Amazon API Gateway Experts in Germany
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Collin K.
Last position:
Software Architect / Fullstack Developer at Equity Bytes
Built an international e-commerce platform for a multi-vendor marketplace for digital assets from scratch. Designed and operated cloud native architectures at enterprise scale.
- Designed and operated a highly scalable microservice and serverless architecture
- Built the complete cloud infrastructure with Terraform + AWS CDK in AWS
- Provisioned ECS/EKS clusters (Fargate), Application Load Balancers (reverse proxy), and Lambda functions
- Observability & tracing with CloudWatch, DataDog, Prometheus, and Grafana
- End-to-end setup with DataDog (formerly AWS CloudWatch), Prometheus, and custom Grafana dashboards
- Integration of advanced metrics (including ORM mapper) and distributed tracing with Jaeger
- Robust backup and disaster recovery strategies
- RDS Postgres backups and hourly snapshots
- Read-only, asynchronously synchronized replicas with automated master failover in emergencies
- Minute-level rollback capability through versioned Docker images on ECS and Git-based CI/CD pipelines
- Created CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated multi-stage deployments (Dev, Testing, Prod)
- Integrated Stripe for international payment processing
- Built a marketplace payment system with multiple parties and payout routines
- Used Algolia for high-performance real-time search of digital assets on the platform
- Federation of services with GraphQL and Hasura
- Later migration to GraphQL Mesh
- Test Driven Development (TDD) - unit, integration, and E2E testing with Jest, Vitest, and Playwright
- Used Next.js / React for modern frontend applications in the nx monorepo
- Enterprise security architecture & access control
- Integration of JWT tokens with Auth0, OAuth, OIDC, IP guards, BOLA protection, and secret vaults
- Authorization concepts with RBAC, ABAC, and native Postgres Row-Level Security (RLS)
- Built internal microfrontends with Retool for fast prototyping and operational business processes
Technologies: ABAC, AWS CDK, AWS CloudWatch, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS Fargate, AWS RDS, AWS S3, Algolia, Auth0, DataDog, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, GraphQL, GraphQL Mesh, Hasura, JWT, Jaeger, Java, JavaScript, Jest, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Monorepo, Next.js, OIDC, Playwright, Postgres, Postgres RLS, Prometheus, RBAC, Redis, Retool, Serverless, Stripe, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest
Christof H.
Last position:
Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG
- Designing new apps as well as enhancing and running 29 Angular apps for digital claims in an Nx monorepo
- Maintaining and improving a shared component library with ~300 libraries for multiple product teams
- Migrating all apps to a new design system including its component library and systematic refactoring
- Developing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AWS)
- Managing releases independently including branch handling, versioning, PR coordination and production deployment
- Implementing and maintaining tracking (Adobe Analytics)
- Ensuring accessibility according to BFSG/WCAG
- Test-driven development (TDD) with Jest and Cypress
- Code reviews, mentoring and setting up best practices in the team
- Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 16-20, RxJS, NgRx, Nx (Monorepo), npm, HTML, (S)CSS, Storybook, Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Husky, Node.js, Git, AWS, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines), Jenkins, Terraform, TDD, BFSG, WCAG, Nexus, IntelliJ, Adobe Analytics
Michael F.
Last position:
Freelancer, Solution Architect at Schufa AG
- Helped to design the AWS infrastructure, integrated services and backend architecture for use cases of an on-premise solution and partial migrations to AWS with fast response times
- Implemented automated AWS integration test suites
- Implemented mission-critical components and delivered them before the deadline in a production-ready state with operation and monitoring concepts
- This 2-month subproject was about building a data-intense pipeline (5 TB) to be enriched continuously with data
- Designed and implemented reusable AWS CDK constructs to be used across the company’s teams to enable faster onboarding with AWS
- Coached on AWS topics, distributed software patterns, security, domain-driven design, agile collaboration and documentation to improve performance and collaboration
- Technologies: AWS, GitHub Actions, ETL, monitoring, operations, TypeScript, Python, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Java, Docker, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, serverless, Jenkins, DevOps principles
Hamdi R.
