Gradle Experts in Hamburg
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Niko Schmuck
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Daniel Sedlack
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at energielenker solutions GmbH
- Designed and implemented a Python-based ETL pipeline with the Dagster framework to transform raw energy data from heterogeneous sources using InfluxDB and visualizations in Grafana
- Defined time-based and dependency-based jobs
- Deployed to managed Kubernetes clusters using Helm
- Integrated InfluxDB Cloud
- Prepared data for use in Grafana, including cleaning, normalization, and time-based resampling in Python
- Developed dashboards and visualizations in Grafana
- Developed unit tests with mocking using pytest
- Set up a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab
Technologies: Python, Dagster, InfluxDB, Grafana, pandas, pytest, REST, CI/CD, GitLab, Container, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Cloud
Anastasiia Komarenko
Last position:
Senior Test Automation Engineer at E.ON
- Reviewing functional and technical requirements from a testing perspective
- Creating test cases and automated tests to validate requirements
- Performing manual and automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests
- Documenting test results and tracking defects
- Using models like GPT-4, BERT, and Hugging Face Transformers for automated test case generation, analysis of test results, and improving test coverage, including bias checks and security reviews
- Techs: MS Office, Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, Tosca, stakeholder communication, Agile, Kanban, Scrum, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, PyTorch, LangChain.
Rainer Diekmann
Last position:
Enterprise Architecture Management / Backend Software Developer at Polizei Hamburg
- Several projects in a police context
- Model and document police procedures/projects with Archimate (as-is/to-be) in the context of P20 (BKA)
- Create software architectures with microservices
- POC development with Springboot/Docker/Kubernetes
- Project size: 10 people
- Enterprise architecture management with Togaf and Archimate
- Backend software development Springboot
- DevOps with Kubernetes
- Implemented using: Java 17/21, Springboot 3, P20 architecture, Togaf, Archimate
Matthias Eymers
Last position:
Lead Android Developer at Star Finanz-Software Entwicklung und Vertriebs GmbH
- Further development of the Android app "StarMoney"
- Major XML to Compose redesigns
- Introduction of new technologies and architecture
- Implementation of instant bank transfer
- Development following the agile Scrum process
Jonas Taulien
Last position:
IT Consultant at Bechtle AG
- Prequalified 200 demands within five weeks on the multi-cloud-commerce platform bechtle-clouds.com with three external consultants
- Served a dual role as project manager and requirements engineer for various enhancements
- Domain topics: reimplementation of Entra ID Sync, improvement of support processes, optimizations in the product catalog
- Demand and project management in ServiceNow
- Refinement of epics and stories with internal teams and external service providers
- Management of the external international service provider
Sridhar Huple
Last position:
SAP CX Consultant at Anonymous
- Stack: SAP Commerce 2011 (B2C).
- Migrating the data from Stibo system to SAP Commerce Cloud.
- Mapping the data from Stibo system to SAP Commerce Cloud.
- Integrating hot folders to support multiple countries and languages.
- Integrating validation tools for migrated data and generating validation reports.
Andreas Schmückert
Last position:
Solution Architect, Business Analyst, Consultant, Full-Stack Lead-Developer at 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- Solution for micro-service and frontend solution for the electric grid
- Leading of development teams
- Technologies: React-Native, TypeScript, Kotlin, AWS, Infrastructure As Code, Serverless Architecture, React, NoSQL, GraphQL, Angular, Playwright, Python, ML(Ops), Kubernetes, Docker
Paul Köhler
Last position:
Senior Flutter Developer at Elea.health
- Further development of a complex laboratory information system
- Development of new features including design
- Close collaboration with company leadership
- Embedded in a top team with consistently high performance under time pressure
- Agile approach, Kanban
Oliver Langer
Last position:
Developer, Architect at libri GmbH
- Role: Developer, Architect
- Technologies: java, typescript, golang, spring (boot, web, security, data), Angular, AWS (OpenSearch, Aurora, SNS/SQS, CloudWatch, EC2, IAM), Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, OAuth, Keycloak, CI/CD, gradlew, Liquibase, Test Driven Development, shell scripting
Florian Fittkau
Last position:
Solution Architect with Developer Focus at SymFinIT Solutions GmbH
- Further development of a finance layer for subscription and one-time purchase billing and accounting.
