BIRT Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used BIRT
Ornel Franck W.
Last position:
Sales Partner at ERGO PRO
- Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
- Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
- Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
- Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Pierre-Jean A.
Last position:
Verification Engineer – Aviation at Tri.Merge GmbH
- Automated analysis of test script repositories using Python
- Set up a SQLite database for signal and value tracking
- Identified critical inconsistencies through ad hoc SQL queries
- Technologies: Python, SQLite, Excel/ODBC
Kyu-Wang L.
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a unified tax collection program for all federal states.
Tax collection involves collecting the taxes that have been assessed. This includes, for example, taking due dates into account, recording incoming and outgoing payments, and initiating reminders or refunds. Limitation periods and payment reminders are also important. BIENE handles all payment transactions with banks and accounting.
Set up the architecture and coordinated the provision of development and test environments at the Hannover site
Installed and configured the environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface coordination: coordinated and aligned the connection of software products from other departments and their test data
Migrated the application server, JDK, and Maven project structure
Coordinated environments and managed builds
Implemented external interfaces
Delivered business requirements
Designed and implemented RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designed and implemented a microservice architecture
Set up and maintained CI/CD pipelines
Deployed applications on OpenShift
Created technical documentation and diagrams
Worked with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Set up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerized the application (automated deployment through the CI/CD pipeline)
Alexander R.
Last position:
Management Consultant - AI Strategy & Workday Architecture at CloudMcFly
- Lead AI readiness and process assessments across HR and Finance, identify automation opportunities, develop ROI business cases and translate findings into prioritized recommendations for executive decision-making.
- Built CloudMcFly's internal AI operating system in self-hosted n8n, with a 22-strong digital workforce across seven business functions and an estimated delivery capacity equivalent to three to five people. A separate document-classification workflow reduced manual HR ticket routing by 60%.
- Translate EU AI Act requirements into practical governance roadmaps and deliver "AI Driving License" workshops, strengthening leadership understanding of AI adoption and governance responsibilities.
Allal K.
Last position:
Java Senior Full Stack Developer at Insurance ÖRAG
- Further development of a policy administration system (contract/claims) for the legal expenses insurer ÖRAG.
- My role: Senior Software Developer.
- The team consists of 12 developers.
- Technologies used: Java 8/21, Java EE, Quarkus, WebLogic, JPA, RabbitMQ, JTA, CI, CD, Jenkins, DB2, Maven, Jenkins, GIT (bitbucket) later GitLab, Junit, Elasticsearch, Mockito, Jira, SonarQube, Scrum, React, Workflow
- Migration and modernization of legacy systems: rewrote C and C++ code in Java to improve maintainability, scalability, and performance. Refactored Python into Java, including optimization and integration into modern architectures.
- Study on the use of AI (Codex) for implementing a Java feature. The goal is to compare the time spent and productivity of AI-supported development with a classic implementation by a developer. The results should show how strongly the use of AI affects development time and efficiency.
- Development of the following tariff calculators for the years 2024/2026: private, companies, doctors, farmers, owner-occupied G + H, landlords, traffic, club, top managers, sales representatives, special criminal law, savings bank, municipal, BayGT, doctors, Dehoga
Matthias V.
Last position:
Managing Partner at IT consulting firm
Faruk S.
Last position:
Software Developer at HR Solutions GmbH
- Designing and developing a web application for the public sector
- Setting up and executing software tests, mainly unit tests
- Technical design and implementation of requirements
- Uploading and displaying CSV files
- Communicating with business units regarding development and test support
- Technologies used: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA and Hibernate, RESTful, JSON, React, Oracle, JUnit, Mockito, CI/CD, GitLab, Docker, Keycloak, Liquibase, BIRT, Swagger, Microservices
Dmitrii S.
