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Carlos M.

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Implementation in Pimcore/Shopware

Stuttgart
Carlos M.

Last position:

Implementation in Pimcore/Shopware

  • Consulting, design, analysis, software architecture and development
  • Design, development and implementation of a Pimcore environment and connection of several external API systems in a Kubernetes environment, as well as various PIM and ERP systems
  • Technologies: Unix environment, design, Symfony development, design, PHP 8+, software architecture, MySQL/SQL, Shell Script, Git Dev Ops tasks, AI coding assistance, Pimcore 12, Shopware 6
  • Team size: >10 people
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Elvir B.

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Software Architect and Software Developer

Stuttgart
Elvir B.

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Software Architect and Software Developer at Noctica IT GmbH

  • NocTime time tracking, workshop planner, meal delivery service app
  • LLM-based chatbot for controlling the NocTime time tracking system by voice input
  • Developing new customer solutions and enhancing existing ones based on the Noctica SAS app framework
  • Technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular 20, Angular Material, React, C#, Docker, Bash, Git, GitLab, RedMine, SQL, DBeaver, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Python, Tensorflow, Ollama, various LLMs
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Meenakumar V.

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Senior Technical Engineer

Weinstadt
Meenakumar V.

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
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Mangal M.

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Test Analyst

Stuttgart
Mangal M.

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Trainee Product Management at Digitale Leute Schule

  • Remote learning with experts and 636 instructional units.
  • Product management bootcamp teaching agile methods and software tools for modern product management in complex software projects.
  • User experience (UX) · product management · Figma (software) · user-centered design · Scrum · agile project management · Jira · Confluence · product discovery · backlog management · user experience design (UED) · prototyping · lean thinking · product roadmapping · user stories · Miro collaboration platform · application monitoring tools · performance metrics · lean product management · product design kickoff indicators (KPI) & tracking events · product strategy · business modeling · product vision & goals · product discovery.
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Ahmed F.

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Senior Lead Engineer (Freelance)

Stuttgart
Ahmed F.

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Senior Lead Engineer (Freelance) at Atruvia AG

  • Development of a wealth management application for investing in foreign currencies
  • Full-stack development with Angular, Spring Boot, OpenShift, Oracle DB, Kafka
  • Design and implementation of a microservice architecture
  • Integration into Atruvia's BWS system and connection of multiple interfaces between Atruvia and DZ Privatbank
  • Greenfield development of the application from the ground up
  • Technical responsibility for architecture and interface design
  • Close collaboration with business units and external stakeholders
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Jochen M.

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Technical Project Lead – Software Development

Filderstadt
Jochen M.

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Technical Project Lead – Software Development at IT Security (Defense) / CyberSecurity

  • Technical project lead for the software testing subproject in the development of encryption systems (tactical crypto devices).

  • Test monitoring

  • Test specification

  • Software test implementation

  • Schedule planning

  • Code reviews

  • Team leadership

  • Test team resource planning

  • Test team coordination

  • Coordination of overall project flow

  • Stakeholder management

  • Report creation

  • Reporting to executive management

  • Delivered testing milestones on schedule, ensuring timely integration with development.

  • Improved test team efficiency by standardizing workflows and reporting.

  • Ensured compliance with Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408).

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Sri M.

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Electronics Engineer

Stuttgart
Sri M.

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Electronics Engineer at Dausinger + Giesen GmbH

  • Designs and develops new high-precision analog/digital PCBs for laser control systems using Eagle and KiCad.
  • Leads hardware testing, failure analysis, and systems integration for all PCBs within high-power laser systems.
  • Conducts component-level debugging on PCBs, tracing faults from power supply rails to communication lines (CAN, SPI) and sensor data (ADC/DAC).
  • Identifies burned/damaged components, performs SMD/THT rework and soldering to repair and validate boards.
  • Developed an advanced auto-alignment algorithm using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and PID control in Embedded C. This firmware uses a 4-Quadrant-Diode (4QD) PCB’s ADC signals to control piezo mirrors, automatically maximizing the laser’s power position.
  • Developed an Autonomous Laser Alignment System using a PIC18F26K83. Implemented a Bayesian Optimization algorithm to maximize optical power by controlling a 2-axis piezo inertia mirror mount.
  • Designed a "Virtual Encoder" in software to track position for an open-loop system.
  • Configured the Internal ADCC in Burst Average Mode to filter high-impedance photodiode noise.
  • Interfaced with a PI E-870.41 driver using a custom 20kHz multiplexed pulse train.
  • Developed a robust CAN Bootloader for the dual-core dsPIC33CH, enabling remote firmware updates. Solved deep-level bugs related to hardware timer conflicts, slave core fuse-bit mismatches, and CAN state management.
  • Installs and integrates validated PCBs into the final laser systems, verifying all CAN, power, and I/O cabling and debugging any system-level hardware/software conflicts.
  • Contributes to the development of the C++/Qt-based system control software, integrating CAN protocols to control and test all PCBs from a unified application.
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José D.

