CI/CD Experts in Stuttgart
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Stuttgart, who have recently used CI/CD
Karin Albiez
Last position:
AI Benchmark Engineer | Native language specialist German at Lilt
- Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.
- Asset Creation: Building realistic task environments using datasets and files in German. Crucially, these assets must remain in the target language to genuinely measure multilingual handling.
- Prompting & Translation: finding failure points where AI does not work, in German.
- Implementation & Verification: Supporting the development of robust solutions (reference implementations) and write highly reliable, deterministic verifier scripts (using rubric-based judging only when strictly necessary).
- Calibration & Execution: Analyze execution logs and calibrate task difficulty (Easy to Very Hard) using standard Terminal-Bench run configurations against various model tiers (Haiku, Opus).
- Quality Assurance: Participation in a rigorous, 4-layer human quality control process (creation, human review, calibration review, and audit) alongside automated LLM-based checks to ensure fairness, grammatical accuracy, and benchmark integrity.
- Linguistic Review: Reviewing AI benchmark tasks across Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Czech and Turkish.
Matthias Spiller
Last position:
Software Developer and Consultant at CLADE GmbH
- Analysis of the existing CAN communication between microcontrollers
- Analysis of the sensors used and the measured values collected
- Planning the CAN messages for transmitting the measured values
- Iterative adjustment of the microcontroller code to the new CAN messages
- Cross-compilation from x64 to arm64
Sercan Tatar
Last position:
Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad
- Focus: system architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
- Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital matchmaking platform that connects relatives of people in need of care directly with verified care services and caregivers - without an agency and without ongoing fees.
- Business analysis & process design:
- Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
- Modeling of the core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
- Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
- Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
- Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
- Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
- Technical implementation:
- Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as a solo developer.
- Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
- Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
- Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
- Document upload with AWS S3 via presigned URLs for verification of care services.
- Email notifications via Resend API.
- AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
- Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and placement process.
- Building an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
- End-to-end tests with Playwright.
Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature-flag architecture.
Salim Chehab
Last position:
Cloud / Systems Architect
- Development and introduction of operational processes
- Preparation of complete documentation packages (including emergency management and operations) to meet compliance requirements
- Introduction of a workshop on IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Professional consulting for the project's security concept (ISMS)
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters on AWS, on-prem, and Azure
- Design of hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem, Hetzner, AWS)
- Analysis and resolution of incidents and system outages
- Network changes to firewall rules, gateways, OpenVPN settings, and IPsec tunnel (pfSense)
- Professional consulting on BitBucket, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Consulting on Ansible deployments and infrastructure automation
- Consulting on building a scalable system in the cloud (AWS / Azure)
- Technologies / Tools: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
Artyom Narimanyan
Last position:
AI Automation Engineer & Solution Architect at Technology Research Project
Designed and developed an AI-powered automation platform using n8n to analyze social media niches, identify target audiences, and automate marketing strategy generation. The solution combined AI agents, workflow orchestration, and data analysis to automate research processes and generate data-driven insights.
- Designed and implemented complex automation workflows using n8n
- Developed AI-powered analysis agents for market and audience research
- Integrated multiple APIs and AI services into automated workflows
- Built automated market, competitor, and target audience analysis pipelines
- Leveraged Large Language Models (LLMs) for information summarization, classification, and prioritization
- Containerized and deployed the platform using Docker
Technologies: n8n, AI Agents, OpenAI APIs, Prompt Engineering, LLMs, Docker, Linux, REST APIs, Webhooks
Emmanuel Lampe
Last position:
Founder and sole developer
- Development of a SaaS platform for esports teams with roles, scheduling, statistics, and billing
- Planning and implementation of the architecture, external API integrations, and operations
- Stack: Laravel 13, React 19, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Stripe
Gildas Djomen
Last position:
System Team Lead Diagnostics – Hybrid & Electric Drives (HEV/MHEV/PHEV) for Transmission and Engine (NA/SA) at Stellantis e-transmission
- Technical lead of diagnostics activities for eDCT transmissions and drive systems in the area of hybrid (HEV), mild-hybrid (MHEV), and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV)
