How are Toptal data analysts different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our data analysts 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. Start now.

Can I hire data analysts in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a data analyst within 48 hours of signing up. Start now.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal data analysts?

We make sure that each engagement between you and your data analyst 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. Start now.

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, business intelligence experts, and product managers to finance experts who have worked at leading tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, IBM, and many more. Our data engineers are highly skilled in programming languages such as Python and have great analytical skills. They also have several years of experience building data visualization, data mining, and data management 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, business analysts, 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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Christopher Karvetski

Freelance Data Analyst

United StatesToptal Member Since August 24, 2016

Dr. Karvetski has ten years of experience as a data and decision scientist. He has worked across academia and industry in a variety of team and client settings, and has been recognized as an excellent communicator. He loves working with teams to conceive and deploy novel data science solutions. He has expertise with R, SQL, MATLAB, SAS, and other platforms for data science.

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Renee Ahel

Freelance Data Analyst

CroatiaToptal Member Since June 18, 2020

Renee is a data scientist with over 12 years of experience, and five years as a full-stack software engineer. For over 12 years, he has worked in international environments, with English or German as a working language. This includes four years working remotely for German and Austrian client companies and nine months working remotely as a member of the Deutsche Telekom international analytics team.

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Eva Bojorges Rodriguez

Freelance Data Analyst

MexicoToptal Member Since November 11, 2014

Eva is a skilled back-end developer and machine learning engineer with experience in scalability issues, system administration, and more. She has a flair for well-structured, readable, and maintainable applications and excellent knowledge of Python, Ruby, and Go. She is a quick learner and has worked in teams of all sizes.

Data Analysts Python DevOps Flask Google App Engine Machine Learning Google Cloud REST APIs Data Science Scrum Back-end Full-stack C#

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Vu Quang Hoa

Freelance Data Analyst

VietnamToptal Member Since August 9, 2016

Hoa, nicknamed Joe, is a brilliant engineer who is capable of grasping new concepts very quickly. His most striking quality is the commitment he shows in whatever he does. He specializes in full-stack, highly scalable Python-Django applications, with experience in Java and PHP. He has over two years of experience developing applications on the Django framework at the StoryTree company—one of the top 500 startups in the US.

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Aljosa Bilic

Freelance Data Analyst

SwitzerlandToptal Member Since August 8, 2016

Aljosa is a data scientist and developer who has more than eight years of experience building statistical/predictive machine learning models, analyzing noisy data sets, and designing and developing decision support tools and services. He joined Toptal because freelancing intrigues him, and the best projects and people are to be found here.

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Stephen Flammer

Freelance Data Analyst

PhilippinesToptal Member Since June 18, 2020

Stephen is a talented senior data and cloud systems engineer and consultant, senior desktop solutions full-stack engineer and consultant, and senior SQL DBA. He has over twenty-five years of experience designing and developing SQL Server, BI, ETL, AI, VB, and MS Access systems. He designs and develops intuitive and feature-rich, user-friendly solutions. Stephen is an expert MS SQL database administrator, QA engineer, documentation specialist, and English–Spanish translator.

Data Analysts ETL Databases Business Intelligence (BI)Data Pipelines UX Analysis Data Analytics Visual Basic 6 (VB6)C#.NET SQL Server Agent SQL Stored Procedures Data Engineering Test-driven Development (TDD)

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Charles Bordet

Freelance Data Analyst

FranceToptal Member Since February 20, 2018

Charles is an expert in the R and R Shiny programming languages. He is specialized in building Shiny apps from scratch, optimizing them, and deploying them on servers at scale. The apps are elegantly designed, reliable, and fast to ensure the users can dig into the data easily. Charles is a great asset to have in your team with a proven capability to work independently and in teams, mentor co-workers or clients, and communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Data Analysts R SQL Data Science Linux PostgreSQL RStudio Shiny Data Visualization MySQL

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Oliver Holloway

Freelance Data Analyst

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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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 start up, they are our secret weapon.
Brantley Pace, CEO & Co-Founder
Tripcents

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, Director
K Dunn & Associates

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
Radeeus

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
ProHatch

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
Site Specific Software Solutions

We used Toptal to hire a developer with extensive Amazon Web Services experience. We interviewed four candidates, one of which turned out to be a great fit for our requirements. The process was quick and effective.
Abner Guzmán Rivera, CTO and Chief Scientist
Photo Kharma

