Great people, great team and processes. No transparency! A place to learn - Senior Software Engineer Toptal Employee Review

4.0
Jan 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, great teammates and mentors, and structured processes for product building. It was one of the places I most enjoyed, learned, and grew professionally and personally. Has/had a vast diversity of people's origins and cultures, at least in the managers and general employees, a lot of knowledge sharing. It was kind of one of my dream jobs before joining, and the parts that caused me to create that dream were the parts I lived there and accomplished.

Cons

C-Level and executives, no sense decisions. There was too much expended on marketing. Compensation is below the market, and it is almost impossible to get the benefits that matter. They hired many people for months even when it wasn't truly necessary, and a few weeks after it stopped, they started laying off randomly tons of engineers when the features became stable. However, there was no sign of it coming. There is no transparency about employees' job situations and or salary ranges, as the career process said. 'A hypergrowth company, as they called it, with consistent profit margins regularly shared to all employees.' The career progress structure changes every few months, and it is almost impossible to progress further unless you have good contacts.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Toptal has been my favorite place to work so far! • The flexibility of remote work is amazing. • I’ve had the chance to work with fantastic clients. • The internal team is supportive, talented, and a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Sometimes it can take a bit longer to find a new engagement if you’re looking for opportunities in Asian time zones. In my experience, Europe and the Americas tend to have more opportunities and faster matching.

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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