New comment by petesergeant in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2024)"

SEEKING WORK | No Fixed Abode, but I’m used to overlapping with NYC/EST mornings

I solve hard back-end problems, in TypeScript/NodeJS or Perl, with a particular love of making test-suites better and building tooling that’ll make your dev team more effective. I also know at least a little bit about many other useful things (React, AWS, Python, XSLT, Scrum, Postgres, etc etc).

Most recent client said:

“I worked with many great engineers, and many are truly great at what they do. Peter is definitely one of the best ones I’ve worked with. He is a true staff-level engineer / architect … He will distill the problem to its very essence, and come up with a solution that truly solves the problem at its core, often in a truly elegant way. I’ve seen him do it time and again … truly raised the bar on both automation quality, our technical quality, and helped solve some really complex challenges for us”

I have 20 years commercial experience, a formal software engineering degree from Oxford (placed 1st in my class, 2016), a business degree from Cambridge (2023), have managed decent-sized teams before, and as a colleague I’m pleasant, kind, and engaged.

$150/hour, up to 20 hours a week, but I can ramp up or down as needed. If I might be the right shape, reach out, worst-case scenario is a Zoom call. happy.moon7785@fastmail.com