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Ben Mishkin

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since March 10, 2017

Ben has 18 years of experience as a cloud technology leader and architect. He's proficient in AWS and GCP and has managed dozens of projects and teams of 5-20 cloud engineers in various industries (healthcare, social networks, eCommerce, and others). Ben has a background in computer science, machine learning, and finance; he also has HIPAA, PCI, and SOC2 compliance experience. Ben primarily works as an architect and strategic leader for cloud infrastructure buildouts and migrations.

Ruby Agile Software Development Amazon Web Services (AWS)Ruby on Rails (RoR)Test-driven Development (TDD)Cloud Architecture

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Phoebe Beckinger

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since April 15, 2020

Phoebe is a full-stack developer with over nine years of experience building software across a range of industries and company sizes. Her primary focus has been server-side development, but she also enjoys working with modern UI solutions. Phoebe is meticulous about her code, a passionate advocate for best practices, and knows how fundamental communication is in delivering exceptional products.

Ruby PostgreSQL MySQL Linux Windows MacOS SQL Ruby on Rails (RoR)CSS jQuery

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Taylor Clifton

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 26, 2022

Taylor is a senior full-stack web developer with over ten years of experience developing various web applications and websites for multiple clients. He has begun his development career in the industry and has worked in diverse environments, from large teams with established products to smaller startups in the early stages of development. Taylor transitioned to working as a freelance web developer about eight years ago and now works with multiple clients and teams on various exciting projects.

Ruby TypeScript React Node.js Ruby on Rails (RoR)Algorithms CSS Sass Express.js HTML5 Web Development Front-end Full-stack

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Juan Carlos Guajardo

Freelance Ruby Developer

MexicoToptal Member Since April 7, 2022

Juan Carlos is a hands-on person who likes to play around and tweak things, especially processes and the infrastructure that connects them. He tries to document as much as possible and enjoys using RDoC, Javadoc, and JSDoc as much as possible, but he adjusts naturally to whatever the project's preference is.

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Sumeet Agarwal

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since September 6, 2019

Sumeet has over a decade of experience, including long-term stints at Yelp.com and Remind.com, leading large cross-team projects. He does superbly clean engineering work and is an organized project planner. He excels at communication with both technical and non-technical colleagues, leveling up fellow engineers, and making sense out of the computer jargon.

Ruby Python Rust Go Ruby on Rails (RoR)Django Shell Agile Test-driven Development (TDD)Linux PostgreSQL MySQL

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Alex Katkova

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 13, 2022

Alex is a senior Ruby on Rails developer with extensive experience building APIs, working with and extending 3rd-party integrations, and building proof-of-concept software. Alex is pragmatic and detail-oriented, leverages the right tools for the job, and delivers projects on time.

Ruby Ruby on Rails 5 Ruby on Rails (RoR)GitHub REST APIs Back-end RSpec Sidekiq Redis API Documentation Code Review SaaS

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Todd Kummer

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since February 10, 2021

Todd's best fit is a client looking for an expert Ruby on Rails architect to help build out a new solution, or conversely, someone to help rescue a code base that has gone astray. His long history of product development—for software companies, internal business applications, and consumer websites—helps him find the right balance between short-term and long-term requirements and put in place best practices that will help guide the project for its full lifecycle.

Ruby Ruby on Rails (RoR)SQL RSpec Ruby on Rails 5

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Christopher Scott

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since June 16, 2022

Chris is a senior full-stack engineer with 7+ years of experience building web apps for early-stage startups and robust enterprise SaaS software. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, primarily focusing on back-end development, integrations, and API design. Chris is an expert in creating user-facing production web applications and internal tooling, and he is willing to embrace new challenges and help other businesses evolve and succeed.

Ruby MacOS Heroku Ruby on Rails (RoR)PostgreSQL RSpec Test-driven Development (TDD)SQL Git Sidekiq

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Dave Nguyen

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since May 26, 2021

Dave is an IT veteran with 15 years of programming experience—specializing in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. While he excels at producing Ruby-based solutions, Dave's also delivered projects requiring multiple technology stacks, third-party integrations, and even a little DevOps for companies in the fintech infrastructure, healthcare services, and scaling support industries. Dave's experience has led to easy-to-read, easy-to-maintain, and well-tested code, leaving a trail of happy customers.

Ruby Ruby on Rails (RoR)Redis Sidekiq RSpec Ruby on Rails 5

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Bruz Marzolf

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since January 14, 2016

Bruz is a full-stack developer who has loved building things for the web since he first started doing it over 15 years ago. Bruz has spent a lot of time on the back end building services with Ruby and Elixir and working with databases and infrastructure but has also done substantial work on the front end building apps in JavaScript.

Ruby React PostgreSQL Ruby on Rails (RoR)Elixir Back-end Front-end

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Jiewen Xiong

Freelance Ruby Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since November 5, 2021

Jiewen is a self-motivated QA automation engineer with over four years of hands-on experience in web, mobile, and API testing with Java, Ruby, Cucumber, Rest Assured, Selenium, and Appium frameworks. As an expert in his field, he always delivers outstanding results on time. With his skill set, can-do attitude, and enthusiasm for coding, Jiewen is dedicated to assisting with complex projects.

Ruby Selenium Cucumber

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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!
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