Entity Framework Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Entity Framework
Jörg T.
Last position:
Consultant, Requirements Engineer and Database Expert
Project – Evaluation and development of databases for a new product line for a measuring equipment manufacturer
- Current-state analysis
- Requirements analysis of the data storage layer
- Writing benchmark tests
- Design of the new database schema
- Database migrations
- Development of audit logging and Part11
- Creation of backup and recovery concepts
- Design of the persistence layer API
- Writing unit tests
- Creating requirements in Azure
Tools: C#, Visual Studio 2022, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Git, RestSharp, WebServer, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, SQLite, MinIO, Podman, Docker, DataGrip, SQL Management Studio, HeidiDB, pgAdmin
Yusuf C.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at LeiKon GmbH
- Development of scalable backend applications with C#/.NET and Java
- Design and implementation of distributed microservice architectures
- Development and integration of REST APIs for industrial applications
- Development of modern web applications with React, Angular, and TypeScript
- Implementation of MQTT-based communication solutions
- Integration of industrial protocols such as OPC UA and Modbus TCP
- Development of batch, process control, and HMI components
- Containerization and deployment of applications with Docker
- Conducting code reviews and supporting architecture decisions
- Close collaboration with Product Owners, QA, and interdisciplinary teams
- Analysis of business requirements and implementation of technical solutions
- Further development of existing software architectures with a focus on maintainability and performance
Technologies: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Java, C++, React, Angular, TypeScript, Vue.JS, MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus TCP, Docker, GitLab, MariaDB, MySQL, Linux
Matthias S.
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
Giuseppe A.
Last position:
Embedded Software Development at Inheco
- AI Integration (LLM & RAG): Designed and built an internal intelligent RAG system (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) based on LLMs, n8n, and vector data to automatically analyze technical documents and error logs.
- Design & Implementation: Designed a robust RS-232/UART communication interface for an SBC-based embedded device used to control medical shaker systems.
- Architecture & Protocol Design: Built a highly maintainable software structure (OOP, SOLID) and defined resilient, hardware-level communication protocols, including multithreading and advanced error handling.
- Quality Assurance & DevOps: Automated testing with xUnit, ran integration tests directly on the hardware target, and maintained technical documentation to strict medical technology standards via Azure DevOps.
Label: C#, .NET, LLMs, RAG, n8n, RS-232, UART, Multithreading, async/await, xUnit, gRPC/protobuf, Blazor, MudBlazor, EF Core, Visual Studio 2026, Azure DevOps
Oleg O.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer / BI Integration Developer Power BI, C# at Telecommunications
Embedded Analytics & AI-assisted BI
Design and development of an integrated analytics solution based on ASP.NET Core, Power BI Embedded, and LLM services to provide context-based business information.
Development of an AI agent with Function/Tool Calling for the secure orchestration of REST APIs, SQL data sources, and technical services within defined business processes.
Building automated BI workflows including workspace management, deployment processes, and scheduled refresh via the Power BI REST API.
Implementation of secure service-to-service communication with Microsoft Entra ID and Service Principal, and integration into existing enterprise system landscapes.
Technologies: ASP.NET Core, C#/.NET, Power BI Embedded, Power BI REST API, LLM API, AI Agents, Function/Tool Calling, Entra ID
Timo T.
Last position:
Gronic Ident & Sign at Gronic Systems GmbH
Gronic Ident & Sign
Core technologies: Android, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit, Regula Document Reader, Adobe Sign
Android app on dedicated devices for identifications and electronic signatures at the PoS
Andre F.
Last position:
.NET Consultant (Fullstack) at AFri Consulting
Software development with C#
IT infrastructure development and maintenance with Microsoft Azure
Integration of 3rd-party systems
Planning and setting up DevOps CI/CD processes
C# (.net8)
Azure Cloud Services
DevOps
Jira
Dynamics
Odata
Api Management
Key Vaults
ServiceBus
Azure Functions
Blazor
Johannes W.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at EnBW
The Agent Support Interface is an internally used software application deployed by all 1st- and 2nd-level customer advisors. It displays information about customers and their cases in a centralized and compact format.
The system provides links to other platforms and systems to improve the agent's workflow.
All challenges were handled independently and as a team in an agile SCRUM team.
Consulting in the areas of software architecture, DevOps strategies, and agile development processes.
Supporting the team in decision-making and introducing best practices for test automation and code reviews.
Technologies: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure, C#, MVC, CQRS, Akka.Net, Angular 18, NGXS, Typescript, Cypress/Playwright, Wiremock, CI/CD, DevOps.
Thomas G.
