Data Scientists in Germany
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Philipp Steidler
Last position:
Solution Architect, Software Engineer, UX/UI Designer, Full-Stack Developer, Data Engineer, IT Consultant at Geigenbau-Meisterwerkstatt
- A digital system made up of special software and hardware components. The overall system replaces the traditional process with job slips and handwritten notes and enables more efficient order intake. Orders and work steps for the violin-making company’s projects can now be recorded, processed and logged in real time directly on the workshop’s touchscreen PC, by mobile phone or on the desktop. This gives customers a more transparent view of the work on their instruments and allows them to track the status and progress of their instrument through their customer account.
Tech stack: next.js, React, Flutter, Dart, Raspberry, Linux, Directus
Philipp Grunert
Last position:
Data Scientist & ML Engineer at Data-Science Factory GmbH
- Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
- Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
- Development of LLM and NLP models
- Creation of interactive reports
- Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects
Ashwin Parthasarathy
Last position:
Freelance Data Scientist at Mercor Intelligence
- Architected and deployed end-to-end machine learning pipelines across classification and prediction datasets, ensuring robustness and reproducibility through MLOps best practices.
- Contributed directly to LLM model output accuracy improvement by designing and engineering specialised prompts grounded in end-to-end ML and SciML pipeline logic.
- Developed training data for large language models by formulating coding problems that models could not resolve and subsequently documenting the correct solutions.
Mirza Klimenta
Last position:
Agentic AI for a DeepResearch project at Freelance
- Created a multi-agentic system supported by a knowledge graph to automate drafting of research papers
- Used multiple experts (OpenAI models) collaborating during document drafting
- Extracted useful information from the knowledge graph
- Technologies: LangChain, LangGraph, Smolagents, LlamaIndex, dspy
- Infrastructure: Terraform and GitHub Actions (CI/CD) on AWS
- Deployed initial application as a Streamlit app
Haseeb Zahid
Last position:
Senior Data Scientist at WPP MEDIA
- Designed and deployed enterprise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using LangChain, LangGraph, vector databases, embeddings, and open-source LLMs served through vLLM on GCP GPU infrastructure.
- Built agentic AI workflows using LangGraph with planning, reasoning, tool execution, persistent memory, session management, and Human-in-the-Loop approval mechanisms.
- Developed LLM-powered automation systems integrating BigQuery, SQL pipelines, and external advertising APIs including Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Snapchat, Google, and Pinterest, reducing manual operational workflows.
- Architected multi-agent AI systems for enterprise analytics and decision-support workflows, enabling autonomous task execution and intelligent data interactions.
- Implemented retrieval optimization strategies including multi-retriever architectures, semantic search, context optimization, and query improvement techniques, improving response relevance by approximately 40%.
- Engineered structured prompting strategies, function-calling schemas, and validation workflows to improve reliability of multi-step LLM applications.
- Designed scalable AI services using Python, FastAPI, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Docker, and cloud-native deployment architectures.
Muzamal Ali
Last position:
Data Scientist / AI Consultant at HelmX
- Delivered AI and data science solutions, including LLM-based chatbots and data pipelines, improving operational efficiency.
- Collaborated on product features, achieving measurable impact and maintaining strong client relationships.
Valery Khamenya
Last position:
Sr. Data Scientist & Engineer at Virtual Minds
- Development of high-performance ad distribution via auction
- Holistic (multi-campaign & multi-channel) advertisement placement optimization
- Algorithmic optimization for NP-Hard/NP-e
- Multiple Knapsack Problem with constraints
- Online estimation of parameters in stochastic environments
Tools: Python, R, Kotlin, MILP/SAT/CP Solvers, Pytorch, Pandas, Docker
Michael Serejenkov
Last position:
Data Scientist at CompuGroup Medical Deutschland AG, docmetric GmbH
Development of AI-based and classical models for analyzing medical and patient data, including medication analyses, diagnosis analyses, forecasts, procedure analyses, dosage analyses, comorbidity analyses, prescription analyses, patient potential analyses, and referral profile analyses. Analyses in the area of Real World Evidence.