Last position:
Senior Developer/Team Lead at Devexperts
Project Livebash (2021-12-01–2023-12-31)
Development and design of the core system
Code reviews
Developer management
CI/CD
Client communication
Leading epics
Speaking at conferences
Managing the production system
Interviewing project developers
Outcome: production system
Technologies and tools: Java 11, Java 17, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, AWS DynamoDB, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, AWS SQS, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS MediaLive, Ethereum, Postman
Project Robinhood (2024-01-01–2024-05-31)
Customization and development of product features for specific clients
Interviews with project developers
Technologies and tools: Java 17, Java RX, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL
Projects Sway, Tickmill, Pepperstone, UCapital (2024-06-01–present)
Customization and development of product features for specific clients
Bug fixes
Porting tickets from the product
Feature development
Technologies and tools: Java 17, Java RX, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TeamCity, Gradle, JUnit, Mockito, Docker, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL
Dmitry V.
Last position:
Fullstack Software Developer at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
- Backend development of the cloud-based microservice
- Frontend development of the microfrontend
- Migration of the cloud backend environment
- Rollout of the distributed high-availability Privacy Data Service
- Technologies: Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, REST Services, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Security, OpenAPI, Postman, JavaScript, Vue.js, AngularJS, TypeScript, Micro Frontend, Redis, Kibana, Grafana, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Helm Charts, Sec-Hub, Black Duck, Docker, Maven, Git, Scrum
Jacqueline H.
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
Jürgen S.
Last position:
Service provider
- Development of calculation formulas for yield optimization.
- Creating Python-based tools for calculating relevant production parameters.
- Automated testing of the tools.
- Automatic generation of Excel files and data sheets, filling table cells and formatting cells.
Markus G.
Last position:
Data Solution Architect, Founder at GRITCON GmbH
- Design and development of modern cloud DWH & data platforms
- Data Vault automation
- Implementation of ELT and CI/CD processes
- Requirements analysis and data modeling
- Building an automated cloud data platform as a reference architecture for financial risk controlling (Snowflake, Data Vault, DBT, Python, GitHub) 2024-10-01 – 2025-06-30, Zurich
- DWH further development, operations and cloud migration (Data Vault, DBT, SAP Data Services, Alteryx, SQL Server, Azure Synapse) 2023-03-01 – 2025-06-30, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, WhereScape, Snowflake, AWS, Scrum) 2021-04-01 – 2023-12-31, Cologne
- Proof of concept for a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, Synapse, WhereScape, Azure, Scrum) 2022-04-01 – 2022-07-31, Bonn
- Implementation of a cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS) 2021-07-01 – 2022-04-30, Karlsruhe
- Big data integration of all source systems related to the ITSM process (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS, Scrum) 2021-01-01 – 2021-05-31, Prague
- Development and operation of a global self-service BI platform to display around 150 corporate KPIs (Data Vault, WhereScape, Postgres, Jenkins, Talend, AWS, Scrum) 2018-11-01 – 2020-12-31, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a DWH for price management and capacity forecasting in long-distance passenger transport (SAP BODS, SQL Server, AWS) 2017-10-01 – 2018-11-30, Frankfurt
- Introduction of SAP BODS and migration of the existing DWH (SAP, BODS, HANA, Oracle, Cognos) 2017-05-01 – 2017-10-31, Rastatt
Jihane T.
Last position:
Reporting and Business Intelligence Specialist at Union Investment
- Developing and implementing new reporting requirements based on Oracle DWH with various business intelligence systems (SAP Business Objects and Birt-Eclipse)
Henning P.
Last position:
Siemens
- Developed a reporting API with RESTful services and Spring Boot
- LDAP integration
- Migrated services to AWS
- Bootstrap
- Frontend development with Angular 14
- JBoss
- DynamoDB
- S3
- Athena
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Statistics of experts using BIRT
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
3.2 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
67%
Master's degree or higher
58%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
5
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 BIRT
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.
