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Giuseppe Abrignani

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Software, AI & Automation Architect

Germering
Giuseppe Abrignani

Last position:

Embedded Software Developer at Inheco

  • AI Integration (LLM & RAG): Design and build of an internal intelligent RAG system (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) based on LLMs, n8n, and vector data for the automated analysis of technical documents and error logs.
  • Design & Implementation: Design of a robust RS-232/UART communication interface for an SBC-based embedded device to control medical shaker systems.
  • Architecture & Protocol Design: Implementation of a highly maintainable software structure (OOP, SOLID) and definition of hardware-close, resilient communication protocols including multithreading and advanced error handling.
  • Quality Assurance & DevOps: Test automation using xUnit, integration tests directly on the hardware target, and maintenance of technical documentation according to strict medical technology standards via Azure DevOps.

Label: C#, .NET, LLMs, RAG, n8n, RS-232, UART, Multithreading, async/await, xUnit, gRPC/protobuf, Blazor, MudBlazor, EF Core, Visual Studio 2026, Azure DevOps

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Thomas Hoefkens

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Senior MLOps, DevOps Engineer

Munich
Thomas Hoefkens

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Senior MLOps, DevOps Engineer at Trianel Energy

  • Build and operate an end-to-end MLOps platform on Azure ML and Kubernetes (Kubeflow) for the automated deployment, monitoring, and scaling of forecasting models (including Temporal Fusion Transformer, Informer, Autoformer).
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for the full ML lifecycle – from resource provisioning (Terraform), data transformation (Hugging Face Datasets, Pandas, PyTorch, CUDA cluster) through training and evaluation to model registry and endpoint deployment.
  • Integrate MLflow for experiment tracking, model versioning, performance monitoring, and automated registration in the Azure Model Registry.
  • Develop and containerize PyTorch training jobs (Azure Notebook, Jupyter Notebooks) for price and time series forecasting (PFC models) with automatic rollout via Azure ML Endpoints and REST/gRPC interfaces, Docker containerization, secured with OAuth 2.0.
  • Set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms (Prometheus, MLflow Metrics), log centralization, and cost monitoring.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and model deployment using Terraform, Helm, and Azure CLI; connect to existing market data systems and event pipelines.
  • Migrate existing workloads and databases (IONOS → Azure, MongoDB) with integration into central MLOps workflows and internal networks.
  • Extend the platform with LLM-based tools (LangChain, LangServe) to integrate GPT-based analysis modules into existing Spring Boot services for market anomaly detection and automated reports.
  • Analyze and architect a software solution to process large volumes of data efficiently (>3000 messages/sec.) (market data store).
  • Spring Boot / Java 21 container development with RabbitMQ for distributing stock market data via MongoDB (Kubernetes) with fast storage of data in Redis RMaps, deduplication, forwarding messages to Read Model queues, and building Read Models for UI display in MongoDB.
  • Integration of RESTHeart to create a REST API for MongoDB.
  • Build an Angular frontend to simplify data queries and master data maintenance.
  • Agentic coding with remote and local LLMs (Claude Sonnet, Ollama Qwen) and MCP servers.
  • Develop Python scripts for transforming and cleaning incoming stock market data (Pandas, scikit-learn).
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Srinivasu Kakaraparti

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Fullstack Developer

Munich
Srinivasu Kakaraparti

Last position:

Atruvia

Project: Tax Exemption Order Application

The client has an existing application for creating and maintaining tax exemption orders for end customers; design and implementation of a comparable application for internal employees.

  • Design and implementation of microservices and the UI for the business area "tax exemption orders" using Domain Driven Design as well as Spring Boot and Angular.
  • Implementation of reactive, non-reactive, and asynchronous APIs (Spring REST, WebFlux, GraphQL).
  • Development of the Angular application, including state management using Signals, RxJS Observables, and subscriptions.
  • Securing the API and the application using OAuth2, JWT, and OpenID Connect.
  • Configuration and setup of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and conducting code reviews.

