How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

Typically, you can hire an OSM developer with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed 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 OSM developer, 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.

How do I hire an OSM developer?

To hire the right OSM 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 OSM developers for your project.

How are Toptal OSM developers different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our OSM developers 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 with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched OSM developers ready to help you achieve your goals.

Can you hire OSM developers on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?

You can hire OSM developers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert 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 OSM developers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal OSM developers?

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

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Martin Ždila

Freelance OSM Developer

Slovakia

Toptal Member Since September 19, 2015

Martin is a software professional specialized in JavaScript full-stack software design and development, OpenStreetMap volunteering, and embedded system development (Mongoose OS). He is a former Java developer (10+ years) and is dedicated to the development and proliferation of open-source software and technologies. He considers himself very agile in learning new technologies and finding solutions to difficult technical problems.

OSM Node.js Redux Express.js Koa React.js TypeScript ECMAScript 6 Leaflet JavaScript Webpack Spring MySQL

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Andreas Thomä

Freelance OSM Developer

Germany

Toptal Member Since October 6, 2022

Andreas is a team leader and problem solver with a broad knowledge of IT architecture. He graduated in media production and IT in 2012 and has a strong background in software development and marketing. Now he has more than ten years of experience. Andreas is confident in PHP, Symfony, Doctrine, C#, Shopware, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, performance marketing, Bootstrap, and Vue.

OSM JavaScript PHP SQL Server SQL SharePoint Development Back-end Developers

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Gabriel Breahna

Freelance OSM Developer

Romania

Toptal Member Since September 15, 2022

Gabriel has 20 years of experience installing, managing, and using SQL, NoSQL (key-value, columnar, graph), time-series, spatial, in-memory, and cloud databases. He's worked with 10TB OLTP databases, 10TB data warehouses, tables with 10+ billion rows, and databases with 10,000+ tables. He's built greenfield and brownfield apps, managed acquisitions, mergers, and spin-offs, and is proficient in Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, MongoDB, Cassandra, and DynamoDB.

OSM SQL ETL Data Warehouse Oracle EBS Python Oracle Development Docker PL/SQL Business Intelligence Development EDI Back-end Developers PostgreSQL

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Artur Brugeman

Freelance OSM Developer

Russia

Toptal Member Since August 13, 2014

Artur is a software engineer with a proven ability to develop efficient, robust, and simple back-end solutions for dealing with large data sets. His current focus is on large-scale web crawling and processing of the crawled data.

OSM API Web Development C++

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Gustavo Machado

Freelance OSM Developer

Brazil

Toptal Member Since February 24, 2020

Gustavo is a seasoned developer who loves building innovative solutions. Driven by challenges, he's successfully gained 20 years of professional experience in various roles, from a sole developer through managing projects and people in the software department in Brazil's major electrical company to bringing quality products all over the world, including Fortune 500 companies.

OSM .NET Core ASP.NET Web Development Full-stack .NET React.js C#Node.js SQL REST API

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Miguel Saraiva

Freelance OSM Developer

Portugal

Toptal Member Since September 26, 2016

Miguel has twenty years and counting of programming and software architecture experience, from super fast multithreaded engines to ultra distributed crawling services, market research, online news gathering, and game development. He works with technologies including Assembly, (already forgotten) ALGOL 68, ZBuffers, the C family, and Azure.

OSM Web Development Back-end Developers Microsoft Development Multithreading Windows Development Agile Development JSON Object-oriented Programming .NET Game Development Web Scraping C++

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Bartłomiej Patrzyk

Freelance OSM Developer

Poland

Toptal Member Since February 18, 2020

Along with being passionate about cloud computing, Bartłomiej is a proficient full-stack developer with over a decade of experience in software development and industrial automation. He has worked in teams of various sizes in both startup and corporate environments. With robust problem-solving skills and a proactive approach, Bartłomiej always delivers beyond what is expected.

OSM Java React.js

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Barys Yakavita

Freelance OSM Developer

Belarus

Toptal Member Since February 5, 2020

Barys is a full-stack software developer with a wide range of skills and production experience in a variety of areas. His primary programming language is Java. His analytical mind and perseverance allow him to dig into the details and find and resolve the cause of critical product bugs in a short amount of time. In addition to his development experience, he has also held leadership, entrepreneur, and researcher roles.

OSM AWS Apache Airflow Retrofit Development Java SQL Java EE MySQL MariaDB PostgreSQL Elasticsearch Android Apache Tomcat

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Alexey Pelykh

Freelance OSM Developer

France

Toptal Member Since October 1, 2013

Alexey is a seasoned full-stack generalist and software industry expert known for his exceptional issue-cracking skills. He's most proficient in Java/Spring and Node.js/NestJS for the back end and React for the front end and has an insanely strong background in cross-platform C++ development.

OSM C++Back-end Developers Firmware ARCore Technical Leadership Dev Team Leads Python JavaScript C Java Object-oriented Programming API

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Milan Slezák

Freelance OSM Developer

Czech Republic

Toptal Member Since December 7, 2015

Milan is a highly skilled Java, JEE, and Android developer with over fifteen years of professional software development experience. He is a dedicated individual who is looking forward to working with clients to realize their visions and find solutions for their problems.

OSM Java Android Hibernate Spring Object-oriented Programming

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Roman Niukhalov

Freelance OSM Developer

Russia

Toptal Member Since December 20, 2021

Roman is a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience. His earlier career progressed through developing in C/C++ (embedded), creating web services in Java, and building services for collecting and storing geospatial data worldwide. Then he joined Agoda to lead a group of engineers developing services for processing and storing hotel prices that handled one million operations per second. Roman is currently working for Motional, developing mapping software for self-driving cars.

OSM Freelance Programming Java Python REST API

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Brantley Pace

CEO & Co-Founder

I am more than pleased with our experience with Toptal. The professional I got to work with was on the phone with me within a couple of hours. I knew after discussing my project with him that he was the candidate I wanted. I hired him immediately and he wasted no time in getting to my project, even going the extra mile by adding some great design elements that enhanced our overall look.

Paul Fenley

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The developers I was paired with were incredible -- smart, driven, and responsive. It used to be hard to find quality engineers and consultants. Now it isn't.

Ryan Rockefeller

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Toptal understood our project needs immediately. We were matched with an exceptional freelancer from Argentina who, from Day 1, immersed himself in our industry, blended seamlessly with our team, understood our vision, and produced top-notch results. Toptal makes connecting with superior developers and programmers very easy.

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As a small company with limited resources we can't afford to make expensive mistakes. Toptal provided us with an experienced programmer who was able to hit the ground running and begin contributing immediately. It has been a great experience and one we'd repeat again in a heartbeat.

Stuart Pocknee

Principal

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FAQs

How quickly can you hire with Toptal?
Typically, you can hire an OSM developer with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed 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 OSM developer, 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.
How do I hire an OSM developer?
To hire the right OSM 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 OSM developers for your project.
How are Toptal OSM developers different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our OSM developers 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 with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched OSM developers ready to help you achieve your goals.
Can you hire OSM developers on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?
You can hire OSM developers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert 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 OSM developers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal OSM developers?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your OSM 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 expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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