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Clark Winters

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since December 14, 2023

Clark is a skilled AWS Developer with extensive expertise in full-stack development. He has advanced skills in AWS cloud services, alongside strong Python and TypeScript skills. He excels at leveraging DevOps tools like Terraform and Docker while helping clients build scalable cloud infrastructure, web services, REST APIs, and automation scripts. Clark prioritizes efficient, tailored solutions with a commitment to on-time delivery and quick adaptability to new projects.

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M M Farhad

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since July 7, 2025

M M is a full-stack engineer with 7+ years of experience building Python tools like scripts, data pipelines, and AWS integrations. He specializes in Django, including DRF APIs, PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and OWASP security. M M uses FastAPI with async endpoints, Pydantic validation, OpenAPI docs, and pytest for microservices. Skilled in creating Angular apps, he implements features like lazy modules, RxJS state, Reactive forms, Material Tailwind styling, and unit/E2E tests for front ends.

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Rajini Karthik

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since December 10, 2020

Rajini is a passionate and highly motivated software developer and an architect with strong experience in building a broad range of software solutions. She has deep expertise from contributions to developing distributed enterprise applications, cloud-native applications, open-source cloud development, and automation of infrastructure and software deployment development projects. Rajini has a strong ability to innovate and lead teams to make an impact while learning from new challenges.

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Zak Kohler

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since May 27, 2021

Zak is a chemical engineer by training but a hacker at heart. With extensive programming experience (starting in third grade), he excels at delivering the right solution that meets goals for functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability. While serving as a chemical and software engineer at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company since 2015, he has applied his knowledge of C, Compilers, operating systems, and CPUs, and presented talks on CPUs, Renode, and RISC-V.

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Johnmicah Potter

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since July 27, 2020

Bank of America, Anthem, and Lowe's are just a few of the companies that Johnmicah has worked at. He has 18 years of experience building web applications from not only both the front and back ends but also the platform and infrastructure sides. Johnmicah is passionate about performance, automation, and containerization. Johnmicah is also capable of fitting into and improving an existing team environment or building a new one from the ground up.

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Steven Rouk

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since October 6, 2021

Steven is an expert Python and SQL data engineer with strong data science and data analysis capabilities and eight years of experience. He has led the development of technical solutions, and his most recent role was as a senior member of a data engineering team at a Fortune 100 company. The team processed billions of rows of data in a Snowflake ecosystem with thousands of tables, and the client regarded Steven as one of the highest contributing members of the 10+ member team.

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Calaunte Winston Jr.

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since February 28, 2025

Calaunte is a solutions architect with 9+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering and cloud architecture. Specializing in secure, scalable intelligent systems, he's architected multi-agent AI solutions for pharmaceutical research, designed MLOps pipelines, and implemented secure cloud solutions across multiple industries. At Anpu Labs, Calaunte has developed LLM-based solutions that transform complex data into actionable insights, empowering organizations to harness their data's full potential.

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John Noecker

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since December 1, 2022

John is a performance-driven full-stack engineer offering experience and insight into solutions to complex problems. He is a skilled communicator and leader who has successfully overseen various projects, with a proven track record of enhancing business operations based on customer specifications. John has also successfully bootstrapped his own forensic linguistics consulting startup and worked in various domains, including biomedical report summarization and author, speaker, or fraud detection.

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Clayton Lemons

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since April 23, 2020

Clayton is a transformative software engineer and leader with over 15 years of experience in the software industry, innovating at the intersection of data, AI/ML, and cloud engineering. As both an individual contributor and a visionary leader, he is a dynamic force in transforming challenges into user-centric, high-quality software solutions. Renowned for his technical mastery, strategic foresight, and principled approach to software, Clayton elevates teams to collaborate and perform their best.

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Tyler Hicks-Wright

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since June 24, 2021

Tyler is an innovative problem solver experienced in full-stack web development, desktop applications, and mobile app development. He built educational games, video content delivery platforms, and user management systems for one client, resulting in over two million user sessions in less than 12 months and reaching 100+ countries. Tyler's insight has expanded and greatly enhanced many programs and processes, enabling clients to further their reach and increase revenue.

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Anthony Zatika

Freelance Python Developer
Verified Expert in Engineering
United States
Toptal Member Since May 20, 2025

Anthony is an experienced cybersecurity engineer, full-stack software engineer, and AI architect. He holds prestigious CISSP and CySA+ certifications. His research work has been published in prestigious journals such as IEEE/ACM and USENIX. An accomplished patent holder and distinguished Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society member at Johns Hopkins University, Anthony is driven by innovation, adaptability, and technical precision.

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