
Geographic Information System Experts in Germany
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Moritz K.
Last position:
Scrum Master, Agile Coach at Name on request
Due to founding another company during COVID, the managing director stepped back from day-to-day operations, which left the team without leadership for around 3 years.
My task was to train a new Product Owner, shape the developers and the Product Owner into a cohesive team, and coach this newly formed team into a state where self-organized value delivery for the customer would be possible again.
Because of the political situation in the US, the main customer of my client saw a drop in revenue, which made a change in the business model necessary for my client. I was allowed to support the transition from a service provider to an AI-first company with a broad customer base in a strategic advisory role, hire staff, and facilitate several C-level negotiations between my client and its new customers.
TASKS
- Training team and management in Scrum and agile ways of working
- Coaching a junior Product Owner up to PSPO II level
- Mediating conflicts in change processes
- C-level consulting and negotiation facilitation
- Developing and evaluating business models
- Leading the hiring process for 4 new employees
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Successfully coached Product Owner to PSPO II level
- Formed a cohesive Scrum team from a team without leadership
- Restored self-organized value delivery for the customer
- Successfully transitioned to AI-native development (Claude)
- Successfully changed the customer's business model
TOOLS & METHODS
- Team building
- NVC according to Rosenberg
- Conflict management
- Workshop facilitation
- Negotiation facilitation
- Leadership coaching
- Personio hiring
Robert F.
Last position:
Interim Project Manager at IT services company of a regional energy supplier
- Delivery of various end-customer projects in server and network infrastructure on time, in quality, and within budget.
- Project 1: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall at an automotive supplier.
- Project 2: Migration of file services from dedicated servers at 5 branch locations into a central managed file service, including DHCP, directory, and print services, as well as decommissioning of the old domain controllers.
- Project 3: Renewal of the network infrastructure at the headquarters and branch locations of a logistics company and transition of the LAN, WLAN, and firewall environments into a managed network service.
- Project 4: Network renewal, replacement of the core and access switches at the headquarters of a medical technology company and transition into a managed network service.
- Project 5: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall for a city.
- Environment: ASA and Fortinet firewalls, Cisco network components, ITSM Heat/Ivanti, Confluence.
Sercan T.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad
- Focus: system architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
- Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital matchmaking platform that connects relatives of people in need of care directly with verified care services and caregivers - without an agency and without ongoing fees.
- Business analysis & process design:
- Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
- Modeling of the core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
- Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
- Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
- Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
- Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
- Technical implementation:
- Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as a solo developer.
- Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
- Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
- Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
- Document upload with AWS S3 via presigned URLs for verification of care services.
- Email notifications via Resend API.
- AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
- Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and placement process.
- Building an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
- End-to-end tests with Playwright.
Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature-flag architecture.
Philipp G.
Last position:
Data Scientist & ML Engineer at Data-Science Factory GmbH
- Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
- Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
- Development of LLM and NLP models
- Creation of interactive reports
- Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects
Ramazan C.
Last position:
Fullstack-/DevOps Engineer at BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office)
Development and further development of an internal platform for managing and providing technical resources, virtual machines, and infrastructure services. The platform supports self-service processes and covers functions that are conceptually comparable to cloud management solutions like Azure or AWS.
- Responsible involvement in the design, development, and implementation of new backend and frontend features
- Hands-on development with Java, Spring Boot, Python, and Angular
- Implementation of REST interfaces, business logic, validations, and integrations into existing system landscapes
- Further development of modern web interfaces with Angular, including connection to backend services
- Participation in architecture and design decisions within the team, especially with regard to scalability, maintainability, and clean interfaces
- Containerization and deployment of applications with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Support with CI/CD processes and deployment to Kubernetes-based environments
- Work in the environment of vSphere, Broadcom, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Maven, npm, and NuGet
- Close collaboration with developers, business teams, DevOps, and other technical stakeholders
- Analysis of technical requirements, deriving suitable solutions, and independent implementation in an agile team
