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Ezequiel T.

Emu Plains, Australia

$70/hr
4.8
238 jobs

Expert in relational database systems, especially PostgreSQL (Supabase, Amazon Aurora/RDS, Azure Hyperscale/CosmosDB/Citus, postgREST, RPC, RLS, timescaledb, PostGIS), MS SQL Server, and MySQL, with more than 27 years of experience as a database architect, designer, developer, and administrator. Iโ€™m also a software developer with 37 years of experience in many platforms, programming languages, and database systems. Expert in all of the following: * database installation, configuration, optimisation, securitisation, backups, performance improvement, encryption. * database design, SQL code optimisation, indices optimisation, coding stored procedures, increasing performance and security, partitioning. * data quality, de-duplication, normalisation, AI-assisted enrichment. * single and multi-tenant systems, JWT authentication, RLS authorisation. * REST and RPC functions, Edge/Lambda functions, Webhooks, AI APIs, Realtime, migrations. * database conversion or migration (e.g. to/from noSQL or JSON stores), interfacing with other databases, importing and exporting data, interfacing with online services (pl/perl, C, C#) * hot/cold backup and restore, recovery, replication (master/slave or master/master), mission critical * encryption in transit and/or at rest; encryption of data for authorised access only * text-file data extraction, formatting, conversion, archival, clean-up. Databases: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, D3/Pick, Oracle, NexusDB, DB2, SQLite, COBOL, MongoDB, BerkeleyDB, Informix, Access, InterBase, Paradox, DBase/Clipper/Fox (DBF), CSV and plain text. Expertise with UAT/development/test environments, Regular Expressions (regex), batch and shell scripting, sed and other text processing tools, Excel, SOAP and web services, networking tools, and many programming languages (including Delphi, C/C++/C#, Perl, PHP, Smalltalk, Java, JavaScript, Python, and more). I can provide training and consultancy.

  • Database Design
  • PostgreSQL Programming
  • Migration
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • Data Mining
  • Regex Writing
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • Stored Procedure Development
  • Data Backup
  • Data Cleaning
  • Supabase
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Perl
  • Bash Programming
Karishna B.

