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Martin R.
Last position:
Principal Fullstack Engineer / Tech Lead Fullstack Applications at Procure Ai Ltd
Procure Ai builds a procurement platform with tools to optimise purchasing and supplier management, delivering real-time analytics, cost-saving insights, and automated workflows. A common data model integrates and enriches data from multiple ERP and e-procurement systems including Ivalua, SAP, Coupa, WPS, and Jaggaer.
06/2025 – TODAY:
- Architecting and building a new AI-native procurement platform with document intelligence, an agent orchestration layer using Mastra and LLM-based workflow automation across supplier, intake and category management use-cases
- Shipped agentic engineering workflows across the development team, enabling LLM-assisted code generation and review automation, measurably reducing cycle time on repetitive development tasks
- Migrating the Design System from Material UI to shadcn/ui with Tailwind, improving consistency and reducing frontend build overhead
- Staying hands-on across frontend, backend and AI features while the engineering team grew from 10 to 20+ engineers: hiring, onboarding, 1:1s and mentoring
06/2020 – 06/2025:
- Joining as the first engineer after the two founders; shaping platform architecture and product vision from scratch in close collaboration with the CTO, growing the platform to serve 10 enterprise customers
- Leading fullstack feature development on the core procurement platform, with focus on Analytics, Search, and Autonomous Negotiations use-cases: defining MVP scope, aligning technical decisions to customer outcomes, and cutting work that wasn't delivering value
- Challenged a field-based configuration request for Autonomous Negotiations and instead built a node-based rule builder matching how category managers think in conditions and branches; later reused across other workflow and decision configuration use-cases
- Designing and implementing multi-tenant authentication and fine-grained authorisation based on organisational units
- Architecting and building a multi-tenant Admin Application for managing customer installations across environments, covering configuration, feature flags, and i18n
- Creating and maintaining a custom Design System built on Material UI, used across the full product
- Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipeline and full QA suite (linting, unit, integration, and e2e testing)
- Architecting and implementing a multi-environment release process using Helm and Helmfile; owning infrastructure as code across AWS and Azure
- Researching and piloting new tools and frameworks; making build-vs-buy decisions to balance velocity, cost, and long-term maintainability
- Grew the engineering team from 4 to 10+ engineers, mentoring engineers and building a culture of ownership, code review and iterative delivery
Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Fastify, GraphQL, GraphQL Codegen, GraphQL Mesh, GraphQL Yoga, Hasura, Apollo Client, REST, CubeJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Elasticsearch, Meilisearch, Typesense, Kafka, Avro, Karapace, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm, Helmfile, GitLab CI, Keycloak, Better-Auth, OpenFGA, Nx, Vite, Vitest, Playwright, Testing Library, Storybook, Chromatic, Material UI, shadcn/ui, Tailwind, React Flow, recharts, i18next, Backstage, Grafana, Sentry, Zod, Claude Code, Codex, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Vercel AI Elements, AWS, Azure
Kersten L.
Last position:
Lead Architect / Lead Developer at Bettles: Sports Betting Platform
- Complete greenfield rebuild across the whole stack — built AI-native: backend in Go and NestJS, PostgreSQL (CNPG) on K3s with GitOps/Terraform; frontend on Angular 22, zoneless.
- Orchestrated coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) across the entire lifecycle — architecture, implementation, testing, reviews, documentation — driven by Specification-Driven Development (SDD).
- “Bruno” — LLM commentator persona backed by RAG and MCP for a personality that stays consistent across all generations (match previews, post-match reports, his own virtual bets).
Angular 22 (zoneless, without Zone.js), Claude Code, Claude Code Skills, CNPG, Cursor, Design Tokens (Spec for Code), Docker, Gherkin, Git, GitLab, GitOps, Go, Google Gemini, Grafana, Hetzner Cloud, K3s, Keycloak, Kubernetes, Lighthouse, LLM Integration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), NestJS, Node.js, NPM, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, RAG, REST, Specification-Driven Development (SDD), Structured Outputs, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest
Alexandru G.
Last position:
Principal Cloud DevOps Architect at BP
In my role as Senior Cloud DevOps Architect for BP, an oil and gas company, I had the mission to migrate the Electric Vehicle Charging platform of the EV Division from on-premises and Azure to AWS cloud, resulting in a hybrid multi-cloud, multi-tenant SaaS solution.
Deployment with Kubernetes for the application layer meant provisioning Kubernetes clusters managed by EKS and AKS, with a focus on integrating them into a multi-tenant environment. This integration was achieved by using Kubernetes namespaces and access controls to ensure data isolation and privacy enforcement.