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Software Automation Test Internship

Stuttgart
José D.

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Software Automation Test Internship at PHILIPSMEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH

  • Develop and debug test automation scripts in Python and C# for medical software platforms.
  • Support platform testing using HiL systems and Azure-based CI/CD pipelines.
  • Create and maintain documentation parsing tools and factory test setup configurations.
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Bhavin M.

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Research Assistant

Esslingen
Bhavin M.

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Research Assistant at Hochschule Esslingen

  • Working on the AnoMoB project, applying homomorphic encryption to extract insights from encrypted mobility data.
  • Explored CKKS and TFHE schemes, multi-party computation, oblivious transfer, and proxy re-encryption.
  • Implemented encrypted comparison and homomorphic operations on complex numbers using CKKS.
  • Homomorphic encryption with OpenFHE & TFHE-rs (Rust), SQL analysis, ML (Pandas/Polars/Scikit-learn)
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Orhun S.

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Consultant

Stuttgart
Orhun S.

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Independent Consultant

  • Security, PMI and Agile project management projects and training
  • A variety of projects with premium OEMs, Tier1s and Tier2s worldwide
  • e.g. Panasonic Europe, Cymotive, Veoneer, Cyres, VW, BMW, Ford
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Chaima D.

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Data Scientist Intern

Stuttgart
Chaima D.

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Data Scientist Intern at Marelli Automotive Lighting

  • Developed and deployed a deep learning model for automated keypoint detection in headlamp light distributions.
  • Prepared and processed datasets, and selected VGG16 after benchmarking CNN architectures for the best accuracy efficiency trade-off.
  • Delivered a Flask REST API, containerized with Docker, and integrated the solution into an existing internal system, enabling automated and efficient evaluation of headlamp designs.
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Noushiq M.

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Projects

Stuttgart
Noushiq M.

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Projects at Institute for Intelligent Systems

  • Evaluation and analysis of camera-based traffic light and sign recognition system on various LLM-based autonomous driving systems (LMDrive, BEVDriver)
  • Implemented VLM based traffic notice instruction generation unit for closed-loop autonomous driving system which alerts driver in unforeseen driving incidents
  • Developed independent LLM-based local chatbot with Llama, DeepSeek and Qwen including MLflow evaluation framework
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Ivan G.

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Technical Lead

Stuttgart
Ivan G.

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Technical Lead at Porsche Digital GmbH

  • Contributed to the design of the new financial services integration layer and moderated the architectural discussions
  • Oversaw the security concept and approval of the application
  • Prepared infrastructure setup and best practices for the Kotlin backend
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Pinar K.

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Researcher

Ludwigsburg
Pinar K.

Last position:

Researcher at Unknown

  • Investigation of the Effects of Emotional Design on Learning Performance and Emotional States in Multimedia Learning Using Eye Tracking and Electroencephalography Methods

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Statistics of experts using C++

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

20 years

C++ experts in Stuttgart have 20 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.3 years (Germany: 3.1 years)

C++ experts in Stuttgart stay in a single position for 2.3 years on average. It is 0.8 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 3.1 years.

Positions per freelancer

11 (Germany: 13)

C++ experts in Stuttgart have completed 11 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 2 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 13.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

C++ experts in Stuttgart have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Automotive, Manufacturing

C++ experts in Stuttgart are most in demand in Information Technology, Automotive, and Manufacturing.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

C++ experts in Stuttgart earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 92%)

100% of C++ experts in Stuttgart hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 8% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 92%.

Master's degree or higher

69% (Germany: 66%)

69% of C++ experts in Stuttgart hold at least a Master's degree. It is 3% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 66%.

Doctorate

8% (Germany: 12%)

8% of C++ experts in Stuttgart have a doctorate (PhD). It is 4% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 12%.

Certifications per freelancer

2

C++ experts in Stuttgart hold 2 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

C++ experts in Stuttgart most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 97%)

100% of C++ experts in Stuttgart speak two or more languages. It is 3% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 97%.

