Cucumber Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used Cucumber
Marco T.
Last position:
Scrum Master at Siemens Energy
- Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Interface & Integration Team (2 Scrum Teams)
- Planning and delivering trainings in agile methods
- Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
- Removing impediments
- Increasing sprint performance
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
Martin M.
Last position:
Test automation for trading software at Martin Moser IT Consulting GmbH
- Set up GUI test framework for testers and developers to easily create GUI tests
- Implemented automated GUI tests with QF-Test for stock trading software and PDF file comparisons
- Created comparison runs between different versions
Used technologies: QF-Test, Java, Jython
Johannes E.
Last position:
E2E Test Manager / Technical Project Lead at Sky Media GmbH
Iterative test planning
Providing test infrastructure
Resource planning
Test design
Coordination of test teams
Defect management
Release management
Project planning
Cohort planning
Test planning
Test execution
Trial test planning
Rollout
Business analysis
Requirements engineering
Change management
E2E test coordination
Celso K.
Last position:
SAP Commerce Cloud FullStack Developer at Spar
- Implementation of a GitLab CI/CD pipeline based on SAP Commerce Cloud 2211
- Development of a new B2C shop with Vue, Node and TypeScript to ensure scalability, extensibility and performance optimization
- Integration of Microsoft Azure Event Grid with SAP Hybris
- Implementation of BDD with Cucumber using Gherkin syntax to promote collaboration between development and business teams
- Support and customization of a Spartacus shop
- Technologies/Languages: Java, REST, OData, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Cucumber, Node, Vue, TypeScript, Spartacus, GitLab CI/CD, Gradle, Maven, Ant, SonarQube
Alexandre S.
Last position:
Cloud Engineer at Dectris AG
- Build a scalable multi-region backend service in AWS to serve remote desktop virtual machines for scientific analysis
- Stack: AWS, GitHub, Terraform, Python, Rust
- Built and defined the core infrastructure of the backend system
- Defined and coded the virtual machines provisioning supporting Ubuntu and Rocky Linux desktop setups
- Programmed the API service running in ECS to manage virtual machines and build custom Docker images for users
Vitor R.
Last position:
Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all
- Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
- Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
- Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
- Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
- Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
- Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
- Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
- Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
Christoph S.
Last position:
Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten
- Development of the Ibalis portal and payment procedures for applying for and paying out EU funding.
- Publicly accessible portal, e.g. for farmers.
- Projects over the last ten years were carried out according to Scrum.
- Technologies: Spring, Wicket, Hibernate, Postgres, JSON, XML, REST, Bitbucket, Podam, Buckets, JUnit, Gradle, Intellij, Bamboo, Swagger.
Christof N.
Last position:
Senior Developer at Otto GmbH
- Further development of personalized advertising spaces on the Otto web shop
- Full-stack development in a Kanban-driven team of about 15 people
- Technologies: Microservices, Kotlin, Spring, Spring Boot, Gradle, MongoDB, HTML, JS, Node, SCSS, AWS
- Development process: Kanban; continuous integration with AWS CodePipeline and GitHub Actions
Janusz M.
Last position:
IoT Edge Computing / Self-Driving-Cars at Automotive consulting company
- Platform: Python ecosystem, RHEL 8, K10, AWS IoT Core, AWS Lambda, MLOps
- Software: Java JEE/cloud, IntelliJ IDEA, AWS IoT Core, AWS Edge and Lambda, AWS SageMaker SDK, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, OpenShift 4, Tekton, Flux, Helm charts, JSON/XML technology, Nginx, Apache Spark, OpenAI (GPT Plus, DALL-E 3, Whisper), GAN, GitHub Copilot, AI/machine and deep learning, Jupyter notebooks, TensorFlow 2, Colab, Keras API, Prometheus, Grafana, Conda, Python 3.9, PySci stack (NumPy, pandas, Scikit-learn, matplotlib)
- Responsible for webinar:
- IoT edge computing: architecture, components, resources, management
- IoT edge computing with MicroK8s, designing and creating flows/diagrams for AWS, three-step model for IoT ecosystem
- IoT processes, connectivity, data transfer and deployment, security
- Optimization of edge computing for IoT networks and services (AWS SQS queue, SNS notifications, events, analytics, buttons, device management/defender, Things Graph)
- Machine/deep learning frameworks (models, training, pipeline optimization, deployment in the cloud/at the edge (OpenShift), monitoring workloads with Prometheus and Grafana)
- Performance optimization for low latency/resilience using adaptive ML/DL/RL models for customer IoT data
- Analysis of large sensor data sets with Apache Spark, Kafka clusters
- Kasten K10 data management platform on Kubernetes multi-cluster with Helm chart, deployment, backup/disaster recovery (RTO/RPO), data lifecycle and security management
- Implementation of multilayer artificial neural network (ANN) with TensorFlow 2 and Colab for regression and classification; data analysis and provisioning for applications; development of models for testing and training, deployment of models
- Automation of business streamline processes with AI (Azure OpenAI, Discord bots/Zapier apps AI assistants (IntelliJ, GitHub Copilot))
Ludmila K.
Last position:
Math Tutor at Mathematik Online Nachhilfe
- Analysis
- Probability and statistics
- Analytic geometry
- Abitur preparation
Adithya B.