Environment: Java, Spring Boot, Angular 18 & 19 (standalone, signals), RxJs, Bootstrap CSS, Vitesting, OpenShift, Istio, microservices, Kafka, Dynatrace, Jenkins, GitLab, Graylog, Sonar, Oauth2, OracleDB

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Andreas Anding

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Interim AI Lead & Digital Architect · AI operating models in regulated companies · Author

Munich
Andreas Anding

Last position:

AI Consultant & Digital Architect at TeamIntel

  • Governed multi-agent orchestration for regulated, EU-based companies – self-hostable, compliant with the EU AI Act and GDPR („by design“), BYOM (own models/GPU).
  • Two-gate governance: agent deliberation + mandatory human approval, full signed audit trail; graduated autonomy model („internal → autonomous per skill“).
  • Verified knowledge graph („Company Brain“) with source evidence for every answer; own orchestration framework (Virtual Team Framework).
  • Industry solutions for financial services: compliance monitoring, invoice and contract review; hands-on development with LLMs (including Anthropic/Claude), agentic workflows, RAG.
  • Building the governance-focused multi-agent platform TeamIntel (see AI reference projects).
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Michael Thomas

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Senior Software Engineer — Backend Systems | Data Engineering | Enterprise Integration | Cloud Applications

Munich
Michael Thomas

Last position:

Senior Freelance Software Engineer — Enterprise Software & Data Projects

  • Delivered backend systems, data processing solutions, and software integrations for enterprise business applications.
  • Designed and implemented API-based services connecting internal platforms with external systems.
  • Built automated processing workflows to handle large-scale structured business data.
  • Improved application performance by 30–50% through database optimization, caching strategies, and backend refactoring.
  • Reduced manual operational effort by 40–60% by automating repetitive workflows.
  • Supported production environments through troubleshooting, monitoring improvements, and continuous optimization.
  • Authored technical documentation and led knowledge-transfer sessions to support long-term maintainability.
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Roxana Girdu

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Freelance Senior Frontend Developer

Munich
Roxana Girdu

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Freelance Senior Frontend Developer at RHI Magnesita

  • Designed and developed a high-performance internal resource management platform using React and TypeScript, optimizing dynamic data rendering and state management.
  • Built a React Native application to support mobile access to internal tools, enabling on-the-go project tracking for field teams.
  • Developed custom 2D canvas-based visualizations using Pixi.js to simulate material flows and refractory layer behaviors.
  • Integrated Pixi.js with React components for interactive diagrams and real-time UI updates.
  • Developed interactive 3D visualizations using React.js for displaying refractory product layouts and simulations, supporting engineering and sales teams with dynamic product previews.
  • Integrated Three.js within the React ecosystem to allow manipulation of 3D models in real-time via browser, enhancing user engagement and field configurability.
  • Integrated a headless CMS to enable dynamic content updates by non-technical users, reducing content deployment time by 40%.
  • Led AWS CloudFront optimization initiatives, improving portal load speeds by 30% globally.
  • Actively collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams and product owners to deliver prioritized features with a fast feedback loop.
  • Key Technologies: React.js, React Native, Three.js, TypeScript, Contentful CMS, AWS S3/Lambda/CloudFront, Cypress, Agile Scrum
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André Ullmann

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RTE / Agile Coach / Full SAFe Consultant

München
André Ullmann

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RTE / Agile Coach / Full SAFe Consultant at Siemens Energy

  • RTE/Agile Coach for the SAFe 6 (Scaled Agile Framework) rollout
  • Building and establishing a LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) for several ARTs
  • Using the tools: Azure DevOps with SCALE, Loop, MS Whiteboard
  • Building the ART with 7 teams
  • Training Product Owners, e.g. through SAFe POPM training and LearnSnacks
  • Running the initial PI Planning as a Kickoff Planning Event
  • Introducing a demand process
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Bharath Vishwanath

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Senior Consultant

München
Bharath Vishwanath

Last position:

Senior Consultant at Syskoplan Reply

  • Backend development of B2B e-commerce solution using SAP Commerce Cloud, leveraging Java and Spring Framework with creation of REST APIs for effective communication.
  • Resolved software defects, developed automated cron jobs and triggers, and authored unit tests with JUnit to uphold code stability and quality standards.
  • Utilized Git-based version control systems (Bitbucket/GitHub) for source code management and used Jenkins to support continuous integration and development (CI/CD).
  • Executed and closed multiple user stories and tickets across iterative bi-weekly sprints under Agile (SCRUM) methodology.
  • Led incident resolution in the production environment and minimized downtime through real-time monitoring (Solr, SAP CCv2, OpenSearch Dashboards) and sustaining SLA targets above 99%.
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György Kelemen

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Senior Software Developer, Delivery Unit Software Design & Development

