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Burhan Dinler

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Experienced IT and AI Architect

Niederkassel
Burhan Dinler

Last position:

Enterprise Architect & Solution Architect at DB Netz AG

With project PRIZMA, DB will modernize its infrastructure on the one hand, and develop a fail-safe IT landscape on the other hand, which can be restored quickly and securely in case of a disaster.

  • Capture current architectures of existing systems as well as methodical consulting and development of target architectures
  • Deepen and maintain the building plan / target IT landscape
  • Implement technical architecture concepts & architecture descriptions
  • Implement migration concepts for updating and further developing the platform and information systems
  • Assess submitted improvement suggestions as part of the project
  • Capability management: identify capability gaps, develop target visions, and support transformation planning within the enterprise architecture.
  • Create a compatibility matrix of the components in use and compare dependencies of specific versions
  • Create an IT concept for extending the platform with the following topics: hardware and software requirements, security, licensing, high availability, load balancing, backup & recovery, update strategy, monitoring integration, etc.
  • Coordinate with business architects as well as technical architects from the cross-functional architecture area of the PRISMA program for the topics (backup, Active Directory, monitoring, Citrix, and business applications ...)
  • Status meetings and alignment of project planning with the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager
  • Advise the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager in identifying project risks
  • Advise the System Architect Engineers in steering the implementation of the concept
  • Implement the IT concept
  • Document the infrastructure

Label: MS Project, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, Java, REST, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, UML, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, AZURE, AWS, V-MODEL, Micro Service, VisualStudio, SAP S/4HANA, SCRUM(SAFE), ESB (TIBCO), Python, Innovator, LeanIX (TOGAF), Ansible, Ansible Tower, Ansible Automation, ROBOT, SpringBoot

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Christoph Sawicki

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Test Manager

Cologne
Christoph Sawicki

Last position:

Test Manager at Logistics

  • Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
  • Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
  • Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
  • Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
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Marc Smyk

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Fullstack Engineer | Java & Spring Boot | Angular | System Integration

Leverkusen
Marc Smyk

Last position:

Fullstack Developer at PLANT-MY-TREE

PLANT-MY-TREE®-per-order

The application enables Shopify merchants to automatically place tree-planting orders for every incoming order. By integrating ecological contributions directly into the purchase process, the manual effort for tracking and billing reforestation initiatives is eliminated. The system increases transparency for end customers through real-time visualizations of the ecological impact directly in the storefront. The architecture is based on a modular monolith with Spring Boot in the backend and an integrated React app inside the Shopify admin area. The solution uses webhooks to capture order data in an event-driven way and integrates the weclapp ERP system for automated monthly invoicing. An app proxy mechanism provides dynamic statistics such as CO2 compensation and planted trees without any performance loss for the merchant shop.

Tasks:

  • Design of the modular software architecture based on Spring Modulith to ensure high maintainability
  • Development of the event-driven business logic for evaluating Shopify orders via webhooks
  • Implementation of automated invoicing by connecting the weclapp REST API
  • Building the frontend using React Router and Shopify App Bridge for native integration
  • Design of the database model and implementation of the persistence layer with JPA/Hibernate and Prisma
  • Integration of internationalization processes for global use in the frontend and email communication
  • Automation of deployment processes using Docker and GitLab CI/CD

Project skills: Java 25, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Modulith, Hibernate, JPA, REST API, PostgreSQL, Maven, Liquibase, React, TypeScript, React Router, Vite, Node.js, Prisma, Zod, Docker, Docker Compose, GitLab CI/CD, Shopify CLI, Shopify App Bridge, Polaris, weclapp, i18next, Lombok, Vitest

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Rainer Langbehn

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Senior IT Consultant, Senior Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer

Cologne
Rainer Langbehn

Last position:

Senior IT Consultant, Senior Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer at Techniker Krankenkasse