Based on our profile pool as of 11 Nov 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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14% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge less than €480 per day.
17% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge between €480 and €640 per day.
28% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge between €640 and €800 per day.
14% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge between €800 and €960 per day.
17% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge between €960 and €1120 per day.
10% of C++ experts in Stuttgart charge €1120 or more per day.
<€480 €480-​640 €640-​800 €800-​960 €960-​1120 €1120+

The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart using C++

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 743 €
Germany avg. 737 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 720 €
Germany median 760 €

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 11 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

C++ 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 (73%)
  • Automotive (60%)
  • Manufacturing (50%)
  • Healthcare (33%)
  • Aerospace and Defense (30%)
  • Banking and Finance (30%)
  • Telecommunication (23%)
  • Education (17%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Core capabilities

C++ is a compiled, general-purpose language for software where speed, memory control and predictable execution matter. Professionals use it for operating systems, desktop applications, game engines, financial systems, robotics and embedded products. Modern C++ supports object-oriented, generic and functional programming styles.

Systems and products

C++ runs close to hardware while supporting large, maintainable codebases. It is common in products that process data in real time or must respond with low latency.

  • Embedded controllers and industrial devices
  • Robotics, simulation and autonomous systems
  • Game engines, graphics and media software
  • Trading, analytics and high-throughput services

Ecosystem and tooling

Strong C++ work includes more than language syntax. Specialists use the Standard Library, Boost, CMake, Conan or vcpkg, compilers such as GCC, Clang and MSVC, and debuggers and profilers suited to the target system. They also work with Git-based workflows, automated tests, continuous integration and static analysis.

When expertise matters

Companies often bring in freelance C++ specialists when a product needs a performance review, a new hardware integration or a controlled modernization. In Stuttgart, this expertise is relevant to mobility, manufacturing, automation and other industries with demanding physical systems. Remote collaboration works well when interfaces, build environments and test hardware are documented clearly.

  • Reduce latency, memory use or startup time
  • Port software across operating systems or processors
  • Replace unsafe legacy code with modern C++

What strong specialists deliver

Effective professionals clarify hardware constraints, ownership rules, threading models and failure modes before changing code. They create measurable tests, isolate bottlenecks and document decisions. They can explain trade-offs between raw performance, portability, safety and long-term maintenance to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Choosing the right fit

Review work involving the relevant operating system, processor family, build chain and deployment model. Ask how the specialist investigates crashes, data races and performance regressions, and whether they can work within an existing architecture rather than rewriting it by default. For Stuttgart teams, agree early on language expectations, access to lab equipment and the balance between on-site sessions and remote delivery.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about C++, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

C++ is used for embedded firmware, operating system components, game engines, graphics applications, robotics, industrial control and low-latency services. It is a strong choice when execution speed, resource control or direct hardware access is central to the product.

C++ offers mature libraries, broad tooling and detailed control over memory and execution. Rust provides stronger compile-time safety, C is smaller and closer to the hardware, while Java prioritizes managed memory and portability. The right choice depends on platform constraints, existing code and the team’s ability to maintain the system.

A strong C++ specialist may also work with CMake, Conan, Boost, Git, Linux, Windows, embedded operating systems and cross-compilation. Useful supporting skills include multithreading, networking, hardware interfaces, testing, profiling and continuous integration.

The required depth of C++ experience depends on the system’s safety, latency, hardware and maintenance constraints. A specialist for a desktop tool may need a different background from someone handling real-time control, device drivers or a large legacy codebase. Define the target platform and failure risks before assessing profiles.

Yes. C++ projects can often be delivered remotely when repositories, build environments, logs and test procedures are accessible. Projects involving physical devices, lab equipment or production-line integration may still benefit from planned on-site sessions in Stuttgart.

For a C++ engagement in Stuttgart, clarify the target hardware, compiler toolchain, operating systems, deployment process and collaboration language. Also agree on access to test devices, security requirements, documentation standards and whether the specialist must attend key on-site workshops.

High-quality C++ work is readable, tested and measurable rather than merely fast in a narrow benchmark. Look for clear ownership and lifetime handling, safe concurrency, reproducible builds, useful diagnostics and performance tests that reflect real workloads. A good specialist explains trade-offs and leaves the code easier to operate.

Modernizing C++ is worthwhile when outdated patterns increase defects, block platform changes or make performance work difficult. A careful specialist starts with build and test coverage, then improves selected modules while preserving behavior. Incremental changes are usually safer than a wholesale rewrite unless the architecture or target platform has fundamentally changed.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 743 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 69% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects are English (100%), German (97%), and French (30%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects are Information Technology (73%), Automotive (60%), and Manufacturing (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Stuttgart, Germany who have used C++ in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Product Development (87%), and Quality Assurance (73%).

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