- Use of GitHub Copilot to support code generation, refactoring, test case creation, and technical documentation
Methods/ tools/ technologies: Languages & frameworks: Java (21), Spring Boot (4.x), Python, Angular, Robot Framework, Kubernetes, Helm Persistence: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hibernate, Liquibase Architecture & communication: REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Apache Kafka, OpenAPI, Microservices, Event Driven, Domain Driven Design Cloud & infrastructure: Terraform, Docker, Rancher, Helm, Ansible Security: OAuth2, MS (Entra ID), web security, Keycloak (extensions for detailed group rights) DevOps: GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Maven, Gradle, Grafana, Prometheus, Git, GitHub Copilot Testing & QM: JUnit, Robot Framework, automated component and integration tests, E2E tests with Playwright, Testcontainers, EasyMock Methodology & approach: Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, Clean Code
Sarvesh L.
Last position:
Data Analytics for Renewable Energy Integration at Harz University
- Created data pipelines and visualization tools to support sustainable energy decision-making
- Developed insights that could optimize renewable energy deployment and grid integration strategies
Alexander A.
Last position:
Onsite Support Administrator at Sana Kliniken AG
- Processing and coordination of IT tickets (Helix, Omnitracker) incl. VIP support and remote support (Microsoft Teams, RDP, FastViewer)
- Onsite support at the main location as well as support for modern conference and meeting room technology (e.g. MeetingBoard 75 Pro)
- User and rights management in Active Directory (Active Roles), Azure AD, Exchange and MDM
- VDI support and monitoring with Citrix Director and Aruba Networking
- Endpoint management and policy administration via Ivanti
- Deployment, configuration and lifecycle management of clients (Dell notebooks, iPhones, iPads)
- Hardware rollouts for new employees incl. shipping across Germany
- Asset and license management as well as organization of site migrations
Kyu-Wang L.
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.
In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.
Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location
Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data
Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure
Environment coordination and build management
Implementing external interfaces
Implementing business requirements
Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designing and implementing microservice architecture
Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Deploying applications on OpenShift
Creating technical documentation and diagrams
Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)
Fabian C.
Last position:
Senior GIS Developer at Transport & Logistics
Development of a route planner for incident communication.
- Development of the REST API
- Set up a patch system for maintaining the routing graph
- Expansion of the testing infrastructure
- Performance and memory optimization (JMeter, JFR)
Technologies: Java 21, Spring Boot, JGraphT, Flyway, MapStruct, Caffeine, ShedLock, JMeter, Kubernetes, JFR
Lisa R.
Last position:
Project Manager Transport & Infrastructure at SSF Ingenieure AG
- Coordination of and communication with project stakeholders
- Schedule and cost planning as well as monitoring for complex construction and infrastructure projects
- Creation of documentation, studies, concepts, cost calculations, and reports
Jens O.
Last position:
Freelance Java Developer / DevOps Engineer at Unpublished defense company
- Extension of OSGi modules in a complex communication solution
- Debugging communication with Wireshark and remotely in the JENS test environment
- Migration of tests from TestNG to JUnit 5 with Mockito and AssertJ
- Updating vulnerable dependencies and improving code quality
- Changes to the Vaadin frontend
- Increasing test coverage
Michael S.
Last position:
Data Scientist at CompuGroup Medical Deutschland AG, docmetric GmbH
Development of AI-based and classical models for analyzing medical and patient data, including medication analyses, diagnosis analyses, forecasts, procedure analyses, dosage analyses, comorbidity analyses, prescription analyses, patient potential analyses, and referral profile analyses. Analyses in the area of Real World Evidence.
- Gathering customer requirements
- Planning the subproject
- Designing and defining KPIs
- Designing and developing models and visualizations of the results using customer dashboards
- Developing and implementing DWH adjustments
- Deriving recommendations for action
Methods, technologies: Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, Python, R, SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Amazon Web Services, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Databricks, Multivariate Statistics
Last position:
Service Contact Person (Single Point of Contact) at waveIT GmbH
- Supports ICT project and program management across all project phases in a life sciences major project (volume approx. €3.5 billion).
- Supporting technical design.
- Managing RFI and change control processes.
- Continuous coordination of installation teams during construction and integration.
- Quality assurance of ICT systems.
- Evaluation of external planning documents and identification of optimization potentials.
- Coordinating with stakeholders to ensure Acceptance for Construction (AFC).
Mathilde S.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager at SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH
- Software implementation projects for banks, insurance companies, and trade
Remilekun F.
Last position:
Academic Peer Reviewer at Elsevier Journals
Evaluate high-impact manuscripts for scientific rigor, methodology, and clarity. Provide constructive, detailed feedback to international research teams on environmental sustainability and agro-ecology.
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Statistics of experts using Geographic Information System
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years

