CircleCI Experts in Berlin
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Rüdiger S.
Last position:
Full-Stack Software Engineer / Consultant for Digitalization at ARTEVENT
Designed, built, and launched an internal event planning web application used by over 100 department leads for a large event, despite having no dedicated testing phase.
Ensured smooth, failure-free operation during first production use, leading to the tool being adopted for future events.
Automated catering calculations and related workflows, significantly reducing email communication and manual computation effort for meal planning.
Managed deployment and hosting on a Linux server using Coolify, including application setup and runtime operations.
Hired and guided a communication designer on UX while independently owning all technical decisions and implementation.
Santhosh K.
Last position:
Freelance Software Engineer at Zalando SE
- Drive migration of enterprise authorization platform from Styra DAS to open-source OPA via Skipper (Zalando's Golang-based ingress proxy) integration
- Optimise k8s resources and integrate native Prometheus metrics with OPA
- Migrate from internal monitoring solution to Prometheus CRs + Dash0
Tech Stack: Java/Kotlin, Golang, Python, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenTofu, Prometheus, Grafana
Dine A.
Last position:
Frontend Developer (Astro) at Mindful
- Built marketing site for video app launch
- Implemented responsive UI and performance optimizations
Faezeh Z.
Last position:
Software Engineer at Sofatutor GmbH
- Technologies: Ruby on Rails (MVC), JavaScript, CircleCI, Convert, Hotjar, Bugsnag, Git, GitHub, Cursor
- Developed and maintained full-stack features using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.
- Designed and implemented A/B tests to optimize user experience and product engagement.
- Created and executed RSpec unit and integration tests, ensuring high reliability.
- Contributed to CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate deployments.
- Collaborated in cross-functional Agile teams, performed code reviews, and improved application performance and maintainability.
Calin C.
Last position:
Gorillas
- Successfully migrated 99.9% of the users to the new app by automatically logging them in using the token retrieved from the old app.
- Facilitated more than 400k signups in the first 3 months after releasing the redesigned app by supporting phone, Apple, Google, and Facebook authentication methods implemented using Firebase.
- Helped more than 250k users successfully add their address by supporting search using Google Places and by selecting the exact location using Google Maps based on the service delivery zones.
- Skills: Firebase Auth, Google Places, Google Maps, Segment, Adjust, Braze, Rich Push Notifications
Khaled M.
Last position:
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer at Heycar (Mobility Trader GmbH)
- Heycar is a leading automotive platform redefining the used car market through intelligent data pipelines, multi-tenant services, and dealer-focused tooling. I led initiatives across backend architecture, data ingestion, and identity management to enhance scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Ingestion Platform: Designed a unified ingestion platform with YAML-based configuration, enabling new dealer data pipelines to be onboarded without code changes, cutting setup time from ~2 months to 2-3 days and improving scalability by 40%.
- Keycloak Leadership: Acted as the company's Keycloak expert, scaling it for multi-tenant identity management and extending functionality with custom plugins and delegated admin APIs.
- Back-Office Tooling: Developed a back-office application integrated with Salesforce, enabling dealers to manage inventory, convert leads, and handle support requests in real time.
- Multi-Tenant Migration: Collaborated across backend teams to migrate Heycar's core services into a unified multi-tenant cluster, ensuring high availability.
- Frontend CI Optimization: Optimized monorepo delivery by implementing CircleCI dynamic config with NX, deploying only affected UI projects and drastically cutting build times.
- Observability & Mentorship: Enhanced monitoring and release reliability while mentoring backend engineers and improving code review standards.
Sharvy A.
Last position:
Senior Ruby Software Engineer at Toptal
- Toptal is an exclusive network of the top software developers in the world. Top companies hire Toptal talent for their most important projects.
- Designed and extended backend REST APIs for CRM, Inventory, and Automation platforms using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL.
- Improved architecture and CI/CD workflows; increased test coverage and tightened release cycles using AWS, Hetzner, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Linux, Unix.
- Containerized services with Docker and deployed using Kubernetes to support high uptime and horizontal scaling.
- Worked closely with product and design to translate specs into clear deliverables and ship fast.
Mark M.
