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Wouter Steenbergen

Freelance Coder
United StatesToptal Member Since February 10, 2014

Wouter is a highly motivated, versatile, and skilled software engineer with demonstrated software design and delivery expertise. He focuses on integrating machine learning, mobile apps, performance, and cloud services. He has the ability to identify and drive strategic programs from inception to launch and thrives in collaborative, team-oriented, and ambiguous environments. Wouter has excellent interpersonal skills and is a passionate, creative, and dedicated professional.

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Marianna Petrovich

Freelance Coder
United StatesToptal Member Since June 18, 2020

For the past two decades, Marianna has worked as a database developer and a full-stack .NET developer, primarily focusing on databases. Database development is her strongest suit, including tuning, programming, ETL processes, and more. Marianna has worked with well-known corporations such as CBS, Lifetime Television, Elsevier, and Universal Studios. She is looking for projects that deal with new reporting tools and different databases.

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Joseph Rach

Freelance Coder
United StatesToptal Member Since November 10, 2022

Joseph is a cybersecurity professional who strives to be well-rounded while maintaining specialties in technical cybersecurity areas where he provides the best return on investment. As a master of many cybersecurity domains and fully qualified for all categories and levels of the IA workforce under the Department of Defense (DoD) 8140 and 8570, he advocates team-based approaches and promotes knowledge-transferable, shared, and open-source-based methodologies whenever feasible.

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Alex Burlacu

Freelance Coder
MoldovaToptal Member Since May 24, 2022

Over the years, as an experienced machine learning engineer, Alex dealt with diverse problems, ranging from computer vision to natural language processing and time series forecasting. He has worked as a single engineer on the project several times, and despite scarce data and few computational resources, he succeeded where others failed. He has acted as a machine learning team lead for the past few years. In his spare time, Alex enjoys engaging in independent lecturing and ML research.

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Aaron Melian

Freelance Coder
SpainToptal Member Since March 8, 2022

Aaron is a front-end developer with four years of experience working with React, developing new features, building dynamic web applications from the ground, maintaining internal component libraries, and doing code reviews. He is very interested in learning new technologies and being up to date. Aaron's leading technologies are React, TypeScript, Flow, Redux, Redux-saga, Jest, React Testing Library, Thunk, and Styled-components.

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Illia Shutieiev

Freelance Coder
UkraineToptal Member Since July 24, 2020

Illia is a full-stack .NET developer with over six years of experience. He specializes in software development, focusing on the Microsoft .NET framework and related technologies, such as ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET CORE, and WinForms. Illia also excels in developing the front end with various JavaScript frameworks, including React and AngularJS. Thanks to a can-do attitude and a bright, curious personality, he works well within teams on challenging projects.

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Flakron Rexhepaj

Freelance Coder
GermanyToptal Member Since March 23, 2022

Flakron is a cloud solutions architect with seven years of experience in high-scale infrastructure optimization, systems administration, and process automation. Flakron has containerized applications, written and deployed infrastructure environments using Infrastructure-as-Code templates, configured AWS resources and services, built release processes using CI/CD pipelines, and supported SaaS-related projects by building customized monitoring solutions.

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Gareth Leonard

Freelance Coder
United StatesToptal Member Since September 27, 2019

Gareth is an expert in quality engineering with a proven history in architecting test automation frameworks. He has held positions with Cisco, Wells Fargo, and Republic Services, where his expertise has been key in developing and testing critical software systems. Gareth is a natural leader with an aptitude for assembling and developing highly functional quality engineering teams.

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Waqas Ahmad

Freelance Coder
PakistanToptal Member Since September 29, 2022

Waqas is an innovative software engineer with five years of experience developing robust, highly scalable, and multi-tier applications. He has a good knowledge of creating new software and systems, designing, analyzing, testing, and coding for modules while structuring customized solutions to meet the client's specific needs. Waqas can grasp emerging technologies and interact smoothly with peers and clients. He has expertise in React, Node.js, Express.js, JavaScript, Docker, and AWS.

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Alexander Naumenko

Freelance Coder
CyprusToptal Member Since May 17, 2022

Alex has been working with iOS applications since 2010. During his career, he used many existing mobile frameworks, patterns, and architectures and released many successful projects. Alex's expertise spans areas such as databases (Core Data, Realm), UI (storyboards, auto layouts, auto-resizing, SwiftUI), payments (in-app, PayPal, banks), animations (UI animations, Core Animation, Lottie), graphics (Core Graphics), networks (Alamofire, Moya), push notifications, and uploading apps to App Store.

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Nicholas Wakeman

Freelance Coder
United StatesToptal Member Since November 12, 2017

Nick's been developing, architecting, and leading software projects for well over a decade. In addition to a rich full-stack skill set, his business acumen and ability to communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders regardless of their technical knowledge set him apart from the rest. Though focused on tech leadership for the last few years, Nick still enjoys developing early-stage prototypes and products.

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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.

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    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our coders 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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