Last position:
Senior .NET / Cloud Engineer at Freelance
Building an observability and alerting solution for Business Central Job Queue Monitoring
- Built a central monitoring solution to monitor the Business Central Job Queue in a multi-organization environment in Azure DevOps
- Integrated Azure Application Insights and Log Analytics for the structured collection and analysis of job runtimes and error events
- Developed KQL queries for targeted analysis of failed jobs and detection of error patterns
- Connected Grafana and Power BI to visualize operational metrics and job statuses in real time
- Implemented an automated alerting workflow with Power Automate – an email notification is triggered immediately when a job fails
- Ensured transparency into the status of productive background processes during ongoing operations
Result: Full transparency into failed Business Central jobs · Significant reduction in response time through automated email alerting · Stable foundation for the proactive operation of productive background processes
Technologies: Azure DevOps | Application Insights | Log Analytics | KQL | Grafana | Power Automate | Power BI | Business Central | Azure Monitor
Frank E.
Last position:
DevOps at Lauck-IT
Operations and extensions of Azure DevOps pipelines
Operations and extensions of AWS services
Citrix (Windows 10, Bitwarden)
AWS: ECR, EKS, CloudFront CDN, Route 53, VPC peering and CNI upgrade, Atlas MongoDB, S3 buckets, static website hosting
Azure: build and deploy with DevOps pipelines
Artem K.
Last position:
Software Architect at VR Payments
- Worked on the development of cloud-based web platform for different financial solutions (Payment by invoice, EPI, Freenet)
- Made technical and architectural decisions, discussed with management team the direction of the platform
- Provided technical expertise, made software improvements
- Participated in meetings, reviewed tickets, wrote documentation
- Technologies used: C#, .NET, MS Azure Services, Azure SQL, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jira
Ahmed M.
Last position:
Senior Full-Stack Engineer at NEW NETZ
- Built more than 15 frontend applications and more than 10 backend services across internal tools, back-office workflows, and external portals for installers and end customers
- Automate build and release workflows with TypeScript and Azure DevOps
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance
- Integrate AI-assisted and agentic development practices into engineering workflows
- Coordinate user experience decisions with UX designers
Tech Stack: Claude Code, Codex, AWS (S3, Lambda, AppSync, Resolver), Next.js App Router, ReactJS, NuxtJS, Vue.js, Storybook, JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, Azure DevOps
Marc H.
Last position:
Senior Architect, Coach and Developer
Fixing issues in the program logic
Covering the changes with unit tests
Analyzing and documenting the data structure of the various applications
Analyzing and documenting the parameters for configuring the applications
Analyzing and documenting the measures required to ensure the operation of the applications
Analyzing and designing the separation of the individual database structures
Analyzing and estimating the effort for planned extensions
Analyzing, maintaining and documenting a heterogeneous legacy system landscape for a print media service provider
Technology: C#, VB.NET, C, Python, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio Code, arc42, Draw.io, Jira, GitLab
Rizwan B.
Last position:
Software Developer/Database/Devops at Sutor Bank
Project:
- Migration of existing VB6 applications to C# (Web API, web app)
- Report development and risk management systems (C#, API interfaces, databases)
- Document archive (API interfaces, databases)
Team size: 9 people
- Reports for Risk and Credit Management Development and maintenance of report structures to support risk and credit decisions, including data modeling, validation, and automated delivery for business departments.
- Migration and maintenance of a legacy system to the latest version of .NET for the asset management system Planning and execution of the modernization of an existing asset management system, including code refactoring, performance optimization, test automation, and sustainable maintenance after migration.
- Replacement of the COM-based archive connection with a REST API Redevelopment of the connection of the document archive (HYPARCHIV) to a REST API based on OpenAPI/Swagger, including archiving with index and stamp fields as well as PDF export into the customer portal.
- Redesign of payment receipt processing Replacement of an existing Oracle PL/SQL process with a new implementation in C# based on a business concept, including business alignment, data modeling, and test coverage.
- Design and implementation of tests, creation of deployment pipelines, and documentation
- Further development and implementation of change requests.
- Regular code reviews within the team as well as optimization of application scalability and stability
Technologies: C#, .NET 10, ASP.NET, Unit of Work, IoC, Three-Tier Architecture, Entity Framework Core, DB First, Web API, Swagger, OpenAPI, Python, Oracle, HYPARCHIV, Azure, PowerBI, DevOps, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), GIT, xUnit, NSubstitute, TypeScript, Vue.js, Pinia,
Methods: agile development using Scrum
Andreas G.
Last position:
Senior Fullstack .NET (Core) & Angular Developer at IT Service Provider
- Supporting several agile teams in the new product development of an enterprise CRM and ERP application
- Web frontend development with Angular 17–21 (microfrontends, Domain-Driven Design, MDB-Bootstrap)
- Backend development with C# and .NET 7–10, MongoDB, MassTransit, RabbitMQ, Entity Framework Core, ElasticSearch (microservices, DDD)
- Technical feature design for assigned tasks
- Technical architecture design including forward-looking planning of AI-supported extension options
- Proof-of-concept implementation of AI-supported workflows with n8n and a locally hosted LLM (Ollama)
- Coordination with stakeholders and Product Owners, support with sprint planning
Result: Delivery of production-ready microservices and frontend modules in agile sprint cycles.