München
György Kelemen

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Senior Fullstack Developer at Rockstardevelopers GmbH

  • Development of a test system
  • Establishment of the architecture using Scala/Java for the backend and Swing for the frontend
  • Setup of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for continuous integration, including automated builds
  • Participation in the Scrum team, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
  • Technology environment: Scala, Swing, EJB, JPA, Scrum, PostgreSQL, Mercurial
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Matthias Lang

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Typescript Fullstack Engineer

München
Matthias Lang

Last position:

Typescript Fullstack Engineer at Card Complete / Bank Austria

  • Designed and developed the "Credit Risk Engine" using Camunda, Node.js and Typescript
  • Greenfield project for credit card credit assessment for existing and new customers, including EBA KPIs, SCHUFA and CRIF scorings
  • Built and modeled workflows (BPMN) and decision logic (DMN) with Camunda Modeler in close collaboration with stakeholders
  • Implemented service tasks, user tasks and jobs with Nest.js, Node.js and Typescript, including exception handling
  • Backend-for-Frontend (BFF), frontend with React, Tailwind and Ant Design UI library
  • CI/CD with GitLab, Kubernetes/Rancher
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Alexandru Gunescu

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Head of Cloud Infrastructure

Munich
Alexandru Gunescu

Last position:

Head of Cloud Infrastructure at BP

  • Migrated the Electric Vehicle Charging SaaS App of the EV Division from on-premises and Azure to AWS Cloud, resulting in a hybrid multi-cloud multi-tenant solution
  • Developed a streaming data pipeline using AWS MSK for Apache Kafka and implemented an event-driven architecture to ingest and process near real-time data from OCPI-protocol IoT devices
  • Implemented multi-tenant strategies including database schema isolation, bridge model for resource sharing, and tenant-based RBAC controls
  • Provisioned Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS with namespaces and RBAC for tenant isolation
  • Led migration from on-premises and Azure to AWS using AWS DataSync, Snowball, and Database Migration Service
  • Orchestrated collaboration across 5+ systems, vendors, service providers, and on-site teams
  • Supported development and maintenance of IT strategy aligned with business requirements
  • Managed €40 million infrastructure budget with AWS & Azure cost optimization, achieving 15% savings
  • Led 50+ developers to implement advanced database procedures, increasing productivity by 20%
  • Spearheaded multi-cloud, multi-tenant infrastructure migration for 30% faster processing times
  • Negotiated vendor pricing to reduce payroll/benefits administration costs by 20%
  • Developed a two-year infrastructure technology roadmap yielding 25% cost savings
  • Tech stack: Kubernetes on AWS EKS, Docker, Kafka/AWS MSK, Terraform, AWS CDK, TypeScript, React, NextJS, Node.js, NestJS, Python, Aurora Serverless, RDS (MySQL, SQL Server), GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, AWS Security Hub, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS DataSync, AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, Odoo, Microsoft Navision, MS Dynamics
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Christoph Neumann

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Interim CTO eCommerce

Munich
Christoph Neumann

Last position:

Technical Advisor at Leximate

  • Set up AI-first Legal-Tech platform using latest LLM models and agentic development workflows.
  • Launched MVP in under 5 days from idea to code.
  • Setup AI-first development workflows "from call to shipped feature".
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Jewgenij Steinhart

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Mobile Engineer

Munich
Jewgenij Steinhart

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Mobile Engineer at ginlo.net Gesellschaft für Datenkommunikation mbH

  • Development of the ginlo Messenger client, emphasizing stringent data protection compliance as mandated by German legislation.
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Daniel Redwig

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Software Engineer

Munich
Daniel Redwig

Last position:

Software Engineer at DB InfraGO AG

  • Developed dynamic web components for displaying KPIs, intelligent map applications, and operational process analysis tools
  • Angular 18+
  • Leaflet, MapLibre
  • NestJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • PostgreSQL, GraphQL, RabbitMQ
  • Gitea, Jenkins, Docker

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Statistics of experts using GraphQL

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years (Germany: 16 years)

Position duration

2.3 years (Germany: 2.7 years)

Positions per freelancer

11

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries

Information Technology, Automotive, Retail

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Bachelor's degree or higher

90% (Germany: 88%)

Master's degree or higher

71% (Germany: 44%)

Doctorate

10% (Germany: 3%)

Certifications per freelancer

3 (Germany: 2)

Most common languages

German, English, Hungarian

Speak two or more languages

96% (Germany: 98%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Munich using GraphQL

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

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Daily rate avg. 823 €
Germany avg. 737 €

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 720 €

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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

About the technology

GraphQL basics

GraphQL is a query language and runtime for APIs. It lets clients ask for exactly the data they need, which helps reduce overfetching and underfetching in web and mobile products. Strong specialists know when GraphQL fits and when a simpler REST API is the better choice.

