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Si T.

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Senior Software Architect

Nuremberg
Si T.

Last position:

Senior Software Architect at Anonymous (European Payment Provider)

  • Development of a new innovative payment product for the European market with the aim of establishing an alternative to the existing global players.
  • Set-up and scaling of the software development processes and teams.
  • Architect and implementation of the business processes in an event sourcing microservice architecture.
  • Implementation on a prototype in the context of the Digital Euro.
  • Technologies: Ktor (Kotlin), AWS Managed Kubernetes with Fargate, MongoDB, React, ElasticSearch, KoTest, Gradle, Agile Development, Pair Programming, GitHub Actions, Gradle, SonarQube
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Vasuraj B.

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Cloud Data Analyst

Erlangen
Vasuraj B.

Last position:

Cloud Data Analyst at Bhatia Reply

  • Analyzed 50K+ customer records using SQL and Python in a cloud services firm, identifying trends
  • Designed interactive Tableau dashboards for sales and marketing stakeholders, reducing report
  • Developed ARIMA and AutoARIMA time series models to forecast AWS resource utilization, cutting
  • Automated ETL pipelines with Python, improving workflow efficiency by 20% for scalable data
  • Collaborated with DevOps teams to deploy 3 machine learning models in production using Docker
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Ioan D.

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Senior Software Developer

Roßtal
Ioan D.

Last position:

Senior Software Developer at ING

  • Tribe Home, Product Area 4 - Customer in Life, Squad Cybertron.
  • Analysis, design, development, and testing of new requirements for Optimmo, mortgage financing software.
  • Analysis, design, development, and testing of the JEE application MWS kredit-baufi.
  • Analysis, design, development, and testing of the Wicket Optimmo application.
  • Analysis, design, development, and testing of kredit-baufi batch programs.
  • Migration of kredit-baufi batches to RHEL9.
  • CiL SCS consumer pacts with Finagle.
  • CiL SCS touch point architecture integration.
  • Team size: 10.
  • Tools / Frameworks: OpenJDK Java 17, Kotlin 1.6.0, Azure, Jenkins, Stash, JEE, GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, git, Spring 6.0, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Hibernate, JPA, JMS, Kafka, Oracle, PL/SQL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Maven, REST, JBoss, IntelliJ IDEA, Wicket 9 and 10, Istio.
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Torben M.

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Cloud Solution Architect And Team Lead With 10+ Years Of Professional Experience. Uses A Holistic Approach To Optimize The

Nürnberg
Torben M.

Last position:

Solution Architect (Volunteer) at Stop The Traffik

  • Designed 3 architectures to determine the most cost-effective solution regarding customer requirements
  • Created the production and test environments from scratch
  • Tech Stack: AWS (Serverless, CI/CD), GitHub

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Statistics of experts using Apache Kafka

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years (Germany: 18 years)

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg have 17 years of professional experience on average. It is 1 year less than in Germany, where the average stands at 18 years.

Position duration

2.5 years (Germany: 2.7 years)

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg stay in a single position for 2.5 years on average. It is 0.2 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.7 years.

Positions per freelancer

9 (Germany: 13)

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg have completed 9 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 4 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 13.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.

Top industries

Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Automotive

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg are most in demand in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Automotive.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 91%)

100% of Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 9% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 91%.

Master's degree or higher

83% (Germany: 55%)

83% of Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg hold at least a Master's degree. It is 28% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 55%.

Certifications per freelancer

2

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg hold 2 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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One of the Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg charges less than €640 per day.
One of the Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg charges between €720 and €800 per day.
One of the Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg charges between €800 and €880 per day.
One of the Apache Kafka experts in Nuremberg charges €880 or more per day.
<€640 €720-​800 €800-​880 €880+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg using Apache Kafka

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 770 €
Germany avg. 782 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 780 €
Germany median 800 €

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.

Apache Kafka experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Banking and Finance (100%)
  • Information Technology (100%)
  • Automotive (50%)
  • Professional Services (50%)
  • Government and Administration (33%)
  • Retail (33%)
  • Agriculture (17%)
  • Chemical (17%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Event streaming

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming system used to move data between services in real time. Companies use it for activity feeds, order updates, monitoring events, and log pipelines. It helps separate systems so they can react to events instead of waiting on direct calls.

Common work

  • Design topics, partitions, and consumer groups
  • Build producers and consumers for business events
  • Set up stream processing and event routing
  • Integrate Kafka with services, databases, and data tools

Kafka projects often sit inside larger platform, data, or integration work. Strong specialists know how to keep messages durable, ordering predictable where needed, and retries controlled.

Ecosystem

A solid Apache Kafka setup often includes Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and stream processing tools. Specialists also work with serialization formats, client libraries, observability tools, and deployment on Kubernetes or managed cloud services. The goal is a system that is easy to operate and safe to change.

When to hire

Bring in freelance expertise when event flows are growing, message handling is unreliable, or a new product needs decoupled services. Nuremberg companies in manufacturing, logistics, software, and retail often use Kafka to connect systems across teams and locations. Remote work is common, but on-site sessions can help with discovery and platform handover.

What strong experts do

Good professionals do more than make Kafka run. They understand throughput, consumer lag, retention, replay, schema evolution, and failure handling. They also write clear documentation so other specialists can work with the event model without guesswork.

Hiring focus

Look for people who have shipped real event-driven systems, not only read the docs. They should explain trade-offs around exactly-once processing, idempotency, and backpressure in plain words. For Nuremberg projects, language needs are often simple: clear English is usually enough, with German helpful for workshops and stakeholder alignment.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Apache Kafka? These answers cover the essentials.

Apache Kafka is used to move events between systems as they happen. Companies use it for service integration, activity tracking, audit trails, data pipelines, and stream processing. It is a good fit when many applications need the same event data without tight coupling.

Kafka is usually chosen for event streaming, replayable logs, and high-volume data flows. RabbitMQ and similar brokers often fit task queues, command delivery, or routing patterns better. The right choice depends on whether the project needs durable event history and multiple consumers, or simpler message handoff.

A strong Apache Kafka specialist usually understands Java, Kotlin, or Scala clients, plus JSON, Avro, or Protobuf. They should also know distributed systems basics, observability, and deployment on Kubernetes or cloud services. For many projects, database integration and event-driven design matter just as much as the broker itself.

Kafka work ranges from simple producer and consumer setup to complex platform design. Small integration tasks may need a practical specialist, while cluster design, schema governance, and stream processing need deeper experience. The more systems depend on the event flow, the more important proven production work becomes.

Yes, most Apache Kafka work can be done remotely because it is usually code, configuration, and architecture work. On-site time can still help at the start of a project, especially for workshops, platform reviews, or stakeholder alignment. In Nuremberg, many teams prefer a mix of remote delivery and a few in-person sessions.

Ask the Kafka freelancer how they handle retries, ordering, retention, schema changes, and consumer lag. You should also ask what they have done for monitoring, incident response, and safe rollout plans. Clear answers are more useful than broad claims about scale.

A good Apache Kafka setup has clear topic naming, sensible partitioning, documented ownership, and predictable schemas. It also has monitoring for lag, broker health, and throughput, so issues are seen early. Good specialists make the event model easy for other teams to understand and extend.

Kafka is the common name people use for Apache Kafka, the open-source project. Confluent Kafka usually refers to the commercial ecosystem around it, including managed services and supporting tools. In hiring, it helps to know whether the project uses the core Apache platform or Confluent components as well.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 770 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 83% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (17%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (100%), Information Technology (100%), and Automotive (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Nuremberg, Germany who have used Apache Kafka in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Business Intelligence (50%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Apache Kafka

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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