Melbourne, Australia

$25/hr
4.0
5 jobs

๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’” ๐’…๐’๐’'๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰. ๐‘ฐ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’'๐’•. Full-Stack Engineer ยท AI Architect ยท Automation Platform Builder ยท Strategic Technical Partner Traceable delivery of. 50+ production systems shipped. 100% on-time record. I'm not a freelancer you hire to write tickets, I'm the technical partner who maps the system, owns the architecture, ships the product, and stays accountable through launch, scale, and everything that comes after. โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โœฆ WHAT I BUILD โ—† Full-Stack Web Platforms Next.js ยท React ยท TypeScript ยท Node.js ยท NestJS ยท FastAPI ยท Golang ยท Java Spring Boot REST, GraphQL, gRPC. Single and multi-tenant SaaS, CRM, ERP, LMS, marketplace, portal โ€” architected for scale before you need it. โ—† Mobile & Desktop Apps React Native ยท Flutter ยท Kotlin ยท Swift ยท Electron Cross-platform builds that don't trade architecture for speed-to-market. โ—† AI Systems Built for Production Advanced RAG pipelines ยท Autonomous AI agents ยท Multi-agent orchestration (LangGraph, CrewAI) ยท MCP integrations ยท Voice AI (Vapi, Twilio, Deepgram) ยท OCR ยท Computer vision ยท Model fine-tuning ยท Real-time inference Built with deterministic orchestration and hallucination controls โ€” not just a wrapper around an API. โ—† Workflow & Business Automation n8n ยท Make ยท Zapier ยท Custom pipeline architecture End-to-end process automation, CRM connectivity, webhook systems, and API integrations that eliminate manual work permanently โ€” not temporarily. โ—† Data Architecture & Backend Systems PostgreSQL ยท pgvector ยท Supabase ยท Redis ยท BullMQ ยท MongoDB ETL/ELT pipelines, semantic search, audit-ready reporting. Designed to hold up under real conditions. โ—† Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps AWS ยท Azure ยท GCP ยท Kubernetes ยท Docker ยท CI/CD ยท IaC Serverless, multi-cloud, hybrid, on-prem. Full observability, monitoring, alerting, and centralized logging baked in from day one. โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โœฆ YOU'LL KNOW WE'RE A FIT IF YOU'RE THINKING โ€บ "I need an MVP built right the first time โ€” not refactored six months after launch." โ€บ "The product has traction. I need someone who can scale it without breaking what works." โ€บ "Our no-code stack is becoming the bottleneck, not the solution." โ€บ "I want AI properly integrated into the product โ€” not bolted on as an afterthought." โ€บ "We operate in a regulated industry and I need someone who actually understands compliance." โ€บ "We have manual processes eating 20+ hours a week that should already be automated." โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โœฆ HOW I WORK 01 No code gets written until the system is mapped. Every engagement starts with functional architecture โ€” where data enters, transforms, and exits; where tasks repeat and can be automated; where load breaks things at 10ร— current scale. 02 I design for maintainability, reliability, scalability, observability, tenant isolation, and cost-aware infrastructure from the start. Retrofitting these later is expensive. I've seen what that costs. I don't let it happen. 03 For AI systems, hallucination control, deterministic orchestration, evaluation layers, and fallback handling are part of the system design โ€” not afterthoughts. Safe AI in production requires architecture, not just prompt engineering. 04 Most developers finish 80% and call it done. I focus hardest on the last 20% โ€” the edge cases, failure modes, load behavior, and details no one asked for but everyone notices. That's where the real product lives. โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โœฆ STACK Frontend & Mobile Next.js ยท React ยท TypeScript ยท React Native ยท Flutter ยท Kotlin ยท Swift ยท Electron Backend & APIs Node.js ยท NestJS ยท Python ยท FastAPI ยท Golang ยท Java Spring Boot ยท REST ยท GraphQL ยท gRPC ยท WebSockets AI & Automation LangGraph ยท LangChain ยท CrewAI ยท AutoGen ยท DSPy ยท MCP OpenAI ยท Claude ยท Gemini ยท Llama ยท Mistral ยท Groq RAG Pipelines ยท pgvector ยท Pinecone ยท Qdrant ยท Weaviate ยท Chroma Vapi ยท Twilio ยท Deepgram ยท ElevenLabs n8n ยท Make ยท Zapier ยท Custom automation pipelines Computer Vision ยท OCR ยท Model Fine-Tuning ยท Voice AI Data & Infrastructure PostgreSQL ยท pgvector ยท Redis ยท Supabase ยท BullMQ ยท MongoDB AWS ยท Azure ยท GCP ยท Kubernetes ยท Docker ยท CI/CD ยท IaC ยท Observability Compliance & Security HIPAA ยท SOC2 ยท PCI-DSS ยท HL7/FHIR OAuth2 ยท JWT ยท RBAC ยท ABAC ยท Audit Logs ยท KYC/AML โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โœฆ INDUSTRIES HealthTech / EMR / EHR / FHIR ยท FinTech / Payments / KYC ยท LegalTech ยท InsurTech B2B SaaS ยท eCommerce ยท Marketplaces ยท PropTech Logistics & Supply Chain ยท ConstructionTech ยท AI-Native Products ยท Web3 / Blockchain โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” ๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช'๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก, ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™›๐™ž๐™ญ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ .

  • Web Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Laravel
  • Angular
  • Ionic Framework
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Full-Stack Development
  • MongoDB
  • Flutter
  • Figma
  • App Development
  • MySQL
  • Database Development
  • React Native
Kris T.

