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Oxana L.
Last position:
Alerting concept and implementation at Link Mobility GmbH
Alerting concept and implementation
Review of the data and current alerts, development and implementation of the alerting concept, taking existing technology components into account, with the aim of making monitoring more flexible. The current use of Machine Learning Rules will be reviewed and newer developments from Elasticsearch, such as ES | QL and AI Agents, will be taken into account.
Elasticsearch, Kibana
Michael S.
Last position:
Data Analyst, Data Scientist at CompuGroup Medical Deutschland AG, docmetric GmbH
Development of AI and traditional models to analyze medical and patient data, including medication analyses, diagnosis analyses, forecasts, procedure analyses, dosage analyses, comorbidity analyses, prescription analyses, patient potential analyses, referral profile analyses, and prescription analyses. Analyses in the field of Real World Evidence.
Healthcare IT, pharmaceutical industry
Tasks, responsibilities:
- Gathering customer requirements
- Planning the subproject
- Designing and defining KPIs
- Designing and developing models and visualizations of results using customer dashboards
- Developing and implementing data warehouse adaptations
- Deriving recommendations for action
Methods, technologies:
- Simulation
- Artificial intelligence
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Microsoft Power BI
- Amazon Web Services
- Elasticsearch
- PostgreSQL
- Databricks
- Multivariate statistics
Bardiya B.
Last position:
Data Scientist at Rewe Digital GmbH
Statistical Forecasting Algorithm
- Improvement of an statistical probabilistic forecasting algorithm for sales + evaluation
- Migration from R/On-premise to Python/Snowflake
- Productionalization on Snowflake in cooperation with data engineers & DevOps
Monitoring Dashboard
- Data engineering for preparation & provisioning of necessary data/resources on Snowflake
- Development & deployment of a Streamlit dashboard in Snowflake
ML-based Probabilistic Forecasting on Vertex AI
- Development of a ML-based probabilistic forecasting algorithm from scratch
- Implementation of MLOps pipeline in Kubeflow on Google Cloud Vertex AI
Tech Stack: Python, Snowflake/Snowpark, R, Streamlit, Gitlab/Gitlab CICD, Terraform, Google Cloud, Vertex AI (aiplatform SDK, gcloud CLI, feature store, model registry, etc), kubeflow
Mark W.
Last position:
IT Manager at WESSLING Consulting Engineering
- Overall responsibility for IT strategy and IT operations, reporting directly to the executive management.
- Implementation of business requirements as production-ready solutions within a few days, supported by practical data science experience and expertise from the energy sector.
- Led the IT carve-out of a medium-sized company: separation of infrastructure, systems, and contracts into an independent IT organization.
- End-to-end responsibility for IT infrastructure: hardware procurement, cloud services (including GPU resources), and networking.
- Selected and introduced a new ERP system together with the executive management.
- Managed external MSPs and service providers, including contract, SLA, and license management.
- Responsible for IT security, GDPR compliance, backup, and business continuity; provided IT support for ISO 9001 certification.
- IT budget planning and cost optimization.
Uditha W.
Last position:
Data Science Tutor at University of Europe for Applied Sciences
- Taught Python, Pandas, data analysis, visualization and Power BI to 250+ students.
- Guided practical projects from data preparation and exploratory analysis through visualization and dashboard creation.
- Explained complex analytical concepts clearly to audiences with different levels of technical experience.
Filip M.
Last position:
Statistical Modeling of Betting Odds
- Development of a model to identify value bets in the context of odds shading
- Independent collection and cleaning of extensive datasets (web scraping)
- Application of financial and statistical methods to generate own odds forecasts and achieve a statistical advantage over bookmakers
Nikolai G.
Last position:
Clinical Data Manager at Dr. Falk Pharma
- Used OpenCode and AI-assisted software engineering to design, implement, refactor, test, and document an end-to-end RAW/SDTM/ADaM pipeline in R for Dr. Falk Pharma (07/2026), including metadata-driven transformations, automated validation rules and QC, traceability, and reproducible clinical outputs.
Khalid Y.
Last position:
Research Associate (Postdoc) | Health Data Scientist at University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- Designing harmonization framework for diverse health data formats
- Handling ETL pipeline for emergency vital parameters from source to downstream
Mark G.
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.
Muzamal A.
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.
Haseeb Z.
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.
Niko K.
Last position:
Co-Founder & AI Engineer at KAIKI GmbH
End-to-end responsibility for all products – conception, architecture, development, and production operations as the sole developer; also customer discussions, proposals, and marketing.
