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

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48749020

by jon_north • 21 days ago

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

Please only post if you are looking to hire a freelancer or work as one. Small (2-5 person) agencies are fine, but recruiters, job boards, and so on, are off topic here.

simoneattanasio• 21 days ago

SEEKING WORK, Brussels, remote work is possible. I work in Go-To-Market and Business Dev for deep tech and life sciences.

appstractech0• 21 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Remote (US Citizen) Technologies: Java, Python, React, Angular, AI/ML Degree: M.S. in Computer Science (AI ML Specialization), B.S. in Computer Science Experience: 3 years full-stack (Enterprise Java backend & fast-paced startup environments) Email: ahmed@getappstractech.com

Fully registered US LLC with active EIN setup for immediate Corp-to-Corp (C2C) / 1099 contract engagements. I specialize in creating full stack web apps, using AI/ML. Looking for short or long-term project work helping teams clear technical debt, create web apps with AI features, fix bugs, or build robust APIs. I look forward to chatting!

edimaudo• 21 days ago

SEEKING WORK, Canada, remote if possible. Work in analytics with a good mix of operations and project management. Experience in retail and financial services

ag_user123• 21 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Remote

I am a full-stack developer with focus on PERN/MERN stack and over 10 years of experience delivering software. I have a strong background as a software architect and have successfully led teams as a fractional CTO. I have worked with clients from diverse industries worldwide. I have successfully delivered over 20 projects for a range of clients, including early stage startups, growing startups, solo founders, digital agencies, and notable companies like Apple and Binance.

Technologies: LLM API Integration, AI Agent Development, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, Heroku, Datadog, React.js, JavaScript, Next.js, Apollo, GraphQL, data visualizations (D3.js, Mapbox, Leaflet), headless CMS (Contentful, Prismic, Strapi), Wordpress, Tailwind, TypeScript, Web3 (ethers.js), Chrome extensions and more.

Portfolio: https://andrejgajdos.com/projects

Email: mail[at]andrejgajdos.com

Personal Website: https://andrejgajdos.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrejgajdos

Github: https://github.com/AndrejGajdos

jon_north• 21 days ago

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

jtolj• 21 days ago

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

igorsh• 20 days ago

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

mjgs• 20 days ago

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

devKnight• 20 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Worldwide | REMOTE Based in: Latam Interested in: Part Time/Contract Time Zone: US time zones

Technologies: React, Next, Remix, Vue, Typescript, Express/Node, Mongo, Mysql, AWS(Serverless), Laravel/PHP, Jest, Cypress, playwright, Ruby on Rails

Email: me+hn @ segoviacristian dot com

Have 6+ years of experience working at US based startups and small companies. Looking for full stack roles, though open to frontend or backend roles as well. Speak English at an advanced level. Looking for part time/contract roles

sinisamikulic• 19 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Croatia (Europe) | Remote

Senior frontend engineer (product-focused) with 14 years of experience in highly successful and fast-growing startups across San Francisco and Berlin, including 6 years working remotely and directly with founders (https://smikulic.com/#work).

My strengths are in UI/UX product development and frontend infrastructure. Looking for a long term engagement to help build your product.

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Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL/REST API, Turbopack/Vite, Ruby on Rails, Docker, AWS, AI tooling (Claude Code etc.)

Website/Portfolio: https://smikulic.com

Email: sinisa@codewell.studio

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Showcase project I co-founded — https://movieo.me/

ryneandal• 19 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Valencia, Spain | Remote only

Senior software engineer and independent consultant (15+ yrs), currently based in Valencia, Spain (CET). I do primarily backend work in Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask) and PHP (Laravel/Drupal), API development and consumption, data pipeline work, and AI integration features (RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs). Strong infra/ops chops (Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux), comfortable owning projects end-to-end and mentoring. Remote-first, with a reliable 4-hour daily overlap with US business hours; invoicing/tax admin handled on my side. Work authorization in US (SS/EIN) and Spain (NIE). Note: Spanish availability is limited due to DNV limitations of no more than 20% revenue sourced from Spanish companies.

Location: Valencia, Spain

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (FastAPI, Langchain, LangGraph, Django), PHP (Laravel, Drupal)

Résumé/CV: https://ryneandal.github.io/ryne-andal-dnv-resume.pdf

nunoarruda• 19 days ago

SEEKING WORK

Angular & Ionic Developer

Location: Portugal

Remote: Yes, remote only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, RxJS, Angular, Ionic, Cordova, Capacitor

Résumé/CV: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf

webpraktikos• 18 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Europe (and available in USA time zones) | Remote

Product/UI Designer and Full-Stack Developer seeking work; I can work as a designer, developer, or both.

Stack: Elixir, Phoenix, Ash, LiveView, Tailwind CSS, Rails, web servers, AI agents, research

Design: typography, color, branding, UX, minimalism, photo editing, Figma, Affinity Photo

My résumé, portfolio, and contact email: https://resume.webpraktikos.com

My latest project: https://universalresume.app/?s=hj — input Markdown, output free résumé website and PDF; publish on resume.yourdomain.com

MongooseStudios• 16 days ago

SEEKING WORK | USA | Austin, TX or Remote

  Technologies: Go(Golang), Python, Docker, Dart/Flutter, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, I've also done work with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  Contact Info: https://mongoose-studios.com

I'm an oldschool "let's figure it out and get it done" nerd. I can wear one hat, or many, depending on what's needed. No AI slop.

kayleighb1• 15 days ago

SEEKING WORK | Australia, APAC | Remote Work

Hi, I'm Kayleigh. I help founders and teams get time back in their week by taking over the delivery + ops work that slows everything down. I have a cyber security, identity management and a business operations background.

