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Ivan Novak

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since February 2, 2022

Ivan is a technical founder, principal engineer, and solution architect with 20 years of experience. He has participated in and founded multiple startups and is familiar with the highest highs and lowest lows that owners go through. Recently, he helped grow a startup from a $4 million to $87 million valuation in three years with a successful Series A round. Ivan's in-depth understanding and strategic approach have enabled him to deliver numerous products.

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Gianluca Vaccarini

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since January 28, 2022

Gianluca is a highly versatile full-stack software engineer. He has helped many companies take an idea and turn it into a product that serves thousands to millions of users. He's built the software that powers Tesla's service centers for scheduling from scratch and worked at big tech companies, such as Atlassian, Adobe, Snapchat, Starbucks, and T-Mobile. Known for building fast and exceptionally well, Gianluca can work on either end of the stack.

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Scotty Waggoner

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since February 17, 2021

Scotty is an experienced full-stack developer who builds high-performance web and mobile applications with TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, and React. He specializes in optimizing architectures, enhancing developer experience, and integrating AI-powered solutions. With a passion for problem-solving and user experience, Scotty delivers scalable, intelligent systems that drive real-world impact.

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Hakeem Abbas

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since July 8, 2017

Hakeem is a Silicon Valley-based full-stack software engineer with a decade of engineering and programming experience. He excels at working with corporations, having developed products for Facebook and Microsoft. All in all, Hakeem is a full-stack developer with expertise in React, React Native, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, and Android Native.

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Horia Mărgărit

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since November 16, 2021

Horia's industry experience extends across digital health, consumer finance, internet search, engineering software, and transportation logistics. He has over 10 years of expertise applying AI methods and approaches to tackle businesses problems. Horia's predictions for business applications of AI have been featured in CIO magazine and Forbes. He earned a master of science degree in statistics at Stanford University and two BAs specializing in cognitive and computer science at UC Berkeley.

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Delon Saks

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since March 6, 2025

Delon Saks is an AI leader with a proven track record in driving innovation in generative AI and machine learning. He has led high-impact projects across energy, heavy asset industries, eCommerce, and sports. Consulting for major organizations such as the LA Dodgers, Delon develops AI solutions that enhance decision-making. With experience in startups and enterprise AI, he leverages LLMs, RAG systems, and deep learning to deliver business value.

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Belal Esawe

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
Canada
Toptal Member Since June 21, 2023

Belal is a senior machine learning (ML) engineer with over a decade of experience developing and deploying AI-driven systems. His work has spanned LLMs, multi-agent frameworks, classification, recommendation systems, and computer vision. He has been involved across the full ML lifecycle, including research, model development, deployment, and system optimization. Belal is experienced with technologies such as LangChain, LangGraph, GPT, LLama, AWS, NLP, and computer vision.

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Nicholas Ecton

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since September 9, 2022

Nick is a self-taught full-stack developer with over eight years of experience leading engineering teams and developing software for startups. His talents and passions have always aligned with the fast-paced, do-it-yourself mindset of early startup culture. His most recent success includes onboarding as a founding engineer for an iGaming startup and growing the company to over 40 employees and 10 million+ revenue/year within two years of his joining.

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Anand Ramanathan

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since April 29, 2020

Anand is a leading applied scientist in LLM/GPT apps, blending engineering proficiency, product expertise, and the latest scientific insight. He has 20+ years of experience at Microsoft, Amazon, startups, and consulting. He's proficient in NLU, NLP, Python, and AI engineering. Anand's expertise in LLMs and foundation models since their inception enables him to transform complex AI technologies into efficient products, consistently leading in industry advancements and setting new standards.

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Adil Mubeen

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since December 18, 2024

Adil is an experienced machine learning engineer who specializes in AI, deep learning, large language models (LLMs), Python, C/C++, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), computer vision, and natural language processing (NLP). He's proficient in developing and deploying scalable ML systems using TensorFlow and PyTorch. Adil consistently delivers innovative, intelligent solutions tailored to clients' needs.

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Andrey Izotov

Freelance OpenAI Developer
Verified Expert ​in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since October 29, 2018

Andrey is a hands-on architect, technical lead, and full-stack developer. At the strategic level, he enjoys creating a roadmap, choosing a tech stack, and designing the solution. At the implementation level, Andrey relishes TDD and delivering robust systems with high test coverage. He produces reliable results, whether leading a team or working independently. Passionate about software systems and cutting-edge technology, Andrey can provide a solution to satisfy your technical needs.

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Guide to Hiring a Great OpenAI Developer

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