Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2013)

Full-stack web developer with sharp marketing skills.

I can help with figuring out how to make more money out of your application (B2B SaaS apps are where I have the most experience).

By understanding who your customers are and what they're looking for, I can help create a better experience for them (examples: fixing application hot spots, adding live feedback chat at the right spot, customer satisfaction surveys, analyzing and reducing churn rate...)

Do you have poor signup rates? Low activation or retention metrics? Do you think you could make more money out of your current application?

I have 8 years of experience as a software developer (Python/Django/Javascript), and I've worked both on my own products and for other startups.

I can also help with your MVP, help you come up with the right questions, and developing the right product.

My blog: http://www.sparklewise.com

Languages: ● JavaScript ● HTML5 ● CSS3 ● LESS & SASS ● Perl ● Ruby ● Python ● Java Frameworks: ● jQuery & jQuery UI ● Angular & Angular UI ● Node.js ● Flatiron ● Express ● Twitter Bootstrap ● Mojolicious ● Rails ● Backbone

I'm a web application engineer with experience building elegant user experience and developing full-stack. As the lone "front-end guy" at a physician search start-up, I... - refactored a codebase written piecemeal by contractors, - helped layout and then built mock ups from our designer, - architected and implemented a very complex, albeit user friendly, interface, - redesigned an internal API for greater usability, - supported the expansion of features across an array of browsers, - and contributed as an early member of the team, including design decisions (visual and structural) and business approaches. As a contractor for several larger companies, I... - wrangled with quite a few standard and custom front-ends, scraping partner sites for QA purposes, - designed a framework for rapidly generating scrapers via a headless browser, - for a meta search, created custom adapters between the APIs of my client and their partners, - and rebuilt the front-end of a travel search site using modern, client-side frameworking.

gmail: awdyson

Where I've worked/studied: thoughtbot, ZURB, Coveo, Atlassian, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont McKenna College

Things I do: Back end dev, front end dev, full stack dev, design (I have a partner who designs), Packaged rails security audits, long term or short term projects

My usual stack includes: Ruby on Rails, HTML, HAML, CSS, SASS, Heroku, Angular.js, Javascript, jQuery, Postgres, Photoshop, git, Ruby, ZURB Foundation, Responsive design

I can also do: Backbone.js, PSD to HTML, Bootstrap, PHP, MySQL

I've worked with over 25 clients in 4 countries and am on the look out for interesting new projects. I won't belabor an explanation of my philosophy and experience on this thread, but please visit http://nealke.mp or email me if you are interested in learning more. You can contact me at me( at )nealke( . )mp

Aside from development, I also offer packaged Rails security audits.