I work fully remote and plug in part-time or fractionally so you can actually focus on the work that matters.

contact: kayleighmbeahan@gmail.com

Technologies: Project Management, Risk Management, SailPoint IdentityNow, IAM, RBAC, Access Governance, Cybersecurity Programs, Identity Controls, Agile / Hybrid delivery, Jira, MS Office Suite, MS Projects, Confluence

george87• 14 days ago

SEEKING WORK, Balkans (Europe), 100% Remote

Software Engineer (15+ years, M.S. in Computer Science)

Ex-MIT/Triplebyte contractor, IEEE/Springer author, Berklee-trained jazz musician.

Full-cycle software development, data engineering, data visualization, technical troubleshooting, and strategic consulting.

Reach out at geotanjazz@gmail.com or via www.linkedin.com/in/georgetanev.

edwardshuddle• 14 days ago

SEEKING WORK, Full-stack dev with a decade of experience helping build web and mobile products.

I can jump in to help fix bugs and ship features across web, mobile, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

I work with React, Remix, React Native, Node, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, and Firebase.

Website: https://edwardsmoses.com GitHub: https://github.com/edwardsmoses Portfolio: https://edwardsmoses.com/portfolio

Email me at hi@edwardsmoses.com, and let’s chat.

LANcaster• 13 days ago

SEEKING WORK

Working with Linux for more than 20 years | SysOps DevOps & Observability Expert | Secure and Versatile Infrastructure Design

Extensive experience designing, operating, and scaling reliable environments. Heavy focus on automation, observability, and high-availability. Experienced in diagnosing and resolving complex issues.

Founder of an IT services company recognized by Clutch as one of the top cybersecurity and managed IT services providers in Poland.

Continuously developing expertise and tracking emerging technologies.

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Remote: Yes, I work remotely since 2005

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Linux - Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, SuSE, HPC, slurm, OpenMPI

Observability & Telemetry - Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Pyroscope, Tempo, Faro, Alloy, Zabbix, OpenTelemetry, Logstash, Kibana

Databases & Data Platforms - MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, Redis, MongoDB

IaaC & Automation - Terraform, Ansible, Shell Scripting, Github Actions, Jenkins, Red Hat Sattelite

Containers & Orchestration - Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

Cloud & Virtualization - Microsoft Azure, AWS, Proxmox, VMware, OLVM

Storage & Backups - Fibre Channel, iSCSI, GlusterFS, ZFS, Ceph, Lustre, Veeam, Bacula & Bareos, Proxmox Backup Server, XtraBackup

And much, much more

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krzysztofkotkowicz/

Resume/CV: https://flowcv.com/resume/m9fiqwe7t9w5

Email: krzysztof@kotkowicz.pl

Disclaimer: Contact details are only provided for job inquiries. You really don't want to send information about your vibecoded service there.

jcbbb• 13 days ago

SEEKING WORK - Full stack Engineer

* Location: Uzbekistan

* Remote: Yes

* Willing to relocate: Yes

* Technologies: Go, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, HTMX, Alpine

* Resume/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJUT3qxr0XexsnYtP_8moQZgqyQ...

* Email: me@homeless.dev

* Portfolio: https://portfolio.homeless.dev

* Summary: I am full stack engineer, focused on backend, skilled in JavaScript, Node.js, Vue, React and Go. Switching to another technology stack is not a problem. I am looking for a team of highly competent developers to build great products

justinlloyd• 8 days ago

    I'm a seasoned generalist with deep focus in certain areas such as game development, performance engineering, systems engineering, low-level engineering and embedded software.

    Location: San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA
    Remote: Yes, hybrid considered for the right money.
    Willing to relocate: Not at this time

    Current side-project: Deep internals work on VS Code Web: using quilt to maintain patches against upstream, extending it with inline agent panels and custom completion providers, backed by a bespoke C# server replacing the Node.js REH (similar in spirit to Coder's Code Server or OpenVSCode-Server).

    Technologies: kernel drivers, systems engineering, video games, AI, LLMs, caching, graphics, rendering, assembly languages, generative AI, heavy focus on back-end systems, and to a lesser degreee, full-stack.

   - Languages: C++, C, C#, Go, Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Lua, + more.
   - Backend: node, FastAPI, Django, PostgreSQL, mySQL, RocksDB, GraphQL, SQLite.
   - Engines: DumpsterFire, UnrealEngine, Unity3D.
   - Platforms: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, SONY PS2/3/4, XBOX360/One, Switch, embedded, web
   - Frontend: Next, React, Vue, Pixi
   - DevOps/Cloud: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, VMs, Vagrant, VMWare, TeamCity, Jenkins, CI/CD
   - AI/ML: Model training/tuning, LoRa, RAGs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SciKit, OpenCV, etc, etc.
   - LLM Integrations: OpenAI, Gemini, Claude plus many others, local and cloud.

    Résumé/CV: https://justin-lloyd.com/ (PDF at the bottom of the page)
    Email: justin@justinlloyd.io

    MSc in CompSci and MSc in AI/Robotics and an MBA

    20+ years of experience in performance critical systems engineering, video game development, embedded (C/C++/Rust/Asm), low-level engineering & AI, full stack and high performance backends, leading and managing multiple teams.

    Open to full time or contract but prefer contract. Looking for something low-stress so flexible on money.

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