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Mamon Alsalihy

Hugging Face Developer
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since July 18, 2025

Mamon is a generative AI expert with 4+ years of experience delivering full-stack NLP solutions that drive tangible business outcomes. He has built domain-specific LLMs, search and QA systems, and custom MCP servers and agents for real-time AI pipelines. At Brain Technologies and Flip AI, his work supported product launches and funding rounds. With deep expertise in Python, Hugging Face, LangChain, and PyTorch, Mamon helps clients go from idea to production fast, with impact.

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François Le Lay

Hugging Face Developer
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since July 27, 2022

François is a seasoned leader with experience building data platforms and machine learning solutions at major technology companies and startups in B2C and B2B settings. François has spent seven years at Spotify building data infrastructure teams as a manager and leveraging machine learning techniques to improve the music catalog as a staff engineer.

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Tety Loscutoff

Hugging Face Developer
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since June 17, 2022

Tety is a technology entrepreneur who strives to provide clients with end-to-end service when creating new software solutions or revamping old ones. Some of the projects she has completed include financial and accounting systems, AI-powered document processing, forecasting, and anomaly detection. Tety has worked for clients across various countries and industries, including energy, government, education, and biotechnology.

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Henrique Brandao

Hugging Face Developer
UTC-03:00
Brazil
Toptal Member Since May 26, 2026

Henrique is a senior Python and AI/LLM engineer with 10+ years of experience building production, distributed systems across fintech, cybersecurity, and biotech domains. He shipped a LangChain and Hugging Face chatbot to AWS production at SecurityScorecard in six weeks, enabling natural-language queries over security data for 12+ million companies. Henrique specializes in scalable APIs, microservices, and integrating LLMs into cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and GCP.

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Tamara Orlich

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+00:00
Spain
Toptal Member Since September 4, 2025

Tamara is an AI engineer and mathematician with expertise in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), natural language processing (NLP), and prompt engineering. Leveraging a strong mathematical foundation, she develops practical AI solutions that address complex problems in document retrieval and natural language understanding. With extensive experience creating and evaluating LLM-based systems, Tamara focuses on optimizing context, enhancing response quality, and ensuring reliable AI applications.

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Karim Foda

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since July 6, 2020

Karim is an NLP researcher with in-depth and hands-on experience working on building machine learning (ML) models that aim to replicate specific human functions, thereby accelerating a business's processes. Most recently, Karim's focus has been on training large language models (LLMs) for natural language understanding (NLU) and natural language generation (NLG) through conversational chatbots.

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Belma Ibrahimović

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+01:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Toptal Member Since November 21, 2023

Belma is a dedicated senior full-stack data scientist and AI expert with 8+ years of experience delivering high-impact end-to-end AI solutions across industries. Specializing in cutting-edge technologies like generative AI, LLMs, and agentic systems, she excels in natural language processing (NLP) and unlocking the potential of language data. Belma's strong communication skills and adaptability enable her to translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights, driving business value.

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Ali Bina

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+01:00
Germany
Toptal Member Since August 26, 2025

Ali is a results-driven ML engineer with a PhD and 10+ years of experience deploying cutting-edge AI solutions. An expert in designing and implementing machine learning models, he has a strong background in Python, PyTorch, MLOps, and LLMOps architectures and a passion for leveraging AI to improve operational efficiency and outcomes. Ali is adept at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful AI-driven solutions and translating business needs into scalable technology.

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Konstantinos Giantsios

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+02:00
Greece
Toptal Member Since August 17, 2026

Across gaming and publishing technology, Konstantinos has spent five years building machine learning solutions for companies including Kaizen Gaming and Atypon Systems. His toolkit centers on Docker, FastAPI, and Apache Spark. While at Atypon Systems, Konstantinos boosted recommended article click-through rate by 100% and search click-through rate by 20%.

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Usama Ahmad

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+05:00
Pakistan
Toptal Member Since May 12, 2026

Usama is a seasoned data scientist and AI/ML engineer with 8.5 years of experience building production-grade AI systems. He's skilled in Python, RAG, agentic RAG, agentic AI, GenAI, AIOps, MLOps, LLMs, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability. Usama has a strong track record of delivering scalable, reliable, and clean AI solutions.

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Shivam Garg

Hugging Face Developer
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since August 1, 2023

Shivam is a senior AI engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in deep learning and artificial intelligence. Proficient in various deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, and Keras, he excels in generative AI, Stable Diffusion, and large language models (LLMs). Furthermore, Shivam stands out for his extensive expertise in classical computer vision.

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  • Typically, you can hire Hugging Face developers with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or full end-to-end project delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Hugging Face coder, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Hugging Face developer, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Hugging Face developers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Hugging Face coders to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire Hugging Face developers with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Hugging Face developers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Hugging Face coders on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the project end-to-end based on your specific requirements as part of our Consulting and Services offerings. Whether you hire a Hugging Face developer for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Hugging Face developers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Hugging Face developer 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 Hugging Face developer who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDAs, streamlining the hiring process so you can focus on innovation, not overhead.

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    We want to be sure your engagement is a total success, so we offer a no-risk trial period. Work with your new hire for up to two weeks and pay only if you’re satisfied.

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    We help you scale your team up or down as needed, with quick and efficient hiring in under 48 hours.

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