Position duration
2.8 years

Positions per freelancer
12

Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Energy

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
16%

Certifications per freelancer
3

Most common languages
English, German, Spanish

Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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.
Geographic Information System 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 (61%)
- Professional Services (52%)
- Energy (42%)
- Government and Administration (41%)
- Automotive (39%)
- Education (36%)
- Manufacturing (35%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What GIS does
A Geographic Information System, commonly called GIS, captures, stores, analyzes and presents information tied to places. It connects coordinates with attributes such as roads, land use, buildings, networks or environmental conditions. Companies use GIS to understand spatial relationships and support decisions through interactive maps, dashboards and analytical models.
Common applications
GIS appears wherever location affects planning, operations or risk. Typical deliverables include:
- Interactive maps for assets, territories and field activity
- Spatial analysis for site selection, routing and service coverage
- Cadastral, land-use and infrastructure data management
- Environmental, mobility and emergency planning tools
In Germany, utilities, logistics, construction, public services, agriculture and insurance teams often rely on these workflows.
Ecosystem and tooling
The ecosystem includes ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS, PostGIS and spatial databases such as PostgreSQL with geospatial extensions. Strong specialists also work with GeoServer, GDAL, OpenStreetMap data, GeoJSON, WMS and WFS. Python, SQL and JavaScript are common for automation, data preparation and web mapping, while services such as Mapbox or Leaflet support browser-based experiences.
When to hire specialists
Companies bring in freelance GIS professionals when spatial data is fragmented, a mapping product needs to launch, or internal teams lack capacity for a defined delivery. They can establish data models, migrate legacy layers, automate recurring analysis or connect GIS with ERP, CRM, IoT and asset-management systems. Germany-based projects may also benefit from professionals who can collaborate in German with local stakeholders while documenting technical work in English.
What strong professionals deliver
Quality work starts with a clear coordinate reference system, trustworthy source data and documented transformation steps. Experienced professionals validate geometry, handle projections correctly and design maps that communicate rather than overwhelm. They also consider access rights, metadata, reproducibility and performance when publishing spatial services or dashboards. A strong portfolio should show both analytical reasoning and practical delivery across desktop, database and web environments.
Choosing the right fit
The required profile depends on the outcome, not only on the software named in a brief. A data-heavy project may need advanced SQL, Python, ETL and database design; a public-facing map may call for web cartography, accessibility and interface integration. Ask how the professional will assess data quality, select spatial methods, test results and hand over documented workflows. For remote collaboration, agree on data access, map conventions, review routines and any on-site workshops before work begins.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Geographic Information System, in one place.
A Geographic Information System is used to manage and analyze data linked to locations. Companies apply GIS to asset management, route planning, land-use analysis, environmental monitoring, site selection and interactive mapping.
GIS is designed to analyze relationships between places, shapes and attributes, while CAD focuses mainly on precise design and drafting. Business intelligence tools can visualize geographic fields, but they usually offer less support for projections, spatial operations, topology and geographic data management.
A capable Geographic Information System specialist may work with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, GDAL and OpenStreetMap data. Python, SQL, JavaScript, GeoJSON, WMS and WFS are useful when analysis, automation or web mapping is part of the project.
The right level depends on the data quality, integrations and consequences of the result rather than on the software alone. A focused map or data-cleaning task may need a narrow specialist, while enterprise migration, spatial databases or operational decision tools call for a professional with broader delivery experience.
Yes, much of a GIS project can be completed remotely through controlled data access, shared specifications and online reviews. On-site workshops can still help with field-data workflows, stakeholder requirements or sensitive infrastructure, and German-language collaboration may matter when local teams or authorities are involved.
A strong Geographic Information System professional often combines spatial analysis with SQL, Python, database design, ETL, statistics or web application integration. Knowledge of coordinate reference systems, metadata, cartographic principles and data governance is equally important for dependable results.
Review whether the GIS professional explains source data, coordinate systems, assumptions and validation methods clearly. Test the output with known locations, inspect performance at realistic data volumes and ask for reproducible workflows, useful documentation and a practical handover.
QGIS can suit teams that value an open-source workflow, flexible plugins and broad interoperability, while ArcGIS may be preferable where an organization already uses its integrated products and governance model. The better choice depends on existing data, required extensions, support expectations, user skills and the delivery context.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Geographic Information System in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 757 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Geographic Information System in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 16% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Geographic Information System in their recent projects have 18 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 Geographic Information System in their recent projects are English (100%), German (98%), and Spanish (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Geographic Information System in their recent projects are Information Technology (61%), Professional Services (52%), and Energy (42%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Geographic Information System in their recent projects are Information Technology (77%), Project Management (70%), and Product Development (67%).
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