What it is used for

  • API layers for apps, portals, and partner integrations
  • Schema design for products with many related entities
  • Aggregating data from microservices and legacy systems
  • Mobile and frontend teams that need flexible queries
  • BFF layers where clients have very different data needs

Ecosystem and tooling

GraphQL work often includes Apollo, Relay, GraphiQL, schema stitching, federation, and code generation. Specialists also work with Node.js, Java, Kotlin, .NET, or Python backends, plus authorization, caching, testing, and query cost control. Good delivery means clean schemas, predictable performance, and documentation that teams can actually use.

When companies bring in help

Companies usually look for GraphQL specialists when an API has grown hard to change, when frontend teams need faster access to data, or when multiple systems must be exposed through one contract. In Munich, this often matters for software teams working in mobility, industrial software, fintech, and B2B products. Remote collaboration works well, but on-site can help when the API touches many internal teams.

What strong specialists do

A strong GraphQL professional thinks in data shapes, not just endpoints. They keep schemas stable, avoid broken queries, and design resolvers that do not create slow or chatty backends.

  • Define a clear schema and naming model
  • Control access with auth rules and field-level checks
  • Prevent N+1 issues with batching and caching
  • Write tests for queries, mutations, and schema changes
  • Support versioning through evolution, not hard breaks

Delivery and collaboration

GraphQL projects usually touch product, frontend, backend, and platform work at the same time. That means specialists need to explain trade-offs clearly and work well with teams that may already use REST, Apollo Client, or server-side GraphQL libraries. The best results come from experts who can ship the API and help others adopt it without confusion.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about GraphQL, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

GraphQL is used to build API layers that let clients request only the fields they need. That is useful for web apps, mobile apps, internal tools, and partner-facing integrations where different consumers need different data shapes. It is also a good fit when several backend systems must be combined behind one API contract.

GraphQL gives clients a schema-driven query model, while REST usually exposes fixed endpoints. With GraphQL, frontend teams can often avoid multiple round trips and get more precise responses. REST can still be simpler for public APIs, file delivery, or very stable resources, so the right choice depends on the product.

GraphQL can run without Apollo, and many teams do. Apollo is a common ecosystem choice for client libraries, server tools, and federation, but it is not required by the standard itself. A good specialist should know the trade-offs between Apollo, Relay, and lighter GraphQL server setups.

A strong GraphQL specialist usually also knows backend design, authentication, caching, testing, and API performance tuning. Familiarity with Node.js, Java, Kotlin, .NET, or Python often helps because resolvers and data loading live close to the backend. Schema design and product thinking matter just as much as code.

A small GraphQL proof of concept may only need one experienced specialist, but production work usually needs someone who has handled schema evolution, permissions, and performance issues before. The more systems the API connects, the more important that hands-on background becomes. For a legacy migration, choose someone who has already guided teams through that change.

Yes, GraphQL work is often well suited to remote delivery because most tasks happen in the schema, client code, and backend services. For Munich teams, remote collaboration works well if the specialist can join reviews, align with product owners, and communicate clearly with German- or English-speaking stakeholders. On-site sessions can help early in discovery or during a migration.

Look for clear schemas, careful use of mutations, and a solid plan for authorization, error handling, and performance. A strong GraphQL professional should explain how they prevent overfetching, protect sensitive fields, and avoid resolver bottlenecks. Good signs are clean documentation, test coverage, and practical examples from shipped APIs.

If your API is hard to extend, frontend teams keep asking for new endpoints, or mobile clients need different payloads from web clients, GraphQL help can make sense. It is also a signal when teams are improvising around data loading, schema sprawl, or inconsistent access rules. In that case, an experienced specialist can bring structure before the API becomes harder to change.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 823 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 71% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects are German (96%), English (88%), and Hungarian (16%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Automotive (68%), and Retail (64%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used GraphQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (64%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used GraphQL

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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