- Responsibility for the development and validation of DTC strategies (OBD / EOBD) for markets in North and South America and the EU
- Coordination between interdisciplinary teams (system development, software, safety, calibration, after-sales)
- Creation and maintenance of diagnostic specifications (DID, DTC matrix, snapshot, freeze frame) according to STLA standards
- Support with troubleshooting, validation tests, EOL processes, and internal audits
- Technical interface to suppliers (Bosch, Valeo, etc.) in the area of actuators, sensors, and electric pumps
- Creation of diagnostic RFQ
Robin Sadlo
Last position:
Senior Cloud & Backend Engineer at Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH
- Implementing applications with Kotlin and Ktor as microservices
- Using MongoDB in the MongoDB Atlas cloud
- Asynchronous communication of services via Google Pub/Sub
- Using Kotest and MockK for unit tests
- Developing an administration frontend with TypeScript, React and Express.js
- Provisioning environments in GCP using Terraform
- Implementing CI/CD processes with GitHub Actions
- Operating scalable production and test environments in GCP with Kubernetes, Helm and Flux CD
- Monitoring environments with Prometheus and Grafana
- Providing BI data in the Google BigQuery data warehouse
Will Orrantia
Last position:
Solution Architect at Stuttgart Police Authority
Designing the migration strategy for WLS applications to the BKA cloud and Stack IT
Creating a hybrid cloud for internal testing and development with Kubernetes
Transforming the IT landscape from a legacy monolithic architecture to a cloud-based architecture
Integrating new CI/CD processes using Azure Pipelines
Quadrupled the throughput of personnel security checks
Migrated personnel security clearance applications to Docker-based applications
Built CI/deploy pipelines with Azure DevOps
Environment: Java Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Oracle WebLogic, OpenID, Camunda, JUnit, TOGAF
Albert Frischmann
Last position:
Lead Product Owner at CMBlu Energy AG
- Lead Product Owner for 4 development teams
- Leading and coordinating a greenfield project with parallel implementation of core components by independent teams; managing dependencies and resources
- Establishing a data lakehouse approach, including analysis of data volumes and future requirements as part of a cloud migration (best-of-breed approach)
- Responsible for requirements analysis, selection, and piloting of a LIMS/ELN system, supported by advising decision-makers and managing external vendors
- Introducing and managing an OpenWeb UI and Azure OpenAI-based RAG system to support knowledge extraction and data-driven analyses
- Setting up, configuring, and managing Jira projects, as well as developing project-specific workflows and automations
- Implementing classic Scrum processes with all ceremonies and taking on the Scrum Master role for all involved teams
- Assisting in hiring through interviews and assessments from a product owner's perspective
- Making key architectural decisions, including selecting the platform for the data lakehouse (Databricks) and the strategic integration of LIMS and analytics platforms
Achille Chimi
Last position:
Backend/Frontend Developer at ITZ-Bund
Development of a microservice application for calculating postings on accounts
Development of backend components with Java or JEE, Quarkus, Kafka, Rest API
Development of the test component with mocking frameworks (Mockito)
Development of integration test components
Creation of OpenAPI specification format
Configuration of CI/CD pipeline
Development of frontend components with React
Design, further development and optimization of system structures
Code review
Java Corretto 21, JEE, Quarkus, Golang
Reactive programming with Spring WebFlux, Project Reactor
Git, Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline, YAML, Json Swagger UI, Postman, Rest OpenAPI, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, Log4J
Microservices, Jira, Confluence, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes (deployment via Helm charts)
Spring Security, OAuth 2, JWT, Sonarqube
IntelliJ, Maven, logging framework Splunk, Agile method Scrum, Nexus, Vaadin V24, build tool Vite
React, React.JS, Node.js, Jess/JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Agile method Scrum, accessibility BITV, Playwright
Benjamin Schaich
Last position:
Design and implementation of a new cloud service at Porsche AG
- Design of a new cloud service
- Requirements Engineering
- API Design (REST API, Kafka)
- Consulting on architecture, feasibility and effort estimation
- Implementation of a microservice architecture
- Implementation of a Spring Boot web service
- Development of REST APIs including business and persistence logic
- Kafka consumers and producers
- Various Excel upload/download scenarios
- Change Data Capture
- Cloud provisioning with IaC/Terraform
- Go-live with 30,000 users
- Operation, support and bug fixing for other services
Environment/tools: GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, IntelliJ, Spring Boot, Java, Docker, Terraform, AWS ECS, Postgres, Apache Kafka, SAP Datasphere, JUnit, Debezium, Apache POI, Hibernate, JPA, Testcontainers
Marcel Schmidt
Last position:
Technical Lead / Lead Developer at REWE digital
- Due to an organizational restructuring towards product-based teams, the implementation of a Data Mesh in the area of Digital Supplier Management (DSM) was decided.
- A highly available real-time Data Mesh for providing large volumes of data via Kafka and REST to other products.
- New development of a core supplier management software in a (micro-)service-based architecture with a modern tech stack.
