Backstage Experts in Germany
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Kiriakos K.
Last position:
Tech Lead / Architect : OTTO API Platform at OTTO
Maturing their API practices on both a business and technology level. My role covers strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands-on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API-centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and platform best practices with this project.
Highlights:
- Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
- Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
- Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals
API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Redocly, reactive programming, CDC, Golang, Gin, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.
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
Marvin S.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at RTL Deutschland
- work in the Developer-Experience team to improve developer experience and tooling for all teams of the RTL+ streaming platform
- development of reusable GitLab CI/CD components to standardize processes and automatically enforce code quality and security gates
- infrastructure automation with Pulumi
- operation and monitoring of GitLab Runners in AWS with Kubernetes
- integration and automation of Renovate in GitLab pipelines for continuous dependency updates
- extension of Backstage as the central developer platform to optimize internal workflows and self-service capabilities
- development of various tools and automations in TypeScript, Go, and Python
Wolfram K.
Last position:
AI / Machine Learning Engineer (Projects & Applied AI) at UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE & LIORA
- Designed and implemented a hybrid recommendation system (content-based + collaborative filtering)
- Built end-to-end ML pipelines including data processing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
- Developed RAG-based LLM systems using LangChain and vector databases for semantic search and knowledge retrieval
- Established MLOps workflows with MLflow for experiment tracking, versioning, and deployment readiness
- Implemented deep learning models (computer vision & classification) using PyTorch and TensorFlow
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
Mohamed G.
Last position:
Lead / Principal Cloud, AI & Security Architect at Freelancer / CC Conceptualise GmbH
Projects:
Project: RWE – Development of a company-wide Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture (CITADEL) Role: Senior Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect / Zero Trust Architect Company: RWE AG Description: Concept and implementation of the strategic CITADEL cybersecurity target architecture at RWE, based on the Zero Trust architecture principle and aligned with regulatory requirements such as NIS2, ISO 27001 and company-wide security governance policies. The goal was to build a measurable, auditable and scalable security architecture with a strong focus on Identity Governance, compliance transparency and operational manageability. Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Zero Trust architecture design: Developed a company-wide Zero Trust reference architecture (Identity, Device, Network, Application, Data) including trust zones, control points and enforcement mechanisms according to NIS2.
- Identity & Access Governance (IGA): Designed and introduced IGA governance structures including role models, recertification processes, segregation of duties (SoD) and lifecycle management for identities and access.
- Security governance & KPIs: Defined and implemented security KPIs and metrics to manage Zero Trust maturity, identity risks and compliance at the management level.
- Compliance & reporting: Built standardized compliance reports and dashboards to support internal audits, external assessments and regulatory evidence (e.g. NIS2).
- Architecture & stakeholder alignment: Worked closely with Enterprise Architecture, IT operations and business units to integrate the CITADEL architecture into existing IT and security landscapes.
- Strategic security consulting: Advised programs and projects on Zero Trust compliance, identity centricity and regulatory requirements in the energy and critical infrastructure (KRITIS) environment. Technologies & Methods: Zero Trust Architecture, NIS2, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), IAM, RBAC, SoD, Entra ID, SailPoint, Zscaler, Terraform / IaC, Policy as Code, security KPIs, compliance reporting, NIST 2.0, ISO 27001, Enterprise Security Architecture, governance frameworks, risk & control management
Project: Scalable AI Workbench Platform on Microsoft Azure Role: Cloud Architect & Engineer Company: Siemens Energy Description: Design, development and operation of a secure, modular cloud infrastructure to support Data Science, Machine Learning and AI applications for various engineering teams at Siemens Energy. Responsibilities & Achievements:
- Cloud architecture: Designed and implemented an Infrastructure-as-Code solution (Terraform) for automated provisioning of Azure resources (Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Cosmos DB, Application Insights, networking, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Registry).
- Developer portal: Used Backstage with custom frontend and backend plugins (Node.js, TypeScript, React.js, PostgreSQL, Container Apps) to enable self-service and empower developers, data scientists and AI/ML engineers.
- Role-based access control: Implemented Azure RBAC to grant targeted access (e.g. Storage Blob Data Contributor, Reader) to engineering groups (e.g. AI Engineers) for relevant resources.
- Data platform engineering: Built and configured a multi-layered storage landscape (Raw, Curated, Vector data), including automated container creation and access control for advanced analytics and AI workloads.
