Bruno Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Bruno
Reinhold M.
Last position:
Business Requirements Engineer, Proxy Product Owner, Tester at AXA Konzern AG
Working Environment
- Insurance / Claims Management (Property, Liability, Automotive)
- REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter
Scope
- Further development of the internal REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter as the backend and various portals/front-end offices as clients, and with the following objectives: + increased AI-supported claims processing outside of Guidewire ClaimCenter + and support for all lines (property, liability, automotive).
- Further development of automated claims processing
Activities
- Interfacing IT & Business
- Design activities with documentation in Confluence, Jira: + Requirements engineering (functional and non-functional) + Design of REST endpoints and coordination with interface partners (esp. AI-colleagues) + Identification, design and evaluation of alternative solutions (moving away from a monolithic approach toward fine-grained endpoints, with code reuse across all lines if possible) + Creation / refinement of product backlog items in Jira, i.e. epics, user stories and tasks, incl. alignment with developers & POs during (pre-)refinement sessions + Using AXA Secure GPT when creating / refining user stories (description, acceptance criteria) and designing REST endpoints + Estimation and prioritization of user stories and tasks during Sprint Planning sessions + Coordination and support during the implementation of Product Backlog items + Driving decision making with preparation and presentation of decision-making documents
- Quality assurance: + Test management, including test case creation using Xray in Jira + Test execution using Bruno as REST client and in Guidewire ClaimCenter + Submission of test artifacts for PO approval + Analysis of production bugs
Methods Big Room Planning (aka PI-Planning in SAFe), Scrum, BPMN, EPK, UML, ERM, DDD
Tools / Tech Stack Teams, Confluence, Jira with Xray, OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, XML, MS Office, Bruno, GitHub repository (reading), Guidewire ClaimCenter, AXA Secure GPT (AXA's in-house GenAI solution based on Azure OpenAI)
Priyanka S.
Last position:
Business Consultant (Software Engineering) at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Developed cloud-native enterprise applications on SAP Business Technology Platform using Node.js, SAP UI5, and RESTful APIs, delivering solutions across training management, procurement, employee information, and logistics domains
- Served as the primary developer for the maintenance, enhancement, and production support of three enterprise applications, delivering new features, resolving production issues, and coordinating releases with business stakeholders
- Experienced in leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Microsoft Copilot to accelerate feature development, generate code, prototype solutions, and support application migration and modernization
- Designed backend services, domain models, and SAP Fiori/UI5 interfaces, implementing business workflows, role-based access control, validations, scheduling, reporting, and data import/export capabilities
- Designed and integrated enterprise services with SAP SuccessFactors, SailPoint, ERP systems, and external Learning Management APIs, including automated synchronization for 11,000+ user data
- Designed and implemented AMQP-based event-driven services processing up to 500 RFID parcel scan events per day for a logistics application
- Managed deployments and application operations using CI/CD pipelines, SAP Solution Manager, SAP BTP Cockpit, Kibana, and cloud monitoring tools, performing root-cause analysis and resolving production incidents
- Managed application dependencies by resolving npm package version conflicts and remediating critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities, ensuring production compliance and application stability
- Collaborated with architects, business users, SAP governance teams, and distributed Agile teams throughout technical design, code reviews, sprint planning, documentation, and software delivery
Ronald F.
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant – Requirement Engineer at Deutsche Bank - Strivion
Methodology: Agile project management
Goal: Digitization and implementation of CCD2 requirements within the Consumer Finance systems.
Analysis, identification, and assessment of business requirements, as well as their transfer into technical implementation requirements. Coordination and status reporting of the various requirements. Documentation and process management using UML and BMPN. Cross-functional stakeholder management, UAT testing, data management, API architecture management.
Tools: Jira, Confluence, Visual Code, Sql Developer, Enterprise Architect, MsOffice, Bruno, ALM, Camunda, Figma
Justina K.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Change & Data Transformation at Freelance Fast Data Consulting
Project, Strategic Consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
- Design and negotiation of the data strategy with key stakeholders, including obtaining board sign-off (strategic consulting) – in this context, regulatory advice on data regulations in the EU and specifically for Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Definition of milestones and technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core project data change, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Concept development and solution design for new end-to-end processes including technical interfaces
- Definition of synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analysis and validation of data models
- Stakeholder communication with product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams for decision-making
- Analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to assess downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documentation and comments on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Co-shaping key decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historized data and user login functionality
- Development of business solution concepts for migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Support with analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Active coordination with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements are met
- Creation of test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
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
Martin P.
Last position:
Business Analyst and Test Manager at ProSiebenSat.1 Tech & Services GmbH
- Analysis of affected business processes taking numerous stakeholders into account
- Interface analysis, architecture and system design
- Communicating and coordinating various subprojects and interface partners
- Creating epics and user stories, maintaining the backlog, workshops and review presentations
- Support during implementation between business departments and development
- Test management including strategy and approach definition
- Test case definition, execution and approval
- Cross-team organization of integration and acceptance tests
- Support of test environments
- Technologies and tools: Java, Angular, Kubectl, REST, AWS SNS/SQS, Kafka, S4/HANA, Bruno
Eugen B.
Last position:
Test Manager at Research Industrial Systems Engineering (RISE) Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Großprojektberatung GmbH
- Creation of test concepts
- Requirements management
- Release planning and support
- DDS management
- Reporting (test report, AFO TestMatrix)
- UAT/BAT coordination
- Onboarding of new team members
- Team planning / capacity planning
- Support with documentation
- Methods/tools/technologies: black box, white box, exploratory testing, E2E testing, regression testing, L&P testing, acceptance testing and interface testing, integration and system testing, networking, JIRA with Zephyrscale plug-in, Confluence, RISE Portal, Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, Linux, VM, Postman, SQL, SQL-Developer, Bruno, Wireshark, cloud, Burp Suite, Notepad++
Anastasiia K.
