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Anitet Wheeler-Rose

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC-10:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 21, 2022

Anitet demonstrated strong competitive programming skills during college, which led them straight to a job at Google. Since then, they've taken on the role of CTO for an early-stage startup. Besides software engineering, Anitet is interested in soccer, drawing, and creative writing, and enjoys creating simple solutions to complex problems.

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Dan Meyers

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since November 9, 2018

Dan has been working with IT infrastructure for over 18 years and is passionate about his work. He loves moving software into production using the latest and greatest technologies and methodologies. Dan fits well into any software development organization and loves to collaborate. He'd love to work on client ideas that need to be built, deployed, and scaled in the cloud.

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Ben Mishkin

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 10, 2017

Ben is a seasoned engineering leader with 20 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, operations, DevOps, and SecOps. He specializes in ML/AI and LLMs and holds certifications in AWS and GCP. He has led teams across various industries, including healthcare, social networks, eCommerce, and video games. With computer science, machine learning, and finance expertise, Ben has HIPAA, PCI, and SOC2 compliance experience. He excels in writing code, buildouts, operations, and migrations.

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Brandon Sanders

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since September 27, 2024

Brandon is a software architect and leader who drives innovation in distributed computing and AI for teams worldwide. The systems they've architected support more than $2 billion in annual revenue, and their work in swarm robotics and Layer-0 blockchains has resulted in US patents, NSF funding, and university fellowships. Brandon is the founder and CEO of Alicorn Systems, a startup pushing the boundaries of tokenless blockchain technology to redefine software development.

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Felipe Rodrigues Maia

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC-03:00
Brazil
Toptal Member Since May 2, 2018

Felipe has over 20 years of experience in various areas of IT. He's honed his development skills, site reliability engineering, and DevOps capabilities by architecting, designing, and developing simple solutions for big data systems, media streaming, and sundry other commercial projects. Felipe has also acted as the technical lead for many development and infrastructure teams.

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Hugo Barrigas

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+00:00
Portugal
Toptal Member Since July 12, 2021

Hugo is a software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in scalable, resilient, and self-healing cloud-native architectures. He has worked with all major cloud providers and architected several cloud-native solutions. Hugo is a software craftsman at heart with a strong passion for DevOps and site reliability engineering. He recently created Flare, a GitOps workflow orchestrator.

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J. Daniel Jiménez

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+01:00
Spain
Toptal Member Since February 11, 2021

Daniel has been an IT professional since 2013, specializing in cloud-based site reliability engineering since 2017. He has also designed platforms at scale to deal with huge numbers in Spanish and European enterprises such as Airbus, BBVA, Telefonica, and Rabobank. Daniel delivers his best when solving problems that others have left behind as "cannot be done." He tackles new challenges with enthusiasm and a can-be-done mindset. Then he delivers high-quality solutions that exceed expectations.

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Ismail Yenigul

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+03:00
Turkey
Toptal Member Since July 31, 2020

Ismail is a senior DevOps and SRE with expertise in Linux, AWS (AWS-certified solution architect and developer, IAM, EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, S3), GCP, Azure, Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA certified, Docker, Helm), Terraform, Terragrunt, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), DevSecOps (AWS Security Hub, CIS benchmarks), and SRE practices. He ensures seamless deployments, infrastructure consistency, and system reliability. Proactive and customer-focused, Ismail leaves no stone unturned to deliver quality results.

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Subramani Sundaram

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+04:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since February 3, 2022

Subramani is a certified DevSecOps Architect, SRE, and cloud architect with 16+ years of experience architecting, automating, and optimizing mission-critical applications and deployments over large-scale infrastructures. His employers include Miral Experiences, P&G, Emirates Group, and DTCC. Subramani's expertise includes infrastructure and configuration management tools, CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment, and managing projects, Scrum teams, technology environments, people, vendors, and assets.

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Yuki Matoba

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+09:00
Japan
Toptal Member Since May 17, 2021

Yuki is a full-stack MLOps and DevOps engineer with over five years of experience working for various companies, from startups to large companies. Yuki's background as a machine learning engineer and a software developer helps him understand and solve real-world machine learning and software development problems.

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Konstantin Tchernov

Freelance Site Reliability Engineer
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since May 17, 2022

Konstantin is a passionate developer with over 14 years of experience across various technology stacks. He has worked in leading roles at several New Zealand's top companies, delivering global products. Konstantin specializes in DevOps, site reliability engineering (SRE), and cloud solution architecture. He takes special interests in high-performing systems, observability, and building tools that make people's lives easier.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Site Reliability Engineer 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 Site Reliability Engineer, 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.

  • To hire the right Site Reliability Engineer, 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 Site Reliability Engineers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Site Reliability Engineers 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 Site Reliability Engineers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Site Reliability Engineers 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 Site Reliability Engineers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Site Reliability Engineer 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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