Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancers? (April 2011)

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by whoishiring • 15 years ago

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Lets see it is useful to have a freelancer matchmaking thread.

Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility.

bartonfink• 15 years ago

Let's give this a shot. SEEKING WORK.

I have a baby on the way and hours outside of my day job to turn into dollars. I work for a defense contractor, and the contract I work on disallows any work above 40 hours a week, so I have plenty of time on my hands that I'd rather not spend looking at Babies-R-Us catalogs with my wife.

I live in Denver, but strongly prefer remote work. I've worked professionally with Java, C++, Javascript (both in browsers as well as an embedded scripting language) Groovy, and PHP as an intern and am currently on a quest to figure out Lisp to see what "the profound enlightenment experience" ESR talked about is. I'm open to small, one-off jobs as well as a long-term relationship, but because this baby is approaching at 60 seconds a minute, it wouldn't be prudent for me (or cheap for you) if I quit my day job to pursue another opportunity full time.

My contact info is on my profile page. If you've got anything you'd like done, let me know and we'll work something out.

bluedevil2k3• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK.

Remote work only. Live and work in Austin, TX.

I've worked with Java for 13 years and jQuery for over 3 years. I'm open to anything really as long as it's interesting and gives me a reason to get excited to sit in front of my computer for full days of coding. Something that's interesting to work on would take preference over something that's dull but pays well. Flexible to work on your schedule. Contact me via the e-mail in my profile.

barry-cotter• 15 years ago

The email in your profile is only visible to admins. Edit your textbox if you want anyone else to see something.

bluedevil2k3• 15 years ago

My HN id @ gmail.com

Will fix the profile when I'm not on the iphone. Thanks.

n9com3• 15 years ago

interested, but can't see your email.

bluedevil2k3• 15 years ago

My HN id @ gmail.com

mikelbring• 15 years ago

Developer seeking remote work.

I work full time as a web developer for a transportation company, but I am looking to start freelancing more. My tools include PHP, Javascript, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and HTML/CSS coding. Email is in my profile.

zinssmeister• 15 years ago

Hey, I am the founder of http://www.virtualrockstars.com and I might need some PHP help here and there. Maybe we can get in touch?

ryanfelton• 15 years ago

Developer seeking Designer for paid 10hr / week contract.

If you’re a designer who loves playing tabletop role playing games and would love to play a key role in improving Obsidian Portal, we’ve got an opportunity for you. Read more about it here http://blog.obsidianportal.com/seeking-a-user-interface-desi....

9to5culture• 15 years ago

I found a fantastic designer on oDesk https://www.odesk.com/users/~~1929b5c931432527

He did our landing page http://www.9to5culture.com

kchap• 15 years ago

Seeking Work:

DC area or remote. Copy editing, copy writing. I'd love to help you identify and communicate your vision articulately and passionately!

Email in profile.

jellisjapan• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK. New Orleans, LA (or remote).

I'm a full time developer concentrating on doing high quality front-end / UX work for web applications and startups. I can help you handle both design, app-flow, mockups, as well as the cross browser compliant HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript required to build it.

I also have especially good experience working with Ruby/Rails/Sinatra/Rack based applications (due to the fact that I've built many of my own from scratch as self produced applications).

Email in profile.

siong1987• 15 years ago

SEEKING WROK.

http://flochip.com

gcv• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK, Bay Area

I'm working on a startup, but have to pause and do some short-term consulting to pay the bills. I am particularly interested in helping anyone who needs system-level work done, in C, on Linux or Unix environments. I have experience working with filesystems, and have written custom network filesystems which run on top of Samba. Although I have never done any kernel hacking, I would love to learn it and will give a substantial discount to anyone who gives me the opportunity.

oziumjinx2• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

We are located in New York City but remote work is totally fine.

We are rebuilding the backend of our application on Google AppEngine. Solid Python/Django skills are required. AppEngine experience would be a big plus. Familiarity with browser addons/extensions is also a big plus (Chrome, Firefox, IE).

Remote work totally fine. We prefer at least 10 hrs a week that you can commit. 20+ hrs would be great.

Would love to see work samples, github code, resume, random facebook photos, and blood samples. (kidding)

baberuth• 15 years ago

you didn't leave a way to get in touch

europa• 15 years ago

Contact info Please. Here or in your profile

oziumjinx2• 15 years ago

Oops... should be in my profile now

danohuiginn2• 15 years ago

This thread is almost all people looking for work, but the (mainly on-site) hiring thread is almost all people offering work.