Last position:
Senior Test Automation Engineer at E.ON
- Reviewing functional and technical requirements from a testing perspective
- Creating test cases and automated tests to validate requirements
- Performing manual and automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests
- Documenting test results and tracking defects
- Using models like GPT-4, BERT, and Hugging Face Transformers for automated test case generation, analysis of test results, and improving test coverage, including bias checks and security reviews
- Techs: MS Office, Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, Tosca, stakeholder communication, Agile, Kanban, Scrum, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, PyTorch, LangChain.
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
Martin G.
Last position:
SAP Test Data Management Consultant at Siemens AG
End-to-end quality assurance in a global S/4HANA transformation program.
Automated test data setup, evaluation of search and generation solutions, and PoC execution (K2View, EPI-USE).
Coordination between Siemens teams and external partners, and structured knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders.
Created a basis for PoC decisions and sped up tool selection.
Standardized test data provisioning and noticeably reduced lead times.
Established governance for test data processes (policies, roles, KPIs).
Sustainable know-how transfer: empowered internal teams to operate solutions on their own.
Methods & technologies: S/4HANA, SAP, K2View, EPI-USE, test data management, data masking, data provisioning, test strategy, test management, coaching & enablement, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Office 365, Gemini.
Thomas F.
Last position:
Senior Fullstack Developer at DB InfraGO AG
- Frontend: new development in Angular
- Backend: new development in ASP.NET Web API
- Database: modeling, implementation, and operation based on Microsoft SQL Server
- Requirements management, design, and implementation
- Deployment, maintenance, operation
- Knowledge transfer to internal staff
- Agile development (SCRUM)
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Statistics of experts using Bruno
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
1.6 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
91%
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 Bruno
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.
Bruno 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 (91%)
- Automotive (64%)
- Insurance (64%)
- Banking and Finance (55%)
- Transportation (55%)
- Manufacturing (45%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Media and Entertainment (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Bruno is
Bruno is an open-source API client for designing, sending and testing HTTP requests. It stores collections as plain-text files in a Git-friendly format, making API work easier to review, branch and share with a software team. Bruno supports REST, GraphQL and common request workflows without relying on a hosted workspace.
Collections and requests
A Bruno collection groups related requests for a service, product or environment. Specialists define methods, headers, query parameters, request bodies, scripts and assertions so teams can reproduce API calls consistently. Collections can document endpoints while also serving as practical tools for development, troubleshooting and manual verification.
- Organize REST and GraphQL requests
- Configure variables for local, test and production environments
- Add pre-request and post-response scripts
- Validate status codes, headers and response data
Ecosystem and tooling
Bruno works alongside Git, GitHub, GitLab and other version-control workflows because its collection files can live with project source code. Experts often connect it with JavaScript scripting, OpenAPI definitions, authentication schemes, CI pipelines and command-line execution. They also handle secrets safely across environment files and team setups.
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance Bruno professionals when API documentation is inconsistent, collections need restructuring or a team is moving away from a cloud-centered API client. They may need help creating reusable test flows, importing existing requests, diagnosing authentication issues or preparing collections for automated checks. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while regulated or cross-functional projects may still require on-site workshops and clear German or English communication.
- Migrate collections from another API client
- Build repeatable API regression checks
- Connect Bruno workflows with CI processes
- Establish collection conventions for distributed teams
What strong professionals deliver
Strong specialists understand HTTP, JSON, REST design and the authentication methods used by real services. They write maintainable scripts, separate secrets from shareable files and make failures easy to diagnose. They also know when Bruno is best used for focused API work and when a broader test framework or contract-testing approach is needed.
Choosing the right fit
Review examples of collections, scripts and API test workflows rather than focusing only on tool familiarity. Ask how the professional handles environment variables, sensitive credentials, Git conflicts, flaky responses and handover documentation. The best fit can explain trade-offs clearly, work with existing backend and quality teams, and leave behind collections that remain useful after the engagement ends.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Bruno — answered in short.
Bruno is an open-source API client for sending requests, organizing collections and checking responses. Teams use it for REST and GraphQL exploration, API documentation, manual troubleshooting and repeatable test workflows.
Bruno stores collections as files that fit naturally into Git, while Postman centers much of its collaboration around a hosted workspace. The right choice depends on requirements for version control, team collaboration, local workflows and existing integrations.
Bruno can support automated checks through scripts, assertions and command-line workflows. A specialist can connect collections to CI pipelines and structure environments so tests run consistently without exposing credentials.
Bruno work benefits from strong HTTP, JSON, REST and authentication knowledge. Depending on the project, useful adjacent skills include GraphQL, JavaScript scripting, OpenAPI, Git, CI systems and API contract testing.
Bruno is approachable for straightforward request collections, but complex migrations and automated checks need deeper API testing experience. Match the specialist to the number of environments, authentication flows, integrations and quality requirements involved.
Bruno works well in remote teams because collections are file-based and can be reviewed through Git workflows. For projects in Germany, agree early on communication language, repository access, security practices and any need for on-site workshops.
Ask a Bruno specialist to explain a collection structure, environment strategy and approach to failed requests. Review how they protect secrets, write readable scripts, manage changes in Git and document the workflow for other team members.
Bruno is effective for API exploration, collection-based checks and focused automation. It may not replace a full end-to-end or performance-testing stack, so the specialist should define which responsibilities belong in Bruno and which require other tools.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects is 80 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 642 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 44% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects are German (100%), English (91%), and French (27%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Automotive (64%), and Insurance (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Bruno in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (91%), and Project Management (82%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Bruno
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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