- Gathering customer requirements
- Planning the subproject
- Designing and defining KPIs
- Designing and developing models and visualizations of the results using customer dashboards
- Developing and implementing DWH adjustments
- Deriving recommendations for action
Methods, technologies: Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, Python, R, SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Amazon Web Services, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Databricks, Multivariate Statistics
Niko Karajannis
Last position:
Co-founder & AI Engineer at KAIKI GmbH
End-to-end responsibility for all products - concept, architecture, development, and production operation as the sole developer; in addition, customer meetings, proposals, and marketing.
Underwriting Copilot - AI assistant for industrial insurance (in production at customer sites)
- Supports underwriters in analyzing industrial insurance submissions - in production use at an industrial insurer.
- Framework-independent RAG architecture with Hybrid Search (BM25 + pgvector) across large, mixed document sets.
- Two-stage evaluation and observability pipeline (code assertions + LLM-as-Judge) that makes answer quality, retrieval accuracy, and citation integrity measurable in a regression-safe way.
Kaiki Menu Analyzer - Data intelligence platform (in production at customer sites)
- Automatically captures and analyzes menu data from around 25,000 German restaurants.
- Scalable 7-container architecture (FastAPI, partitioned PostgreSQL, Redis/RQ) with LLM-supported extraction of structured data from PDF, HTML, and images.
- Full CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), production cloud deployment, interactive dashboards (Dash).
Kaiki GEO Atlas - GEO platform (in production at customer sites)
- Measures brand visibility across five AI engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Claude), each augmented with web search, orchestrated as a DAG workflow pipeline (Dispatcher → Sub-workflows → Scoring → Report) with fail isolation.
- 6-container deployment (FastAPI, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL); LLM cost estimation, PDF audit report, rule-based cross-signal insights (no extra LLM cost).
Data Pipeline & Analytics Platform - competitive analysis in the automotive aftermarket
- Automated data pipeline with gap analysis algorithms and role-based access control; 230+ tests.
- Backend with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy.
Product development (actively in progress)
BankingGPT - AI assistant for complaint management in cooperative banking
- Security architecture at the core: no AI draft reaches the customer without human approval - the approval decision is in auditable code, not in the language model (monotonic: the model may escalate, never downgrade).
- Real agentic building blocks, each with its own boundary: the model chooses tools itself through an MCP server (read-only, allowlist, capped, fail-safe); sensitive cases are handed off via an open A2A protocol (JSON-RPC, Agent Card, message/send/tasks/get; client implemented by me) to a separate specialist agent (securities/law), which never lowers the review requirement (pinned by test).
- Evaluation-driven over ten analysis rounds; uncovered a security flaw through independent review and blind tests that nine automated runs had missed.
- Voice AI frontend, responding live: covered cases are answered in the conversation, sensitive ones escalate before generation; response latency < 7 s measured (local GPU STT/TTS).
Stack & production readiness: Python, pydantic-ai, FastAPI/Celery, PostgreSQL/pgvector, FastMCP, fasta2a, Docker; multi-tenant capable (physical vector isolation per tenant), PII encrypted, OWASP-LLM reviewed, 275 tests, CI/CD; vendor-portable (Ollama / EU Cloud Vertex).
After-Sales Assistant - agentic RAG/GraphRAG assistant on public OEM manuals (automotive after-sales)
- Genuinely agentic on LangGraph: ReAct agent with four tools and conversation memory - the model decides on its own whether to use the manual (RAG, Chroma), a knowledge graph (GraphRAG, Neo4j/Cypher - decodes warning lights), or a workshop/booking service.
- Human-in-the-Loop before the irreversible action: before every appointment booking, the graph pauses (interrupt) and gets the driver's explicit confirmation - the same approval-before-action discipline as in BankingGPT, in a different framework.
