fastlane Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used fastlane
Martin R.
Last position:
Principal Fullstack Engineer / Tech Lead Fullstack Applications at Procure Ai Ltd
Procure Ai builds a procurement platform with tools to optimise purchasing and supplier management, delivering real-time analytics, cost-saving insights, and automated workflows. A common data model integrates and enriches data from multiple ERP and e-procurement systems including Ivalua, SAP, Coupa, WPS, and Jaggaer.
06/2025 – TODAY:
- Architecting and building a new AI-native procurement platform with document intelligence, an agent orchestration layer using Mastra and LLM-based workflow automation across supplier, intake and category management use-cases
- Shipped agentic engineering workflows across the development team, enabling LLM-assisted code generation and review automation, measurably reducing cycle time on repetitive development tasks
- Migrating the Design System from Material UI to shadcn/ui with Tailwind, improving consistency and reducing frontend build overhead
- Staying hands-on across frontend, backend and AI features while the engineering team grew from 10 to 20+ engineers: hiring, onboarding, 1:1s and mentoring
06/2020 – 06/2025:
- Joining as the first engineer after the two founders; shaping platform architecture and product vision from scratch in close collaboration with the CTO, growing the platform to serve 10 enterprise customers
- Leading fullstack feature development on the core procurement platform, with focus on Analytics, Search, and Autonomous Negotiations use-cases: defining MVP scope, aligning technical decisions to customer outcomes, and cutting work that wasn't delivering value
- Challenged a field-based configuration request for Autonomous Negotiations and instead built a node-based rule builder matching how category managers think in conditions and branches; later reused across other workflow and decision configuration use-cases
- Designing and implementing multi-tenant authentication and fine-grained authorisation based on organisational units
- Architecting and building a multi-tenant Admin Application for managing customer installations across environments, covering configuration, feature flags, and i18n
- Creating and maintaining a custom Design System built on Material UI, used across the full product
- Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipeline and full QA suite (linting, unit, integration, and e2e testing)
- Architecting and implementing a multi-environment release process using Helm and Helmfile; owning infrastructure as code across AWS and Azure
- Researching and piloting new tools and frameworks; making build-vs-buy decisions to balance velocity, cost, and long-term maintainability
- Grew the engineering team from 4 to 10+ engineers, mentoring engineers and building a culture of ownership, code review and iterative delivery
Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Fastify, GraphQL, GraphQL Codegen, GraphQL Mesh, GraphQL Yoga, Hasura, Apollo Client, REST, CubeJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Elasticsearch, Meilisearch, Typesense, Kafka, Avro, Karapace, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm, Helmfile, GitLab CI, Keycloak, Better-Auth, OpenFGA, Nx, Vite, Vitest, Playwright, Testing Library, Storybook, Chromatic, Material UI, shadcn/ui, Tailwind, React Flow, recharts, i18next, Backstage, Grafana, Sentry, Zod, Claude Code, Codex, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Vercel AI Elements, AWS, Azure
Matthias Z.
Last position:
Senior Flutter Developer at Materna
- Developed a Flutter app for eID ID card logins
- Focus: Flutter, iOS, eID, AusweisAppSDK, Mason, Keycloak, Agentic Coding, Arc42, Jenkins
Anton L.
Last position:
Senior Solution Architect
Internal systems with regulatory and security requirements could not be used directly by AI tools for incident triage, troubleshooting, and documentation search. The goal was to securely integrate these systems through MCP while preserving existing acce...
Natascha F.
Last position:
Senior iOS Developer - ANÜ at Stadtwerke München GmbH
- Development of an iOS app that combines public transport and sharing services
- Collaboration according to Scrum in a large cross-functional team
- Creation of reusable components with SwiftUI and Combine
- Development of a custom solution for Apple Maps
Muhammad Z.