Underwriting Copilot – AI assistant for industrial insurance (in production with a customer)
- Supports underwriters in analyzing industrial insurance submissions – in production at an industrial insurer.
- Framework-independent RAG architecture with Hybrid Search (BM25 + pgvector) across large, heterogeneous document collections.
- 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 with a customer)
- Automatically collects and analyzes food 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.
- Complete CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), production cloud deployment, interactive dashboards (Dash).
Kaiki GEO Atlas – GEO platform (in production with a customer)
- 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 additional LLM effort).
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 development)
BankingGPT – AI assistant for complaint management in cooperative banking
- Security architecture at its core: no AI draft reaches the customer without human approval – the approval decision is stored in auditable code, not in the language model (monotonic: the model may increase the level, but never lower it).
- Genuine agentic components, each with its own boundaries: the model selects tools itself through an MCP server (read-only, allowlisted, capped, fail-safe); sensitive cases are sent via the open A2A protocol (JSON-RPC, Agent Card, message/send/tasks/get; client implemented independently) to a standalone specialist agent (securities/law), which never lowers the review requirement (pinned by tests).
- Evaluation-driven across ten analysis rounds; an independent review and blind tests uncovered a security defect that nine automated runs had missed.
- Voice AI frontend, responding live: covered cases are answered during the conversation, while sensitive cases are escalated before generation; measured response latency < 7 s (local GPU STT/TTS).
Stack & production readiness: Python, pydantic-ai, FastAPI/Celery, PostgreSQL/pgvector, FastMCP, fasta2a, Docker; multi-tenant (physical vector isolation per tenant), encrypted PII, OWASP-LLM-reviewed, 275 tests, CI/CD; provider-portable (Ollama / EU-Cloud-Vertex).
After-Sales Assistant – agentic RAG/GraphRAG assistant based on public OEM manuals (automotive after-sales)
- Genuinely agentic with LangGraph: ReAct agent with four tools and conversation memory – the model decides itself whether to use the manual (RAG, Chroma), a knowledge graph (GraphRAG, Neo4j/Cypher – decoding warning lights), or a workshop/booking service.
- Human-in-the-loop before the irreversible action: before every appointment booking, the graph pauses (interrupt) and obtains the driver's explicit confirmation – the same approval-before-action discipline as in BankingGPT, in a different framework.
- Eval as a CI gate: three-part scorecard (RAGAS grounding + deterministic tool-routing accuracy + DeepEval safety: does the answer mention the warning first in the case of 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.
Philipp S.
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
Julia S.
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.
Valery K.
Last position:
Sr. Data Scientist & Engineer at Virtual Minds
- Development 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
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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
9

Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Top industries
Information Technology, Education, Professional Services

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Research and Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
99%
Master's degree or higher
85%
Doctorate
37%

Certifications per freelancer
3

Most common languages
German, English, Russian

Speak two or more languages
94%
Based on our profile pool as of 11 Nov 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this role in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates for Data Scientists in Germany
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
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 11 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Data Scientists experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (76%)
- Education (56%)
- Professional Services (43%)
- Banking and Finance (42%)
- Healthcare (38%)
- Manufacturing (35%)
- Automotive (32%)
- Media and Entertainment (25%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
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 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 726 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany, 99% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 85% hold at least a Master's degree, and 37% 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 (96%), and Russian (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany are Information Technology (76%), Education (56%), and Professional Services (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Data Scientists in Germany are Information Technology (92%), Business Intelligence (90%), and Product Development (81%).
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