Sergio was an awesome developer to work with. Top notch, responsive, and got the work done efficiently.
Dennis Baldwin, Chief Technologist and Co-Founder
PriceBlink

Working with Marcin is a joy. He is competent, professional, flexible, and extremely quick to understand what is required and how to implement it.
André Fischer, CTO
POSTIFY

We needed a expert engineer who could start on our project immediately. Simanas exceeded our expectations with his work. Not having to interview and chase down an expert developer was an excellent time-saver and made everyone feel more comfortable with our choice to switch platforms to utilize a more robust language. Toptal made the process easy and convenient. Toptal is now the first place we look for expert-level help.
Derek Minor, Senior VP of Web Development
Networld Media Group

Toptal's developers and architects have been both very professional and easy to work with. The solution they produced was fairly priced and top quality, reducing our time to launch. Thanks again, Toptal.
Jeremy Wessels, CEO
Kognosi

We had a great experience with Toptal. They paired us with the perfect developer for our application and made the process very easy. It was also easy to extend beyond the initial time frame, and we were able to keep the same contractor throughout our project. We definitely recommend Toptal for finding high quality talent quickly and seamlessly.
Ryan Morrissey, CTO
Applied Business Technologies, LLC

I'm incredibly impressed with Toptal. Our developer communicates with me every day, and is a very powerful coder. He's a true professional and his work is just excellent. 5 stars for Toptal.
Pietro Casoar, CEO
Ronin Play Pty Ltd

Working with Toptal has been a great experience. Prior to using them, I had spent quite some time interviewing other freelancers and wasn't finding what I needed. After engaging with Toptal, they matched me up with the perfect developer in a matter of days. The developer I'm working with not only delivers quality code, but he also makes suggestions on things that I hadn't thought of. It's clear to me that Amaury knows what he is doing. Highly recommended!
George Cheng, CEO
Bulavard, Inc.

As a Toptal qualified front-end developer, I also run my own consulting practice. When clients come to me for help filling key roles on their team, Toptal is the only place I feel comfortable recommending. Toptal's entire candidate pool is the best of the best. Toptal is the best value for money I've found in nearly half a decade of professional online work.
Ethan Brooks, CTO
Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

In Higgle's early days, we needed the best-in-class developers, at affordable rates, in a timely fashion. Toptal delivered!
Lara Aldag, CEO
Higgle

Toptal makes finding a candidate extremely easy and gives you peace-of-mind that they have the skills to deliver. I would definitely recommend their services to anyone looking for highly-skilled developers.
Michael Gluckman, Data Manager
Mxit

Toptal’s ability to rapidly match our project with the best developers was just superb. The developers have become part of our team, and I’m amazed at the level of professional commitment each of them has demonstrated. For those looking to work remotely with the best engineers, look no further than Toptal.
Laurent Alis, Founder
Livepress

Toptal makes finding qualified engineers a breeze. We needed an experienced ASP.NET MVC architect to guide the development of our start-up app, and Toptal had three great candidates for us in less than a week. After making our selection, the engineer was online immediately and hit the ground running. It was so much faster and easier than having to discover and vet candidates ourselves.
Jeff Kelly, Co-Founder
Concerted Solutions

We needed some short-term work in Scala, and Toptal found us a great developer within 24 hours. This simply would not have been possible via any other platform.
Franco Arda, Co-Founder
WhatAdsWork.com

Toptal offers a no-compromise solution to businesses undergoing rapid development and scale. Every engineer we've contracted through Toptal has quickly integrated into our team and held their work to the highest standard of quality while maintaining blazing development speed.
Greg Kimball, Co-Founder
nifti.com

How to Hire Data Analysts through Toptal

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A Toptal director of engineering will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right data analyst for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.

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Work with your new data analyst for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

How are Toptal data analysts different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our data analysts 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. Start now.
Can I hire data analysts in less than 48 hours through Toptal?
Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a data analyst within 48 hours of signing up. Start now.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal data analysts?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your data analyst 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. Start now.
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, business intelligence experts, and product managers to finance experts who have worked at leading tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, IBM, and many more. Our data engineers are highly skilled in programming languages such as Python and have great analytical skills. They also have several years of experience building data visualization, data mining, and data management 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, business analysts, 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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