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Toptal is a marketplace for top freelance developers and coders. CEOs, CTOs, and management at top companies and startups work with Toptal freelancing experts to augment their development teams for app development, web development, and other software development projects to achieve their business needs.

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Clients Rate Toptal Freelance Programmers4.5 / 5.0on average across 1,631 reviews as of Apr 23, 2024

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Oliver Holloway

Freelance Programmer
United KingdomToptal Member Since May 10, 2016

Oliver is a versatile data scientist and software engineer combining over a decade of experience and a postgraduate mathematics degree from Oxford. Career assignments have ranged from building machine learning solutions for startups to leading project teams and handling vast amounts of data at Goldman Sachs. With this background, he is adept at picking up new skills quickly to deliver robust solutions to the most demanding of businesses.

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Jonathan Rhone

Freelance Programmer
United StatesToptal Member Since April 24, 2014

Jonathan is a full-stack engineer with more than ten years of experience. He is comfortable working on large-scale distributed systems and client-facing, single-page web apps. Jonathan also excels at big data and is often involved with social media-related analytics projects.

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Charles Cook, Ph.D.

Freelance Programmer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 29, 2014

Charles has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and spent three years developing custom data processing and analysis programs for NASA. He specializes in scalable, enterprise-level application development and engineering solutions for exceptionally high throughputs. He is also the founder and owner of GreatVocab.com, for which he developed the core system using novel concepts in data analysis and control theory.

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Alex Duggleby

Freelance Programmer
AustriaToptal Member Since May 31, 2016

Alex is a senior full-stack developer, working on the Microsoft platform for almost two decades. He has a strong background in IT security and secure coding practices combined with working with founders in fast-paced environments to create their software prototypes and MVPs. This combination gives Alex the skillset to correctly judge and explain trade-offs in designing software between value-generating functionality, your budget/timeline, and a reliable maintainable software system.

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Anne Adams

Freelance Programmer
United KingdomToptal Member Since September 4, 2015

Anne is an experienced developer who has worked both for large corporations and startups. After building financial trading applications for eight years as an engineer at Merrill Lynch, Anne founded and built LoudUp, a music-based social network that she designed, developed, and launched from the ground up. She specializes in .NET technologies and JavaScript.

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Shelley Nason

Freelance Programmer
United StatesToptal Member Since January 15, 2015

Shelley is a full-stack engineer with 15 years experience building software in a variety of industries. She is comfortable starting with rough requirements and working with stakeholders to turn an idea into a useful, appealing piece of software. Shelley writes clean, fast, well-documented, and well-tested code, provides realistic estimates, and works well with teammates. As a student, Shelley spent several years in an AI Ph.D. program and she maintains a strong interest in that field.

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Spencer McCoy

Freelance Programmer
United StatesToptal Member Since June 7, 2017

Spencer is a designer and full-stack developer from Lincoln, Nebraska, with ten years of professional experience. He has a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in graphic design from the University of Nebraska. He loves solving challenging problems and creating highly usable user interfaces. With his background in both design and programming, Spencer can make the web browser bend to your will.

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Roxana Ibanez

Freelance Programmer
CanadaToptal Member Since June 24, 2020

Roxana has more than 10 years of experience advising and assisting companies and clients in data warehousing, business intelligence, data governance, and digital transformation. She understands the benefits of good communication and clean code and how a well-projected architecture helps productivity and maintainability in the long term. Roxana's extensive experience in the data domain has been proven to help leverage applied analytics to manage complex problems.

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Jesse Verbruggen

Freelance Programmer
BelgiumToptal Member Since November 1, 2021

Jesse is a developer with experience in mobile, full-stack web, and DevOps development. He works in great detail with industry-leading technologies such as Kubernetes, gRPC, and Redis and excels in several programming languages such as Go, Python, Kotlin, and Node.js. With his vast array of skills, Jesse thoroughly understands many aspects of the industry and applies the best fit on a case per case basis.

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Michał Bieroński

Freelance Programmer
PolandToptal Member Since January 21, 2022

Michał has almost nine years of professional experience in data science, machine learning, and software development. He has a computer science background and can fit in data scientist and machine learning engineer roles. Michal has tackled multiple problems in conversational AI, NLP, computer vision, time series forecasting, social media analysis, learning from graph-structured data, supply chain analysis, data visualization, and production deployment.

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Alex Bezhan

Freelance Programmer
United KingdomToptal Member Since March 11, 2015

Alex is a polyglot developer with a proven record of building complex back-end systems and web apps. For the past few years, he has been working in Scala, Kotlin, Elixir, and Node.js, as well as leading his startups and advertising agency as the co-founder, shaping the strategy of his own company to deliver products that generate revenue for clients from day one. Alex focuses on bringing ROI for the customer and is interested in understanding the client's situation as much as possible.

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Tripcents wouldn't exist without Toptal. Toptal Projects enabled us to rapidly develop our foundation with a product manager, lead developer, and senior designer. In just over 60 days we went from concept to Alpha. The speed, knowledge, expertise, and flexibility is second to none. The Toptal team were as part of tripcents as any in-house team member of tripcents. They contributed and took ownership of the development just like everyone else. We will continue to use Toptal. As a startup, they are our secret weapon.

Brantley Pace

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I am more than pleased with our experience with Toptal. The professional I got to work with was on the phone with me within a couple of hours. I knew after discussing my project with him that he was the candidate I wanted. I hired him immediately and he wasted no time in getting to my project, even going the extra mile by adding some great design elements that enhanced our overall look.

Paul Fenley

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The developers I was paired with were incredible -- smart, driven, and responsive. It used to be hard to find quality engineers and consultants. Now it isn't.

Ryan Rockefeller

CEO

Toptal understood our project needs immediately. We were matched with an exceptional freelancer from Argentina who, from Day 1, immersed himself in our industry, blended seamlessly with our team, understood our vision, and produced top-notch results. Toptal makes connecting with superior developers and programmers very easy.

Jason Kulik

Co-Founder

As a small company with limited resources we can't afford to make expensive mistakes. Toptal provided us with an experienced programmer who was able to hit the ground running and begin contributing immediately. It has been a great experience and one we'd repeat again in a heartbeat.

Stuart Pocknee

Principal

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FAQs

  • How are Toptal freelance programmers different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our freelance programmers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 100,000 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 freelance programmers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a freelance programmer within 48 hours of signing up.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal freelance programmers?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your freelance programmer 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.

  • What type of talent does Toptal have?

    Our platform hosts a very diverse range of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds. Our freelancers range from software engineers, user experience designers, project management experts, and product managers to finance experts who have worked at leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more.

    Our software developers are front-end developers, back-end developers, and full stack developers who are highly skilled in programming languages such as Javascript, Python, and PHP. They also have years of experience in cross-platform projects in Android, iOS, Wordpress, and others, building high quality mobile apps, e-commerce stores, and SaaS and web applications.

  • What other services does Toptal provide?

    Besides our talent matching services, we also provide web and application development services like a development company. Through our Toptal Projects team, we assemble cross-functional teams of senior project managers, web developers, app developers, user interface designers, and other technical skills. Our team members follow a well-defined development process to build a fully functional solution.

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