How are Toptal Apache Kafka developers different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Apache Kafka developers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with engineering experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

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Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an Apache Kafka developer within 48 hours of signing up.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Apache Kafka developers?

We make sure that each engagement between you and your Apache Kafka developer begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Anderson de Borba

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United KingdomToptal Member Since January 10, 2018

Anderson is a software engineer with over eight years of experience in the industry. He's developed mainly with Java technologies: microservices, Spring, Java EE, Akka, and AWS among others. He's worked with a number of teams, all varying in size and cultures on small-to-large projects. Anderson is a passionate and pragmatic developer who loves what he does, is keen on code quality, and focuses on the actual results.

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Remya Naadam

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United Arab EmiratesToptal Member Since March 10, 2022

Remya has more than 15 years of software development experience, is very passionate about coding, and is committed to her work. She has extensive experience mainly on .NET frameworks from .NET 2.0 until .NET Core. Remya's main area of focus is building back-end APIs in C# and VB.NET, and she is also experienced in IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, Microservices, and PL/SQL coding.

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Vivek Ramaswamy

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CanadaToptal Member Since February 22, 2022

Vivek is an IT professional with 15 years of experience in designing and building systems, the last five years in big data systems. He excels in multiple tools, technologies, and programming languages, including SQL, .NET, Java, Scala, and JavaScript. Vivek has worked with data in Excel, VBA, Access, RDBMS, and distributed systems.

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Piotr Anielski

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PolandToptal Member Since September 6, 2018

Piotr is a quick-learning generalist software engineer interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and functional programming. He has worked as a back-end and front-end engineer in a fast-growing startup and also in a research-focused environment.

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Esteban Robles Luna

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ArgentinaToptal Member Since November 5, 2014

Esteban is an experienced and capable developer who has worked in top companies in the Bay Area including LinkedIn, Google, and Mulesoft. He is calm, personable, and knowledgeable in a range of development areas, which will enable him to contribute key skills to your project.

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Dusan Simonovic

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SerbiaToptal Member Since February 8, 2017

Dusan is a full-stack Java and React developer with 13 years of software development experience. He's worked on several large projects, including Price2Spy, a tool for data web scraping for tracking competitor pricing on online shops, a social marketing tool for Adobe Marketing Cloud, and an in-flight connectivity tool for a leading airline connectivity provider, and API integrations for a SaaS analytics provider.

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Dhruvi Pandya

Freelance Apache Kafka Developer

IndiaToptal Member Since September 1, 2023

Dhruvi is a data engineering professional with seven years of industry experience who started as a back-end developer. Her expertise lies in building, maintaining, and optimizing data pipelines, mostly with stacks such as Spark, Airflow, Storm, Snowplow, Docker, and Kafka. She has hands-on experience with AWS services like EC2, EMR, Elastic Beanstalk, Athena, and Redshift. Dhruvi is also well-versed in Agile development and sprint planning methodologies.

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Tafsuth Boumali

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FranceToptal Member Since November 1, 2021

Tafsuth is a highly efficient and dedicated professional with a broad software and data engineering skillset. Her career assignments have ranged from building real-time prediction pipelines for startups to leading project teams and designing and maintaining large data lakes for Fortune 500 companies. Tafsuth is interested in helping businesses make data-driven decisions, and she enjoys sharing her knowledge by mentoring engineers.

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Mohamed Ahmed

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GermanyToptal Member Since November 4, 2022

Mohamed is a big data platform architect with 15 years of experience in the IT industry. He excels with distributed systems, data engineering, machine learning, and DevOps. Mohamed builds robust batch and real-time data platforms for stakeholders and moves companies to state-of-the-art data platforms. He designed GDPR-compliant data lakes and optimized an ETL pipeline, which saved the client hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Mohamed is pragmatic and has an agile mindset.

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Ruslan Atabayev

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GermanyToptal Member Since October 21, 2022

Ruslan is a senior software engineer and technical lead with over ten years of industry experience. As a full-stack engineer, he has worked with various languages, including Java, Python, and SQL. Ruslan has experience with database modeling, front- and back-end implementation, and providing additional support.

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Rakesh Patel

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United KingdomToptal Member Since June 24, 2020

Rakesh has over two decades of data analysis, design, and development experience delivering data-centric solutions in the investment banking, insurance, and media sectors. He has thorough knowledge of data warehousing, transactional systems, and high-throughput processing, and he is a specialist in the fields of cloud computing, Hadoop, and big data processing.

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How are Toptal Apache Kafka developers different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Apache Kafka developers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with engineering experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.
Can I hire Apache Kafka developers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?
Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an Apache Kafka developer within 48 hours of signing up.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Apache Kafka developers?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your Apache Kafka developer begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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