Last position:
Sr. Mobile Developer at Firsty
- Worked on ideation phase through deployment; managed the team and implemented the core architecture
- Developed Firsty Travel eSim: native eSIM installation with a single click; seamless user authentication; real-time data synchronization; intuitive user interface design; advanced security protocols; integration with third-party services; high performance and scalability
- Developed WIO Business banking app: spend, save, invest, and control entire transaction process
- Technologies: Flutter, iOS, Android Studio
Adam R.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Tonies GmbH
- Complete platform upgrade from Expo 53 to Expo 54, considering project-critical breaking changes
- Version bump of react-native 0.79.5 to 0.81.5 including consolidation, updating, and reinstalling all project-related dependencies (JavaScript, native modules, build tools, TypeScript tooling)
- Identifying and fixing incompatible libraries as well as adjusting iOS and Android configurations (Gradle, Pods, build scripts)
- Enabling and integrating the React Native New Architecture (TurboModules & Fabric) including adjusting native interfaces, build configurations, and feature flags
- Cleaning up technical debt and harmonizing platform-specific implementations to ensure long-term maintainability
- Stabilizing the project through detailed debugging, regression analysis, and adjustments to the tooling chain (Metro, Babel, TypeScript)
- Conducting comprehensive test cycles (unit, E2E, device tests) and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for Bitrise and GitLab
- Ensuring stable releases for Android & iOS in conjunction with analytics, engagement, and monitoring systems
Umer D.
Last position:
Activation and Vocational Integration Program with Integrated Language Support at Berlitz
- Intensive language course with a focus on professional language content.
Cihan B.
Last position:
Senior iOS developer at Dewango GmbH
Developed an app for automatic safety checkins with heavily relying on AI-Tools:
Real-time Safety Monitoring - Continuous activity tracking using device motion sensors with automatic status verification through Firebase-based safety pings Emergency Contact System - Share code-based contact invitation system allowing trusted users to monitor real-time status with battery levels and last activity Background Processing - Robust Android foreground services and WorkManager integration ensuring 24/7 monitoring without interruption Smart Notifications - Firebase Cloud Messaging for instant alerts to emergency contacts Sleep Scheduling - Configurable quiet hours to prevent unnecessary alerts Premium Tier - In-app purchase system with unlimited contacts
Andrey G.
Last position:
iOS Developer at IBM Deutschland GmbH
- Further development of existing app
- Implementation of new features
- Bug-fixes
- Technologies: Swift, Xcode, Git, Jira, REST, MVVM, XCTests, UITests, Fastlane, Jenkins, SwiftUI
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
Md. Shah S.
Last position:
Android Engineer at ScrapBays Ltd.
- Built features using Jetpack Compose
- Improved location-based features with in-memory caching
- Developed Merchant-to-Merchant chat functionality from scratch
- Integrated FCM with deep links to enable contextual push notifications
- Performance tuning for Google Maps view using clustering for better performance in dense areas
Fatih K.
Last position:
Mobile App Developer at ING Belgium
- Part of a squad focused on intensive module development and integration
- Close collaboration with other squads and teams to integrate modules and essential components
- Use of SwiftUI and the Coordinator pattern to develop clean and understandable code
- Creative collaboration with UX designers in Figma and implementation in code
- Industry: Banking
- Project language: English
- Organizational form: Kanban
- Tools: Azure, Confluence, Figma, Teams
- Team size: 40 people
- Version control: Git, GitFlow, Azure
- App Store product: ING Banking
- Programming languages: SwiftUI, Swift
- Patterns: Coordinator, MVVM
- Swift Package Manager
- Localization: Yes
- Testing: XCTest, XCUITest
Malte S.
Last position:
Freelance iOS Developer at United Internet AG
- Under the brands Web.de, GMX, 1und1, and Mail.com, offers email and cloud services used daily by millions on iPhones.
- As part of a 10-person team, added new features, refactored legacy code, and increased test coverage.
- Features: Email and cloud access, compose email, email and cloud sync, news, contact, multiple account management, synchronization, notifications, premium features, ads.
- Technologies used: UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, VIPER, Unit tests, UI tests, Snapshot tests, Fastlane, Cocoapods, MailCore.
Michael B.
Last position:
iOS SDK Developer at Scoolio
- Developed an iOS SDK to display content in third-party iOS apps (supporting both SwiftUI and UIKit)
- Provided technical support to developers integrating the SDK into their applications
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Statistics of experts using fastlane
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
12 years
Position duration
1.4 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 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.
