Hetzner Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Hetzner
Reza N.
Last position:
Senior IT-Security Expert at Teambank AG
- Completed the integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel, including GCP workloads – centralized consolidation of all security-relevant events from Azure and GCP environments for complete end-to-end telemetry and comprehensive compliance evidence
- Developed custom rules and use cases based on the GFG Use-Case Library and the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to cover company-specific threats and GFG-relevant scenarios with precise, mapped detection rules
- Tuned detection rules to minimize false positives, optimized detection thresholds, and modeled exceptions – enabling the SOC to work with relevant, prioritized alerts while reducing Mean Time to Detect/Respond
- Built SOAR capabilities in Sentinel by developing playbooks to automate recurring response processes such as containment, user and host isolation, and ticketing – shorter response times and 24/7 scalability
- Designed and built a log transformation solution to normalize and enrich incoming raw logs (GeoIP, CMDB, threat intelligence) and convert them into a consistent schema for high-performance KQL queries, use case logic, and correlations
- Managed Azure security through Azure Policies to enforce security and compliance standards, prevent drift, and continuously remediate deviations
- Operated the Defender XDR portal to link endpoint, identity, email, and SaaS signals with Sentinel findings, enable holistic incident triage, and orchestrate measures directly from XDR
Technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Policy, KQL, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed a browser-based platform for Kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed a CLI in TypeScript to deploy resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security, and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command-line utility tool.
- Designed role and permission models for Keycloak, OAuth/OIDC, and social login flows.
- Used LLMs to convert user intent into diagrams.
- Worked on integration with multiple sovereign clouds like StackIT, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud, plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, and Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Patrick L.
Last position:
Senior GenAI Fullstack Developer at SBH (Schulbau Hamburg)
Remote freelance role focused on Agentic AI strategy, secure application patterns, and reusable agentic workflows for a government agency.
- Development and implementation of an open source Agentic AI strategy for a government agency, with a focus on GDPR, security, and self hosted solutions
- Development of reusable agentic workflows and mini applications that enable non technical employees to solve business problems independently
- Implementation of internal business applications with Single Sign On (SSO) and Azure PostgreSQL integration on Hetzner Linux servers
- Implementation of nine mini applications with Single Sign On (SSO) and Azure PostgreSQL integration on Hetzner Linux servers
- Techstack: Python, Nextjs, Typescript, Streamlit, Anthropic SDK (Claude), Azure, Linux Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Angular, Authentik
Marcus B.
Last position:
Java and Quarkus Expert at Large German energy service provider
- Modernization of a large-scale Java enterprise application*
The project is modernizing a complex enterprise application that has grown over many years. The existing Spring-based legacy system runs on Java 8, OSGi, and Eclipse RCP and is being gradually migrated to a modern, maintainable architecture with Java 25 and Quarkus.
Marcus works on analysis, architecture, refactoring, and implementation. One focus is on untangling historically grown structures and dependencies and on building a clean, sustainable Java and Quarkus technology stack.
Tools & technologies: Java 8, Java 25, Quarkus, Hibernate ORM with Panache, EclipseLink, OSGi, Eclipse RCP, Maven, JUnit, Mockito, REST, JSON, Git, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Jira, Confluence
Salim C.
Last position:
Cloud / Systems Architect
- Development and introduction of operations processes
- Preparation of complete documentation packages (including incident management and operations support) to meet compliance requirements
- Introduction of a workshop on IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Technical consulting for the project security concept (ISMS)
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters on AWS, on-prem, and Azure
- Hybrid cloud architecture design (on-prem, Hetzner, AWS)
- Analysis and troubleshooting of incidents and system outages
- Network adjustments for firewall rules, gateways, OpenVPN settings, and IPsec tunnels (pfSense)
- Technical consulting on Bitbucket, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Consulting on Ansible deployments and infrastructure automation
- Consulting on building a scalable system in the cloud (AWS / Azure)
- Technologies / Tools: Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
Robin W.
Last position:
Developer at agentic-engineer.online
agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.
- Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
- I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
Kersten L.
Last position:
Lead Architect / Lead Developer at Bettles: Sports Betting Platform
- Complete greenfield rebuild across the whole stack — built AI-native: backend in Go and NestJS, PostgreSQL (CNPG) on K3s with GitOps/Terraform; frontend on Angular 22, zoneless.
- Orchestrated coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) across the entire lifecycle — architecture, implementation, testing, reviews, documentation — driven by Specification-Driven Development (SDD).