- Technologies: Kotlin, AWS (SQS, S3, ElastiCache, Aurora), React, TypeScript, Coroutines, IntelliJ IDEA, Spring (Boot, Data, WebFlux), JUnit, Testcontainers, Cucumber, Liquibase, PostgreSQL, Webservices (REST), R2DBC, OpenAPI 3, Gradle, GIT, Docker, Netty, GitHub Actions, Jira/Confluence, arc42
Andreas Steffan
Last position:
Lead Developer at Software
- Extended the document management system with a standard CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) interface
- Implemented CMIS core services like navigation, access rights, search, CRUD operations, and versioning in Java
- Implemented based on RESTful / OpenAPI services
- Delivered as a fat-jar and native container image
- Deployed on-premises and serverlessly as an Azure Container Application using Terraform
- Improved team autonomy through infrastructure engineering and short feedback loops
- Established observability with OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and Azure Logic Apps
- Introduced Terraform and trunk-based development processes
- Ensured quality with BDD tests in C# using SpecFlow and Testcontainers
- Created Azure DevOps pipeline integration tests
- Introduced cloud deployment processes
- Trained staff in cloud and Terraform
Christian Hartmann
Last position:
Software Developer / Lead Developer at dpa (Deutsche Presse Agentur GmbH)
- Contributed to the development of the Rubix editorial system
- Implemented various microservices based on Java, AWS S3, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, and Spring Boot, deployed to AWS ECS and AWS Fargate
- Designed and developed AWS Lambdas using TypeScript
- Used PostgreSQL in an AWS RDS Aurora cluster and AWS DynamoDB
- Implemented continuous deployment with GitLab pipelines
- Built an Infrastructure as Code environment with AWS CDK
- Set up and maintained a monitoring platform using AWS CloudWatch
- Developed various frontend components with Vue.js
- Designed the microservice architecture applying Domain Driven Design and GraphQL interfaces
Johannes Erchen
Last position:
Libri GmbH
- Operation and further development of the inventory system for booksellers (Quimus). It is an in-house development by Libri that is sold to customers as Software as a Service. The software is developed in an agile way by two developer teams (about 5 developers each). The software consists of around 25 Java microservices that mainly communicate via messaging and share a common Angular frontend. The application runs on Kubernetes in AWS.
- Technologies used: Java 17 & 21, Spring Boot 2 & 3, Hibernate, MySQL, Spring Cloud AWS, Lombok, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, AWS RDS, AWS S3, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenSearch, Hibernate Search, Liquibase, Gradle, Terraform, Helm, GitLab CI, Keycloak OAuth2, TypeScript, Angular
- My focus until December 2023: Connecting additional POS systems to the inventory system. Connecting the data warehouse for report display. Extending existing features (goods receipts, invoicing, item management, ...). Operations and DevOps tasks.
- Focus from January 2024: Extracting the product search from the inventory system into a global service to use in other applications. Integrating the product search into the booksellers' online shops (also run by Libri). Importing and providing digital items in the product search.