In the database layer, we chose an RDS instance with PostgreSQL to support the backend infrastructure of our applications. Tenants shared the same RDS instance, but each had a dedicated schema.
To ingest near real-time data from physical charge points (CPOs), as IoT devices, via the OCPI protocol, we ran into significant delays with batch processing. As a result, we built a real-time streaming data pipeline using Apache Kafka, while prioritizing an event-driven architecture.
Led collaboration across multiple internal teams, external vendors, cloud providers, and on-site partners to integrate over five systems into a unified solution.
Achievements:
- Successfully designed and implemented hybrid multi-cloud solutions, integrating multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) with on-premises infrastructure, using Site-to-Site VPNs, Firewalls, and Load Balancing.
- Led the migration of on-premises infrastructure to multi-cloud, multi-tenant infrastructure, resulting in 30% faster processing times.
- Migrated workloads from VMware and Hyper-V environments to cloud-based VMs, leveraging cloud-native services to optimize performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
- Designed a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform leveraging the Kubernetes ecosystem, using Karpenter for dynamic EC2 node provisioning, KEDA for event-driven pod autoscaling (e.g., Kafka message lag), and Rancher for centralized monitoring of multiple clusters (EKS, AKS, or on-prem K8s), replacing Microsoft-centric Azure Arc management service.
- Designed and implemented Python-based FastAPI microservices as part of the EV core-backend on AWS EKS application layer, powering data ingestion and customer analytics pipelines.
- Developed asynchronous, event-driven APIs (Python-FastAPI) for real-time integration with CPOs, supporting OCPI 2.3 and OICP protocols.
- Designed and implemented a secure, production-grade Azure Databricks platform using Terraform, ensuring scalability and cost efficiency.
- Migrated on-premises ERP to a hybrid Dynamics 365 architecture with ERP hosted locally and CRM running in Azure, integrated via Azure Arc.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines for Databricks notebooks and jobs using GitHub Actions & Databricks CLI, reducing deployment time. Reduced infrastructure provisioning time by 70% by automating cloud resource deployment with GitOps.
- Ensured compliance with internal audit and data governance standards (GDPR) through OAuth2/OIDC-based authentication and fine-grained role-based access controls.
- Developed a Zero Trust security model, enforcing least-privilege access and microsegmentation, enhancing security posture and compliance with GDPR and NIST.
- Built interactive analytics dashboards in Amazon QuickSight, integrating data from S3 and Redshift to deliver real-time business insights and visualizations with embedded access for multi-tenant users.
- Led cloud security assessments and full-lifecycle cybersecurity integration during M&A, covering AWS, Azure, IAM (Entra ID), and data protection, while aligning security posture with NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
- Reduced cloud costs by 64% for a client's dev environment by implementing automated start/stop schedules for EC2 and RDS instances via AWS CDK with EventBridge Scheduler or AWS Systems Manager.
Tech stack:
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CDK, Ansible.
- Containers: Kubernetes on EKS, AKS, Docker.
- Streaming Data Processing: Kafka to Confluent Cloud, after AWS MSK.
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, NextJS, Hooks, Styled Components.
- Backend: Python with FastAPI, also Node.js with NestJS.
- Database: Aurora on PostgreSQL with TypeORM, RDS on SQL Server, Azure Databricks full setup and administration, ETL Pipelines.
- CI/CD and GitOps: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD.
- Monitoring and Observability: Prometheus and Grafana.
- Virtualization: Hyper-V, VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure Migrate.
- ERP Systems: Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on Azure, integrated with Azure Arc.
- Networking: Site-to-Site VPNs, AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Firewalls (AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall).
- Security: IAM, NIST Framework, Zero Trust Security, AWS WAF, AWS Shield, GuardDuty.
Julian H.
Last position:
Working Student / Master's Thesis Student in Software Development at Scale GmbH
- Tech stack: Python, Qt, tensorflow.js, plotly, Angular, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Git
Manuel K.
Last position:
.NET Developer, SAP Business One Consultant at Own Projects
- DTO class generator: In-house development of a tool for the automatic generation of classes, functions, and methods for use in .NET Core projects based on SAP Business One Service Layer metadata
- E-invoice import add-on: Development of a SAP Business One add-on / coresuite module for the automated import of ZUGFeRD e-invoices as incoming invoices – with configurable mapping to flexibly control the import logic across four mapping types (DIRECT, SQL, FIXED, EXPR). The add-on is available as a licensed product for SAP Business One customers.
Stack: SAP Business One, SAP Business One Service Layer, coresuite Country Package, C#
Matthias L.
Last position:
Typescript Fullstack Engineer at Card Complete / Bank Austria
