Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2026)

SEEKING WORK - Contract, Remote, USA, backend engineer

I am a backend expert, having built and maintained mission critical, low latency and highly available systems for many companies over the last 10 years, in addition to over 20 total years of software development experience. I learn new things extremely quickly. AWS preferred but not required (I hold a variety of certs, available here: https://www.credly.com/users/jon-north.ad78f0c8)

You will like working with me because I:

  * hold your goals as my priorities
  * communicate verbosely yet synthesize well
  * my rates are reasonable in exchange for the value I deliver
  * I guarantee I will get the job done

Concrete examples:

* built the primary streaming data architecture for realtime game player tracking information (all games, 50ms SLA) and game stats for one of the top 3 US sports leagues (can’t name drop!) using Redpanda/Kafka on Azure+Terraform, and implemented its developer portal using Gravitee to provide first class streaming API support and monetization. Also built, deployed and maintained their ask-a-question-get-a-true-answer AI bot to expose 20+ years of stats to natural language fan questions! (this was the third of currently four times I’ve built similar architectures for different companies)

* Implemented a vector DB for one of the leading AI image hallucination platforms (millions of users) to provide an image similarity service.

* replatformed dozens of complex quant jobs to AWS Lambda for a startup hedge fund (~$1B AUM), vastly improving QoS and maintenance cost. Line 1 to platform-in-prod time 3 months, including refactoring for fit. This was mission critical cannot-fail stuff and required extensive proof of correctness.

* built a framework to collapse dozens of singleton ETL programs into one config-driven, simple C# application performing the same functionality at ~80% reduction in maintenance cost year over year.

Contact: jon.north@adiuvat-consulting.com More: www.adiuvat-consulting.com

Technologies: Python, C/C#/C++, SQL, NoSQL, Go, Golang, Docker, Git, Linux/Windows, Bash, Kafka, Redpanda, PySpark, Spark, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, SAP HANA, LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2

SEEKING WORK | Richmond, VA | Remote Contact: jesse@objectfactory.io

Hi! I had pretty good luck in this thread last time I participated. I was able to connect with a few great people and work on interesting projects for them. The world has changed quite a bit since then, so we'll see how this goes.

Last October, after ~4 years, I left an Engineering Lead role at a small podcasting software company. Previously I've founded/sold a solo startup in the web accessibility space, worked in digital agencies for ~7 years, and built software for TV/Radio operations.

Since October, I've been working on building a suite of desktop software with Tauri and am just now at a stage where I have some flexibility to take on client work again.

To be clear - I do not sling slop or sub-contract work. If you are looking for +100,000 line PRs daily, I'm not the person you are looking for. If, however, you are interested in well considered, resilient code and thoughtful advice informed by a wealth of experience in a lot of different industries and technologies feel free to reach out.

Some of the areas and technologies I can help with:

Laravel, JavaScript (Svelte, React, Vue, NodeJS), Rust, Tauri, DevOps (AWS, Containerization, CI/CD), improving legacy codebases, human processes / team culture (particularly where they intersect/conflict with LLM usage), and more.

I'm open to ad hoc feature work or greenfield projects. Both discounted rates based on the client's ability to pay and flat rates are possible for the right client. Agencies are fine, and I'm open to retainers.

I'm booking projects now to start in mid-August. Reach out via email to schedule a call.

Thanks! Jesse Tolj / Object Factory, LLC

SEEKING WORK (Remote Global)

Very seasoned developer with more than 15 years of experience. A lot of work with startups of various sizes.

Technologies:

  - Python: OpenAI , Gemini, LangChain, CrewAI, Streamlit, Pandas, Elasticsearch, Meilisearch, OpenCV, Scikit-learn, Scikit-image, TensorFlow, PyTorch.
  - C/C++/C#.
  - Frontend: Vue.Js.
  - Cloud: AWS, GCP.
  - DBs: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL.
  - DevOps: Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetis.

Background: Backend, Desktop.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-shraga-177a546/

email: igor [dot] shraga [at] gmail [dot] com

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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

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

Résumé/CV: On request via email

Hi I’m Mark, a Web Developer, Consultant and Automation Engineer originally from the UK. I specialize 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:

- Highly programable template rendering CLI tools.

- An open core, provider agnostic publishing server software.

- A Typescript OAuth2.0 REST API, with Typescript+React frontend.

- Programming with LLMs and devcontainers.

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

Portfolio: https://markjgsmith.com/portfolio

Recommendations: https://markjgsmith.com/recommendations

Email: markjgsmith@gmail.com