- Eval as CI gate: a three-part scorecard (RAGAS grounding + deterministic tool-routing accuracy + DeepEval safety: does the answer mention the warning first when there is a critical warning?) blocks the pipeline; provider-agnostic (OpenAI/Azure/Anthropic), FastAPI with token streaming.
Stack: Python, LangChain/LangGraph, Chroma, Neo4j, RAGAS/DeepEval, FastAPI, Docker.
Farzad Ziaie Nezhad
Last position:
Markerless 3D Pose Estimation
- Developed a deep learning system with multi-view Basler cameras for markerless 3D pose estimation
Mark Gicharu
Last position:
Associate Data Scientist at Boehringer-Ingelheim microParts GmbH
- Enhanced the AI model monitoring solution to allow comparative analysis of model versions and full tracking of input variables with relative drift metrics for complete monitoring.
- Developed a custom LLM solution to automate the certificate of incoming goods of supply and support downstream analysis.
- Enhanced Digital Twin AI models to support model validation.
Skills: Python, Statistical Computation, Large Language Models (LLM), Machine Learning Engineering, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Data Wrangling, Data Visualization, Statistical Evaluation.
Tools: Python programming, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Powerapps, Powerautomate, PowerBI, Scipy, Seaborn, Scikit-Learn.
Julia Sagert
Last position:
Senior Data Scientist / Consultant at Cloud Nation GmbH
Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks, Databricks SQL, Delta Lake, dbt, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Machine Learning, Azure DevOps, Power BI, Git, MLflow
- Developed, validated, and optimized predictive analytics and classification models using Python (pandas), SQL, and modern ML frameworks.
- Performed data analysis, feature engineering, model validation, cross-validation, and stability analysis to ensure robust model quality and performance.
- Communicated model assumptions, results, uncertainties, and limitations to business units, management, and technical stakeholders.
- Built scalable data and machine learning workflows in cloud-based analytics environments using Databricks and Microsoft Azure.
Dany-Armand Djeudeu-Deudjui
Last position:
Senior Data Scientist at ibg NDT GmbH
- Investigate the relationship between Eddy Current Testing (ECT) signals and microstructural properties
- Detect latent patterns in ECT data that reflect intrinsic material characteristics
- Develop and validate predictive models for microstructural classification and quantification, using hardness and case depth as benchmarks
- Apply Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling for advanced data analysis
Katharina Schmidt
Last position:
Virtual staining at Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Dresden
- Technical and professional management of software and ML development; largely independent implementation of programming and guidance of the team and external project partners
- Design, creation, and preparation of training and test data sets from experimental image data and simulations
- Selection, implementation, training, validation, and testing of neural networks for image-based reconstruction and transformation
- Systematic evaluation, comparison, and optimization of various model architectures (convolutional neural networks, generative adversarial networks, autoencoders, transformers)
- Design and implementation of explainable AI analyses for model interpretability and robustness assessment (analysis of feature maps, augmentation studies, guided backpropagation)
- Presentation of the developed methods and results in project meetings and at international conferences
Felix Klug
Last position:
Senior Consultant Data Science & Engineer at metafinanz Informationssysteme GmbH
- Technical coaching for migration of activities from SAS to the Palantir Foundry platform
- Provided technical consulting and guidance during onboarding, delivered end-to-end knowledge in Palantir Foundry including pipeline usage
- Developed AI-driven tools for analysis of external parameters using machine learning techniques with TensorFlow and PyTorch
- Built an ETL pipeline in Python deployed on AWS and administered a SQL database
- Optimized business processes through process mining with Celonis by building frontend and backend dashboards, delivering data via SAS and SQL, setting up delta loads, and conducting enablement workshops
- Collaborated with sales and recruiting teams to identify new opportunities and assess applicants
- Organized internal and external events to promote teamwork and strengthen company presence
- Deepened technical skills in AI/ML, cloud-based solutions, and data engineering within the finance and reinsurance industry
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Data Scientists statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
13 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Education, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Research and Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
98%
Master's degree or higher
84%
Doctorate
34%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
94%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Data Scientists in Germany
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 26 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the role
What they do
A Data Scientist turns raw data into models and decisions you can use. They work on forecasting, classification, clustering, recommendation logic, anomaly detection, and A/B testing. In many teams, the role also overlaps with data science specialist, ML scientist, or analytics-focused machine learning work.