  • Automation of the database major / minor releases for the TKeasy project

  • Concept for database major / minor release automation

  • As-is analysis

  • Evaluation of Redgate Flyway functionality

  • Concept creation

  • Products: Redgate Flyway, GitHub, Quest, Erwin Data Modeller, Oracle, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence

  • Skills: Docker, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Redgate Flyway, Major Releases, Minor Releases

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Stefan Marx

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Installation Portal Server and Content Management Integration

Köln
Stefan Marx

Last position:

Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer

  • Design, planning and execution of complex acceptance tests for a document exchange platform for the German justice authorities.
  • Validation of decrypted and certificate-based message exchange via web platform, mobile app, and Java API.
  • Documentation of test cases, execution steps, and test results.
  • Technologies: Windows 11/10, Ubuntu, iOS, Android, Bash for Windows, Java 17, IntelliJ, Git, Jira, Confluence, Citrix Server, xJustiz standard implementation, specific justice software.
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Thomas Pawlitzki

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Freelance Software Architect

Köln
Thomas Pawlitzki

Last position:

Freelance Software Architect at Self-employed

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Jens Hagemeyer-Lee

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#52 Test Manager in Safety-Critical Infrastructure

Köln
Jens Hagemeyer-Lee

Last position:

#52 Test Manager in Safety-Critical Infrastructure at Telecommunications Company

  • Network elements, network, operational and operator-related systems
  • Supporting around 20 different products (managed agile)
  • Requirements analysis and management (functional and non-functional)
  • Test concept and planning (scope, test phases, effort, schedule, resources, organization, etc.)
  • Aligning approach with clients and service providers
  • Managing and assisting in creation of test cases for system, integration and end-to-end tests
  • Guiding and supporting test execution
  • Defect management and planning bug fixes with external providers
  • Preparing and facilitating workshops
  • Regular reporting and creating automated test reports
  • Further development of agile testing methodology and configuration of supporting tools
  • Conceptual support in developing a quality seal for rating product and service quality of internal and external providers
  • Requirements engineering based on ISO/IEC 25010, Scrum, SaFE
  • BMC Remedy, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira (including plugins Xray, Structure), Microsoft Office (incl. Visio), Obsidian, doxis document management system, Gitlab, Obsidian
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Predrag Perovic

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Test Developer | Test Automator

Leverkusen
Predrag Perovic

Last position:

Test Developer | Test Automator at CreditReform

Technologies: Java 25, Selenium, Insomnia, SSO, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, IntelliJ, Nexus, Oracle, MariaDB, Spring Boot, Grafana, Concept Board, Vue.js, OpenAPI, Kotlin. Implementation, maintenance, and extension of automated end-to-end regression tests for UI and API interfaces. Appropriate and targeted test automation across multiple software products, including Java-based Windows applications. Automating business processes with Selenium, reset jobs, and DB import jobs, as well as creating test concepts, test case descriptions, and structured bug reporting.

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Alexander Vasiliev

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Software Architect / Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Cologne
Alexander Vasiliev

Last position:

Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer at Kaufland e-commerce / real.digital (ex hitmeister.de)

  • Evolved the platform from bare-metal infrastructure with a monolithic PHP application to a hybrid Google Cloud architecture with Go microservices on Kubernetes
  • Managed and scaled a production infrastructure with 300+ VMs and dozens of clusters, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis and Elasticsearch clusters
  • Designed architecture, deployment, monitoring, performance analysis, and upgrades for all platform services using Terraform and Ansible
  • Migrated observability systems from ELK and Prometheus to Datadog, managed with Terraform
  • Introduced Jenkins CI/CD with SonarQube integration and automated tests to speed up feedback cycles
  • Containerized the testing environment and implemented GitLab CI pipelines for Docker image builds, static code analysis, and infrastructure tests
  • Performed zero-downtime migrations of MySQL and MongoDB clusters to Google Cloud
  • Developed reusable Ansible roles for database clusters and automated data obfuscation for staging environments
  • Decomposed monolithic databases and migrated to microservice architectures
  • Built tools to detect and optimize slow queries in MySQL and MongoDB
  • Conducted online schema migrations with pt-online-schema-change without downtime windows
  • Developed internal Go applications for batch queries, GitLab-Jira integration, and MongoDB backup recovery
  • Technologies: Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Go, Bash, Python, PHP, SQL, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Drone CI, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, Ansible, Terraform, Grafana, ELK, Prometheus, Datadog, Nagios, Zabbix, Nginx, HAProxy, Vault, Helm, SonarQube, Filebeat, Auditbeat, Google Cloud, AWS
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Vladimir Maznicenko