- Designed and developed the "Credit Risk Engine" using Camunda, Node.js and Typescript
- Greenfield project for credit card credit assessment for existing and new customers, including EBA KPIs, SCHUFA and CRIF scorings
- Built and modeled workflows (BPMN) and decision logic (DMN) with Camunda Modeler in close collaboration with stakeholders
- Implemented service tasks, user tasks and jobs with Nest.js, Node.js and Typescript, including exception handling
- Backend-for-Frontend (BFF), frontend with React, Tailwind and Ant Design UI library
- CI/CD with GitLab, Kubernetes/Rancher
Gregor D.
Last position:
Founder, Principal Software Architect & Technical Consultant at Hold My Code GmbH
- Frontend modernization (multiple client engagements): Angular version upgrades, architecture refactoring, performance optimization, state management restructuring, and UI library consolidation resulting in faster load times and improved end-user experience across all projects.
- Web development: High-performance landing pages and company websites for SMB clients built with Next.js, SvelteKit, PayloadCMS, and TailwindCSS optimized for speed, SEO, and conversion.
- SaaS product development: Architecting and building an AI-powered platform for photography studio operators (PoC phase) with full-stack TypeScript: Angular frontend, NestJS backend, PostgreSQL, LLM integration (Gemini/Claude) for intelligent workflow automation.
- AI integration: Developed a PoC for AI-generated podcast avatars using the Gemini API for content production workflows.
- Angular deep dive workshops: Delivered 20+ workshops (3–5 days each, 8–10 participants) in a hands-on format where participants build a demo application modeled after their real business domain.
Alex C.
Last position:
Senior Full-Stack Developer at Umbrella Organization of German Sports Clubs
- Development of a CMS-based online platform as a central hub for multimedia brand communication, focusing on accessibility, web performance, and data protection.
- Technologies: PHP, Craft CMS, Twig, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Alpine.js, htmx.
Fahrettin K.
Last position:
Senior Frontend Engineer at Freelancermap GmbH
- Implemented a completed section in the refactoring of the existing portal
- Client-side: React, TypeScript, JEST, SASS, Node.js, Accessibility, React Server Side Rendering
- Server-side: PHP, Symfony, MariaDB
- Infrastructure: Docker/Docker Compose, Bitbucket, Jira
- UI / UX: Figma
- DevOps
Przemyslaw T.
Last position:
Frontend Vue.js Developer at Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH
- Significantly enhanced user experience and application performance through spearheading the development of frontend components, emphasizing native JavaScript, Vue.js, and UI implementation.
- Ensured efficient data flow and content management by seamless integration of backend APIs (REST) with frontend components and successful connection to CMS Hippo elements.
- Increased sales volume on the customer page through the development and implementation of new components, leading to improved user engagement and conversion rates.
- Worked in an Agile Scrum environment.
- Utilized technologies such as JavaScript, Vue.js, Node.js, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Next.js, and more.
Stanly M.
Last position:
Frontend Developer at Klardenker GmbH
- Working on the klar.land platform that helps companies showcase their work with many tools (3D, workshops, etc.)
- Developing features and improvements to the platform in a secure and performant way
- Collaborating with backend and DevOps teams
- Solving technical problems
- Technologies: JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, HTML, CSS/Sass, GraphQL, Node.js, PHP, React, React Native, Gatsby, Next.js, WordPress, Docker
Muhammad A.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Verbund Pflegehilfe
Own Azure-hosted ASP.NET Core microservices for chronic-care workflows, sustaining 99.8% uptime across 3,000+ patient interactions.
Shape HL7 FHIR-based patient, encounter, and observation profiles delivering a unified source of truth for clinical teams and integrations.
Implement SignalR telemetry, Application Insights alerting, and automated pipelines that surface deteriorating vitals in under three seconds.
Automated consultant outreach by orchestrating Twilio voice campaigns via n8n workflows and VAPI AI assistants, boosting successful client contacts by 55%.
Entlass Manager: Led the end-to-end build of the chronic-care coordination platform, standing up Azure-native microservices, clinical data flows, and patient-facing tooling from initial requirements through production release.
Power Dialer: Built the Twilio-driven consultancy auto-dialer and n8n workflows, raising client reachability to 85%.
Thomas P.
Last position:
Freelance Software Architect at Self-employed
Konrad A.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Project Holi / Holistic Foundation
Working on our inhouse React-Native based platform / ecosystem of tools and integrations (GoodNews, BetterPlace etc.) for social sharing, donations, ethic news and organisation of initiatives centered around charity work.
- React Native + Web (Typescript)
- Webpack
Annick W.
Last position:
Freelance Senior Frontend Developer at ROSE Bikes GmbH
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Statistics of experts using Apollo GraphQL
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years

