SEEKING WORK -- Delhi, India (Remote work preferred; I am also willing to travel)
I'm a software developer and operations guy. I love taking on interesting and challenging projects where there's a lot of figuring out to do and an elegant system to be built. I have more than eleven years of paid work experience; I have been hacking and programming for much longer than that.
The five most recent languages I used are .NET/C#, PHP, JavaScript/node.js, XSLT, and shell script, with a side of HTML5 and CSS.
RECENT + INTERESTING PROJECTS
I'm currently finishing up on a WordPress plugin that transforms the regular ATOM feed to an ATOM-derived format that is used by The Associated Press.
I wrote a node.js script to send bulk email via Amazon SES, and utilize the full 100 messages/sec that the client had available.
I built a training/learning module Windows app recently; the fun thing was that I created a build system that would actually compile parts of the app on the client's computers, so that they could update their training materials and upload a new installer, without needing to come back to me. The build system had a nice GUI to control it and did not require any special dev tools on the client's computers.
I ported an open-source Java web app to Heroku, and set up the client's systems so that they could edit and update the website using GitHub for Windows (which pushes to Heroku directly, GitHub isn't involved -- it's just a nice and human-friendly UI for git.)
I've customized several Amazon EC2 images, and written AWS CloudFormation scripts to build up-to-date images on the fly. In one instance, I imported a Linux VMWare image to EC2 – EC2 only supports VM import for Windows images.
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
"I was very impressed with professionalism and the end product."
"Flawless project from start to finish. Nik's excellent communication skills and brilliant knowledge of node.js and Amazon scripts meant this project was very successful. We have been acquainted with an excellent developer and we will be availing of Nik's services again in the future."
"Nik is by far the best Elance contractor I have worked with. Wait till you see his proposal. Right there, you'll know what I mean. He took superb care of my project providing great deal of knowledge and unmatched attention to details. The solution he came up with was above and beyond my expectations , resulting in instant savings for years to come. I gave reviews here before, but this one I write with pleasure and satisfaction. Thank you Nik, you're the best!"
CONTACT ME
You can contact me via email: REDACTED_EMAIL or Skype: ndabas.
On a side note, I like using Elance as a project management and escrow platform, and you can check out my Elance profile (work history + client reviews) at <a href="http://niksci.elance.com/" >http://niksci.elance.com/</a>. On Elance, I am usually ranked among the top 1000 contractors, out of a total of nearly 150,000.
Thanks,
Nik.
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