Typical deliverables
- Cleaned datasets and feature sets ready for analysis
- Predictive models with clear evaluation and validation
- Experiment setup for testing product or campaign changes
- Insight reports that explain what drives the result
- Prototype pipelines that hand over cleanly to engineering
Core skills
Strong Data Scientists combine statistics, Python, SQL, and solid business judgment. They know how to choose the right model, test assumptions, avoid leakage, and explain trade-offs in plain language. Common tools include pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, Jupyter, and cloud data stacks.
When to bring one in
Companies hire a freelancer when they need focused work on a live use case, but do not need a full-time hire yet. That is common for product teams, e-commerce, finance, logistics, SaaS, and industrial companies in Germany that need support on-site with stakeholders or remotely with data and engineering teams. It also helps when a project needs a fresh pair of eyes on messy data, unclear model quality, or a stalled proof of concept.
What good looks like
- They start with the business question, not the algorithm
- They can work with data engineers, analysts, and product owners
- They document features, assumptions, and limits clearly
- They deliver models that can be used, not just demoed
- They know when a simple baseline beats a complex approach
Specializations
Not every project needs the same profile. Some clients need a machine learning engineer who can bridge model work and deployment. Others need a research-minded data scientist for experimentation, time series, NLP, or computer vision. The best freelance support fits the problem, the stack, and the pace of your team.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Data Scientists.
A Data Scientist turns business questions into analyses, models, and recommendations. They clean data, define features, test hypotheses, and build predictive or descriptive solutions that support decisions. In practice, that can mean churn models, forecasting, segmentation, fraud signals, or experiment analysis.
A strong freelance data science specialist should be comfortable with Python, SQL, statistics, and model evaluation. They also need to communicate clearly with stakeholders and explain why a model is reliable or not. Good judgment matters as much as technical depth, especially when the data is incomplete or noisy.
A Data Scientist usually goes beyond reporting and dashboarding. They build predictive methods, test assumptions, and work on model selection and validation. A data analyst typically focuses more on descriptive reporting, KPI tracking, and business insights from existing data.
A freelancer makes sense when the work is project-based, urgent, or too specialized for your current team. That is often the case for a proof of concept, a model review, or a short engagement to unblock a product or data initiative. It also helps when you need senior expertise without committing to a long hiring process.
Not always. Many Data Scientists work well remotely if they have access to the data, clear goals, and a direct line to product or business owners. On-site collaboration can help when the project depends on workshops, sensitive data, or close work with local teams in Germany.
Ask for a clear problem definition, a baseline approach, and a validation plan. For a Data Scientist, the first phase should also include data quality checks, key feature ideas, and a view on risks such as bias, leakage, or weak labels. That makes it easier to judge whether the project is on track.
Look for sound methodology, not just a polished demo. A good machine learning project shows clear evaluation, reproducible work, and a direct link between the model and the business goal. The best freelancers also explain limits, failure cases, and what would be needed to move from prototype to production.
Sometimes, but not always. A Data Scientist may deliver a prototype, while a machine learning engineer or data engineer takes over deployment, monitoring, and scaling. If production handover is important, make that part of the brief from the start so the right profile can be selected.
The average hourly rate for Data Scientists in Germany is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 738 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany, 98% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 84% hold at least a Master's degree, and 34% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany have 13 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany are German (97%), English (95%), and French (16%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany are Information Technology (74%), Education (53%), and Professional Services (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany are Business Intelligence (90%), Information Technology (90%), and Product Development (77%).
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