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Loretta A.

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Product Sustainability | LCA | ESG | Sustainability Regulatory Compliance|

Brühl
Loretta A.

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Master Thesis Student at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Future Fuels

  • Managed end-to-end data workflows for LCA and carbon footprint assessments, including data collection, validation, structuring, and LCI modeling for metal alloys, ensuring high data quality and traceability.
  • Developed a basic Excel automation tool to simplify carbon footprint calculations of metal alloys, replacing repetitive modelling in the software that previously took several hours.
  • Communicated environmental impact results through quantitative analysis, visualizations and reports to support the broader project strategy.
  • Performed environmental hotspot and scenario analysis to identify key impact drivers and assess opportunities for emissions reduction.
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Juliana W.

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Corporate Sustainability Strategy & Transformation Leader

Hamburg
Juliana W.

Last position:

Sustainability Consultant for SMEs at Freelancer

  • I help SMEs get VSME/VS-ready before their biggest customers come asking.
  • Tailored SME Readiness Assessment and Implementation Road Map
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Tom G.

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Digitalization Consultant

Munich
Tom G.

Last position:

Digitalization Consultant at LichtBlick SE – Green Electricity & Innovation

  • Concept & IT implementation of inbound B2C campaigns, BPM process documentation
  • Cross-departmental implementation of multiple whitepapers / guides
  • Setup of the customer journey with MS Dyn365 / CRM: forms, landing pages, campaigns
  • Project controlling, process documentation, testing and training / coaching, analytics reports
  • Hands-on implementation & on-time launch of all campaigns for digital new customer acquisition
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Robin W.

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Agentic Engineer · AI Engineer · Software Engineer · Context Engineer

Neidenstein
Robin W.

Last position:

Developer at agentic-engineer.online

agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.

  • Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
  • I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
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Pierre B.

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Senior Engineering Manager

Berlin
Pierre B.

Last position:

Senior Engineering Manager at Audibene GmbH

  • Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with Product Owner to define functional and technical requirements
  • Quarterly Roadmap definition with Executives and Product Owner
  • Fix bug and develop new features in Go and Typescript
  • Manage and mentor full stack engineering team
  • System Design in a micro-service environment
  • Guarantee application security
  • Improve engineering efficiency and deliverable quality
  • Support automation with agentic-AI workflow
  • Achievements:
  • Improved security and data privacy awareness in the team with workshops around best practices, security measures and attacks types
  • Conceptualized, designed and successfully released a new real-time chat application for our partners improving partner/company relationship and collaboration efficiency in Go and Typescript
  • Reduced meeting hours for engineers by restructuring projects preparation workflow in collaboration with product team
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Sascha M.

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Senior eCommerce & AI Engineer

Augsburg
Sascha M.

Last position:

Senior eCommerce & AI Engineer at UNIQBIT AG

Re-platforming an e-commerce shop to a microservice architecture

  • Goal: Replace an outdated Shopware system with a scalable, future-proof solution based on microservices and a headless architecture.
  • Led a full architecture consulting process and defined the microservice boundaries based on a headless architecture with commercetools as PIM/OMS and Next.js as the frontend solution.
  • Developed and integrated several decentralized services (e.g. internationalization, personalization).
  • Took over the configuration of central third-party systems such as Contentstack and Algolia.
  • Built a stable cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud with monitoring via Grafana.

Technologies: commercetools, Next.js, Contentstack, Algolia, Google Cloud, Grafana, TypeScript, Shopware

Development of an international e-commerce platform

  • Goal: Build a high-performance, user-friendly and international e-commerce platform.
  • Defined a scalable, high-performance and maintainable software architecture that served as the foundation for the platform's international expansion.
  • Selected a best-of-breed technology stack that enabled the development of an industry-leading shop and reduced development effort for new features by 30%.
  • Ensured seamless integration of critical third-party systems (PIM, CRM, ERP) to guarantee end-to-end business processes and a consistent data foundation.
  • Implemented comprehensive tracking and analytics tools for continuous performance monitoring and optimization of the customer journey.

