposal teaming.

Email: david [at] amboautomation.com

We’re Dials: Github for property maintenance. Today, huge skyscrapers and hospitals track maintenance items (furnace repair) using legacy “building management systems”. It’s what you’d expect: desktop software, six-figure contracts and multi-year implementation timelines. For the other 99% of buildings, Dials moves all this to the cloud and organizes it, letting everyone work faster, earn more, and take better care of their buildings. The first piece we’re doing is HOA reserve planning, a high-stakes problem that when done incorrectly, causes disasters like the condo collapse that just happened in Florida.

We’re making product design our first hire because we see ourselves as similar to Square: lots of semi-technical users, served by an inexpensive, self-serve product. Product Design will be a key growth driver for the business and accordingly, this position offers a ton of visibility, and room for growth.

You will have broad discretion to remodel, use, or even discard what we’ve built so far. We wouldn’t mind if you want to contribute code but the priority is someone who can work from (and help shape) product requirements, building flows and assets using Figma, InDesign, Photoshop, and other similar tools.

Our founders have 15+ years combined experience in Silicon Valley, one prior exit, and our CTO led the perception team at the company that was first to legally operate an 18-wheel semi truck with nobody in the cab. We’ve assembled a great team of 30+ investors from Stripe, Square, Coinbase, and Heroku, and are a distributed-by-choice company with the founders in different cities. Obviously, we want to make ourselves and our investors money, but we chose this because it’s technically deep, and has the potential to make millions of owners', managers', accountants', and tradespeoples' work lives more pleasant. Aishanou and I creating the sort of place we’d want to work ourselves: clear expectations and reporting lines, respectful, high-caliber coworkers, 45-50 hours/week of work (no weekend work/”crunch time”), and ample mentorship for junior employees.

Email: david@dials.com

We are a small mobile(iOS&Android)/web app/desktop software development shop based in the DC area and we can help you build your application.

We can take your idea, do wireframe/prototype it, create UX/UI design, do the development (front-end and back-end) and publish it to the App Store(s).

You can view our recent projects here: https://codebrightly.com/projects/

For us to give you a more educated quote- we need get an idea of the core features that you want included in the application.

We are willing to sign an NDA if you'd like.

It is a slower time for us right now- we are willing to be flexible with the rates.

Next step: a 15 minute call to chat about project details and see if might be a good fit. You can click on this link to pick the time that works for you: https://calendly.com/CodeBright or just respond to this email.

Regards,

Useful links: - Sample NDA Agreement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ToPo4o8HIYnLqWTnCYxWrc-OjLP...

Standard Development Process: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C4_ZkDu91Uefyt4acGprrX2q...

Reviews: - GoodFirms: https://codebrightly.com/GoodFirms - Google: https://codebrightly.com/Google-Reviews - Clutch: https://codebrightly.com/Clutch - Thumbtack: https://codebrightly.com/Thumbtack-Reviews - Yelp: https://codebrightly.com/Yelp-reviews

Fullstack (70/30 backend/frontend) senior+ software engineer. >9 years experience.

Previous experience at several startups in London including medtech and fintech.

I'd say I'm strongest with system design and delivering large areas of functionality with a pragmatic focus on business value.

Experienced with AWS and GCP, serverless, Postgres, MySQL, distributed systems. Languages include JS/TS, Python.

Available for technical consulting, early stage development, working with legacy systems and general software contracting work.

Software blog: https://notestoself.dev

Freelancing "brand" site: https://kensiosoftware.co.uk

Contact: hireme@kensiosoftware.co.uk

Location: Remote Only

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