Seems like a little flexibility on either side could get good results.

ecito• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK, New York

iPhone/iPad developer looking for extra work. Contact info in my profile.

bigohms• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER (Developer)

Dev to build a MVP rails geo app and data infrastructure ( will be accessible in the near future by mobile devices).

Familiarity with the following is helpful to take this on: * Storing location data in ActiveRecord (PostGIS/PostgreSQL and MySQL) * Accessing location data in Controller * How to use open geo-standards for sharing data: GeoRSS, WMS, WFS, WCS, Microformats, KML, GeoJASON * How to use geocoders * Geographic data formats (Vector and Raster) * Using Ruby/Mapscript, Ruby/GDAL, Ruby/GEOS * Talking to Mapserver (IvyGIS) * Using Geonames Ruby API

or * YM4R * GeoRuby * Spatial Adapter for ActiveRecord * GeoKit * acts_as_locatable * acts_as_geocodable * graticule

jdminhbg• 15 years ago

Can you put some contact info here or in your profile?

wlievens2• 15 years ago

I have a lot of open source GIS experience, but unfortunately I've never used Ruby.

If you ever need anything done involving GIS and Java, contact me.

solid2• 15 years ago

I'm interested. Have ample Rails experience, no domain experience with geolocation, but I'm a motivated and quick learner. Please see my post in this thread for contact info

nola• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER -- developer

We're located in Seattle, but remote is okay.

Hiring for mobile app development (ios & android).

nola1919@gmail.com

*To those seeking work, it would be great if you provided a link to a list of your past work and/or portfolio.

joelackner• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Quality design concepts, website layouts, user interfaces & marks/logos/brands/icons. Only taking on concept work at this time, too backlogged with development.

http://celsius.ws

jamii• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Remote work preferable. Nomadic, currently in Hong Kong.

I've worked professionally with python, ocaml and erlang. I've worked in search ( http://bit.ly/ji-texsearch-opt , https://github.com/jamii/texsearch ), testing ( http://bit.ly/ji-fuzzer ), distributed systems ( http://bit.ly/ji-mealy ) and am making inroads into p2p ( https://github.com/jamii/dissertation , http://bit.ly/ji-telehash , https://github.com/jamii/erl-telehash ). I have a strong background in math (real analysis, probability, discrete maths) and computer science (randomized algorithms, AI / epistemic logic, machine learning) .

I'm willing to work on anything interesting but my main interests are distributed systems and p2p networks.

Resume - http://bit.ly/ji-about

Blog - http://bit.ly/ji-blog

Github - https://github.com/jamii

CoachRufus87• 15 years ago

Seeking Work, Austin, TX (or remote)

College Student/Bootstrapper

Rails, HTML/CSS, UX

Email in profile

vlokshin• 15 years ago

I run a number of personal start-up projects that I constantly hire for, and I project manage a few for other firms as well.

Constantly looking for talented technical professionals that are a pleasure to work with.

Email me: vlad@startfinder.com or Add me: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vlokshin

amac• 15 years ago

Seeking freelancer

Web developer, remote ok.

Project is to catalog every product in existence.

Database knowledge a bonus.

E-mail is in my profile.

Kilimanjaro• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

If you need help with python, drop me a line. App Engine projects welcome.

Contact info in my profile.

flowseeker• 15 years ago

Developer seeking work, NYC or remote.

I'm a developer with about 10 years experience. I started out using Perl scripts in computational biology, and have long since left the research world behind. My skills include OO Perl, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, Lucene/Solr, Objective-C, and of course my current favorite: the powerful Django, Python, Postgres, jQuery combination. I have even been known to do some web design (keep it minimalist!).

I've worked on projects spanning the spectrum, from startups that never got beyond 10 users and a virtual server to those requiring several dedicated servers, an index of millions of documents, and plenty of moving parts to keep everyone happy. I'm pretty dogged in solving any problem that comes my way during a project, and really enjoy the process of learning new skills.

Contact info is in my profile.

n9com3• 15 years ago

interested - can you send us an email with details of your past work. contact info in profile.

rdoherty• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Remote and local, SF Bay Area.

Performance engineer and frontend web developer. Worked at Yahoo! and Mozilla as a frontend engineer specializing in performance and scalability. Available for consulting and short duration work (~10hrs/week). Would love to help make any site faster.

http://www.ryandoherty.net/ https://github.com/ryandoherty http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandoherty

iworkforthem• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

I code Java/Javascript/CSS/HTML.

I automate web testing with Selenium/Sahi.

