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Anthony Baxter

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since March 3, 2020

Anthony is an analytical and resourceful leader with over 23 years of experience in data engineering, database development, and process design and development. He has deep experience in the financial services industry and a keen ability to understand business and data requirements and customize value‐added applications. He's known for his expert skills in operations and risk management. Anthony is poised and intellectually curious with executive-level written and verbal communication skills.

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DatabaseVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)SQLSQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)SQL Server 2016MySQL Performance TuningETLT-SQL
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Charles Green

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since May 15, 2018

Charles has more than a decade of experience architecting, designing, and implementing SQL solutions and software applications. He's led technical teams of up to ten—directly and indirectly—and worked in data environments of up to 100 TB. Charles specializes in BI, data warehousing, ETL, automation, databases, and data management solutions in the Microsoft technology stack.

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DatabaseSQLT-SQLAzure DevOps ServicesAgile Software DevelopmentVisual Studio 2017SQL Stored ProceduresMicrosoft SQL Server
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Levi Self

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since June 23, 2019

Levi has nearly a decade of experience in applied data science in a variety of industries with a concentration in the insurance industry. He's passionate about solving challenging problems that others find difficult or impossible. He's comfortable working independently and collaborating on teams. He is most at home in small startups with experience in enterprise as well.

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Joshua DeMelo

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since October 24, 2019

Joshua is a disciplined and highly motivated senior Oracle Database administrator/information technology specialist with 20+ years' experience in the architecture and administration of complex databases for multiple information systems used in large campus environments and businesses, application design and development, data modeling, networking, and security; recognized for outstanding technical abilities in the field of information technology.

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Art Vancil

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since January 14, 2020

Art has 25 years of data architecture and cloud computing consulting experience—mostly in building enterprise data warehouses. He's an end-to-end solution architect and chief problem solver with a long history of focused execution according to a statement of work and successful delivery in a team setting.

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Ethan G Monk

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since September 14, 2019

Ethan is a passionate analytics/data engineer striving to leverage data for actionable, and ultimately human purposes. He has led teams and implementations of backend data structures and processes, and devised data/analytics productization strategies on behalf of major Fortune 500 companies and startups alike. With a broad range of experience across multiple industries and disciplines, Ethan has been exposed to a wide array of technologies and methodologies over the years.

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Luis Fernando Chaves Jiménez

Freelance Database Developer

Costa RicaToptal Member Since September 5, 2016

Luis has over 10 years of experience in development, mostly in the database environment: MS SQL, stored procedures, reports, creation of tables, triggers, etc. He is a very supportive, positive, and kind person who's also very responsible, communicative, accountable, and a team player. Currently studying at university to learn about psychology in order to build apps that interact better with people.

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DatabaseSQLT-SQLSQL Server Management StudioJira
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Salvador Rovere

Freelance Database Developer

ArgentinaToptal Member Since April 24, 2020

Salvador is a data warehouse specialist with more than ten years of experience developing applications and solving problems across a breadth of technical and business domains including finance, retail, restaurants, and telecommunications. Motivated by data-driven solutions, he has been recognized by his peers for his work and for being an exemplary partner on projects.

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Carlos E. Carrillo

Freelance Database Developer

MexicoToptal Member Since June 27, 2014

Carlos is a software .NET developer with 15 years of professional experience. He has worked on multiple projects, from maintaining legacy applications to implementing new features on top trending technologies such as .NET Core, Non-SQL, Cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools. He has a master's degree in project management and is a Certified Scrum Master. Carlos excels in leading development teams and stakeholder engagement.

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DatabaseC#Agile Software Development.NETASP.NETBack-endContinuous Delivery (CD)JiraLINQ
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Star Ford

Freelance Database Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since September 14, 2016

Star has been consulting and developing software for twenty years, with special skills in capturing and communicating requirements, data modeling, and modeling business processes. Her experience largely focuses on media production workflow management, and she has an interest in optimization and complexity reduction in enterprise-level data systems. Her primary platform choices are C# and related Microsoft tools.

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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.

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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.

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