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Europe’s top tech & product professionals, on demand

Developers, AI/Data Experts, Designers or Product Managers, as individuals or teams, for short and long term projects

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Thousands of expertly vetted professionals in Software Engineering, Data, AI, Product Management and Design.

  • Fully vetted
  • Full or part time
  • Avg. 11 years of experience
UPPER supports us with quick action and great collaboration. They helped us find top engineers almost on the spot – an ability that is invaluable for us as a company in hyper-growth. UPPER is definitely a partner we are counting on.

Andrea Franke

Director Engineering, Gorillas

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Staffing is done by our CTO-level experts, enabling us to fully grasp our clients' needs and identify the ideal candidates for their projects and jobs.

  • Expert matching (Human & AI)
  • CTO sparring
  • Ideal fits, every time
We started to work with UPPER as part of our strategy for recruiting senior developers. UPPER understood our needs and proposed us highly dedicated engineers who deliver quality work in a timely manner.

Daniel Smaranda

Product Manager, Streamwide

Managed Platform

The efficiency of our proprietary platform meets the convenience of our managed service. It's like a magic ATS where the ideal candidates simply appear.

  • Fully compliant
  • Simple invoicing, reporting, payments
  • Managed service
Absolutely love UPPER. They ramped up our first tech team who built our MVP and then helped us scale the team further as our roadmap grew. Go to partner whenever we need support with tech talent.

Anton Kononov

Founder, FORMEL Skin

How It Works

Our CTO-level experts match talent and roles to identify the perfect fit, with a 56% interview-to-hire ratio.

1

Talk With
An Expert

Our domain expert clarifies the roles together with you, from stack to goals and more.

  • Clarify roles
  • Sparring & advice
2

Get Top
Matches

The expert matches our pre-vetted freelancers with your role to find the ideal fit.

  • Matching by experts
  • Always the right fit
3

Interview
And Start

Meet your future team member(s) in an interview and begin with a trial period.

  • Trial period
  • No lock-in

Latest Success Stories

We support dozens of companies globally with scaling their teams and building their products.
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How Gorillas scaled their development capacity after raising €230M in funding
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Awin's solution to scale their teams with top experts in Engineering & AI
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How IBM iX streamlined contractor payroll and management with UPPER
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LIVEBUY's unfair advantage to launch fast and raise funding
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From zero to €30M Series A with UPPER
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TrueNode's edge in a highly competitive space

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Monthly Invoice

A single invoice regardless of how many freelancers you have engaged.

Weekly Reports

Receive weekly time & activity reports in your inbox about your team’s work.

Dedicated Support

Your dedicated engagement manager is always around to support with anything you need.

Always On

For anything you need such as scaling the team, finding a replacement for a freelancer, etc.

Regular Check-ins

Never alone. We check in regularly with you to see how things are going and where we can support.

Quality Control

We keep an eye on the engagement and make sure everything is running smoothly.

Meet Our
Professional Freelancers

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in Europe

Skilled in development, AI, data, design & product

Distributed. Masters of remote work

Individually selected and screened by our experts

Our freelancers have worked with some of the world's top companies:

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"UPPER supports us with quick action and great collaboration. They helped us find top engineers almost on the spot – an ability that is invaluable for us as a company in hyper-growth. UPPER is definitely a partner we are counting on."
Andrea Franke
Director Engineering, Gorillas
"I am very happy with this collaboration. The talent quality has been really good and I see a strong added-value of working with the UPPER platform, team and talent."
Heiko Franz
Director of Engineering, Awin
"Absolutely love UPPER. They ramped up our first tech team who built our MVP and then helped us scale the team further as our roadmap grew."
Anton Kononov
Co-Founder & CPO, FORMEL Skin
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