Last position:
CTO / Co-Founder at Cyclinghero.cc
- Full architecting, development of REST API and frontend using Express JS and NextJS
- Responsible for all deployment and build workflows (AWS + CircleCI)
Mario E.
Last position:
Developer and Consultant at Freelancer
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Statistics of experts using CircleCI
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
43%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
English, German, 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 Berlin 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 Berlin using CircleCI
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.
CircleCI 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 (56%)
- Automotive (44%)
- Retail (44%)
- Advertising (33%)
- Fashion (33%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
- Transportation (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What CircleCI Does
CircleCI is a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform for automating software workflows. It runs builds, tests and deployment steps whenever teams change their code, helping them detect defects early and release with a consistent process. Its cloud service and self-hosted runner options support different security and infrastructure needs.
Core Workflows
CircleCI professionals turn delivery requirements into clear, repeatable pipelines.
- Configure workflows for pull requests, branches and release paths
- Run unit, integration, end-to-end and security tests in parallel
- Build and publish Docker images or application packages
- Promote releases across staging and production environments
Ecosystem And Tooling
CircleCI integrates with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket, as well as Docker registries, cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters. Its configuration uses YAML and supports reusable commands, orbs, workflow dependencies, caching and approval gates. Strong specialists also work with shell scripting, artifact management, secrets and infrastructure as code.
When Companies Need Help
Companies often bring in freelance CircleCI expertise when pipelines have become slow, fragile or difficult to maintain. Berlin teams may need a specialist who can collaborate remotely or on site with product, security and operations groups while documenting decisions clearly in English and, where useful, German.
- Replace manual release steps with controlled automation
- Migrate pipelines from another CI/CD service
- Standardize delivery across repositories and teams
What Good Specialists Deliver
A capable professional creates pipelines that are easy to review, troubleshoot and extend. They isolate jobs, use caching without hiding failures, protect credentials, control permissions and make test results visible. They also understand how pipeline design affects cloud spending, developer feedback and production risk.
Choosing The Right Expert
Ask for examples of CircleCI workflows close to your stack, release model and compliance needs. Review how the professional handles flaky tests, parallel execution, rollback plans and runner security rather than judging configuration syntax alone. The best fit can explain trade-offs, improve an existing setup safely and leave behind useful documentation for the team.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about CircleCI? Start with the answers below.
CircleCI is used to automate continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows. It can build software, run automated tests, package artifacts, publish container images and deploy changes to cloud or on-premises environments.
CircleCI offers hosted pipeline execution, reusable configuration and workflow controls without requiring a team to operate a complete CI server. GitHub Actions is closely integrated with GitHub, while Jenkins offers broad customization but usually demands more infrastructure ownership; the right choice depends on repository hosting, security and maintenance preferences.
A strong CircleCI freelancer usually understands Git workflows, Docker, shell scripting, cloud services and infrastructure as code. Kubernetes, Terraform, artifact repositories, test automation and secrets management are also valuable when pipelines deliver distributed applications.
A small pipeline adjustment may suit a professional who has configured comparable CI systems and can learn the repository quickly. A migration, monorepo redesign or regulated deployment needs deeper CircleCI knowledge, especially around reusable configuration, runners, permissions, caching and failure recovery.
Yes. CircleCI work is well suited to remote collaboration because configuration, logs and reviews are shared through code repositories and cloud tools. Agree on overlap hours, documentation standards and access controls when working with a Berlin-based team across locations.
A CircleCI project may use self-hosted runners when workloads need private network access, specialized hardware or tighter control over execution environments. Hosted runners are often simpler, while self-hosting adds responsibility for patching, capacity, isolation and operational monitoring.
Review whether the CircleCI configuration is readable, modular and safe to change. Look for dependable tests, useful caching, protected secrets, clear logs, controlled approvals and documented recovery steps; ask the specialist to explain the trade-offs behind each choice.
A CircleCI specialist may deliver workflow configuration, reusable orbs or commands, runner setup, test parallelization, deployment automation and migration plans. They should also provide documentation, access guidance and a practical handover so the team can operate the pipelines independently.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects is 79 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 629 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 43% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects are English (100%), German (89%), and Spanish (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Media and Entertainment (56%), and Automotive (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used CircleCI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Marketing (33%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used CircleCI
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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