Average rates of experts in Germany using fastlane
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.
fastlane 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%)
- Retail (57%)
- Banking and Finance (36%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Media and Entertainment (36%)
- Automotive (29%)
- Insurance (29%)
- Transportation (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What fastlane does
fastlane is an open-source automation toolkit for mobile app delivery. It provides reusable actions for building, testing, signing and releasing iOS and Android applications. Teams use its lanes and configuration files to replace repetitive release steps with consistent, reviewable workflows.
Mobile release workflows
A fastlane setup can prepare certificates, create screenshots, run tests, upload builds and submit metadata to app stores. It supports App Store Connect and Google Play workflows, while actions can also call shell commands, APIs and custom scripts. This makes it useful for product teams with frequent releases or several app variants.
- Automate beta distribution through TestFlight or Google Play testing tracks
- Generate localized screenshots and store metadata
- Coordinate builds for multiple schemes, flavors or environments
- Publish release notes and version information consistently
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists understand Ruby and Bundler, because fastlane is commonly installed and pinned through a Gemfile. They also work with Xcode, Swift, CocoaPods, Gradle, Android Studio and signing assets. CI knowledge matters for integrating lanes with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitrise, CircleCI or self-hosted runners.
When companies need expertise
Companies often bring in freelance support when release automation is fragile, certificates are difficult to manage or a new app must enter a reliable delivery process. Germany-based teams may value on-site workshops, while distributed teams can work effectively through documented lanes, protected credentials and clear CI logs.
- Replace manual release checklists with repeatable lanes
- Migrate scripts from an older mobile delivery setup
- Separate development, staging and production credentials
- Connect fastlane to an existing CI and review process
What strong professionals deliver
A capable professional designs small, readable lanes instead of hiding every step in one script. They pin dependencies, handle failures clearly and protect certificates, API keys and store credentials. They also document local setup, CI variables, recovery steps and the boundaries between fastlane, Xcode and Gradle.
Evaluating project fit
The right level of expertise depends on the delivery problem, not only on the app’s size. Ask for examples of automated iOS and Android releases, store submission flows, signing recovery and CI troubleshooting. Review whether the proposed approach supports your repositories, branching model, app variants and compliance requirements without adding unnecessary tooling.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about fastlane, in one place.
fastlane automates repetitive tasks in iOS and Android app delivery. Companies use it to run tests, manage signing, distribute beta builds, create store screenshots, update metadata and submit releases.
fastlane coordinates mobile release tasks across tools rather than replacing Xcode or Gradle. Direct scripts can be suitable for a narrow workflow, while fastlane offers shared actions, conventions and store integrations for broader delivery processes.
fastlane work often requires Ruby, Bundler, Git and CI configuration. Useful adjacent skills include Xcode signing, App Store Connect, Gradle, Android keystores, CocoaPods, environment management and secure handling of API credentials.
fastlane expertise for a simple lane may be straightforward, but production automation needs experience with signing, store APIs and failed releases. For a complex setup, look for someone who has supported both iOS and Android pipelines and can document recovery procedures.
fastlane is well suited to remote collaboration because lanes, configuration and CI logs can be reviewed in a repository. German companies should agree on documentation language, access controls, release ownership and meeting expectations before work begins; on-site sessions can help with initial process discovery.
fastlane work should be judged by repeatability, clear failure messages and safe credential handling, not by the number of actions used. Ask the specialist to show how the workflow handles certificates, multiple environments, rollbacks and a failed store upload.
fastlane can organize lanes for development, staging and production, as well as different schemes, flavors or branded apps. A strong setup keeps environment-specific values and signing assets separate while reusing common release logic.
fastlane complements CI services such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Bitrise by defining the mobile tasks those systems execute. CI handles triggers and runners, while fastlane can provide a consistent release interface across local and automated runs.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects is 87 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 696 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects have 12 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects are German (100%), English (93%), and French (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Retail (57%), and Banking and Finance (36%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used fastlane in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (71%).
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