Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)

SEEKING WORK | Romania | REMOTE (or on-site USA/Sweden/Switzerland)

  Location: Bucharest, Romania (UTC+3) (currently)

  Remote: Yes (preferred)

  Willing to relocate: Yes

  Technologies: Python, Django, Svelte / TypeScript, Shell, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Hugging Face, OpenAI, LlamaIndex, LangChain, AWS, GCP, Unity (C#), Git, Github Actions, Software Design & Architecture, Devops, Product, UX, Sales

  Résumé/CV: Available on request

  Email: hi [at] lucianlazar [dot] io

  GitHub: https://github.com/xucian

hey, I'm Lucian from Bucharest, have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading, now working on a pretty diverse range of projects, from games, gamedev courses, ai tools, saas templates etc. check my profile for a cross section of my brain

(also visiting sf for a few months)

SEEKING WORK

25ish-years-experience systems software engineer. 10 years at Google. "Systems" level programmer, embedded / robotics, datastructures / database internals, mostly in Rust. Plenty of open source experience. Looking for freelance, greenfield and/or interesting projects. Recent work all in Rust.

Location: Southern Ontario / Greater Toronto, Canada

Remote: Yes or Hybrid

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Rust, systems-level development, embedded, C++

Email: ryan.daum@gmail.com GitHub: http://github.com/rdaum

SEEKING WORK, Europe / Asia, remote work OK, I am very flexible with working hours and can accommodate most time zones, experienced remote worker.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Hi I’m Mark, a Web Developer, Consultant and Automation Engineer originally from the UK. I specialise in devops/system tools, workflow automation integrations, and NodeJS web development.

10+ years working in IT, experienced delivering large projects for Fortune 500 companies internationally, and working remotely.

Most recently I’ve been developing social media SaaS and statically generated (a.k.a Jamstack) websites, built using GitHub actions, deployed to Netlify, as well as OAuth 2.0 authenticated REST APIs, Typescript, React frontends. I have also been really getting into working with both cloud hosted (Gemini) and locally running (Ollama) LLMs in VSCode devcontainers.

Technologies:

NodeJS, Typescript, Perl, Python, Bash, Git, Express, Mocha, HTML/Javascript/CSS, ES2015-2020, OAuth 2.0, React, JQuery, Bootstrap, AWS, Digital Ocean, Netlify, Heroku, Docker, Lambda, Serverless, Message Queues, Stripe, Mailgun, Linux, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Nginx, Letsencrypt, GitHub Actions, Gemini, Ollama.

About me: https://markjgsmith.com/about

Portfolio: https://markjgsmith.com/portfolio

Recommendations: https://markjgsmith.com/recommendations

Résumé/CV: On request via email

Email: markjgsmith@gmail.com

SEEKING WORK

Location: Montana, USA

Remote: Yes

Email: jordan@jordanschatz.com

Website: jordanschatz.com

15+ years of experience, startups, CTO for mid-sized company, consultant for fortune 500s.

I do DevOps and solve performance issues. If for example you want to:

- Reduce your cloud bill

- Move onto the cloud, between clouds, or repatriate off the cloud.

- Solve reliability or performance issues

- Scale

Then hit me up!

SEEKING WORK | REMOTE | WORLDWIDE

Freelance UX/UI & SaaS Product Designer for hire, remotely.

Hey, I'm Bren - a product & UX designer with a Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design.

8+ years of experience designing UI/UX for startups and founders, including web and mobile apps.

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I'm available for:

• SaaS UX/UI Design for Web & Mobile - Stop losing users due to clunky interfaces. I'll create sleek, modern, and intuitive designs for your web app, dashboard, or mobile app to increase user engagement, attract new users, and drive retention.

• Ongoing Design Partnership - I'll provide continuous, development-ready designs with custom workflows and processes. I'll help you establish smooth design-to-development handoff, allowing you to focus on your business and deliver iterative improvements to your product.

• Interactive Prototypes - Avoid costly development mistakes by testing ideas early with high-fidelity, clickable prototypes. I'll help you gather crucial user feedback and validate your concepts before you commit to full development, saving time, resources, and reducing risk.

• Scalable Design Systems - Need a scalable, efficient approach to your product design? I can create a design system for your business. This will help save time and keeps your brand experience unified across all platforms.

• Skills: Figma, Design Systems, SaaS Design, Dashboard Design, User Experience, User Interface, UX Design, UI Design, Product Design

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• Retainer, ongoing UI / UX design arrangements available.

• Portfolio: https://SaaSDesigner.com

• Location: Toronto, Canada (GMT-4)

• Email: bren@saasdesigner.com