Technologies: React.js, Next.js, commerceTools, Algolia, Salesforce, Heroku, CI/CD, PHP, Google Analytics

AI-powered personalization and customer data platform in e-commerce

  • Goal: Replace static content with a dynamic, AI-based personalization strategy to increase user relevance and automate marketing processes.
  • Designed and built a customer data platform to aggregate and combine customer and analytics data from distributed sources.
  • Implemented automated categorization of customer profiles as the basis for delivering personalized content and product recommendations in the Shopware frontend.
  • Developed a semantic similarity algorithm based on Python and OpenAI to calculate product and content similarity from user profiles.
  • Built the technical connection to retail media platforms to control external ad placements along the customer journey.

Technologies: Shopware 6, Python 3, OpenAI, Elasticsearch, PHP, Symfony, Twig

Shopware tracking & consent architecture (GDPR) for 4 online shops

  • Goal: Build a unified, GDPR-compliant tracking infrastructure across multiple shops with central consent management across several Shopware instances.
  • Defined a comprehensive tracking guide and developed a modular architecture compatible across multiple Shopware versions.
  • GDPR-compliant integration of Usercentrics and Adobe Launch through a central tag manager.
  • Full tracking setup (page, order, product, user) incl. partner-specific tracking (Emarsys, Channelpilot, etc.).
  • Detailed event and error tracking to proactively identify technical drop-offs.

Technologies: Shopware, Adobe Analytics, Usercentrics, Tag Manager, PHP, MySQL, GDPR

AI/LLM search engine with RAG and hybrid search (Python, Elasticsearch)

  • Goal: Build an AI-powered search engine with RAG architecture and hybrid search to accurately match service providers from over 500,000 company records.
  • Developed an automated data pipeline (web scraping + LLM) that continuously crawls company data and converts it into structured formats using LLMs.
  • Implemented a RAG workflow incl. vectorization for semantic search to increase search accuracy and relevance.
  • Configured and fine-tuned Elasticsearch for hybrid search (vector + keyword search).
  • End-to-end development of backend API, frontend and deployment on live servers.

Technologies: Python, FastAPI, Elasticsearch, LLM, RAG, React, Docker, Web Scraping

AI/computer vision system (Python, ML) – object detection under difficult conditions

  • Goal: Develop an AI-powered recognition system with reliable performance even in rain, fog, snow and darkness.
  • Built and annotated a large training dataset incl. difficult conditions.
  • Trained a YOLO-based object detection model; carried out systematic error analysis and improved data quality and preprocessing.
  • Coordinated with stakeholders through regular status updates.

Technologies: Python, Machine Learning, TensorFlow, PyTorch, YOLO, OpenCV

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Andreas B.

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Partner / Co-Founder

München
Andreas B.

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Partner / Co-Founder at Nexarro

  • Launched and leading a new venture in consulting & digital transformation.
  • Supporting clients in transforming their organisations, scaling growth strategies, building digital operating models, and creating future proof organisations.
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Reinhold M.

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Business Analyst, Proxy PO, Epic Owner, Quality Assurance

Petershausen
Reinhold M.

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Business Analyst, Proxy PO, Epic Owner, Quality Assurance at Digital Charging Solutions

  • Design and supervise implementation, testing and rollout of end-to-end processes and system integrations (frontend & backend)
  • Integrate with OEMs (Daimler, BMW/MINI) and CPOs (Ionity and others)
  • Introduce CPO discount packages with lifecycle processes
  • Implement consenting process for GTC & tariff updates and marketing opt-ins via SAP Emarsys
  • Automate blocking/unblocking of customers and integrate MS Dynamics CRM and proprietary 3rd level tool
  • Coordinate migration and go-live of new fleet portal
  • Migrate PSP from Datatrans to Adyen (credit card, PayPal) and integrate SEPA/BACS with Adyen via webhooks
  • Support and enhance OpenInformer billing engine: Oracle→PostgreSQL migration, PostgreSQL upgrade, regression test suite, performance troubleshooting, invoice relocation to Azure Storage
  • Identify and analyze fraud cases and implement countermeasures
  • Provide problem management, incident support and hypercare after major rollouts
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Julia W.

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CRM & Online Marketing Expert & Founder DMX | Digital Manufactory

Landshut
Julia W.

