FirstSpirit Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used FirstSpirit
Deniel H.
Last position:
Shareholder & Senior Engineer, Product and Go-to-Market at Continua Systems GmbH
Consulting and software for intralogistics automation (AGV/FTS) · Product lines AGVHub (independent AGV project consulting, layout editor) and OneBob (all-in-one business software for small teams)
- Designed and planned the implementation of a supervisory control system for a bakery production line (engineering customer, kick-off workshop 08/2025): three development stages, eight acceptance-ready milestones, batch traceability, AGV integration with RFID, Vue frontend.
- Discovery and requirements discussions with plant logistics and IT teams at industrial customers (life science, aviation, steel, engineering): translated supervisory control, ERP interface, and VDA 5050 requirements into architecture and requirements specification structures.
- Go-to-market automation and analytics: Bing and Meta campaigns, LLM-supported LinkedIn content pipeline, performance dashboards for partners and sales.
- Expert posts on LinkedIn about robotics and intralogistics: around 170,000 impressions across 41 posts (03 to 08/2026).
Stefan D.
Last position:
Online editor and content manager at Federal Employment Agency
- Content responsibility for two areas (careers and continuing education, as well as school, training and studies) and coordination with specialist departments
- Topic research and content planning for the online portal
- Web-friendly creation of target-group-relevant and SEO-optimized content for the online portal
- Building and maintaining multimedia content in the online portal CMS (Drupal)
- Monitoring the content of the online portal using Google Search Console and Matomo
- Ensuring the quality of the online portal through tests and analyses
- PowerPoint presentation of work results in topic conferences with BA specialist departments
- Supporting the existing online presence and analyzing and fixing errors
Timo D.
Last position:
External Consultant for E-Commerce and Online Shops at Wörner Medizinprodukte und Logistik GmbH
- Project leadership for the relaunch of the B2B online shop based on SAP Commerce (previously Shopware 5)
- Coordination of internal and external resources
- Stakeholder management and requirements management
- Support with the functional design of features
- Preparation of project reports and execution of SteerCo meetings
- Leadership and moderation of regular meetings and coordination sessions
- Consulting on the company’s E-Commerce strategy
- Sparring partner for the Head of E-Commerce
Manuel S.
Last position:
Project Manager at Univention
Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector
Responsibilities:
- Project coordination (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)
Products and standards:
- Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
- Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud
Stephan L.
Last position:
Content & SEO Manager at Telefónica, DerTour, Klett
- Content migrations (AEM, Contentstack), SEO optimization
- Editorial planning, image selection, and delivery of digital content
- Reporting, Jira and Confluence use
Janko B.
Last position:
RTE, Agile Coach at Haufe Group SE
Transformation of the program organization from six subprojects into a scaled agile setup as RTE to stabilize the go-live date
Organizational development by building virtual, agile, cross-functional teams and establishing metrics and performance indicators
Coaching agile development and rollout principles for an SAP migration
Training internal staff for new roles and toughening up effort estimates towards the steering board
Switching to agile governance and reporting structures with a focus on end-to-end business processes
Establishing the product owner role and promoting agile principles in the SAP development team
Reduced delivery times through domain-based scoping and smaller cycle times
More reliable delivery forecasts and increased delivery rates
Earlier and more frequent feedback from business units, increased trust, and cost savings by eliminating duplicate structures
Martina H.
Last position:
Freelance Copywriter, SEO Content Strategy & Strategic Consulting at primacontent.de
SEO Content Marketing Management, strategic consulting for SEO content projects, human in the loop editorial work
Tools:
- gsc, ga4, sistrix, semrush, helium10, chatGPT, gemini, perplexity
Results:
- improved content visibility in search engines and AI search
John V.
Last position:
Interim Head of Content & Social Media at Luckychef.com
- Creation and planning of the content plan
- Editorial planning for 10 channels
- Image shoot (organization, coordination, execution)
- Selection of image, text and video content
Abdullah A.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at FABBricate IT Solutions GmbH
- Provide end-to-end software and architecture support to clients across finance, manufacturing, energy, and insurance sectors
- Collaborate with customers to understand complex business requirements and deliver scalable, future-proof solutions
- Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve software systems using modern technologies and cloud platforms
- Support the full solution lifecycle – from technical conception, system architecture, and development to deployment and operational readiness
- Act as a trusted technical advisor, bridging business and engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions
- Lead architectural decisions with a focus on maintainability, cost-efficiency, security, and scalability across both cloud-native and on-premises environments
Isa G.
