Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2026)
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.
SEEKING WORK | CENTRAL EUROPE | REMOTE
Premium service, fourteen person team of developers + 2 PMs + 1 QA + 1 UI/UX designer, focused on the design &
development of web and mobile products and custom integrations.
Working with EU & USA (EST & PST) clients from funded startups to corporations (Fortune500)
Can work as an outsourced team or cover the full product development cycle.
Email: info [at] higroup.io
Website with portfolio: www.higroup.io
Rate: Either fixed per project or $75/hour; Fast turn around. You receive a quote in 48 hours.
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Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana, European Union
Frontend: HTML5 (Bootstrap,Tailwind etc.), CSS3 (Sass), JavaScript (Vue.js, Nuxt.js, React), Three.js
Backend: PHP (Laravel), GO and Node.js (NestJS), Python (FastAPI)
Mobile: Flutter
Databases: MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB
Platform: AWS, Azure, Oracle, DotDigital, Terraform
Integration experience: Stripe, Mollie, PayPal, Klarna, BigCommerce, Contentful, hygraph, Directus ...
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We always listen to the needs and wishes of our customers when advising on product
realization, we can proudly say that customer satisfaction is our guarantee.SEEKING WORK | Germany | Remote
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Remote: Yes — remote-first; available for occasional on-site work in Germany and the wider DACH region
I’m a freelance Senior .NET/C# Architect and hands-on lead developer with 20+ years in software development and 18+ years of C#/.NET experience.
Technologies: C#, .NET, WPF, UWP, XAML, Xamarin/MAUI, C++, Go, DirectX, SQLite, OpenAPI/REST, MVVM, Dependency Injection, TDD, Clean Code, PLC integration, industrial computer vision
I’m looking for freelance or contract engagements as a senior .NET/C# architect, lead developer, or hands-on senior engineer. Available immediately.
Résumé/CV: https://github.com/hutterm/hutterm.github.io/blob/master/cv-... GitHub: https://github.com/hutterm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-hütter Email: huetterm@gmail.com
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
SEEKING WORK | US | Remote | chad@chadworks.co
chadworks is a one-person web studio run by me, Chad Lewine. I build custom coded websites and platforms for motivated individuals and organizations that want to double down on authentic digital presence as a counter measure to social media burnout and AI saturation. Every build is written from scratch. No Squarespace, no Wix, no Divi, no Elementor, no templates (unless a template makes sense.)
Recent:
- Rising Compass, https://risingcompass.net - reads popular music against a published rubric and sorts it by the messaging contained in the lyrics
- Chad Lewine, https://chadlewine.com - World's most immersive artist website
- The Illus Caden, https://illuscaden.com - independent publication, custom WP theme
- SFVV, https://demos.chadworks.co/sfvv - freeing the vertical scroll from the clutches of big tech so brands can use the format on their own website.
Twenty years building for the web.
chad@chadworks.co | https://chadworks.co
SEEKING WORK | Remote
Location: Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA
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.
What I shipped this year for money: Performance improvements to HFT code (Rust & C++) for financial trading. Firmware for the hardware of an ereader (Rust+ARM).
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 with my own dedicated server - 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, generative AI and computer vision.
- 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 and interesting so flexible on money.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
SEEKING WORK | Europe | Remote (available US business hours)
Software Engineer (15+ years, MS in Computer Science)
Ex-MIT/Triplebyte consultant, IEEE/OEIS/Springer author, Berklee jazz musician.
Full-cycle software development, data engineering, data visualization, strategic consulting.
Reach out at geotanjazz@gmail.com or via www.linkedin.com/in/georgetanev.
SEEKING WORK, Location: France
Remote: Remote only
Willing to relocate: Unlikely
Technologies: Main ones: Node.js, TypeScript, React.js, React Native, mass scraping/automation, Puppeteer, Playwright, LLMs, Firebase, MongoDB. Some experience with Python, LangChain, Go, C, PHP, SQL/MySQL, DynamoDB, security.