- DevOps integration: Integrated with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment, monitoring and compliance.
- Security & compliance: Implemented Private Endpoints, network policies and Managed Identities to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance.
- Collaboration: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to align the cloud infrastructure with business and technical requirements and drive digital transformation at Siemens Energy. Technologies: Azure, Terraform, Azure DevOps, Cosmos DB, Application Insights, Azure Storage, Private Endpoints, Azure Synapse, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Backstage, Node.js, React.js, PostgreSQL, Python (automation), Git
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Statistics of experts using Backstage
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Retail
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
40%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 Backstage
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.
Backstage 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%)
- Media and Entertainment (67%)
- Retail (67%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Cosmetics (33%)
- Education (33%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
- Healthcare (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Backstage is
Backstage is a developer portal for organizing internal software at scale. Teams use it to centralize the software catalog, service ownership, documentation, and self-service actions in one place. It helps companies reduce friction for engineers and keep platform work visible.
What experts build
Backstage specialists set up portals that make internal systems easier to use.
- Software catalogs for services, APIs, and ownership
- Documentation hubs with TechDocs
- Software templates for fast, standard project setup
- Custom plugins for internal workflows
- Integrations with CI, Git, cloud, and observability tools
Ecosystem and skills
Strong Backstage professionals know how the core pieces fit together: catalog entities, templates, authentication, permissions, and plugins. They often work with TypeScript, React, GitHub or GitLab, Kubernetes, and documentation pipelines. They also understand how to model services so the portal stays clean and useful.
When companies bring in help
Companies usually bring in freelance Backstage expertise when the portal needs a solid start, a cleanup, or new integrations. This is common in platform teams, regulated environments, and larger engineering organizations that want a shared entry point for many internal tools. In Germany, teams often need help coordinating with distributed experts across product, security, and infrastructure.
What good specialists do
A strong Backstage expert thinks in structure, not just setup. They define ownership, standardize catalog data, keep templates maintainable, and build plugins only where they add real value. They also document decisions clearly so the portal remains easy to operate after launch.
Signs you need Backstage expertise
- Your internal tools are scattered across many systems
- Teams struggle to find service owners or docs
- New service setup takes too much manual work
- Plugin ideas exist, but no one can implement them cleanly
- The portal exists, but adoption is low because the structure is unclear
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Backstage, in one place.
Backstage is used to build an internal developer portal that brings together services, APIs, documentation, and ownership in one place. Companies use it to make internal software easier to discover and easier to operate. It is especially useful when many teams share the same platform and need a single, structured entry point.
Backstage gives teams a proven base for a software catalog, templates, and TechDocs instead of starting from scratch. A custom portal can match a very specific internal process, but it often takes more effort to maintain. Backstage is usually the better choice when you want speed, structure, and room to extend with plugins.
A strong Backstage specialist should know TypeScript, React, service catalog modeling, and plugin development. Useful adjacent skills include GitHub or GitLab, Kubernetes, authentication, and documentation tooling. They should also understand how platform teams work so the portal fits real internal workflows.
A Backstage project benefits from someone who has already shipped a portal, not just read the docs. The best expert can handle setup, data modeling, and adoption issues together. For a larger rollout, look for someone who has worked on platform-facing systems and can guide the team through structure and governance.
Yes, Backstage works well with remote collaboration because most work is tied to code, catalog data, and documentation. In Germany, many teams mix remote work with occasional on-site sessions for workshops and stakeholder alignment. Clear communication matters because the portal only works when ownership and process are agreed across teams.
The main alternative is often a custom-built internal portal, sometimes assembled from separate tools for docs, catalogs, and self-service. Spotify Backstage is the original name many searchers still use, and it refers to the same core product. Teams compare it with broader platform tools when they need more than a simple landing page.
Look for a Backstage specialist who can explain how they model entities, manage templates, and keep the portal usable over time. Good work is visible in clean ownership, sensible plugin choices, and documentation that helps others maintain the setup. Ask for examples of portals they improved, not just installed.
Backstage may be the wrong fit if you only need a simple wiki or a small set of links. It also needs real ownership from platform or tooling teams, because an empty portal quickly loses value. If your organization has no shared service structure yet, that groundwork should come first.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 932 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 40% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Media and Entertainment (67%), and Retail (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Backstage in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Business Intelligence (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Backstage
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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