Last position:
SAP Test Lead Europe at Daiichi Sankyo
- Transformation project to S/4HANA
- Test management and coordination of functional tests for SAP
- Preparation and support of tests (SIT 1+2, MOCK 1+2, UAT) as part of the SAP S/4HANA rollout (SD, MM, FI/CO, MD)
- Creation of test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure system quality
- Monitoring and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) as well as ensuring the timely delivery of agreed performance indicators
- Coordination of the approach with test managers from other regions (US, JP)
- Planning of European test activities in the SAP implementation project in cooperation with test managers from the supplier
- Coordination of interdisciplinary business and technical test teams in Europe
- Business collaboration with global implementation partners
- Use of Tricentis qTest and ValGenesis as test management tools (for validation-relevant processes)
- Training functional consultants in testing and test tools
- Creation and evaluation of change requests, including effort estimation, prioritization, and tracking
- Reporting on test progress
Tom W.
Last position:
Interim Customer Experience Manager, Indirect Sales Systems at badenova Energie GmbH
- Modeling customer journeys and touchpoints for indirect sales partners
- Modeling and optimizing clearing processes
- Prioritizing and cleaning up the backlog of existing applications for sales partners
- Optimizing billing and service processes for sales partners
- Requirements management for replacing and rebuilding the system based on a no/low-code platform
- Supporting the implementation of a group-wide customer experience management system
- Managing external service and implementation partners
Anette G.
Last position:
Managing Director at promismanagement services GmbH
- Leading and building integrated management systems (IMS) for quality (QMS), data protection and information security (ISMS), risk (GRC), and artificial intelligence (AI) in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, ISO 21500, ISO 21502, ISO 37301, ISO 31000
- Governance, project, and transformation management nationally and internationally incl. enterprise and project governance
- Process development, optimization, and business process reengineering according to BPMN 2.0, Kaizen, IATF 16949, VDA, BPMN 2.0
- Compliance and risk management in the company and project context as well as connection to internal control systems (ICS) and Group Risk Compliance (GRC)
- Carrying out and leading internal audits and lead audits according to ISO 19011; audit management and test equipment / special equipment management
- Methodical and systemic coaching (IFS, Hakomi) as well as conflict moderation and change management
- Designing and delivering AI trainings, prompt engineering, and AI literacy workshops
- Advising on data protection impact assessments (DPIA), implementing EU GDPR, BDSG, and IT-SiG as well as NIS-2 and DORA
- Building and leading Program Management Offices (PMO) and introducing Project Management Office structures
- Contract management, clause-by-clause analyses, and project controlling according to PMI® standards incl. Earned Value Management
- Building knowledge, document, and content management systems (Confluence, SharePoint, EY iManage)
Louis N.
Last position:
Specialist in Adobe Experience Manager & Microservices at Nguenkam Consulting & Engineering
Java 11/21
Springboot
Swagger/OpenApi
Azure Pipelines
Trivy Integration
Apache Sling
OSGI
Java Content Repository (JCR)
Apache Jackrabbit Oak
Adobe HTL
GraphQL
Maven
GitLab
IntelliJ
Azure Cloud
Azure DevOps
Terraform
AEM specialist in the Scrum team
Development and deployment of microservices via Open API interfaces
Operation of microservices in the Azure Cloud
Implementation of AEM modules and integration with microservices
Member of the knowledge transfer team and a backend coordination team
Tobias H.
Last position:
Senior Java Web Developer at Deutsche Bahn
- Cloud-based Enterprise Service Bus/middleware development for communication between internal applications using Spring Boot and Apache Camel
- Use of AWS cloud computing technologies (e.g., EKS, EC2, S3)
- Development and configuration of modular base and adapter microservices with Camel DSL routing logic
- Designing interfaces and connecting via JMS (ActiveMQ, WebSphere MQ), REST, and SOAP
- Development of unit and integration tests
- Technical support for clients during requirement gathering
Kammel H.