Remote work - Asia & US. Ask me anything.

wlievens2• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Remote and local, Antwerp area BELGIUM

Well-versed in front-end development as well as back-end stuff, most experienced with Java but comfortable with other platforms.

Domain experience includes compilers, open-source GIS and image processing.

Not available for full-time development, but I can put in the hours in evenings.

shpxnvz• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK, remote or Baltimore, MD area

I've got around 10 years working in webapp development. Experience in Scala, Groovy and Java, some Python and PHP as well as HTML, CSS, JS. Enthusiastically interested in any web application work, but not much in the way of web design chops. Small or big projects welcome. Happy to talk about projects and ideas!

I'd like to find enough freelance work to replace my full-time job and free up some time to work on my startup.

n9com3• 15 years ago

interested, get in touch, email in my profile.

drewcrawford2• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

TX (DFW/Austin)

Native iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Mac Development

Apple-related consulting (enterprise software, Mac/iOS ports, app review help, performance tuning)

ABSOLUTELY NO full-time job offers, unpaid/equity gigs, NDAs

http://drewcrawfordapps.com

justinchen• 15 years ago

Nice looking portfolio. Is it just you or do you have a team of devs?

drewcrawford2• 15 years ago

Me + two part-time contractors.

tomelders• 15 years ago

We're seeking a .NET developer, preferably in london. Experience with Umbraco would also be a plus but not essential.

Get in touch via the website.

http://www.appliedworks.co.uk

baadd• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

(throwaway account) Looking for a designer for design/markup/css/js work.

Southern California, preferably Orange County area. This will likely be a three month project requiring roughly 10 hours per week. The project is a fairly straightforward web design project.

Contact via M8R-p0mf3u@mailinator.com and if available please link to prior work. Thanks.

JoeCortopassi• 15 years ago

Never understood why people looking to hire someone would use a throwaway account. Just makes you look a little shady

kingsidharth• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

UI, Web Designer

Can design your website, blog or give you a brand identity. Mostly been doing design consultation for startups lately. But anything short-term will do.

Though I am not really looking for it, but if you have a web-app you need a UI for, do ping me - if things are interesting I'd like to get along.

Unfinished Portfolio: http://design.64notes.com

Forrst: http://forrst.com/people/kingsidharth

lynaghk• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

My specialty is data visualization and technical graphic design. I primarily use R (ggplot) and Protovis, and tie it together with LaTeX (for print/PDF) or HTML + JavaScript on the web. For data munging I use Ruby (for hacks), R (for adv. analysis), and Clojure (for couth). I live in Portland, Oregon, USA.

github profile:

https://github.com/lynaghk

recent algorithm + dataviz project:

http://www.dirigibleFlightcraft.com/prote.cs/

ryanfitz• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE or NYC

I do freelance work and focus on projects that use or want to use mongoDB, backbone.js, rails, nodejs. my github is http://github.com/codebrew

sgricci• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK (Remote or Local)

Boulder, CO

Freelance PHP/MySQL/HTML/CSS/jQuery, 10 years experience.

Work full time as a lead engineer / architect, looking to turn spare time into dollars.

E-mail and sites in profile.

solid2• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - remote or local PA-Lehigh Valley (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton)

My partner and I have a small design studio LLC called Solid Design Group.

I am a Rails/jQuery programmer with ops experience constructing, deploying, and maintaining many production websites/apps. I run a nice Rails stack including hoptoad/github/backup/capistrano/haml/sass/compass, etc

He is a print/web/advertising graphic designer.

We both have many years of experience working with small businesses and fortune 500 clients.

We specialize in websites, web apps, branding for small bus/startups, and print work (brochure/bus cards/letterhead/etc).

Website: http://soliddesigngroup.net Github: http://github.com/jonathanb and http://github.com/soliddesign

pyb• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

I've just released an open source X server for Lisp hackers.

Am now available for Systems, Mobile and possibly Backend projects !

Straight to my Github : https://github.com/pyb

Or for more info : http://pyb.github.com

nickoakland• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

We are located in Oakland, CA and prefer a bay-based front-end PHP Web Developer for exciting local apparel company

We are currently looking for an experienced PHP Web Developer. This is an exciting opportunity in Oakland for a new apparel company that uses Magento and Wordpress for our two main sites.

This is for part-time, contract-based work best suited for freelance developers near the Bay Area with availability to occasionally come in for meetings in Oakland (most, if not all, work can be done remotely). Weekly hours will vary depending on projects/tweaks. Quick turn-around is highly important.