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Developer

Brühl
Vladimir Maznicenko

Last position:

Developer at Financial services provider

  • Support and further development of a framework for developing applications in a banking association: DynS/OSPE
  • Migration of the framework to Java 11 and Java 17
  • Java8, Java11 and Java17, Spring, Spring-Batch, Spring WebServices, Spring-Security, Spring-Data, JPA, Hibernate, OpenSource libraries etc.
  • XML, JAXB, JSON, REST and SOAP services, DB2, Oracle, WebSphere or Liberty AS, FreeMaker, Junit, mock libraries, JaCoCo, Maven, IntelliJ, Eclipse, GitHub, SVN, Jira
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Louis Nguenkam

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Specialist in Adobe Experience Manager & Microservices

Bergheim
Louis Nguenkam

Last position:

Specialist in Adobe Experience Manager & Microservices at Nguenkam Consulting & Engineering

  • Java 11/21

  • Springboot

  • Swagger/OpenApi

  • Azure Pipelines

  • Trivy Integration

  • Apache Sling

  • OSGI

  • Java Content Repository (JCR)

  • Apache Jackrabbit Oak

  • Adobe HTL

  • GraphQL

  • Maven

  • GitLab

  • IntelliJ

  • Azure Cloud

  • Azure DevOps

  • Terraform

  • AEM specialist in the Scrum team

  • Development and deployment of microservices via Open API interfaces

  • Operation of microservices in the Azure Cloud

  • Implementation of AEM modules and integration with microservices

  • Member of the knowledge transfer team and a backend coordination team

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Jacqueline Haefke

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Düsseldorf
Jacqueline Haefke

Last position:

Kitchen Appliance Manufacturer

  • Setting up and enhancing an international subscription management system

  • Migrating and decommissioning a Hybris-SAP system and integrating Zuora

  • Implementing numerous interfaces to various systems (external and internal)

  • Setting up and improving monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Databricks

  • Introducing logging with Loki

  • Implementing business requirements using jQuery, Thymeleaf, Spring Boot, Java, Go, and Python

  • Adjusting and extending the GitLab CI pipelines

  • Setting up and extending infrastructure as code with Terraform and ArgoCD on AWS

  • Setting up and running E2E and performance tests

  • Expanding the Databricks business intelligence solution to provide various KPIs

  • Responsibilities: Architecture, DevOps, development, unit tests, coaching employees and apprentices, E2E, smoke, and integration tests, agile methods consulting (Kanban, Scrum)

  • Technologies and methods: Java, Go, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, SOAP/REST, Quarkus, Thymeleaf, Vaadin, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, GitLab, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Maven, Gradle, GitLab CI, Databricks

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Andreas Beckers

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Senior Frontend Developer

Troisdorf
Andreas Beckers

Last position:

Senior Frontend Developer at Roadex

  • Development of an app
  • Technologies: React Native, Expo, SupaBase, TypeScript, GitHub, Trello
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Building test automation with Cucumber

Cologne

Last position:

Rewe Digital

  • Creation of Spring Boot integration tests
  • Creation of JUnit tests for the coupon system
  • Creation of component tests for Kafka topics
  • Creation of CI/CD pipeline scripts
  • Creation of UI tests with Playwright
  • Creation of UI tests with Cypress
  • Review of developer unit tests
  • Planning the test architecture for integration tests
  • Creation of the test automation concept
  • Evaluation and creation of test reports

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Statistics of experts using Apache Maven