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External Campaign Manager CRM & Email Marketing Natüür at Natüür

  • Strategic rebuild and initial integration of the B2B CRM as the basis for a scalable and sustainably automated lead management process
  • Building and optimizing CRM processes and CRM campaign management לאורך the entire customer lifecycle
  • Developing, planning, and implementing lead generation strategies for trade fairs, roadshows, partner sites, and other relevant B2B touchpoints
  • Designing and modeling differentiated customer journeys and workflows for different target groups, touchpoints, and phases of the customer lifecycle
  • Designing first-touch and branding flows to systematically move new contacts into automated CRM journeys
  • Building lead nurturing processes for automated qualification, activation, and further development of leads until they are ready for sales
  • Designing and implementing marketing automations to reduce manual processes and scale the delivery of relevant content
  • Developing and optimizing automated lifecycle campaigns based on user behavior, interactions, interests, and lead status
  • Campaign management for email marketing and B2B communication, including editorial newsletters, trigger and automation emails, as well as ad hoc campaigns
  • Responsibility for newsletter sign-ups as well as optimization of the underlying processes and consent journeys
  • Consent management and optimization of opt-in processes as the basis for compliant and scalable CRM communication
  • Planning and implementation of ad hoc campaigns including A/B testing as well as continuous optimization of content, sending logic, and conversion
  • Analysis and evaluation of CRM performance and derivation of specific measures to increase engagement, lead quality, and conversion
  • CRM strategy consulting and workflow modeling with a focus on automation, scalability, and a consistent customer experience
  • Technical setup and structuring of data instances as well as coordination and support of data migrations
  • Optimization of data and system processes as the basis for automated and target-group-specific CRM communication
  • Internal and external stakeholder management as well as coordination of interfaces and external agencies
  • Technical project management from strategic concept development through implementation to analysis and continuous optimization
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Michael S.

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Technical Lead, Development and Requirements Gathering

Jena
Michael S.

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Technical Lead, Development and Requirements Gathering at Decoupled frontend for a website in the pharmacy sector

  • Ongoing support and further development.
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Sharana B.

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Salesforce Administrator/Developer

Berlin
Sharana B.

Last position:

Crypto-Native Liquidity Provider

  • Built risk matrix engine using Apex & LWC; integrated Onfido for document verification.
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Yannik S.

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Freelance - IT Data Project Manager

Aschheim
Yannik S.

Last position:

Freelance - IT Data Project Manager at Messe München GmbH

  • Integrated data from various sources into the Datawarehouse using Microsoft SQL Server, ensuring data integrity and optimizing performance
  • Developed and implemented multiple data visualization solutions in PowerBI, Excel, and Looker Studio, focusing on scalability and efficiency
  • Managed close stakeholder relationships, ensuring consistent communication and understanding of data needs
  • Conducted thorough requirement analysis to align with business objectives
  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven projects on time
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Boris A.

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Owner and Manager

München
Boris A.

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Owner and Manager at UBITEQ.io

  • Management of digital business
  • Design, build and run solutions based on ubiquitous technologies
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Ashkan Z.

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Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist

Kelkheim (Taunus)
Ashkan Z.

Last position:

Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist at Vattenfall Europe

  • Advising on the use of analytics and BI tools and services in the Microsoft Azure stack (e.g. MS Fabric, Synapse Workspaces and dedicated SQL pools, SQL Database, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Data Factory, SSIS, Analysis Services, Function Apps, Power BI, ML)
  • Independently designing analytics solutions with Python, SQL, etc.
  • Designing and implementing ETLs and data pipelines
  • Creating and maintaining APIs
  • Independently applying CI/CD, testing, and version control
  • Data modeling
  • Model development and optimization
  • Anomaly detection with AI
  • Predictive analytics

Used technologies:

  • Snowflake
  • Fabric
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure DataFactory
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Azure DevOps
  • Databricks
  • Spark
  • CI/CD
  • SQL Database
  • Python
  • Power Platform

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Statistics of experts using Customer Data Platform

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

20 years

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany have 20 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.8 years

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany stay in a single position for 2.8 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

9

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany have completed 9 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Retail.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

91%

91% of Customer Data Platform experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

59%

59% of Customer Data Platform experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

13%

13% of Customer Data Platform experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Customer Data Platform experts in Germany most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

97%

97% of Customer Data Platform experts in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 4 8 12 16
11 of the Customer Data Platform experts in Germany charge less than €800 per day.
15 of the Customer Data Platform experts in Germany charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
4 of the Customer Data Platform experts in Germany charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
One of the Customer Data Platform experts in Germany charges €1600 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany 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 Germany using Customer Data Platform

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

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Daily rate avg. 865 €

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 880 €

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.