BIRT 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 (93%)
- Banking and Finance (57%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Healthcare (43%)
- Insurance (43%)
- Education (36%)
- Manufacturing (36%)
- Government and Administration (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
BIRT at a glance
BIRT, short for Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools, is an open-source reporting system from the Eclipse ecosystem. It helps companies turn operational data into formatted documents, interactive reports and embedded analytics. BIRT combines a report designer with runtime components for Java applications.
Reports and outputs
BIRT supports reports for finance, operations, sales, manufacturing and regulated business processes. Teams use it for dashboards, invoices, statements, management packs and detailed operational views. Output can be delivered through web applications or exported to formats such as PDF, HTML and spreadsheets.
- Design parameterized and scheduled reports
- Create charts, tables, groups and drill-down views
- Embed reporting inside Java applications
- Export information for business and operational use
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong BIRT specialists work with the Eclipse Report Designer, the BIRT Runtime and the Design Engine. They connect relational databases, web services and other data sources through data sets, scripted data access and custom extensions. Java, SQL, XML, JavaScript expressions and web technologies often surround a BIRT implementation.
When expertise matters
Companies usually bring in freelance BIRT expertise when existing reports are slow, inconsistent or difficult to maintain. Specialists can modernize report libraries, replace manual document production and connect BIRT to changing data structures. In Germany, remote collaboration can work well when requirements, data access and review processes are clearly documented; on-site work may help with complex legacy environments.
- Migrate or restructure a large report portfolio
- Diagnose rendering, query or pagination problems
- Introduce reusable templates and shared components
- Integrate reporting into an existing Java landscape
What strong specialists deliver
A capable professional understands both presentation and data quality. They model efficient queries, manage parameters and security, control page layout and test exports across relevant formats. They also document data dependencies and explain trade-offs clearly to business stakeholders and technical teams.
Choosing the right fit
Look for hands-on work with the BIRT Runtime, report design and the data sources used in your environment. Ask for examples involving similar report complexity, output formats and integration constraints rather than polished screenshots alone. German or English communication may be relevant for teams in Germany, especially when specialists coordinate with local business owners, vendors and compliance teams.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about BIRT.
BIRT is used to create formatted business reports, interactive web reports and embedded analytics from enterprise data. Common deliverables include financial statements, invoices, operational dashboards, compliance documents and management reports.
BIRT and JasperReports both support Java-based reporting, but they differ in their design tools, runtime approach and surrounding ecosystems. BIRT is closely connected to Eclipse and offers a report designer with strong data-set and scripting capabilities, while JasperReports is often selected with the JasperSoft tooling landscape.
A strong BIRT specialist usually works comfortably with Java, SQL, XML, JavaScript expressions and relational databases. Experience with Spring-based applications, REST services, authentication, scheduling and document export can also be important when reports are embedded in larger systems.
The right level of BIRT experience depends on the report portfolio, data model and integration depth. A professional handling a few standalone reports needs a different background from someone redesigning a shared reporting service, resolving performance issues or migrating legacy templates.
BIRT projects can often be handled remotely when specialists receive secure access to representative data, clear requirements and a reliable review process. On-site collaboration may be useful for sensitive systems, complex legacy integrations or workshops with business teams in Germany.
Ask how the professional approaches data-set design, query performance, parameter handling, pagination and export testing. A strong BIRT freelancer can explain design decisions, identify maintenance risks and show how report changes are validated across users and output formats.
Eclipse BIRT can support modern web applications through its runtime and Java integration options. It is a practical choice when a project needs server-side report generation, interactive views or controlled document exports, but the surrounding application still needs to provide current security, deployment and user-experience practices.
Actuate BIRT refers to the commercial history and product ecosystem associated with BIRT before and alongside its Eclipse-based open-source development. When reviewing an existing implementation, a specialist should identify the exact runtime, extensions, templates and vendor-specific components before planning maintenance or migration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 806 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects, 67% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (43%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Banking and Finance (57%), and Automotive (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used BIRT in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (79%), and Quality Assurance (64%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used BIRT
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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