Full-Stack Developer Needed: Python/Flask, MySQL, NGINX, AI/LLM API integration, DigitalOcean VPS

Description

I'm looking for an experienced developer to build a web-based internal tool. You'll be working from a comprehensive 15-page project spec (including database schema) and complete wireframes. Preference will be given to candidates who have completed larger-scale projects on Upwork. Please highlight relevant experience in your proposal.

Project Scope

Phase 1 is to deliver a functional demo site for live use at a presentation to a Fortune 500 company. After the demo, we plan to develop the full site with many additional features. This is a one-time engagement covering:

• Phase 1: Demo build (need immediately)
• Phase 2: Full site development (later this year)
• Ongoing feature additions over time

Key Features

• Project creation and versioned data uploads
• Displaying and comparing data versions
• Creating, grouping, and applying custom sort orders as saved configurations
• Showing added, deleted, or changed rows between data versions
• Natural language queries via Claude API
• AI-generated summaries for data versions
• Anomaly detection when configurations don't work with new data versions

Tech Stack

• Python (Flask)
• MySQL
• NGINX
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Claude API
• Python Pandas
• VPS setup (e.g., DigitalOcean)

Required Skills

• Confident, experienced with Python (Flask)
• MySQL database design and query writing
• Clean, professional frontend (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
• REST API integration (Anthropic Claude API)
• Excel/CSV data parsing with pandas
• Git/version control

Nice to Have

• Experience with data comparison/diff logic
• Experience building internal tools or data dashboards
• Familiarity with AI/LLM API integration
• Experience with Cursor IDE

Additional Info

You'll be provided with a detailed project spec, database schema, and wireframes.

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Scope

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