Last position:
Full-Stack AI Developer at Karray-Pflege GmbH
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- Integrated an intelligent LLM chatbot using LangChain4j, enabling conversational AI, context-aware question answering, document summarization, and autonomous tool execution.
- Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and AI agent workflows to connect large language models with enterprise data and backend services.
- Developed RESTful APIs and secure backend services to support AI-driven interactions and business processes
Qaiser A.
Last position:
Freelance Lead DevOps Engineer at Schwarz Gruppe Produktion
Bootstrapping a CloudOps team and building a multi-cloud provider backend for a low-code Internal Developer Platform (IDP) with env zero
Introducing user story mapping, ADRs, milestones, and backlog management
Designing and developing core APIs, setting up CI/CD pipelines, OpenTofu/Terraform scripts
Representing and communicating the team with third-party stakeholders (e.g. env zero)
(Cross-)team coaching on DevOps, software design, Terraform, Golang, and agile practices
Helge B.
Last position:
Solution Architect at Deutsche Bahn
- Responsible for the end-to-end application and integration architecture of the Hamburg S-Bahn maintenance digitization program. A highlight is the introduction of robots and fixed camera towers to automate vehicle inspections, allowing AI image algorithms to assess train conditions during operation.
- Deutsche Bahn has one of the largest SAP PM implementations worldwide, which is a key component of this digitization.
Karl-Heinz G.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer / JEE Developer at EnBW
Further development of an existing microservice architecture (REST) for asset model management and runtime environment in the cloud.
Java development (BE) in the SCRUM team.
Java (Spring Boot/Security)
PostgreSQL
Docker
AWS Services (Lambda, Cognito, ECS, SQS)
IntelliJ
Stephan S.
Last position:
Senior Data/ML Consultant & Technical Lead at Jolin.io
Role: Software Engineer & Applied Mathematician (Mathematical optimization for scheduling; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: JuMP, Julia, Pluto, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, JetBrains Space, Terraform, Nomad)
Role: Software & Cloud & Web Engineer (Building scalable data science compute cluster from scratch; duration: 11 months; team setting: Team of 1, on-site; technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s ingress, k8s services, k8s RBAC, k8s networking, k3s, etcd, S3, DNS, certificates, Julia, Pluto, JavaScript, Tailwind, Astro, npm, Parcel, Preact, MUI, JWT, AWS SQS, AWS RDS, Python, GitLab, GitHub)
Role: AI & Web Engineer (Custom ChatGPT service; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Poetry, LangChain, Tailwind, ChatGPT API, Flask, FastAPI)
Role: Architect & Data Engineer (Central datalake setup and ingestion; duration: 9 months; team setting: Team of 5, remote; technologies: Infrastructure-as-code, AWS CDK, Python, Boto3, PySpark, AWS Glue, IAM, S3, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Apache Hudi, DeltaLake, Databricks, GitHub, Jira, Miro)
Role: Software Engineer (PoC Julia migration of scikit-decide; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Julia, GitHub)
Jan K.
Last position:
Software Architect: Training Platform for IT Career Changers at appvanced
- Mobile: Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), Kotlin, Swift, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Ktor, Room, Koin
- Backend: Spring Boot, GCP Cloud Run, GCP Load Balancer, GCP Eventarc
- Planned and developed a cloud backend architecture with Google Cloud Platform
- Developed a cross-platform architecture with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
- Tech lead for comprehensive large project including webshop, two apps and omnichannel backend
Christian H.
Last position:
Software Developer / Lead Developer at dpa (Deutsche Presse Agentur GmbH)
- Contributed to the development of the Rubix editorial system
- Implemented various microservices based on Java, AWS S3, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, and Spring Boot, deployed to AWS ECS and AWS Fargate
- Designed and developed AWS Lambdas using TypeScript
- Used PostgreSQL in an AWS RDS Aurora cluster and AWS DynamoDB
- Implemented continuous deployment with GitLab pipelines
- Built an Infrastructure as Code environment with AWS CDK
- Set up and maintained a monitoring platform using AWS CloudWatch
- Developed various frontend components with Vue.js
- Designed the microservice architecture applying Domain Driven Design and GraphQL interfaces
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Statistics of experts using Amazon API Gateway
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Education, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Amazon API Gateway
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Amazon API Gateway 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 (100%)
- Education (50%)
- Insurance (50%)
- Banking and Finance (40%)
- Transportation (40%)
- Automotive (30%)
- Energy (30%)
- Healthcare (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What it does
Amazon API Gateway is a managed AWS service for creating, publishing, securing and monitoring APIs. It can expose backend services through REST APIs, HTTP APIs or WebSocket APIs without requiring teams to operate API servers themselves. The service handles request routing, traffic controls, stages, deployments and access policies.
