Amazing company that changed after pandemic - Senior Backend Engineer Toptal Employee Review

4.0
Jun 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Mature development processes - Diverse tech stack that makes sense - Best processes for Remote work I've ever seen - A lot of truly amazing engineers work there

Cons

- Lack of transparency - Unclear career path - Just a wrong approach to federated GraphQL implementation that leads to a lot of pain

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Professional and interested in quality work.

Cons

Not really a con, but more work waiting than hours allow.

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1.0
Jul 3, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Met some good dedicated employees and freelance workers.

Cons

Lack of any real industry solutions or capabilities since 100% of delivery services are freelance contractors. Model has been successful as providing staff augmentation to clients, but all intellectual capital and outcomes are owned by the clients or the freelancer. Toptal is simply a staffing platform broker who marks up the freelance talent. Great if you need a plumber, but not if you're planning to build a bathroom.

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