- “Bruno” — LLM commentator persona backed by RAG and MCP for a personality that stays consistent across all generations (match previews, post-match reports, his own virtual bets).
Angular 22 (zoneless, without Zone.js), Claude Code, Claude Code Skills, CNPG, Cursor, Design Tokens (Spec for Code), Docker, Gherkin, Git, GitLab, GitOps, Go, Google Gemini, Grafana, Hetzner Cloud, K3s, Keycloak, Kubernetes, Lighthouse, LLM Integration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), NestJS, Node.js, NPM, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, RAG, REST, Specification-Driven Development (SDD), Structured Outputs, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest
Ronald M.
Last position:
DevOps Consultant at M.it services & systems GmbH
- Adaptation, optimization, configuration, and administration of a multi-stage GitLab instance with over 250 users
- Setup, adaptation, expansion, and optimization of infrastructure, configuration, and monitoring
- Provisioning of services and handover to production
- System environment: DependencyTrack, GitLab, Grafana, Hedgedoc, Kubernetes, Oauth2 Proxy, Openstack, Prometheus, Syseleven
Robin W.
Last position:
Founder & Consultant · Platform Engineering & AI Infrastructure at RootVector.ai
- Built and operate a hybrid Kubernetes platform across bare metal and cloud to validate multi-GPU workloads, security-zone isolation, and disaster recovery.
- Operate self-hosted AI coding agents in the platform's Git workflow, from issue triage to pull-request review; every change is gated by manifest diffs and policy checks in CI.
- Co-developed a sensor-fusion and GPU edge-inference platform selected by the European Defense Tech Hub from 50 solutions for field testing.
Thomas M.
Last position:
Software Architect for Wix, Stripe & SaaS Integration at Axxessio / Sign2x (via DLB Studio)
Overall architecture and technical implementation of a Wix-based subscription frontend with Stripe payments and connection to Axxessio's SaaS backend. Implemented Stripe Checkout, subscriptions, webhooks, and transaction logging end to end. Customer data and contract information transferred automatically via a JWT-protected REST API. Designed and documented proxy and security architecture for IP whitelisting, HMAC, and operations, and aligned it with the backend team.
Stack: Wix Studio, Wix Velo, JavaScript, Stripe, Webhooks, JWT, HMAC, REST API, Hetzner, Cloudflare
Olaf R.
Last position:
DevOps Architect / Consultant at Authority with increased security requirements
- Identification of requirements (legal, organizational, and technical)
- Design of solution architectures
- Evaluation of concepts and technologies
- Preparation of decision templates
- Architectural Decision Records (ADR)
- Coordination of implementation
- Review of implementations
- Documentation
Vitaliy R.
Last position:
DevOps GitOps (temp) at Signal Iduna
- Responsible for Openshift/Kubernetes on-prem administration and developer support.
- Developed URP infrastructure automation with Python, Ansible, Kustomize and ArgoCD, Argo Workflow/Events stack.
- Wrote smoke and load tests for URP infrastructure utilizing Python, Kustomize and ApplicationSets.
- Helped to set up and deploy URP infrastructure in Google Cloud, GKE.
- Set up monitoring for URP and ArgoCD stack with Splunk Cloud.
- Performed system administration tasks across RedHat Linux, Kubernetes/Openshift, ArgoCD, GitLab, Bitbucket Enterprise, Kafka and MongoDB.
Martin W.
Last position:
Security Auditor at MissionMe
- Environment: AWS, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React Native
- Penetration test for Backend, Android-App and iOS-App
Ingo K.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Managing Director at Elterngeld Buddy GmbH
- Responsible for the entire software architecture of the parental allowance portal
- iOS and Android app with React Native and Expo, incl. push and OTA updates
- Store releases via App Store Connect and Google Play Console
- TypeScript monorepo for app, website and backend, web with Next.js and Tailwind
- Own promo, voucher and discount engine with contact and segment logic
- Payments via RevenueCat and in-app purchases, authentication with BetterAuth
- REST APIs based on OpenAPI, PostgreSQL with Prisma and Drizzle
- Self-hosting on Hetzner with Docker, Coolify, Terraform and GitHub Actions
- Tests with Vitest, Playwright and visual regression via Chromatic
- Observability via Grafana Cloud and error tracking with Sentry
- Performance marketing via Meta Ads, measured with custom event tracking
- Grew the product to 20,000 app users with a purchase rate of almost 12 %
- Managing Director since 04.2025, responsible for product and technology
Alexander K.