Where it fits
API Gateway commonly sits between clients and workloads such as AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 and private services. It supports browser applications, mobile backends, partner integrations, serverless systems and event-driven products. Teams can combine it with Amazon Cognito, IAM, AWS WAF, CloudWatch and Route 53 for identity, protection, observability and domain management.
Typical deliverables
- Design REST, HTTP or WebSocket API resources and routes
- Connect endpoints to Lambda functions, containers, queues or private networks
- Configure authorizers, usage plans, API keys, CORS and request validation
- Set up stages, custom domains, certificates and deployment workflows
- Add logs, metrics, alarms and tracing for production operations
When expertise matters
Companies often bring in freelance specialists during a serverless migration, a new API launch or a redesign of an integration layer. External expertise is also useful when gateway costs, latency, access rules or deployment processes have become difficult to control. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while on-site workshops can help align product, security and platform teams.
Skills around the service
Strong professionals understand AWS networking, IAM, Lambda, containers and infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK. They can work with OpenAPI definitions, CI/CD pipelines, OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, DNS, TLS and WAF rules. They also know when direct service integration or an internal load balancer is a better fit than adding another gateway layer.
How to assess quality
Look for specialists who can explain trade-offs between REST APIs, HTTP APIs and WebSocket APIs in the context of the product. Good work includes clear resource design, least-privilege permissions, repeatable deployments and useful operational dashboards. Ask for evidence of testing failure paths, handling throttling, documenting contracts and reducing coupling between clients and backend services.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Amazon API Gateway, in one place.
Amazon API Gateway is used to expose and manage APIs for web applications, mobile products, partner services and internal systems. It routes requests to Lambda, containers, virtual machines, private services and other AWS integrations while providing controls for authentication, throttling, deployment and monitoring.
AWS API Gateway focuses on API management as well as routing. It offers features such as stages, usage plans, API keys, authorizers, request transformation and WebSocket support, while an Application Load Balancer is generally better suited to distributing HTTP traffic across running application targets.
A strong Amazon API Gateway specialist usually understands IAM, Lambda, VPC networking, CloudWatch and AWS WAF. Experience with OpenAPI, Terraform, AWS CDK, CI/CD, OAuth 2.0 and JWTs is also valuable when the gateway is part of a production platform.
The right level depends on the scope. A simple HTTP API may need focused configuration skills, while a multi-account platform with private integrations, custom authorizers and strict operational requirements calls for someone who has designed and supported Amazon API Gateway in production.
Yes. Amazon API Gateway work is well suited to remote collaboration because configuration, infrastructure code, API contracts and observability settings can be reviewed online. German-language workshops may be useful for local stakeholders, but technical delivery can often be conducted in English.
A company may choose Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs when it needs straightforward HTTP routing, JWT authorization and a leaner feature set. REST APIs remain useful when the project depends on capabilities such as usage plans, API keys, request validation or advanced transformations.
Before modifying API Gateway, a freelancer should inspect OpenAPI definitions, stages, mappings, authorizers, DNS, certificates, integrations and deployment history. They should also review access logs, metrics, throttling behavior and infrastructure code so that changes do not break clients or create security gaps.
Quality is visible in clear API contracts, least-privilege permissions, repeatable deployments and useful monitoring. A capable professional working with Amazon API Gateway can explain routing and authentication decisions, test error paths, document operational procedures and show how the design limits unnecessary coupling.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 729 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 63% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Education (50%), and Insurance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Amazon API Gateway in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (90%), and Business Intelligence (70%).
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