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Jan M.

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Founder, Senior Solution Architect, Team Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer

Heusenstamm
Jan M.

Last position:

Founder, Senior Solution Architect, Team Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer at CreArt IT GmbH

  • Hands-on solution architect
  • Digital product development - SaaS
  • Strategic consulting on software architecture, cloud migration, and DevOps processes
  • Coaching SE developers and IT architects
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Werner K.

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Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer

Bad Homburg
Werner K.

Last position:

Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer at IBM

  • Testing the SekIDP and related components
  • Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript
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Tan P.

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DevOps & Fullstack Engineer

Hanau
Tan P.

Last position:

DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World

  • Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
  • Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
  • Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
  • Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
  • Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
  • Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
  • Database support.
  • Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
  • Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
  • Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
  • Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
  • Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
  • Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
  • Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
  • Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
  • Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
  • Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
  • Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
  • Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
  • Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
  • Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
  • Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
  • Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
  • Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
  • Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
  • Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
  • Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
  • Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
  • Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
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Jochen H.

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Managing Director

Eschborn
Jochen H.

Last position:

DevSecOps Expert at DB InfraGO

  • Central build and delivery for 20+ applications, 100+ pipelines/day, 700+ GitLab projects
  • Build pipelines for Go, Java and JavaScript
  • Provisioning of 100+ components
  • Quality assurance via GitLab Code Quality and SonarQube
  • Checks for dependencies, licensing and vulnerabilities
  • Release creation via Jira and ServiceNow
  • SBOM, Supply Chain Security, distroless images
  • PoC GitLab Runner: Nomad vs. Kubernetes
  • Technologies: Artifactory, buildah, GitLab Premium, Go, Gradle, Jenkins, Mend, Podman
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Michael Y.

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Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer

Offenbach am Main
Michael Y.

Last position:

Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer at DB Regio AG

  • Supported implementation and operation of a portal used online and offline in customer-facing vehicles
  • Automated processes by introducing CI/CD pipelines
  • Provided enablement and methodological guidance for adopting software engineering best practices
  • System environment: NestJS, Node.js, npm, AWS, Docker, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI, WhiteSource, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch, REST API
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Rashid I.

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Java Developer

Schwalbach am Taunus
Rashid I.

Last position:

Java Developer at IT company

  • Data transformations
  • IT company with more than 100 employees
  • Software production
  • Data augmentation and normalization, image transformation, format conversion, merging data from multiple sources
  • Toolset: Java, Helm, Kubernetes, Kafka, OpenCV, IntelliJ IDEA, Gradle, Git, Docker, Containers, Scrum

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Statistics of experts using Gradle

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

22 years (Germany: 19 years)

Gradle experts in Frankfurt have 22 years of professional experience on average. It is 3 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 19 years.

Position duration

2.1 years (Germany: 1.8 years)

Gradle experts in Frankfurt stay in a single position for 2.1 years on average. It is 0.3 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 1.8 years.

Positions per freelancer

21 (Germany: 14)

Gradle experts in Frankfurt have completed 21 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 7 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 14.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Gradle experts in Frankfurt have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation

Gradle experts in Frankfurt are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Transportation.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Gradle experts in Frankfurt earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

86% (Germany: 91%)

86% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 5% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 91%.

Master's degree or higher

71% (Germany: 58%)

71% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Master's degree. It is 13% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 58%.

Doctorate

14% (Germany: 7%)

14% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt have a doctorate (PhD). It is 7% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 7%.

Certifications per freelancer

6 (Germany: 2)

Gradle experts in Frankfurt hold 6 professional certifications on average. It is 4 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Gradle experts in Frankfurt most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 96%)

100% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt speak two or more languages. It is 4% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 96%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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29% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt charge less than €720 per day.
14% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt charge between €720 and €800 per day.
14% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt charge between €800 and €880 per day.
43% of Gradle experts in Frankfurt charge €960 or more per day.
<€720 €720-​800 €800-​880 €960+

The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt using Gradle

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

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Daily rate avg. 852 €
Germany avg. 759 €

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 800 €
Germany median 760 €

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.