Position duration
2.1 years

Positions per freelancer
10

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence

Top industries
Information Technology, Energy, Retail

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
36%
Doctorate
7%

Certifications per freelancer
1

Most common languages
German, English, Spanish

Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology 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 of experts in Germany using Apollo GraphQL
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Apollo GraphQL 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%)
- Energy (50%)
- Retail (50%)
- Automotive (38%)
- Education (38%)
- Media and Entertainment (31%)
- Advertising (25%)
- Healthcare (25%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Unified Data Layer with Apollo Federation
Apollo GraphQL serves as the connective tissue between microservices and varied client applications. By implementing Apollo Federation, specialists compose disparate backend services into a single supergraph schema. This setup allows independent service teams to own their respective subgraphs while client frontends query a coherent, unified API gateway without redundant network overhead.
Core Tooling Across Backend and Frontend
Modern architectures rely on specific runtime layers across the entire request lifecycle:
- Apollo Server for orchestrating Node.js subgraphs and standalone endpoints
- Apollo Router written in Rust for high-throughput supergraph execution
- Apollo Client for normalized in-memory caching in React and React Native
- Rover CLI and Apollo Studio for schema validation and linting
Typical Project Requirements and Deliverables
Organizations frequently engage specialists to address complex architectural transitions:
- Migrating legacy REST and SOAP backends into federated GraphQL subgraphs
- Designing reactive state and normalized cache strategies in web applications
- Implementing automated schema checks to eliminate breaking downstream updates
- Tuning gateway query plans and latency under high concurrent load
Enterprise Implementations in Germany
Companies across Germany, particularly within digital commerce, automotive platforms, and enterprise SaaS, rely on Apollo to unify fragmented microservices. Regulated environments often demand strict data governance, requiring self-hosted Router instances within compliant European cloud infrastructure. Freelance professionals help local teams establish predictable API standards while bridging distributed engineering divisions.
Key Competencies in High-Impact Projects
Distinguished professionals bring deep mastery of schema design principles and operational performance. They write performant custom directives, configure field-level metrics, and structure queries to avoid the N+1 problem. Beyond basic resolvers, top practitioners understand schema registry management, CI and CD integration for contract testing, and securing public interfaces against malicious nested queries.
Accelerating Delivery with External Specialists
Adopting a supergraph requires significant shifts in schema governance and client state management. Bringing in an experienced freelancer reduces trial and error during federated gateway deployments and establishes solid local patterns for internal teams. Specialists rapidly resolve frontend cache invalidation bugs and configure robust subgraph routing so full-time staff can focus on core domain logic.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Apollo GraphQL.
Organizations adopt Apollo GraphQL to unify disparate microservices into a single, federated data graph. It eliminates over-fetching on mobile networks, automates type generation across the stack, and provides powerful normalized caching that simplifies client-side state handling.
While older schema stitching required custom central logic to merge schemas, Apollo Federation uses a declarative model where individual subgraphs define their own entity extensions. The supergraph router automatically plans and executes queries across underlying services with minimal manual coordination.
A qualified expert in Apollo GraphQL understands Apollo Router, Apollo Server, and the intricacies of Apollo Client cache normalization. They should also possess strong competencies in TypeScript, Node.js, distributed tracing, and backend API performance optimization.
Yes, Apollo Client often eliminates the need for Redux or MobX because its normalized cache acts as a single source of truth for remote data. Specialists can also store local UI state directly within the cache using client schemas and reactive variables.
Review how the candidate designs schemas, handles breaking changes, and mitigates the N+1 problem using dataloaders. A strong Apollo professional will also clearly explain cache policies, query complexity limits, and gateway performance tuning.
Securing an Apollo GraphQL deployment requires setting up query depth and complexity limits to block malicious requests, disabling introspection in production, and enforcing strict CORS policies. Specialists also configure authentication pass-through headers and field-level authorization directives.
Yes, many modern engineering teams in Germany leverage Apollo GraphQL to coordinate distributed microservice initiatives. The strong TypeScript tooling and schema contracts make it ideal for both fully remote setups and hybrid teams needing precise technical boundaries.
Most projects utilizing Apollo GraphQL operate in English due to international team structures and modern tech stacks. However, fluent German can be beneficial for communicating with cross-functional stakeholders in domestic industries like banking, logistics, and automotive.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Apollo GraphQL 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 Germany who have used Apollo GraphQL in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 36% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Apollo GraphQL in their recent projects have 16 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 Apollo GraphQL in their recent projects are German (94%), English (94%), and Spanish (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Apollo GraphQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Energy (50%), and Retail (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Apollo GraphQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Business Intelligence (31%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Apollo GraphQL
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