Must able to communicate effectively and be able to work well with art/creative director from sketches, PSD comps, wireframes or sometimes (though not often) merely telephone conversations.

This is a great on-going opportunity for those with other clients and looking for an extra boost of work here and there.

Pay hourly or project-based.

Two9A• 15 years ago

Let's give this a blast.

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE

I'm a PHP/JS developer, with a background in the embedded field. You might know me from the DSemu and jsGB projects, building games console emulators in C++ and JavaScript respectively.

If you need PHP/MySQL/JS work done, I'm available on a remote-work basis. I'm also open to embedded C/assembly work, if you have any.

Email address on my profile, articles and code samples at http://imrannazar.com/

vgurgov• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER For videolla.com

1) web UI/Designer contract. Rails experience preferred. For redesign of our fastest growing startup videolla.com

2) Marketing PR hacker intern/freelancer. You will make us famous!

If you feel you are 1)+2) you should also apply. Bay Area preferred. Remote is possible for exceptional candidates!

newy• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

Opzi (YC S10) SOMA/SF. Looking for designers with a clean, minimalist (FB, Apple-ish) sense of design to polish our enterprise knowledgebase product. Ideally you can Photoshop and create clean CSS. Local would be great, but remote ok as well. Send samples and your rate to:

euwyn@opzi.com

irvbriscoe2• 15 years ago

My portfolio is at http://www.irvbriscoe.com

flignats• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

We are located in Silicon Valley, but remote work for this project is just as good.

I am with SkillAddiction.com and SA provides casual gaming tournaments for people to enter into, for a chance to win cash and prizes. Players view a variety of tournaments and select which one to enter. Tournaments are free, cost virtual currency, or cost cash to enter and compete; which is where our biggest question is - what denomination, or entry cost, is optimal and attracts the most participants? We have a bunch of data and are looking to identify and extract key customer metrics so that we can gain better insight into our customers.

If you love to dig around numbers and identify cool metrics that help make a difference, drop us a line!

[hnname]@skilladdiction

brianmwang• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

My partner and I are currently bootstrapping our startup, Fitocracy (http://www.fitocracy.com) and are looking for web development contract work either in the NY area or remotely.

We cover everything from wireframes and Photoshop mockup designs, to user flows and interactions, to fully fleshed out web apps using plenty of Python/Django, HTML/CSS/Javascript.

Contact at bri.m.wang@gmail.com

darklighter3• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE ONLY

I have been doing Java web development for 12 years with skills in related tools (Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Javascript, jQuery). I have also done some Python and App Engine.

Contact info is in my profile.

robeastham• 15 years ago

I am currently bootstrapping MightyCV - a resume platform with hacker leanings. It has integrations with HN, github and StackOverflow along with some other cool features. I've built and designed the whole service myself with the help of some great ruby gems. Thanks guys! Signing up for an account will therefore give you some idea of what sort of web app I'm capable of building. I'm looking for web development contract work, either remote or in London, while I continue to bootstrap MightyCV.

Here's what my MightyCV looks like:

http://robeastham.mightycv.com

If you like the look of it you can sign up for your own MightyCV resume by joining the private beta at http://www.mightycv.com (use this beta signup code: 22MARCH2011 after clicking the sign-up link on the homepage).

sjwalter• 15 years ago

SEEKING REMOTE WORK

I'm a professional hacker, currently working at a super-cool ISP in Yellowknife, Canada. I've worked on automated testing frameworks in Perl at NITI (startup, sold to IBM), device drivers in C++ at ATI, RTOS hacking at National Instruments, systems software at Redback Networks, and lots more. In my spare time, I've been hacking lots on Node.js and building stuff for iOS. I'm mostly building stuff that uses Twilio, and my Node.js Twilio library (https://github.com/sjwalter/node-twilio) has good adoption (and it's pretty innovative--it turns interacting with a REST API into interacting with an EventEmitter--check it out!).

Interested in filling my spare time with interesting projects and money to help me fund my startup (as yet in the noodling and experimenting stage until I can get some fulltime work on it).

Github: https://github.com/sjwalter Email: stephenwalters@gmail.com Blog: stephenwalters.posterous.com Twitter: twitter.com/sjwalter

ethagnawl• 15 years ago

Seeking Work - NYC or Remote

I'm a freelance (mostly client-side) developer looking to find interesting projects to work on.

I'm passionate about JavaScript and am itching to use Backbone, Handlebars, node, Knockout, etc. to solve real world problems.