Last position:
Edge AI Software Engineer at Neura Robotics GmbH
- Deployed and optimized Vision-Language-Action (VLA) and diffusion policy models on NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Jetson Thor, meeting real-time inference latency targets for humanoid robot control loops.
- Built TensorRT engine pipelines (PyTorch → ONNX → TensorRT) with INT8/FP8 post-training quantization, calibration dataset design, and quantization-aware validation, reducing inference memory footprint by over 3× on Jetson without accuracy regression.
- Developed custom CUDA C++ plugins and CUDA Graphs for latency-deterministic, real-time policy execution – meeting hard runtime and memory constraints on embedded GPU targets.
- Developed an inference engine for VLA models on top of llama.cpp bringing different VLA policies under single runtime, packaging each as a single self-contained GGUF that needs no Python or PyTorch.
- Profiled and tuned GPU execution using NVIDIA Nsight Systems and Nsight Compute, identifying CUDA kernel bottlenecks, memory bandwidth saturation, and SM occupancy issues across Jetson Orin and Thor compute profiles for cross-layer performance optimization.
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Statistics of experts using Cucumber
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years (Germany: 19 years)
Position duration
2 years (Germany: 1.8 years)
Positions per freelancer
15 (Germany: 13)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 46%)
Doctorate
13% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using Cucumber
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Cucumber 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%)
- Banking and Finance (75%)
- Automotive (58%)
- Manufacturing (42%)
- Media and Entertainment (42%)
- Retail (42%)
- Telecommunication (42%)
- Energy (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Behavior-driven testing
Cucumber is an open-source tool for behavior-driven development and acceptance testing. Teams describe expected behavior in readable Gherkin scenarios, then connect each step to automated test code. This creates a shared specification for product, business and technical teams.
Gherkin and scenarios
Gherkin uses keywords such as Feature, Scenario, Given, When and Then. Well-structured scenarios focus on observable business behavior rather than implementation details. Strong specialists help teams keep feature files concise, meaningful and easy to maintain as requirements change.
Tools and integrations
Cucumber runs across established testing ecosystems:
- Cucumber-JVM with Java, Kotlin or other JVM languages
- Cucumber.js for JavaScript and TypeScript projects
- Selenium, Playwright or Appium for browser and mobile automation
- JUnit, TestNG, Maven, Gradle and CI pipeline integration
The right integration depends on the application, test architecture and delivery workflow.
Where companies use it
Companies use Cucumber for customer journeys, APIs, payment flows, account processes and other critical behavior. It fits web, mobile and service-based systems where acceptance criteria must remain visible to non-technical stakeholders. In Munich, it often supports collaboration across international product and engineering teams, both on-site and remotely.
When to hire a specialist
Freelance expertise is useful when acceptance tests are unreliable, feature files have become difficult to read or automation is disconnected from delivery. Specialists can establish a maintainable step-definition design, reduce duplication, improve test data handling and integrate reporting into CI. They can also coach teams on practical behavior-driven development.
What strong experts deliver
Strong Cucumber professionals understand testing strategy, software design and business workflows together. They distinguish valuable acceptance coverage from brittle UI scripts and know when API or service-level tests are more appropriate. Look for clear scenario design, stable automation, useful failure diagnostics and experience working with product stakeholders. For Munich teams, familiarity with remote collaboration and clear English communication can support distributed delivery.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Cucumber — answered in short.
Cucumber is used to express business behavior as executable acceptance tests. Teams write scenarios in Gherkin so that product stakeholders and technical specialists can review the same expected behavior.
Cucumber focuses on behavior visible to a user or business process, while unit tests usually verify small pieces of code and integration tests check connections between components. It complements those test levels rather than replacing them.
Cucumber is a strong choice when the project benefits from Gherkin and needs support across ecosystems such as Java, JavaScript or Ruby. SpecFlow is closely associated with .NET teams, so the existing language stack, reporting needs and team habits should guide the decision.
A strong Cucumber freelancer should understand test strategy, Gherkin, API testing, browser automation and CI pipelines. Experience with tools such as Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, Maven or GitHub Actions is useful when the work includes a full automation workflow.
Cucumber work can be straightforward for a small, well-defined suite, but complex systems need a specialist who has handled test architecture, data isolation and flaky scenarios. The relevant experience is with similar workflows and integrations, not simply time spent with the tool.
Cucumber projects are well suited to remote collaboration because feature files, code and pipeline results can be reviewed together. A Munich team should agree on working hours, documentation and language expectations, especially when product stakeholders join scenario workshops.
Good Cucumber work uses readable scenarios that describe business outcomes without duplicating implementation details. Check whether the suite gives useful failures, avoids fragile step definitions, runs consistently in CI and covers risks that matter to the product.
Cucumber may add unnecessary maintenance when a project only needs focused unit or API tests and has no benefit from shared business-readable scenarios. It is also a poor fit when teams write feature files as technical scripts without stakeholder review or clear acceptance intent.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 760 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects are English (100%), German (92%), and Spanish (42%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Automotive (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Cucumber in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (83%), and Project Management (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Cucumber
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