Gradle 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%)
  • Banking and Finance (86%)
  • Transportation (86%)
  • Automotive (57%)
  • Insurance (57%)
  • Government and Administration (57%)
  • Telecommunication (57%)
  • Healthcare (43%)

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

About the technology

Build automation

Gradle is a build automation tool for Java, Kotlin, Android and other JVM-based projects. It defines compilation, testing, packaging and publishing tasks in flexible Groovy or Kotlin DSL files. Teams use it to create repeatable builds across local workstations, CI systems and release environments.

Project delivery

Gradle supports multi-module applications, shared libraries, backend services, Android apps and large monorepos. Its incremental builds, build cache and dependency-aware task graph can reduce repeated work while keeping results consistent. Professionals also configure version catalogs, conventions and reusable plugins for teams with many projects.

Ecosystem and tooling

The Gradle Build Tool connects with Java, Kotlin, Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA and major CI/CD services. Strong specialists work with the Android Gradle Plugin, Kotlin DSL, Maven repositories, Artifactory, Nexus and Git-based workflows. They also understand test frameworks, code quality checks, container builds and release automation.

When to bring in experts

Companies often need specialist support when a build becomes slow, fragile or difficult to understand. Typical assignments include:

  • Migrating builds from Maven or older Gradle conventions
  • Designing multi-project and convention-plugin structures
  • Improving dependency resolution, caching and reproducibility
  • Connecting builds to CI pipelines and release systems

What strong professionals deliver

A capable Gradle professional separates build logic from application code and keeps configuration easy to maintain. They pin dependencies, manage plugin versions, protect credentials and make failures visible in CI. They measure build performance before changing it and document decisions so the team can operate the system independently.

Collaboration in Frankfurt

Gradle expertise is useful across software products, mobile applications, industrial systems and financial services operating in Frankfurt and beyond. Remote collaboration works well when repositories, build scans and CI logs are shared clearly; on-site sessions can help with complex migrations or team enablement. English is common in international delivery teams, while German may support local coordination.

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Frequently asked questions

Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Gradle.

Gradle automates tasks such as compiling source code, resolving dependencies, running tests and packaging releases. It is widely used for Java, Kotlin, Android and multi-module JVM projects.

Gradle and Maven both manage dependencies and automate builds, but Gradle offers a more programmable task model and supports Groovy or Kotlin DSL configuration. Maven can be a simpler fit for convention-driven projects, while Gradle is often chosen for complex or performance-sensitive builds.

A strong Gradle specialist usually understands Java or Kotlin, Git, CI/CD and automated testing. Experience with Android Gradle Plugin, Maven repositories, Docker and artifact management is valuable for broader delivery work.

The required depth depends on the build problem, not on a fixed number of years. A straightforward configuration change may need focused build knowledge, while a multi-module migration or performance investigation calls for someone who has designed and operated comparable systems.

Gradle is well suited to remote collaboration because build files, dependency rules and CI results are stored with the project. Teams in Frankfurt can work effectively across locations when specialists document conventions and share reproducible logs; German or English can be agreed based on the team.

Choose Gradle when the project needs flexible build logic, reusable conventions, fast incremental execution or coordination across many modules. A more prescriptive tool may be preferable when the build is small and standard conventions matter more than customization.

Ask a Gradle professional to explain dependency resolution, task inputs and outputs, caching, plugin management and failure handling. Review whether the result is reproducible, documented, secure and easy for the existing team to maintain rather than judging it only by a successful local build.

A Gradle freelancer should clarify the project layout, languages, plugin versions, repository access, CI environment and release process. It also helps to identify current build pain points, acceptable migration risk and who will own the build after the engagement.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 852 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (29%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (86%), and Transportation (86%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (100%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Gradle

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.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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