- Technologies/Tools:
- Java 21
- Spring Boot
- Angular
- TypeScript
- Go
- MapR
- Kafka
- Docker
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- GitLab CI
- Maven
- JUnit
- Mockito
- WireMock
- Cypress
- Keycloak
- OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect
- Humio
- Nexus
- Artifactory
- SonarQube
- Renovate
- Git
- Postman
- IntelliJ
Meenakumar Vaikundam
Last position:
Senior Embedded Technical Manager at IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies
- Led 14 member dev team and delivered postgresql database integration and performance optimization
- Delivered 8 K lines of C code with fewer defects (5 medium to low) in 8 months of development
- Integrate open source pgVector for AI application of the database for exact and nearest neighbor search
Alexander Zubok
Last position:
Fullstack Developer and DevOps Engineer at Freelancer
- Develop infrastructure and enhance existing infrastructure: Jenkins, GitLab Pipeline, OpenShift, Docker, Helm Chart, Kubernetes, Artifactory, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Python
- Document solutions in Jira/Confluence
- Support other colleagues in various technical areas
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Statistics of experts using CI/CD
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years
Position duration
1.7 years (Germany: 2.7 years)
Positions per freelancer
12 (Germany: 11)
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
95% (Germany: 92%)
Master's degree or higher
58%
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart using CI/CD
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Delivery flow
CI/CD is the set of practices that moves code from commit to release with less manual work. It covers continuous integration, continuous delivery, and when needed continuous deployment. Strong experts design the flow so teams can ship often without breaking the build.
What experts deliver
They build and maintain pipelines for test, build, scan, and release steps. Typical work includes:
- GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions pipelines
- automated tests and quality gates
- artifact handling and release promotion
- rollback paths and deployment checks
Tooling stack
The ecosystem often includes Git, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud services, and secret stores. Many CI/CD specialists also connect code quality tools, dependency scanning, and notification channels. The right setup depends on how the team ships software and where it runs.
When to bring in freelance help
Companies bring in freelance CI/CD experts when a release process is slow, unstable, or hard to audit. They are also useful for setting up a new pipeline during a platform change, fixing broken builds, or cleaning up inherited scripts. In Stuttgart, this often matters for software teams that work alongside industrial, mobility, or enterprise systems.
What strong specialists do well
A good professional understands both code and operations. They can read logs, trace failures, and turn a fragile release path into a repeatable one. They also document the flow so in-house teams can maintain it after the project ends.
Local collaboration
Many CI/CD projects can be done remotely, but Stuttgart teams sometimes want on-site support for release planning, access setup, or handover sessions. Clear English is common in tooling work, while German can help with cross-team coordination. The best experts adapt to the team's way of working and keep delivery moving.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about CI/CD.
CI/CD is used to automate the path from code changes to tested releases. It helps teams catch problems early, keep builds repeatable, and deploy with less manual effort. Companies use it for web apps, APIs, internal tools, and platform services.
CI/CD replaces hand-run release steps with a defined pipeline. That usually means faster feedback, fewer missed steps, and a clearer audit trail. Manual deployment can still work for small systems, but it becomes harder to trust as the codebase grows.
A strong CI/CD setup often sits on Git, Docker, and one of the common pipeline tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions. Many teams also add test runners, security scanning, and Kubernetes or cloud deployment targets. The exact mix depends on the stack and the release model.
A capable CI/CD expert usually knows Linux, scripting, Git workflows, and containers. Experience with cloud infrastructure, secrets handling, observability, and basic security checks is also valuable. For platform work, understanding Kubernetes and infrastructure as code helps a lot.
A CI/CD project that only needs a clean pipeline for one product may be manageable with a focused specialist. More complex work, such as multiple services, approvals, test environments, and release governance, needs someone who has handled failures before. The more fragile the current process, the more important senior hands-on experience becomes.
Yes, CI/CD work is often well suited to remote delivery because most tasks live in repos, pipeline configs, and cloud tools. On-site time can still help for access setup, team workshops, or release cutovers in Stuttgart. The right setup depends on how sensitive the systems are and how much coordination is needed.
A strong CI/CD freelancer explains trade-offs clearly and can show how a pipeline failed, how it was fixed, and what was improved afterward. Look for clean configuration, sensible stage design, good test coverage, and clear handover notes. The best sign is a release flow your team can actually maintain.
People often use CI/CD together with terms like continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment. Some teams also speak about release engineering, build pipelines, or DevOps when they mean parts of the same workflow. The exact wording changes, but the core goal stays the same: reliable software delivery.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 812 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects, 95% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 58% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Automotive (73%), and Banking and Finance (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used CI/CD in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Information Technology (95%), and Project Management (64%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used CI/CD
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