Taher Solimany
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at Confidential
- Collaborating with developers, security, and operations teams to align requirements
- Supporting product owners and development teams in deploying logging and monitoring solutions based on the Elastic Stack
- Developing and standardizing log schemas as well as defining practical standards for observability
- Designing and further developing logging architectures for complex, distributed multi-tenant environments
- Connecting application and infrastructure logs as well as security tools and metrics
- Optimizing data flows and modeling for analysis and reporting purposes
- Building automated infrastructures using Terraform/Terragrunt and Ansible
- Maintaining and evolving CI/CD pipelines in GitLab as well as automated development environments in Hetzner Robot
- Operating and automating Proxmox clusters including Ceph storage
- Setting up and running Kubernetes (k3s) clusters on Fedora CoreOS including core services like Vault, OpenLDAP, and HAProxy
- Implementing security-critical infrastructures according to BSI basic protection and securing existing systems
- Supporting the operation of solutions in cloud environments (e.g., AWS)
- Working in agile teams following Scrum and Kanban
- Technologies/Tools: Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Beats/Elastic Agent, Kibana), Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, GitOps, Proxmox, Proxmox Ceph, Kubernetes (k3s), OpenShift, Helm, Kustomize, Vault, OpenLDAP, HAProxy, Hetzner Robot systems, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, Syslog Linux/Windows, Docker, NGINX, Apache Security & Compliance (BSI basic protection, SIEM/SOC)
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Statistics of experts using Gradle
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
1.4 years
Positions per freelancer
18
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
77%
Master's degree or higher
31%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
88%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
About the technology
Build setup
Gradle is a build automation tool used to compile, test, package, and publish software. It is common in Java and Kotlin teams, but it also fits Android, backend services, and shared libraries. Strong specialists shape the build so delivery stays predictable.
What it covers
- Multi-module project structure
- Dependency management and version alignment
- Custom tasks and build logic
- Release packaging and artifact publishing
Ecosystem
Gradle works with the Java ecosystem, Kotlin DSL, Android build flows, and common CI systems. Experts know how to combine plugins, repositories, wrappers, and convention logic without making the build fragile. They also keep scripts readable for other specialists.
When companies need help
Teams bring in freelance Gradle experts when builds get slow, plugin conflicts appear, or migrations need careful handling. In Hamburg, this often matters for product teams and agencies that run mixed Java and Kotlin codebases and need smooth collaboration across in-house and remote specialists.
What strong experts do
A strong specialist reads build output quickly, spots dependency problems, and removes duplicate or outdated logic. They can refactor Groovy or Kotlin DSL scripts, improve caching, and set up clear conventions for large codebases. They also document decisions so future changes stay simple.
Quality signals
- Clean use of Gradle wrapper and reproducible builds
- Clear plugin and dependency management
- Practical CI integration
- Safe support for legacy builds and Gradle Build Tool migrations
- Code that other specialists can maintain
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Gradle, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Gradle is used to automate build, test, packaging, and publishing steps. Companies choose it for Java and Kotlin projects, Android apps, shared libraries, and backend services that need flexible build logic. It is especially useful when a project has many modules or custom release steps.
Gradle is usually chosen when teams want more flexible build logic and better control over complex workflows. Maven is more convention-driven and can be simpler for very standard setups. A good specialist can tell which approach fits the codebase instead of forcing one tool everywhere.
Yes, if the project is moving from an older build, changing plugin stacks, or switching from Groovy to Kotlin DSL. Gradle migrations often expose hidden dependency issues and task assumptions. A specialist reduces risk by planning the change in small, testable steps.
A strong Gradle expert usually also knows Java or Kotlin, dependency management, CI systems, and common testing tools. For Android work, Android build tooling and release workflows matter too. For backend projects, knowledge of packaging and artifact publishing helps a lot.
For Gradle, a good specialist needs access to the build files, plugin list, CI setup, and a recent example of a failing or slow build. They do not need every product detail on day one, but they do need clear goals. The best results come from a concrete problem statement, not a vague request to "clean up the build."
Most Gradle work can be done remotely because the core tasks are build analysis, script changes, and pipeline updates. On-site time in Hamburg can help when several specialists need to review a large codebase together or untangle a long-running build problem. Many teams use a hybrid setup.
Look for clear builds, reproducible results, and a simple script structure that other specialists can maintain. A strong Gradle Build Tool freelancer explains trade-offs, avoids unnecessary custom logic, and improves build speed without breaking release flow. Good output should make the project easier to extend, not harder.
No. Gradle is most visible in Java and Kotlin work, but it is also common in Android, mixed-language projects, and teams that publish shared libraries. The best specialists adapt the build to the project, rather than treating every codebase as a standard Java app.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects, 77% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 31% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are German (100%), English (88%), and French (12%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Retail (71%), and Transportation (65%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Gradle in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (94%), and Quality Assurance (65%).
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