I'm software engineer, 7 years SharePoint experience.
I'm SharePoint based site owner, SharePoint developer, SharePoint customization with: Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.2010,2013, DVWP,DFWP, XSLT server/client side processing, JQuery, replacement for SP webparts, SharePoint REST, XML/json/RSS web handlers, Event Receivers, Timer Tasks, MS SQL (T-SQL).
What the List of Requarements for your "small project"?