Last position:
Senior Salesforce Developer at pflege.de
- Architecture and development of enterprise-level Salesforce solutions, including process automation, integrations, and Lightning components.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to optimize CRM architecture and data models.
- Tools & technologies: Salesforce, Apex, LWC, SOQL, Flows, REST APIs, Git, VS Code.
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Statistics of experts using FirstSpirit
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
94%
Master's degree or higher
35%
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 FirstSpirit
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.
FirstSpirit 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 (91%)
- Professional Services (55%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Insurance (45%)
- Transportation (45%)
- Media and Entertainment (45%)
- Automotive (41%)
- Education (41%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
FirstSpirit at a glance
FirstSpirit is an enterprise content management system from e-Spirit. Companies use it to manage structured content, digital assets and multilingual websites across complex organisations. The platform supports editorial teams while giving brands control over content delivery across web, mobile and other channels.
Where it is used
FirstSpirit commonly runs the digital presence of manufacturers, financial institutions, retailers, healthcare groups and public organisations. It fits programmes that require governance, reusable content and coordinated publishing across markets.
- Corporate and brand websites
- Multilingual country portals
- Product and service content hubs
- Headless content delivery
- Personalised digital experiences
Ecosystem and tooling
A FirstSpirit specialist works with templates, content schemas, workflows, permissions and the FirstSpirit Java-based stack. Relevant delivery work can include REST APIs, headless endpoints, search, digital asset management and frontend frameworks. Integrations often connect commerce, product information, customer data and translation systems.
When companies need support
Companies bring in freelance FirstSpirit expertise during migrations, redesigns, platform upgrades and international rollouts. External support is also useful when editorial processes need simplification or when an internal team must connect FirstSpirit with existing enterprise systems.
- Rework content models and templates
- Configure editorial workflows and roles
- Integrate APIs and downstream systems
- Move content from a legacy CMS
- Improve publishing and release processes
What strong specialists deliver
Strong professionals combine FirstSpirit configuration with sound content architecture and integration practice. They clarify authoring needs before changing templates, document dependencies and create maintainable solutions. They also understand caching, security, testing and deployment across controlled enterprise environments.
Collaboration in Germany
Projects in Germany often involve distributed teams, multiple business units and strict coordination between marketing, IT and external partners. A suitable freelancer can work remotely or on site, communicate clearly in English or German as required, and adapt to established review, release and compliance processes. Experience with German-language content operations is useful for international programmes.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with FirstSpirit? These answers cover the essentials.
FirstSpirit is used to create, manage and publish structured content for enterprise websites and digital channels. It supports multilingual sites, reusable content, editorial workflows, digital assets and integrations with other business systems.
FirstSpirit is often considered when an organisation needs strong governance, structured content and complex multilingual publishing. Compared with more general website tools, it is suited to coordinated enterprise operations, while headless-first products may offer a different approach to content delivery and frontend freedom.
A strong FirstSpirit expert may also work with Java, REST APIs, frontend frameworks, search services and digital asset management. Experience with commerce, product information, translation workflows, identity systems and deployment processes can be important for integration-heavy programmes.
The required depth depends on the work. A template or workflow change may need focused platform knowledge, while a migration, headless rollout or complex integration calls for a specialist who has handled content architecture, release processes and enterprise dependencies.
FirstSpirit work can usually be coordinated remotely when repositories, environments and access controls are prepared. On-site sessions may still help with editorial workshops, migration planning or alignment across German business and IT teams.
Ask for examples of FirstSpirit implementations that resemble your content model, publishing setup and integration landscape. Check whether the expert can explain template decisions, workflow design, testing, deployment and editorial usability in clear terms.
FirstSpirit can support headless scenarios in which content is delivered through APIs to separate frontend applications. The project still needs careful modelling, preview planning, caching design and governance so editors retain control over content and publishing.
A maintainable FirstSpirit implementation uses clear content models, reusable templates, documented integrations and restrained customisation. Reliable permissions, automated checks, sensible release procedures and training for editorial teams reduce operational friction over time.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects is 94 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 753 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects, 94% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 35% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects are German (100%), English (91%), and French (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Professional Services (55%), and Manufacturing (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used FirstSpirit in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Product Development (68%), and Project Management (68%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used FirstSpirit
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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