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  • $90 hourly
    🚀 5+ years of Cloud Engineering Experience 🚀 Certified Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert 🚀 Security+ Certified & Compliance-Driven 🚀 On-Prem to Cloud Migration Specialist 🚀 Cost Optimization and Automation Expert I'm a passionate Cloud Engineer with 5 years of experience specializing in Azure and AWS. As a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, I am committed to building scalable, secure, and future-proof cloud infrastructures. When supporting customers I focus on security, compliance, and cost optimization. I’ve successfully led 30+ on-prem to cloud migrations and designed robust, secure cloud architectures for businesses ranging from startups to large enterprises. Whether you're looking to migrate, optimize, or automate, I'm here to help you achieve your goals. Key Skills & Expertise: ◽Cloud Platforms: Extensive experience with Azure and AWS (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS). ◽Cloud Migration: Skilled in seamless on-prem to cloud migrations with minimal disruption. ◽Security & Compliance: Expertise in DoD STIGs, Security+ certified, and ensuring compliance for secure cloud environments. I've worked extensively with DoD security frameworks (RMF, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53) ◽Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficient in Terraform and Packer for automating infrastructure deployment and management. ◽Automation: Strong focus on automation and cost-saving strategies through tools like Terraform, Azure Automation, and AWS Lambda. ◽Kubernetes & Rancher: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes orchestration, specifically with Rancher for container management. ◽Networking & Architecture: Proven ability to design networks, VPNs, and secure, scalable cloud architectures. ◽Technical Communication: Skilled at translating complex technical information into easy-to-understand terms for non-technical stakeholders. Notable Achievements: ◽Successfully architected and migrated cloud infrastructures for numerous clients, optimizing performance and reducing monthly costs by up to 40%. ◽Designed automated solutions that reduced manual workload by hundreds of hours across various projects. ◽Developed scalable cloud solutions that are secure, future-proof, and compliant with industry standards. I’m always looking for new opportunities to apply my skills and deliver reliable, cost-effective cloud solutions. If you’re looking for a security-focused, results-driven cloud expert who can help you achieve your business goals, let’s connect!
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Cloud Migration
    DevOps
    Kubernetes
    Virtualization
    Network Engineering
    Terraform
    Security Infrastructure
    Troubleshooting
    Remote IT Management
    Microsoft Azure
  • $70 hourly
    I'm a DevOps engineer with experience building infrastructure, applications, and delivery processes for highly complex websites. Having worked in law, financial services, and healthcare, security, compliance, and cost control are top of mind for me with every engagement. If you're looking to build an application from scratch or are hoping to migrate or host an existing website, I can help! * Experienced with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, managing the infrastructure in Terraform for easy versioning and documentation. * Have worked as a lone engineer and as a team manager - I can set and exceed your expectations for timeliness and communication. * I've built backend systems (NodeJS, Ruby on Rails, Spring Boot, Elixir), frontends (Angular && React, Typescript, Javascript), CI/CD processes (Github Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, Drone) and have been known as a "Swiss Army knife" in previous jobs. Let's do this!
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Unix System Administration
    GitHub
    Ruby on Rails
    DevOps
    React
    CircleCI
    JavaScript
    HTML5
    Jenkins
    Kubernetes
    Terraform
    Docker
    Python
    Java
  • $70 hourly
    I am a seasoned Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in the development of scalable web and cross-platform applications. With a strong expertise in all areas of the stack, I thrive in delivering robust solutions that meet and exceed business objectives. Technical Skills: Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, GCP Full Stack Development: Node.js, React.js Databases: SQL, NoSQL DevOps: Continuous Deployment/Continuous Integration (CD/CI), Git Monitoring and Logging: Sentry, Datadog With a comprehensive knowledge of cloud infrastructure, including AWS and GCP, I have successfully designed and implemented highly available and scalable systems. Leveraging my proficiency in Node.js and React.js, I have developed feature-rich applications that deliver an exceptional user experience across various platforms. My expertise extends to working with both SQL and NoSQL databases, enabling me to design and optimize data models for efficient data storage and retrieval. Furthermore, I am well-versed in implementing CD/CI pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable software delivery. As a proponent of best practices, I prioritize code quality and maintainability, utilizing Git for version control and collaboration. I have also leveraged monitoring tools like Sentry and Datadog to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. Throughout my career, I have consistently delivered high-quality software solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams. My excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to adapt to evolving technologies have contributed to the successful delivery of numerous projects. If you are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer with expertise in creating scalable web and cross-platform applications, I would love to connect and discuss how I can contribute to your organization's success. Feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn or email. Let's drive innovation and exceed expectations together