NSW, Australia

$50/hr
5.0
7 jobs

Currently working as MS SQL Technical Lead (DBA and Developer Lead) for a top 10 Australian ASX20 company with over 200,000 employees. Over 10 years experience as an SQL DBA / Developer with Azure / AWS experience. Specialising in: โ€ข Microsoft Azure / Cloud support. โ€ข T-SQL Database development โ€ข Database Administration Tasks / Activities โ€ข Database Design โ€ข Performance tuning โ€ข Reporting Services โ€ข Integration Services / Azure Data Factory โ€ข Automating manual process to simplify day to day tasks. โ€ข Database Support โ€ข Power shell Scripting Unfortunately, due to the nature of my work, Iโ€™m unable to provide examples/samples of my work showing ETL processes developed or the quality/Structure of my code. More than happy to discuss further on the phone/e-mail in more detail. I have previously also worked a Business Analyst for 4 years which will hopefully help with communication and requirements to resolve your issues with ease. Looking to join Upwork for the following reasons: โ€ข Help fellow people / businesses resolve issues in a quick and easy manner โ€ข Continue to build my own skill set / knowledge with everyday tasks. โ€ข Looking to venture out into the freelance space Any questions happy to answer

  • Database Design
  • Database Architecture
  • Database Optimization
  • SQL
  • Performance Optimization
  • SQL Server Integration Services
  • Transact-SQL
  • Database Administration
  • Database Development
  • Database Security
  • Microsoft Azure SQL Database
  • Data Modeling
  • Microsoft SQL Server Administration
  • High Availability and Disaster Recovery
  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Ian C.

Hawthorn, Australia

$45/hr
5.0
1 jobs

I am not good at betting and gambling. If you look through my profile and decide that I can help you do not hesitate. I am very flexible and open to negotiations. I am an experienced application and database designer, and developer, as well as a business data and report analyst. I can fix your product, provide analysis, give advice, or complete a full project from start to finish. I have broad experience in the development, integration, and automation of: โ€ข Microsoft Office products such as Access (all versions), Excel (versions 3 through 2021), Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and Word. โ€ข Database management systems: MS SQL Server (versions 6.5 through 2019), Oracle, MySQL, etc. โ€ข Reporting services such as SSRS, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, SAP, Access and Excel โ€ข Visualization tools: Power BI and Tableau Areas of Expertise โ€ข Design, Development, and Administration of Applications, Databases and Reports โ€ข Reviving, Rewriting and/or Migrating Legacy Applications โ€ข Data Migration and Managment โ€ข Designing and Building of Reports โ€ข Data Visualization โ€ข Web & Desktop Development โ€ข Implementation and Deployment of New Products โ€ข Project and Product Management โ€ข Cleaning, Wrangling and Analysing Data โ€ข Business & Functional Analysis โ€ข Supporting Marketing Campaign โ€ข Creation of Technical & Training Materials Languages For development and application support, I usually use C#, VB.Net, and ASP.Net, along with traditional Visual Basic, ASP, and VBA for legacy applications. Additionally, I often use scripting languages such as VBScript, JavaScript, and Power Shell. And for analysis, I prefer Python, R, and various SQL scripts (ANSI-SQL, T-SQL, PL\SQL, SOQL, SOSL, SAS-SQL, MDX, DAX, and M Language).

  • Database Design
  • Database Architecture
  • Database Management System
  • Business Management
  • .NET Framework
  • ASP
  • Database
  • C#
  • Product Development
  • Specifications
  • Management Skills
  • International Development
Dinesh G.

Geelong, Australia

$50/hr
5.0
1 jobs

Technology leader with 13+ years of experience in software engineering, healthcare analytics, data warehousing, and engineering leadership. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, delivering scalable enterprise solutions, and driving continuous improvement through modern engineering practices. Most recently worked as an Engineering Manager at Infinite Software Services, leading multiple engineering teams responsible for healthcare analytics products including DxCG and Medical Intelligence. Managed platform delivery, stakeholder communication, resource planning, risk management, and engineering operations while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture. Strong background in Oracle PL/SQL, SQL optimization, ETL processes, data transformation, and enterprise data platforms. Passionate about AI-assisted development and engineering productivity, with hands-on experience driving adoption of tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve development efficiency and code quality. Experienced working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) with strong focus on delivery excellence, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology solutions with business objectives.

  • Database Design
  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • Transact-SQL
  • Oracle Database
  • Stored Procedure Development
  • Database Development
  • ETL
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Analysis
  • Database Programming
  • Database
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Oracle PLSQL
  • Engineering Management
  • Team Management
  • Risk Management

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