Beyond HTML/CSS/JS, I have experience working with PHP and Ruby/Rails, would be excited about hacking my way around a Perl or Python project and am not above working with Joomla and WordPress.

Contact ethagnawl@gmail.com and check out my resume/work samples at http://ethagnawl.com

peng• 15 years ago

SEEKING UI WORK

Remote only. Nomadic, currently in Berlin.

I'm a designer who code in vi and track changes with git. I've worked with Rails, Django, web.py, node.js startups and associated templating languages. My CSS preprocessor of choice is Stylus.

Get in touch if you have an interesting project.

Portfolio - http://nylira.com

danohuiginn2• 15 years ago

nice portfolio

PieSquared• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Student looking for part-time remote work. Will probably charge less than most.

Well versed in Linux networking (specifically Ubuntu Server administration), Python, C, and Java. Have done significant amount of work with PHP, iOS/Obj-C, OCaml, Common Lisp, and x86 assembly. Pretty good background in math and computer science, some background in physics/electrical engineering/biology.

Would love to work on anything interesting!

dytrivedi• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK Let's see! http://advancewith.us/stuff/Resume.pdf http://about.me/dytrivedi

samsonasu• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK: Phoenix AZ area or remote

Android/Rails programmer by preference, but I have experience almost everywhere. I'm looking to help out small to medium size companies on a project basis. I like to work with your team to improve the code, fix the tough bugs, and help your programmers improve, but I can also take over the project as a whole if necessary.

Contact info in my profile

aymeric2• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

I am looking for a Ruby on Rails developer to help me with http://taskarmy.com

I am based in Australia and would love to work with someone in Eastern Europe or Asia.

Thanks!

gduplessy3• 15 years ago

Would you accept remote freelancers?

aymeric2• 15 years ago

Yes! REMOTE ONLY

gduplessy3• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE WORK ONLY

Boca Raton, FL

Mainly Ruby on Rails.

I've done work with HAML/HTML/ERB, CSS, some jQuery, and a multitude of gems to build fully functional websites and web apps.

Available immediately and able to communicate through IM, Skype, Phone and email.

My Github: https://github.com/gduplessy

My Resume: http://gduplessy.com/about.html

My Blog: http://gduplessy.com/about.html

retlehs• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK, Colorado/remote

Front-end web development, WordPress

My personal site: http://benword.com/

My freelance site: http://www.hypetreatment.com/

My WordPress theme for developers based on HTML5 Boilerplate, Starkers, and Blueprint CSS/960gs: http://www.rootstheme.com/

ashitvora• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK. Remote.

Recently moved back to India from Bay Area.

HTML, CSS, Javascript Developer.

http://github.com/ashitvora http://ashitvora.com

rchgrca• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK, SF Bay Area, Contract/Remote. Seasoned UI Developer (HTML, JS, CSS, AJAX, LAMP), 15 yrs experience, having worked on the world's most trafficked sites: Yahoo! AOL, eBay (http://www.linkedin.com/in/rchgrca)

irvbriscoe2• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

I code HTML, CSS, JS, PHP and JQUERY. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are my favorite design apps.

Portfolio at http://www.irvbriscoe.com

MadWombat• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK (REMOTE PREFERABLE)

UNIX systems admin, python (mostly django), a bit of clojure and ruby.

jbaker• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

I'm late to this party but posting anyway.

I'm in Dallas. Local or remote is fine.

Development background - Java and Python primarily. I'm also really good with JavaScript, server or client. I'm an expert with Google App Engine. If anyone is looking for something there, I am your man.

Contact info in profile. LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bakerjay

jgill• 15 years ago

SEEKING WORK

Based in Austin, TX. Willing to work remote or in Austin.

Industrial strength C# and ASP.NET development.

View the links on my profile (inluding LinkedIn) for recommendations, examples, etc.

workwork• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER

Seeking design and or design/front-end dev freelancers that work remotely. We need help with front-end design for a professional web 2.0/"3.0" feeling look (think Turbotax.com in look and feel). Ideally designers that have some (or a lot) of front-end development in them and can also convert their designs into XHTML and CSS and do some UX work with JavaScript and jQuery.

greatworkplay@gmail.com

rtbin• 15 years ago

SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote essential :)

Designer needed. Ability to code valid HTML is desirable but not essential.

We are a team working remotely (Europe, US & India) on a wide variety of client sites and workload is getting too big for us to manage alone. There should be quite a but of freedom to run wild with design work if you can justify it as useable ;)

Email is in profile. Send me a link to a portfolio or a bunch of links and we'll go from there.

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