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    NodeJS Framework
    CSS
    Zoho CRM
    Ext JS
    React
    Node.js
    HTML
    Google Cloud Platform
    Python
    C++
    MongoDB
    C
    JavaScript
  • $200 hourly
    With a decade of expertise as a Senior Full-Stack Developer, Software Architect, and Engineering Lead, I've delivered web, mobile, and cloud solutions to a diverse clientele, from VC-backed startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. My proficiency spans modern web technologies such as React, NodeJS, AWS, and Azure, but my extensive experience allows me the flexibility to select the optimal tech stack for each project. In my capacity as a Fractional CTO and Software/Cloud Architect, I've led the development of robust applications, optimized cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, and boosted system efficiencies utilizing DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and Terraform. My role extends beyond programming; I offer strategic technology advice and staff augmentation services, ensuring technology strategies are perfectly aligned with the business goals of both startups and established companies. I am dedicated to creating high-quality, impactful solutions, fostering clear communication, and guaranteeing client satisfaction. If you're seeking a strategic tech expert & partner to deliver results for your project, let's connect. --- Recent Project Results: CTO Leadership & Innovation for a SaaS business: - As a Fractional CTO for a SaaS company, I led engineering efforts that resulted in a 50% overall revenue increase, 25% IT budget reduction, and a 100% increase in developer productivity within 12 months. I did this by enhancing system availability, security, and performance, launching new features that significantly improved client and user experience, and hiring and managing a top-notch international engineering team. Full-Stack Engineering & Software Architecture for a Global E-Commerce Startup: - Architected a global logistics management system for an international e-commerce unicorn, achieving substantial reductions in shipping costs. Implemented scalable microservices in an event-driven architecture using React, TypeScript, NodeJS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and AWS, and integrated a Transportation Management System (TMS) for efficient global delivery and logistics. Full-Stack Engineering for Global Health & Wellness Enterprise: - Led the technology overhaul of a content management system for a global health and wellness company, enhancing the delivery of content to mobile apps and the overall user experience. Established a scalable architecture and developed key features in the global web application using React, contributing to the company’s initiative to improve web app performance and add new features.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    React Native
    Apache Kafka
    NoSQL Database
    CSS
    HTML
    Python
    Kubernetes
    Docker
    SQL
    TypeScript
    JavaScript
    Angular
    Microsoft Azure
    React
    Node.js
  • $70 hourly
    Hi 👋, I'm Martin - a passionate and skilled software engineering professional offering over 8 years in IT industry with experience in entire software engineering lifecycle. Skilled at designing, developing, optimizing and maintaining systems to solve real-world business problems. A consistent team player. A passionate engineer & thriving analyst specialized in React/Next.js and JavaScript/TypeScript. ✔Skill set: Frontend (React/Next.js, Vue.js, Angular, …) Backend (Ruby, Python/Django, Elixir, Node.js, Golang, ASP.NET, C# …) Database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Supabase, Firebase, …) Cloud Services (AWS, GCP, Azure, …) Infrastructure (GitHub actions, AWS Code Pipeline, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Heroku, …) 🏆 My aim is to give my client best possible solution for any situation and provide great service as aspect in the time frame. I am passionate about continuous learning and collaborating with exceptional individuals. Let's create something amazing together! 🤝
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    GraphQL
    RESTful API
    Vue.js
    Angular
    SaaS
    Web Application
    Material UI
    Supabase
    Tailwind CSS
    Node.js
    JavaScript
    TypeScript
    React
    Next.js
  • $65 hourly
