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Dan Isaza

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 31, 2020

Dan is a full-stack product engineer and engineering leader. He's also a former startup founder. Dan has led remote engineering teams and thrives in high-ownership environments. He's driven by impact and likes to discuss business-level problems to develop a strong understanding of the business domain before implementing technical solutions. He believes that shipping iteratively is a strong predictor of project success and is comfortable with advanced data science topics.

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Nick Landgrebe

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since February 15, 2017

Nick is a full-stack engineer and former CTO who builds API-driven apps with sleek, cutting-edge front-ends, drawing on a lifelong love of programming starting from the age of 12. A natural in his work, he forms complex technological ideas into human concepts and interfaces for everyday people to understand and enjoy. In his free time, Nick authors and maintains many open source libraries. He also loves writing detailed documentation.

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APIRubyJavaScriptRuby on Rails (RoR)Object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS)ReactOpen SourceAPI DevelopmentFull-stack
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Avery Pierce

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since June 2, 2019

Avery is an iOS app developer who has been coding for over ten years. He was the primary iOS app developer for a B2B eCommerce application that has been downloaded over 100,000 times and earned a 4.8-star rating on the App Store. His core skill set is Swift, Node.js, and TypeScript, but he's also familiar with a variety of other tools and languages.

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Alex Wong

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since January 5, 2016

Alex is an independent software consultant with more than 15 years of experience. He has helped companies of all sizes, from nascent startups to Fortune 500 corporations, successfully deliver software projects by providing expertise in development, architecture, and management. He has built solutions in everything from large-scale distributed systems to rich internet front-ends for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Zendesk, and GE Capital.

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Harrison Strowd

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since November 4, 2016

Harrison has extensive experience building and maintaining web server applications of all shapes and sizes. The majority of his experience is in Ruby on Rails, but he also has experience with many other languages as well. Harrison has a strong understanding of the entire stack of server-side technologies.

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Colin Young

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since August 19, 2015

Colin is a senior engineer and software architect with over 10 years of experience leading products and managing small entrepreneurial teams. He specializes in high-value React/React Native consulting as well as serverless architectures. He is confident in several back-end languages and frameworks, including Node.js, Ruby, and Python, to deliver robust, performant API back ends and the clients and applications they serve.

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Matthew Keas

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 13, 2013

Matthew is an enthusiastic student of computer science, distributed computing, compiler theory, computer security, self-configured Linux systems, and functional theory. Recent projects involve cross-cloud and private-cloud architecture, configuring multiple Kubernetes clusters, Rancher cluster manager, Longhorn distributed block-storage management, Apache Kafka, and IoT edge-computing.

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Ben Mishkin

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since March 13, 2014

An experienced RoR engineer, DevOps/cloud architect, and AWS guru, Ben has 15 years of experience building and scaling cloud-based web apps. He's earned multiple AWS certifications (SysOps, DevOps Engineer-Professional) and is well-versed in managing multi-tenant SaaS applications in the cloud. Ben has a background in computer science, machine learning, and finance; he also has HIPAA, PCI, SOC2 compliance experience.

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APIRubyTest-driven Development (TDD)Agile Software DevelopmentRuby on Rails (RoR)AWS OpsWorksAmazon Web Services (AWS)AWS EC2AWS S3
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Ryan Felton

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since October 7, 2015

Ryan Felton is Facebook Innovation Award winning executive, highly technical software developer, a veteran, MBA graduate, and a passionate software entrepreneur recognized as one of the top 3% of freelance developers worldwide.

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APIRubyHTML5Ruby on Rails (RoR)BootstrapFacebook APIFacebook Ads APIjQueryGitGitHubScrumAgile Software DevelopmentContinuous Deployment
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Chet Hardin

Freelance API Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since August 9, 2017

As a developer, Chet brings more than his 10+ years of experience with CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and WordPress. He is a team­ player. Chet believes that clear communication is key to success, and to that end, he is receptive, collaborative, and deadline-driven. Chet has extensive experience working within the WordPress CMS and adheres to strict best practices. He delivers well­-documented code on-­time and pixel­ perfect.

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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

In addition to sharp technical skills, Faruk had a great attitude and is a really exceptional communicator. He always let us know where he was with his work, thoroughly and reliably. That's not always the case, and it made working remotely considerably easier. He was an easy integration into the team.

Leif Abraham, Co-Founder

AND CO Ventures Inc

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

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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 API developer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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Work with your new API developer for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

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    All of our talent are seasoned experts who ramp up quickly, readily contribute as core team members, and work with you to minimize onboarding time.

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    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

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    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

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    Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

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