Insomnia Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Insomnia
Birgit S.
Last position:
Business Analysis, Requirements Engineer at BMW
Refinement of epics and user stories to achieve a higher degree of automation in CRM usage. Testing of new Discountsystem
Minh D.
Last position:
Project Manager / Business Analyst / Application Manager at Finance and Insurance
Introducing 5 different process applications for various teams
Release planning: scope and time management
Resource/capacity planning
Conducting sprint planning / retrospectives
Increment planning (multiple sprints)
Preparing steering committee meetings / reporting to the executive board
Coordinating / aligning with external suppliers / deliveries
Multi-project resource planning
Aligning with the business unit and development team
Identifying best practices with IBM BAW
Cost control and planning for the project team and external service providers
Collecting KPIs using LogScale
Analyzing application errors with LogScale / queries
Defining user stories / aligning requirements with the business unit and development team
Testing and defect tracking
UI/UX design of the application
Preparing and facilitating brown-paper workshop
Test concept, test data, test organization, test execution
Recording team velocity / metrics
Executing tests
Scripts for automated testing
Organizing tests with the business unit and IT
Recording and prioritizing defects
Setting up and operating the application
Setting up application monitoring with LogScale dashboards
Checking health endpoints with PowerShell
Post mortem analysis
Setting up incident management
Setting up problem management
Analyzing errors using LogScale queries and dashboard
Pre-processing data for AI
Conducting evaluation with AI language models (Meta Llama 3.3 LLM and deepset Haystack) and RAG
Installing runtime environments for LLMs (large language model)
Evaluating various LLMs
Installing RAG (retrieval augmented generation) and integrating with LLM
Extracting unstructured data with LLM and RAG
Project based on IBM BAW (Business Automation Workflow), WebSphere Liberty, Domea, d.3, REST, LogScale (formerly Humio), Swagger, PowerShell, JIRA, Confluence, Lucom Interaction Platform (LIP), Mattermost, Jabber
Hüseyin K.
Last position:
Senior Full-Stack Engineer at DVAG
Architecture and implementation of a fully digitalized closing flow for managing securities contracts within the DVAG infrastructure. The platform aims for maximum user-friendliness, modular extensibility and compliant handling of sensitive data.
Implementation of a reactive UI structure with a focus on user guidance & accessibility.
Dynamic control of form and closing processes including validation logic.
Reactive state management via SignalStore (signals + selective effects).
UX optimization through adaptive components and Playwright-based UI tests.
Backend modularization to connect existing sales and contract logic.
API stability and DTO design according to Clean Architecture principles.
Collaboration with domain teams to define technical contracts and service boundaries.
Management with GitHub.
Unit tests with Jest, E2E tests with Playwright.
Code reviews, CI-integrated test execution, iterative refactorings.
Ensuring high coverage and UI stability in the closing flow.
Technologies: Angular 18, RxJS, SignalStore, HTML5, SCSS, Spring Boot, Kotlin, REST, OAuth2, Jest, Playwright, Clean Architecture.
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
Silke D.
Last position:
Business Analyst at Rentenservice
Developed a digitalization strategy Analyzed legacy systems and designed a new IT landscape
- Gathered current work structures and processes
- Identified optimization opportunities
- Developed a tool landscape to support business processes
- Created a request for proposal
- Defined epics and user stories
- Modeled processes
Technologies/Methods: Confluence, MSTeams, MindManager, PlantUML, JIRA
Predrag P.
Last position:
Test Developer | Test Automator at CreditReform
Technologies: Java 25, Selenium, Insomnia, SSO, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, IntelliJ, Nexus, Oracle, MariaDB, Spring Boot, Grafana, Concept Board, Vue.js, OpenAPI, Kotlin. Implementation, maintenance, and extension of automated end-to-end regression tests for UI and API interfaces. Appropriate and targeted test automation across multiple software products, including Java-based Windows applications. Automating business processes with Selenium, reset jobs, and DB import jobs, as well as creating test concepts, test case descriptions, and structured bug reporting.
Walid H.
Last position:
Senior Tester within the IT & Digital Roadmap at VTG-Aktiengesellschaft
- Consulting, planning, and adapting (extension and rebuild) of the existing test framework to cover necessary test cases as part of quality assurance for initiative implementations
- Executing cross-team manual test cases during regular sprint cycles
- Setting up test automation
- Advising front-end and back-end development on quality assurance aspects
- Building a framework for end-to-end test cases
- Performing software quality assurance across various projects within a program
- Supporting the creation of test cases
- Coordinating within the team with all relevant stakeholders
Isa G.