Customer Data Platform 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 (81%)
  • Professional Services (49%)
  • Retail (43%)
  • Media and Entertainment (38%)
  • Advertising (35%)
  • Automotive (30%)
  • Banking and Finance (30%)
  • Manufacturing (30%)

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

About the technology

What a CDP does

A Customer Data Platform, commonly called a CDP, collects customer data from websites, apps, commerce systems, CRM tools and service channels. It resolves identities into persistent profiles and makes trusted, permission-aware data available to marketing, sales, service and analytics teams. Unlike a simple data warehouse, a CDP is designed for operational activation as well as analysis.

Core capabilities

CDP work spans data collection, profile unification and audience activation. Strong implementations typically include:

  • Event and behavioral data ingestion from digital channels
  • Identity resolution across known and anonymous customers
  • Consent, preference and data-governance controls
  • Audience segmentation and real-time activation
  • Measurement, orchestration and profile-quality monitoring

Ecosystem and tooling

Experts work across APIs, SDKs, event schemas, batch pipelines and streaming connections. Common ecosystems include Salesforce Data Cloud, Adobe Real-Time CDP, Twilio Segment and composable CDP architectures built with cloud data warehouses. Related tools may include CRM platforms, marketing automation, reverse ETL, tag management, customer identity services and BI systems.

When companies need specialists

Companies bring in freelance CDP specialists when customer information is spread across regional systems, channels cannot share audiences, or a migration needs careful planning. Germany-based organizations may also need professionals who can coordinate local stakeholders, multilingual teams and privacy-conscious data processes while working on-site or remotely.

  • Select a CDP and define the target operating model
  • Map source systems, events, identities and destinations
  • Migrate profiles and validate audience behavior
  • Connect activation channels and reporting workflows

Project deliverables

Typical deliverables include a CDP strategy, solution architecture, source-to-target mappings, event-taxonomy documentation and identity rules. Specialists can configure connectors, build ingestion flows, establish consent logic, create segments and test activation into advertising, email, personalization or service tools. They may also prepare runbooks and train internal teams.

What strong experts bring

The best professionals combine customer-data strategy with hands-on integration skills. They understand data modeling, APIs, SQL, cloud services, CRM and marketing technology without treating the CDP as an isolated tool. Quality is visible in clear ownership, explainable identity rules, reliable profile testing, documented consent behavior and measurable data quality. They also challenge unnecessary collection and design for maintainable operations.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Customer Data Platform? These answers cover the essentials.

A Customer Data Platform unifies customer information from digital channels, CRM, commerce and service systems into usable profiles. Companies use it to segment audiences, personalize interactions, coordinate campaigns and give teams a consistent view of customer behavior.

A CDP focuses on unifying customer identities and activating profiles across operational channels. A CRM usually centers on managed relationships and sales or service workflows, while a data warehouse is optimized for governed storage and analysis rather than direct audience activation.

A strong Customer Data Platform specialist often works with APIs, event tracking, SQL, cloud data services, consent management and identity resolution. Experience with CRM, marketing automation, analytics, reverse ETL and data quality is also valuable because the CDP depends on these connected systems.

The right level depends on scope, source complexity and the number of activation channels. A focused implementation may need a specialist for architecture and configuration, while a large migration benefits from expertise in data governance, identity design, testing, stakeholder alignment and ongoing operations.

Yes, much Customer Data Platform work can be delivered remotely through documented workshops, shared environments and structured testing. On-site sessions can still help with source-system discovery, stakeholder decisions and training, especially when teams are distributed across Germany.

A composable CDP can suit a company that already has a capable cloud warehouse, strong data engineering practices and flexible activation tools. A packaged Customer Data Platform may be preferable when teams need faster configuration, built-in profile management or a more unified operating model.

Ask for examples of identity resolution, event-taxonomy design, consent handling and activation testing. A capable CDP professional explains trade-offs clearly, documents data flows, validates edge cases and connects technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.

A Customer Data Platform freelancer should clarify the target use cases, source systems, identity keys, consent requirements, destinations and ownership model. They should also confirm data access, testing responsibilities, success criteria and whether collaboration is remote, on-site or hybrid.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 865 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 59% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects are German (97%), English (97%), and French (16%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects are Information Technology (81%), Professional Services (49%), and Retail (43%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Customer Data Platform in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Business Intelligence (70%), and Product Development (70%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Customer Data Platform

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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