    📍 Next.js, React, Node.js, AI/LLMs, SaaS, Python ✔ Frontend- Next.js 15 (App Router), React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, ShadCN, Redux, Framer Motion ✔ Backend- Node.js, Express, Supabase, Firebase, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, REST/GraphQL APIs ✔ AI/LLM Integration- OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, LangChain, Vector DBs, Prompt Engineering ✔ DevOps- AWS (Lambda, Cognito, EC2), Vercel, Docker, CI/CD (GitHub Actions) ✔ eCommerce- Shopify (Headless), Stripe, Payment Gateways ✔ Tools- Cursor AI, WebSockets, WebRTC, WebGL, Three.js 🔥 Hire me ✅ AI first Developer- Proven experience integrating LLMs (OpenAI, Claude) into SaaS products - 30% of high budget jobs sought AI integration as LangChain, OpenAI. Showcase projects with LLM prompts, RAG, or fine tuning ✅ Scalable Architectures- Designed multi tenant apps with Supabase/Firebase and role based auth - Many clients migrated from AWS to Supabase for auth/database. Mention row level security (RLS) and edge functions ✅ Startup Mindset- Delivered 10+ MVPs in 4–6 weeks (AI chatbots, booking systems) - Next.js 15, React - Tailwind + ShadCN UI - 80% of listings preferred Tailwind. Built 15+ UIs with Tailwind and ShadCN for pixel perfect designs ✅ Clean Code Advocate- TypeScript, modular components, and thorough documentation - Clients like the orthopaedic surgeon needed MVPs in 1-2 weeks - Delivered AI dashboard MVP in 7 days 🔺 Preferred projects ✔ Next.js/React SaaS platforms ✔ AI powered apps (chatbots, content generators) ✔ Headless eCommerce (Shopify, Stripe) ✔ Real time dashboards (WebSockets, WebRTC) 🔺 Recent projects 1. AI powered SaaS MVP - Built a Next.js dashboard for an AI medical ed startup (Supabase auth, real time LLM responses) - Integrated Stripe subscriptions and OpenAI for dynamic content generation 2. Headless Shopify + Next.js - Revamped a Shopify storefront with custom React components, improving load time by 40% 3. Multi Tenant Job Board - Developed a scalable platform with Next.js, Tailwind, and Supabase (row level security) 4. Real Time Collaboration Tool - Implemented WebSockets and CRDTs for a multiplayer AI content platform (similar to Notion) 📩 Let's make your vision a reality Thanks
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    CI/CD
    LangChain
    OpenAI API
    GraphQL
    REST API
    Firebase
    Supabase
    ExpressJS
    Node.js
    Framer
    Tailwind CSS
    TypeScript
    React
    Next.js
  • $45 hourly
    Experienced IT professional with 15+ years in online and mobile platforms, specializing in cloud architecture, software engineering, and full-stack development. Adept at problem-solving, system integration, and optimizing digital solutions. Proven leader and collaborator, skilled at working cross-functionally with diverse teams. Expertise in Java, Angular and React, delivering scalable, high-performance applications. Passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and efficiency in complex environments.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Technical Design
    Solution Architecture
    Software Development
  • $100 hourly
    * 15+ years of experience building software. * Worked for AWS for 5+ years where I built, launched and operated an AWS security service (Amazon GuardDuty). * Expert at AWS security. In addition to building an AWS threat detection service, I led numerous AppSec reviews, compliance efforts, SecOps engagements. I also wrote and reviewed numerous threat models and worked closely with AppSec teams to mitigate the most subtle and intricate AWS attack vectors. I'm also certified by AWS in the security specialty. * Extensive experience with AWS DevOps best practices. At AWS, I built numerous microservices, with in-depth logging, monitoring and alerting. I wrote plenty of unit tests, integration tests, canary tests and runbooks, and built many CI/CD deployment pipelines with continuous monitoring and automatic rollbacks. * Extensive experience with building scalable microservices. At AWS, I built and operated event-driven services that autoscale to handle millions of events per minute and automatically release capacity when load subsides to avoid incurring unnecessary costs. * Experience with AWS cost optimization. At AWS, I helped reduce infrastructure spend, at times by more than $60K/month by leveraging serverless architectures and optimizing compute and network egress costs.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Cloud Computing
    Information Security
    Security Analysis
    Application Security
    Agile Software Development
  • $50 hourly
    I am a full-stack software developer with 12+ years of experience. Expertise in: * AWS Serverless, Lambda, Cloudformation, Amplify * Amazon API Gateway, Cognito, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, DynamoDB, RDS * Python, Django, Django REST Framework, Flask * C/C++, Embedded Linux, Firmware development * Nginx, Web Hosting, Ubuntu, Shell Script * Data & Web scraping, Selenium Other skills: * Backend API development, GraphQL, Apollo, REST API * React, Next.js, Gatsby, RxJS, Redux * Shopify, Theme customization, Shopify App development * WordPress, Webflow, Jekyll, Liquid * SQL, MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL, MongoDB * Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, SASS * jQuery, AJAX, JSON, XML, SOAP * PSD/Sketch/Figma/XD to HTML
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Shopify