Environment: .NET 7–10 · Angular 17–21 · C# · TypeScript · OpenAPI · Microfrontends · DDD · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm · MS SQL Server · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MassTransit · RabbitMQ · EF Core · ElasticSearch · Kibana · Azure DevOps · KeyCloak · n8n · Ollama
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Statistics of experts using Entity Framework
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.8 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
51%
Doctorate
3%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
93%
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 Germany 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.
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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.
Entity Framework 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 (98%)
- Manufacturing (63%)
- Banking and Finance (44%)
- Healthcare (44%)
- Automotive (41%)
- Transportation (41%)
- Government and Administration (36%)
- Education (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Entity Framework does
Entity Framework is Microsoft’s object-relational mapper for .NET. It lets application teams work with relational data through .NET objects and LINQ instead of writing every SQL statement by hand. Entity Framework Core is the modern, cross-platform implementation used in APIs, web applications, background services and enterprise systems.
Core project work
Specialists use Entity Framework to model business data, connect applications to databases and manage changes safely across environments. Typical deliverables include:
- Domain models, relationships and DbContext design
- LINQ queries, projections and transaction handling
- Migrations, seed data and deployment-ready schemas
- REST or GraphQL data access for .NET services
- Query tuning and database integration tests
Ecosystem and tooling
Entity Framework Core works closely with ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET, SQL Server and relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite. Strong specialists understand dependency injection, asynchronous programming, authentication boundaries and database tooling. They also use migration commands, profilers, logging and automated tests to keep data access observable and repeatable.
When companies need expertise
Freelance support is useful when a team is starting a .NET application, replacing older data access code or facing slow queries and fragile migrations. It can also help during a database redesign, service split or cloud transition. Companies in Germany often value clear documentation, reliable remote collaboration and the ability to work with existing internal teams in English or German.
What strong professionals deliver
The best results come from more than generating classes from tables. Experienced Entity Framework specialists choose suitable loading strategies, keep queries readable, protect transaction boundaries and understand the SQL produced by LINQ. They separate persistence concerns from domain logic, handle concurrency deliberately and test realistic data volumes before release.
Choosing the right specialist
Look for hands-on work with Entity Framework Core versions relevant to the project, the target database and the surrounding .NET stack. Ask for examples of migration strategy, query diagnosis and production incident handling. A strong professional explains trade-offs between ORM convenience and direct SQL, communicates risks early and leaves behind maintainable models, tests and operational guidance.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Entity Framework.
Entity Framework is an object-relational mapper for .NET applications. It maps classes to relational tables and supports queries, changes, relationships, transactions and schema migrations through familiar C# patterns.
Entity Framework Core is the modern, cross-platform implementation of Microsoft’s ORM. It is designed for current .NET applications and supports a broader range of operating systems and database providers, while classic Entity Framework is mainly associated with the older .NET Framework ecosystem.
Entity Framework is a strong fit when an application has a broad domain model, many relationships and a need for integrated migrations and change tracking. Direct SQL or Dapper can be preferable for tightly controlled queries, small data access layers or situations where SQL-level control matters most.
A capable Entity Framework specialist should also understand C#, modern .NET, ASP.NET Core, LINQ and relational database design. Experience with SQL Server or another relevant provider, testing, observability and deployment pipelines is equally valuable.
The required depth depends on the data model, performance demands and migration risk. A simple CRUD service may need solid Entity Framework Core delivery skills, while a large transactional system calls for a specialist who can diagnose generated SQL, manage concurrency and plan production migrations.
Entity Framework projects are usually suitable for remote collaboration because models, migrations and query tests can be reviewed in shared repositories and environments. On-site workshops may help with complex legacy systems, but clear documentation and German or English communication can support distributed work effectively.
Ask the Entity Framework specialist to explain query generation, loading behavior, indexing assumptions and migration rollback risks. Review tests, database constraints and performance evidence rather than judging only the C# model structure.
An experienced Entity Framework freelancer should prevent accidental N+1 queries, excessive tracking, inefficient projections and unsafe schema changes. They should also watch for unclear transaction boundaries, provider-specific behavior and migrations that have not been tested against realistic data.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Entity Framework in their recent projects is 89 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 710 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Entity Framework in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 3% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Entity Framework 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 Entity Framework in their recent projects are German (99%), English (95%), and Russian (12%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Entity Framework in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Manufacturing (63%), and Banking and Finance (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Entity Framework in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (99%), and Quality Assurance (64%).
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