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/otmane-b-27506b36b/ | reach out for a detailed resume.
Email: otmanebenazzou.dev@gmail.com
Background:
- coding since 2010, 6+ years working for startups & scaleups, generalist engineer with strong fullstack experience
- contributed to a few open source projects, reported critical vulnerabilities on a bunch of major websites
- worked across web, mobile, AI, security, automation and scraping
Currently bootstrapping an AI product, so I'm ideally looking for part-time/freelance work, unless the product is truly interesting and/or beneficial to society (climate change, healthcare, education...)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE or London 1 day/week | UK or EST time zone (UTC -5)
Developer with decades of experience. In my last contract I helped a UK startup to pivot to a new market.
Tech : Typescript ecosystem (backend/frontend/mobile) + python
CV : https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3roulas/two-group-theory/...
SEEKING WORK | Remote OK | Willing to Relocate
Location: South America (US Citizen)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, PHP, React, React Native, Svelte, Express, Bun, Angular, GraphQL, D3.js, visx, Backbone, jQuery, LangChain, Mastra, FastAPI, pandas, scikit-learn, Optuna, Chrome Extension API, Playwright, Electron, Stagehand, browser-use, Web Audio API, WebRTC, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Docker, Git, LLM agent design, agent evaluation, reinforcement learning, browser automation, MCP
Résumé/CV: Ask via email
Email: [HN username]@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/adam-s
Website: https://adamsohn.com
Currently in South America and planning my move back to the US once a role is secured (whether in San Francisco or another city) to avoid relocating twice.
Due to high interest in my work with recursive self-improving coding agents, I've shared an example repo at https://github.com/adam-s/agent-tuning. I'm always open to discussing how I optimize agents for complex, repetitive workflows.
I bring 13 years of full-stack UI development experience alongside deep expertise in browser automation and agents, which I've been engineering since 2018. This blend makes me particularly strong in QA automation engineering, browser automation, and complex frontend architecture.
Notable projects include custom legal document management dashboards and a drag-and-drop CRM email builder for social marketing campaigns. As a consultant and full-time engineer, I’ve led 0-to-1 product development across fintech, streaming, real estate, edtech, marketing, and media. Having worked at companies ranging from a 130-person AI organization to a scrappy 7-person team, I thrive most in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
SEEKING WORK | iOS/macOS developer | Worldwide | Remote
Location: Montreal, Canada | EST timezone | Remote, no relocate
• Technologies: Swift, Objective-C, AppKit, UIKit, SwiftUI, CoreData, REST, Stock/Forex/Crypto
• Tools: Xcode, Github, Figma, Jira/Linear/Trello, Cursor/ChatGPT/Claude
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiancomeau
• Resume/CV: http://chriscomeau.com/resume
• Email: chris.comeau@skyriser.com
SEEKING WORK | New Jersey, U.S. / Remote U.S.
Résumé/CV: Ask via email Email: engineeryagmurs@gmail.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yagmur-engineer Remote: Yes
Hands-on engineer and former Head/VP of Engineering with 15+ years of experience across software engineering, AI/LLM systems, backend and full-stack development, distributed systems, platform and cloud engineering, architecture, and production delivery.
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
* 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 | Montana USA (any US timezone is fine | Remote OK
I have a deal for you:
1. Your monthly cloud hosting bill goes down. 2. You get an experienced DevOps engineer to manage your infrastructure, optimize things, and be on call, all included in that smaller bill.
That is it. Interested? mail to: contact@jordanschatz.com
Long time experienced DevOps engineer. I hate systems that are slow, expensive and hard to change. If you do to, let me know ;)
SEEKING WORK | India | Remote: Yes (worldwide)
Email: shashwatbansal247@gmail.com
GitHub: github.com/bansal247
Solo client work on Upwork: 32 jobs, 1,100+ hours, 100% Job Success Score, 5.0/5.0 rating, repeat clients. Across Python/Go automation, MERN-stack apps, ML/CV, and JS/React. Profile: upwork.com/freelancers/~01adc60eaf87e012ae .