    Raspberry Pi
    Embedded Linux
    C
    Firmware Programming
    AWS Lambda
    RESTful API
    Django
    AWS Amplify
    Python
    WordPress
    React
    JavaScript
  • $55 hourly
    I'm an engineer who's worn many hats & continues to do so with today's ever-changing electronic landscapes. I typically handle complex problems with simple yet elegant & extensible solutions.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Configuration Management
    Amazon EC2
    Database Management System
    Agile Project Management
    Containerization
    Cisco Router
    SSH
    Artificial Intelligence
    Ansible
    System Configuration
    Amazon S3
    Bash Programming
    Bitbucket
    API
  • $75 hourly
    I build products on time and on budget. I have been the CTO of several startups in the last few years I love ◆ Building robust products with thousands of users every day ◆ Hiring and leading technical teams ◆ Working through startup fundraising rounds ◆ Implementing security and compliance processes and certifications What I bring to the table: - Over 10 years of experience in startups, building new products, shipping features and fixing bugs - I have hired, trained and managed every role in an Engineering or Product team. I have also helped effectively downsize teams to cut costs and get more efficient - I have helped companies raise their series A and series B funding rounds - I have executed on ISO27001 security certification and been through security audits for fortune 500 clients Feel free to contact me and I'm happy to send you my thoughts on a project and even do a 15 minute consultation FREE of charge.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Analytics
    Marketing Analytics
    Data Analytics
    Search Engine Optimization
    .NET Framework
    React
    Ruby on Rails
    SQL
  • $50 hourly
    If you need to gather insights from your data or you want something to run faster, let's talk! I'm a software engineer skilled in backend development, and will solve your problems quickly. I graduated from Harvey Mudd College, which boasts the best undergraduate computer science program in the United States.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Life Science
    Genomic Data Analysis
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics
    Performance Optimization
    Natural Language Processing
    Machine Learning
    Data Visualization
    Multithreaded Programming
    C++
    Python
  • $85 hourly
    Solution Consultant & Professional Services. Harnessing the power of ✨AI✨ and 📊 Business Intelligence, I design architectures that empower smarter business decisions. From advanced dashboards to mobile apps and strategic analytics, I focus on delivering insights that drive success. Let's connect on AI, data, and the future of Bitcoin⚡️
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Snowflake
    GoodData
    SQL
    MicroStrategy
    Business Intelligence Software
    Business Intelligence
    Data Analytics
    Analytical Presentation
    Data Analysis
    Artificial Intelligence
  • $90 hourly
    Solutions Architect with 15+ years architecting scalable cloud platforms, IoT systems, and satellite communications infrastructure across defense, public sector, and commercial domains. Proven ability to deliver mission-critical systems under high-security constraints, while leading cross-functional teams and driving platform modernization. Career: Boeing, SiriusXM, Dow Jones, AT&T, Jacuzzi. Skills: Microservices development. Platform and Applications development.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Embedded Application
    Internet of Things Software
    Microservice
    Product Development
    Cloud Architecture
    AWS Lambda
    TypeScript
    Angular
    Internet of Things
    API Development
    Python
    Java
  • $25 hourly
    * Over 10 years of experience in analyzing, designing, developing and troubleshooting Storage Data path stack, virtualization, Microservice architecture, API driven development using Docker, container orchestration. I specialize building products in the Cloud based deployment system (AWS), Infrastructure as a service and have a deep interest building highly scalable backend system to solve the business problems. * Self-starter and completely focused on design, development, debugging and increase diagnostic in the Software, test, and delivery of new and high-quality software solutions. * Demonstrate exceptional communication, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills, under a fixed product release cycle.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Linux System Administration
    API Development
    Apache Administration
    Data Structures
    DevOps
    Machine Learning Model
    Apache Kafka
    RESTful API
    Distributed Computing
    API
    IaaS
    Cloud Computing
    Kubernetes
    Docker
  • $9 hourly
    Im a QA/Automation Specialist and DevOps Specialist who can help you: Use Docker to deploy your applications to AWS, Automate testing and Networking projects.
    Featured Skill Amazon Web Services
    Terraform
    Software QA
    Continuous Delivery
    DevOps
    Automated Testing
    Software Testing
    Testing
    Bash Programming
    Automation
    Docker
    Continuous Integration
    Bash
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