Last position:
Company AI assessment at ATRON
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Statistics of experts using Hetzner
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
36%
Doctorate
4%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
93%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany 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 Germany using Hetzner
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Hetzner 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 (48%)
- Media and Entertainment (38%)
- Retail (35%)
- Manufacturing (30%)
- Professional Services (28%)
- Telecommunication (28%)
- Government and Administration (25%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Hetzner at a glance
Hetzner is a hosting and cloud infrastructure provider known for dedicated servers, virtual machines, storage and networking. Its services support websites, APIs, databases, container platforms and private infrastructure. Professionals work across Hetzner Cloud, dedicated server offerings and the surrounding Linux ecosystem.
Cloud and server options
Hetzner Cloud provides virtual servers, private networks, firewalls, load balancers, volumes and object storage. Dedicated servers suit workloads that need predictable hardware, sustained performance or full operating-system control. Strong specialists compare these options against workload isolation, resilience, data locality and operational effort before choosing an architecture.
Ecosystem and tooling
Hetzner environments commonly connect with:
- Terraform or OpenTofu for repeatable infrastructure provisioning
- Ansible for server configuration and patching
- Docker and Kubernetes for containerized services
- Prometheus, Grafana and centralized logging for observability
- CI/CD pipelines for controlled application delivery
Cloud APIs, the hcloud command-line tool, SSH and Linux administration complete the practical toolkit.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when a team is moving workloads from another provider, replacing manual server work or preparing Hetzner infrastructure for production. Specialists can design migration plans, establish backups, configure networks and document operational procedures. In Germany, remote collaboration is often effective, while on-site work may help with hardware, internal security reviews or team handover.
Typical delivery work
- Hetzner Cloud accounts, projects and access controls
- Secure Linux servers with firewalls, SSH policies and updates
- High-availability application and database layouts
- Kubernetes or Docker environments with automated releases
- Backup, monitoring, alerting and disaster-recovery processes
The deliverable may be infrastructure as code, a running environment, migration documentation or a clear runbook for internal teams.
What strong professionals bring
A capable Hetzner specialist understands Linux, networking, DNS, TLS, storage and security rather than treating the provider as a simple server catalogue. They explain trade-offs between Cloud servers, dedicated hardware and external services, then test failure scenarios and recovery procedures. Look for careful cost control, reproducible configuration, clear documentation and experience communicating with distributed teams in Germany or remotely.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Hetzner.
Hetzner is used for web applications, APIs, databases, development environments, storage systems and container platforms. Its Cloud and dedicated server products let teams choose between flexible virtual infrastructure and direct access to physical hardware.
Hetzner generally offers a more focused infrastructure portfolio than the large hyperscalers. It can be a strong fit when transparent infrastructure, European locations and straightforward virtual or dedicated servers matter more than a broad catalogue of managed services.
A strong Hetzner specialist usually brings Linux, TCP/IP networking, DNS, TLS, firewalls, backups and monitoring skills. Terraform or OpenTofu, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD experience are also valuable when the environment must be reproducible and easy to operate.
The right level depends on the workload, its security needs and the required availability. A simple server setup may need focused infrastructure knowledge, while a production platform benefits from a professional who can design migrations, automate changes, test recovery and document ownership clearly.
Hetzner infrastructure is well suited to remote work because provisioning, access control and operations can be handled through APIs, automation and secure administration channels. For teams in Germany, agree on language, documentation standards, access procedures and any on-site requirements before work begins.
Hetzner dedicated servers can suit sustained workloads, specialized hardware needs or applications that benefit from predictable physical resources. Cloud servers are often more convenient for rapid provisioning, flexible sizing and isolated environments, so the decision should follow workload behavior and operational goals.
Ask how the Hetzner professional would handle backups, secrets, network isolation, monitoring, patching and recovery testing. Good answers include infrastructure as code, documented rollback steps, least-privilege access and a clear explanation of trade-offs rather than a generic server setup.
Hetzner work often involves Linux operations, API-driven provisioning and practical network security. Freelancers should clarify account ownership, billing responsibility, production access, backup retention, escalation paths and whether the engagement covers only infrastructure delivery or ongoing operations as well.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 775 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 36% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects are German (98%), English (93%), and French (10%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (48%), and Media and Entertainment (38%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Hetzner in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (90%), and Operations (65%).
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