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

24 years (Germany: 20 years)

Position duration

1.7 years (Germany: 2 years)

Positions per freelancer

21 (Germany: 15)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 92%)

Master's degree or higher

69% (Germany: 55%)

Doctorate

15% (Germany: 8%)

Certifications per freelancer

2 (Germany: 3)

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 97%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Cologne 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 Cologne using Apache Maven

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

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Daily rate avg. 732 €
Germany avg. 743 €

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 720 €
Germany median 752 €

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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

About the technology

Maven at a glance

Apache Maven is a build and project management tool for Java teams. It standardizes how code is compiled, tested, packaged, and released. Companies use it to keep multi-module projects consistent and repeatable.

What it covers

  • Build lifecycle setup and plugin configuration
  • Dependency management with clear version control
  • Packaging for JAR, WAR, and other artifacts
  • Release preparation for internal and external delivery

Where it fits

Maven is common in Spring, Jakarta EE, and other Java stacks. It is also used in legacy systems that still need reliable builds and controlled upgrades. In Cologne, it often shows up in enterprise teams, agencies, and product groups that work with Java-based backends and integration services.

Ecosystem skills

Strong Maven specialists know the POM structure, plugin goals, and repository handling. They work comfortably with Nexus or Artifactory, CI pipelines, and test tooling such as JUnit and Surefire. They also know when to refactor a build instead of just patching it.

When to bring in help

Companies usually ask for freelance help when builds become slow, dependency conflicts appear, or module structures get hard to maintain. A good specialist can clean up the pom.xml files, reduce duplication, and make releases predictable again. This is useful for both remote work and on-site collaboration in Cologne when teams need close coordination.

What good looks like

A strong Maven professional writes maintainable POMs, understands dependency mediation, and keeps plugins aligned across modules. They document changes clearly and avoid brittle build logic. They should also communicate well with Java teams, release managers, and QA specialists.

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Frequently asked questions

Curious about Apache Maven? Here are the answers that come up again and again.

Apache Maven is used to build, test, package, and manage Java projects in a repeatable way. It defines the project structure, pulls in dependencies, and runs the steps needed for a release. Many teams rely on it for service backends, shared libraries, and multi-module applications.

No. Maven is the build and dependency tool, while Maven Central is a public repository where many Java artifacts are published. A freelancer who knows Maven should understand both the build process and how artifact repositories fit into it.

Apache Maven uses a declarative, convention-driven model with a standard lifecycle, which many teams like for clarity and consistency. Gradle is more flexible and can be better for custom build logic, but it also needs tighter discipline. The right choice depends on how much control the project needs and how much convention the team wants.

A strong Apache Maven specialist usually knows Java, dependency management, testing tools, and CI systems. Experience with Spring, Git, Nexus or Artifactory, and release workflows is also useful. For modern teams, understanding how Maven fits into Docker or Kubernetes delivery paths can help too.

Bring in Apache Maven help when builds are flaky, dependencies conflict, modules are duplicated, or the team no longer trusts the release process. It also helps when a legacy build needs cleanup before a migration or a bigger platform change. The best experts focus on making the build easier to maintain, not just making it pass once.

Yes. Apache Maven work is often well suited to remote collaboration because build issues can be reviewed through logs, repository settings, and pull requests. In Cologne, many teams combine remote work with short on-site sessions when they need to align on build structure or release policy.

Look at how they explain the build lifecycle, dependency scopes, and plugin behavior in Apache Maven. Good specialists leave the project simpler than they found it and can show how they reduced build noise or avoided version drift. Clear documentation and clean POM files are strong signs of quality.

A Maven specialist should expect close work with Java codebases, test suites, and release pipelines. The job often involves reading existing POM files, tracing dependency issues, and making small but careful changes. Strong communication matters because build fixes usually affect several teams at once.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 732 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 69% hold at least a Master's degree, and 15% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (24%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (65%), and Transportation (65%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Apache Maven in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (94%), and Quality Assurance (82%).

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

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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