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Toptal is a marketplace for top interim CTOs and part-time CTOs. CEOs and management at top companies and startups work with Toptal interim Chief Technology Officers in a short-term or long-term basis to lead their development teams and develop their technology strategy and roadmap.

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Christopher J. Stobie
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Christopher J. Stobie
Verified Expert in Engineering

Senior Software Developer

Previously atAWS

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Shanthi Viswanathan
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Shanthi Viswanathan
Verified Expert in Engineering

Senior Developer

Previously atOracle

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Adam Ivansky
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Adam Ivansky
Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Previously atApple

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Kaustav Chakraborty
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Kaustav Chakraborty
Verified Expert in Engineering

Senior Engineer

Previously atCapgemini

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Michael Walker
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Michael Walker
Verified Expert in Engineering

Principal Developer

Previously atAWS

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Vladimirs Timofejevs
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Vladimirs Timofejevs
Verified Expert in Engineering

Senior Software Engineer

Previously atAccenture

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Anne Adams
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Anne Adams
Verified Expert in Engineering

Senior Developer

Previously atMerrill Lynch

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Victor Moreno, Freelance CTO Developer for Hire.

Victor Moreno

Verified Expert in Engineering
10 Years of Experience

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Victor is a technically strong engineering leader and individual contributor. He has developed complex features for AWS and Noom and built engineering teams for small startups. Victor is a strong proponent and believes in the lean startup methodology. His experience as a tech lead in Noom has taught him a tremendous amount about how to build and operate the tech foundation for a high-performance growth engine.

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Michael Truog, CTO Freelancer.

Michael Truog

Verified Expert in Engineering
18 Years of Experience

CTO

Michael is a top architect, engineer, developer, and entrepreneur with a proven ability to develop efficient, scalable, and fault-tolerant server solutions for complex problems. He has extensive experience and skills with all levels of software and architecture.

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Tomislav Capan, Senior CTO Programmer and Consultant.

Tomislav Capan

Verified Expert in Engineering
20 Years of Experience

CTO

Tomislav is a software engineer, technical consultant, and solution architect who began as a technical partner for an online media business, growing it from zero to over 100,000 monthly readers. After years in software engineering, he now provides technical leadership through consulting and architecting dynamic, reliable, and scalable cloud solutions to support business growth and optimize complex architectures gone wrong. As an infrastructure lead, Tomislav makes the cloud a friendly place.

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Manuel Víctor Santos López, CTO Freelancer.

Manuel Víctor Santos López

Verified Expert in Engineering
20 Years of Experience

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Manuel is a software engineer with 20 years of professional experience as a full-stack developer, product designer, systems architect, and machine learning engineer. He's an autonomous, self-motivated, and curious person. As a developer, he's pragmatic and proficient in many programming languages, including functional, declarative, reactive, and object-oriented paradigms.

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Joao Victor Tamm, Toptal CTO Developer.

Joao Victor Tamm

Verified Expert in Engineering
6 Years of Experience

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Passionate about technology, entrepreneurship, and innovative ideas, Joao is curious about agile development, automated testing, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. Interested in devising a better problem-solving method for challenging tasks, he loves tackling hard-to-solve problems. He is a professional with 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, quite comfortable designing complex and scalable systems. Joao often inspires colleagues due to his ease of learning and passing on knowledge.

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Héctor Benítez, CTO Freelancer.

Héctor Benítez

Verified Expert in Engineering
10 Years of Experience

CTO

Being a software developer is Héctor's passion, especially software architecture. He is an Agile enthusiast, and considers his pragmatism to be his main strength. Héctor thinks that the best part of this job is the constant flow of amazing things to learn and challenging problems to solve.

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Choose the engagement type that suits your needs – hourly, part-time, or full-time – with the ability to change anytime.

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Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

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26.4%Pass Rate

Excellent technical communication

Toptal developers must possess strong written and verbal communication skills. They work effectively across multiple collaboration tools and convey complex engineering ideas and concepts with ease.

7.4%Pass Rate

Core skills and algorithms

Each developer is required to demonstrate their computer science fundamentals, problem-solving ability, and technical aptitude to a panel of leading experts.

3.6%Pass Rate

Proactive problem-solving

Toptal developers are skilled at tackling roadblocks creatively and independently. Each candidate is live-screened by two top developers where they have to offer multiple paths to the solution and make decisions on the spot.

3.2%Pass Rate

End-to-End project execution

Our developers deliver a test project to completion, demonstrating their skills across ideating, scoping, implementation, and problem-solving.

3%Pass Rate

Continued excellence

Toptal developers are expected to maintain a perfect track record while working with clients. We assess our talent after every engagement to ensure our standards for excellence were met.

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Toptal gave us access to the best designers out there, saving us a lot of time and allowing us to build the best possible product.

Thierry JakircevicGeneral Manager, Digital Solutions, Bridgestone

Toptal’s talent is really excellent. They are able to work through large business problems and code incredibly efficiently.

Emily LemonSenior Director, Cleveland Cavaliers

The kind of people we looked for were hard to find. Toptal helped us achieve our goals by bringing high quality resources to bear on very short notice.

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If you’ve tried working with other vendors, Toptal is going to be a different type of company to work with; they’re going to meet you where your needs are.

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