How are Toptal OWL developers different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our OWL developers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with engineering experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

Can I hire OWL developers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an OWL developer within 48 hours of signing up.

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

We make sure that each engagement between you and your OWL 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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Diyaz Yakubov

Freelance OWL Developer

FinlandToptal Member Since March 5, 2024

Diyaz is an expert in developing custom web solutions that precisely embody clients' visions. With a sharp focus on design aesthetics and cutting-edge technology, he consistently surpasses project expectations. His portfolio showcases various successful projects, highlighting his ability to adapt and innovate. Collaboration with Diyaz is a partnership that focuses on creativity, efficacy, and measurable outcomes.

OWL Visual Studio Code (VS Code)Node.js MacOS Linux Bash Software Engineering Programming Database Design .NET JavaScript Web Algorithms + more

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César Montaña

Freelance OWL Developer

New ZealandToptal Member Since May 4, 2021

César believes good data allows organizations to be ahead of the competition by creating baselines, benchmarks, and goals based on evidence. He's an SQL Server certified .NET developer with 15 years of experience designing and building strategic data platforms that host huge amounts of data, solving problems, and supporting performance issues for companies from all over the world. You can trust César to maintain your data and translate it into a usable form via models, reports, and dashboards.

OWL Business Intelligence (BI)SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)+ more

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Erez Nassimi

Freelance OWL Developer

IsraelToptal Member Since October 5, 2020

Erez has 26 years of experience in software development and 15 years in team building and management. His expertise covers multiple languages (C++, Pascal, C#, and SQL), frameworks (.NET Core and .NET 4), paradigms (OOP and REST), platforms (Windows), protocols (Diameter and FIX), including design patterns, web crawling, and clean coding. Familiar with stock options, currency exchanges, and trading/Algo trading, he's won innovation awards at Amdocs, contributing to CodeProject and StackOverflow.

OWL Windows C++Pascal Software Engineering C#.NET Core .NET 4 SQL .NET Visual Studio Web Scraping REST APIs + more

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Miguel Saraiva

Freelance OWL Developer

PortugalToptal 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.

OWL Web Crawlers Back-end Scalability Microsoft Visual Studio Multithreading Windows Agile Software Development JSON .NET Game Development Web Scraping C+++ more

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Toni Cebrián

Freelance OWL Developer

SpainToptal Member Since February 4, 2019

A rare mixture of data scientist and data engineer, Toni is able to lead projects from conception and prototyping to deploying at scale in the cloud.

OWL Python Python 3 Scala SQL Spark Akka Machine Learning Pandas NumPy Apache Airflow Data Mining Data Engineering + more

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Pawel Kaplanski

Freelance OWL Developer

AustraliaToptal Member Since April 3, 2019

Pawel is an experienced data-scientists and machine learning professional. He has worked for Fortune 100 companies, and he has an academic background in the field. Before moving to data science, he was a former lead architect in Samsung R&D Center. Pawel holds a Ph.D. in knowledge representation and reasoning as well as a master's degree and a bachelor of science degree in computer science.

OWL SPARQL Apache Jena Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)Natural Language Processing (NLP)Machine Learning + more

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Halil Ayyildiz

Freelance OWL Developer

NetherlandsToptal Member Since October 22, 2020

With more than a decade of professional experience, Halil is a software developer with in-depth and broad expertise in back-end systems and cloud services. He also has hands-on experience in the reliability and scalability of planet-scale cloud systems. Halil is a lifelong learner and software expert who chooses the proper tools and algorithms to best solve business problems.

OWL Java Spring Kubernetes SQL JavaScript Docker Redis Memcached PostgreSQL Spring Boot Apache Maven Node.js + more

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Robert C Kahlert

Freelance OWL Developer

AustriaToptal Member Since September 4, 2020

Robert has taken on the architecture and documentation of great software—its engineering and research—for over 20 years. He loves designing and improving existing systems, creating content, and making systems and people collaborate in new ways. His focus areas include operating systems, compilers, databases, information modeling, and common sense reasoning. Robert has worked on research prototypes, development tools, and products in academia, at IBM, and for the symbolic AI platform, Cyc.

OWL Java + more

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Johannes Binder

Freelance OWL Developer

AustriaToptal Member Since March 8, 2021

Johannes is a full-stack developer with over 15 years of experience working in a broad range of industries, including finance, insurance, and eCommerce. Besides conceptualizing and implementing systems from scratch, Johannes also worked on system integrations, legacy systems, and prototypes. Johannes is passionate about delivering high-quality solutions and optimizing the software development lifecycle.

OWL C#+ more

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Jorge Miguel Carvalho Gomes

Freelance OWL Developer

PortugalToptal Member Since July 3, 2019

Along with earning a Ph.D. in AI, Jorge has spent over a decade traversing the field with over 30 scientific publications in top journals and international conferences and several academic and scientific awards. His recent professional experience includes working as CTO for an AI startup; as Chief Data Scientist at an IoT startup; as a Python and AI game developer; and as an assistant professor and scientific researcher at the University of Lisbon.

OWL Python Java R Python Asyncio Pandas RStudio Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning Data Visualization Internet of Things (IoT)Data Engineering + more

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Simon Geisler

Freelance OWL Developer

GermanyToptal Member Since March 19, 2020

Simon is an AI and data science professional with more than five years of experience in data science, data engineering, software engineering, and system architecture design in the public cloud (products scaled to 10+ million users). In Germany and Silicon Valley, he worked on spatio-temporal IoT, natural language processing, and computer vision projects. Besides his strong affinity to modeling algorithms, Simon confidently develops production-grade microservices, Spark, and Kafka Streams apps.

OWL Apache Kafka Machine Learning Deep Learning Databases Spark Data Mining Data Analysis Data Analytics Artificial Intelligence (AI)PostgreSQL Statistical Learning Jupyter + more

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Tripcents wouldn't exist without Toptal. Toptal Projects enabled us to rapidly develop our foundation with a product manager, lead developer, and senior designer. In just over 60 days we went from concept to Alpha. The speed, knowledge, expertise, and flexibility is second to none. The Toptal team were as part of tripcents as any in-house team member of tripcents. They contributed and took ownership of the development just like everyone else. We will continue to use Toptal. As a startup, they are our secret weapon.

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

Director

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

CEO

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.

Jason Kulik

Co-Founder

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

How to Hire OWL Developers through Toptal

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A Toptal director of engineering will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right OWL developer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new OWL developer for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

How are Toptal OWL developers different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our OWL developers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with engineering experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.
Can I hire OWL developers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?
Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an OWL developer within 48 hours of signing up.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal OWL developers?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your OWL 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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