Last position:
SAP Test Lead Europe at Daiichi Sankyo
- Transformation project to S/4HANA
- Test management and coordination of functional tests for SAP
- Preparation and support of tests (SIT 1+2, MOCK 1+2, UAT) as part of the SAP S/4HANA rollout (SD, MM, FI/CO, MD)
- Creation of test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure system quality
- Monitoring and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) as well as ensuring the timely delivery of agreed performance indicators
- Coordination of the approach with test managers from other regions (US, JP)
- Planning of European test activities in the SAP implementation project in cooperation with test managers from the supplier
- Coordination of interdisciplinary business and technical test teams in Europe
- Business collaboration with global implementation partners
- Use of Tricentis qTest and ValGenesis as test management tools (for validation-relevant processes)
- Training functional consultants in testing and test tools
- Creation and evaluation of change requests, including effort estimation, prioritization, and tracking
- Reporting on test progress
Andreas S.
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
Daniel C.
Last position:
Founder & Managing Director at BotCraft GmbH
- Building the company with a focus on connectivity for IIoT and Industry 4.0, iRPA/process automation, advanced robotics and smart systems, sensors and services
- Project management and software architecture for IoT gateway development (since 2020) with protocol translation, IT/OT convergence and GRC
- Developing RPA bots for automating and monitoring industrial processes with an agent-based AI approach (since 2020)
- Implementing unsupervised clustering and anomaly detection for time series data in big data streaming pipelines (since 2021)
- Introducing a Docker-based release train for OTA updates with DevSecOps and CI/CD (since 2018)
Alexander B.
Last position:
Test Manager, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer at Alexander Bulgakov IT-Consulting
- Managing two teams as a test manager
- Designing and conducting manual tests
- Designing, implementing, and running automated Cucumber and Tavern tests
- Creating and maintaining test plans
- Preparing and presenting execution results at iteration transitions
- Reviewing requirement tickets and related documentation
- Regular reporting and creating bug tickets
- Participating in Scrum meetings for both teams
- Supporting QA and representing QA in cross-team end-to-end test phases, meetings, and presentations
Methods & Tools:
- Tavern testing with Python
- IntelliJ with Cucumber
- Gherkin in JIRA
- various tools for handling JSON, XML, CSV, and HTML
- Insomnia for API requests
Dragos Andrei S.
Last position:
QA Tech Lead at Thinksurance
- Establishing and enforcing strong technical standards within and across teams
- Define the required standard in line with overall strategy and communicate across respective technology teams
- Understanding business and technical requirements and implemented (across teams) in an effective and timely manner
- Mentoring (Junior/Mid) Quality Assurance engineers on their path towards seniority
- Providing regular feedbacks and participate in technical interviews
- Contribute to solution architecture proactively
- Design, align, and create solutions for future features according to overall architecture concept and business requirements
- Clarify and communicate decisions from system architects into respective teams
- Challenge business requirements in workshops, refinements, and planning to come to the best possible solution
- Drive QA solution delivery in and across the team
- Support and drive the full QA process
- Execute code reviews for critical tests and accompany their execution into CI/CD
- Participate in running/monitoring and maintaining the application in production
- Follow-up on critical bugs in production system
- Help to debug and solve problems in a timely manner
Jacqueline K.
Last position:
OTTO
- Design, development, and monitoring of microservices
- Migrating functions from a monolithic system into separate microservices
- Designing and implementing new microservices (backend and frontend)
- Setting up and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
- Configuring cloud infrastructure with AWS CDK and Terraform
- Designing and implementing event-driven communication with AWS SNS/SQS and Apache Kafka
- Ensuring code quality through Test Driven Development (TDD), static code analysis, and Clean Code
Guido S.
Last position:
Freelancer at IT Consulting GS
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Statistics of experts using Insomnia
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Insurance, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
56%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Insomnia
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.
Insomnia 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 (93%)
- Insurance (71%)
- Banking and Finance (64%)
- Transportation (64%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Telecommunication (43%)
- Automotive (36%)
- Retail (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
API testing workspace
Insomnia is a desktop application for designing, sending and debugging API requests. It is widely used with REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket services, giving teams a focused workspace for inspecting responses, headers, authentication and payloads. The product is also known as Insomnia REST Client and is maintained by Kong.
Requests and environments
Professionals use Insomnia to organize requests into collections and switch safely between local, staging and production environments. Variables, templates and chained requests help reproduce realistic workflows without copying sensitive values into individual calls. Import and export features support common API definitions and team handovers.
- Build request collections for REST and GraphQL endpoints
- Configure environment variables and authentication flows
- Inspect status codes, headers, cookies and response bodies
- Reproduce bugs with repeatable request sequences
Design and documentation
Insomnia connects API work with OpenAPI specifications, schema validation and documentation tasks. Specialists can review an existing contract, generate requests from a definition or compare implementation behavior with the agreed interface. This makes it useful during API design, integration work and release preparation.
Where companies use it
Companies bring in Insomnia expertise when an API needs reliable checks across services, environments or delivery teams. It appears in SaaS products, connected devices, financial systems, logistics software and internal service platforms. In Germany, specialists may work remotely or join on-site product teams that need close coordination with security, QA and backend functions.
- Investigate failing integrations between internal and external services
- Validate authentication, pagination, error handling and schema behavior
- Prepare API collections for handover, support or regression checks
- Align requests with OpenAPI contracts and service documentation
Skills around Insomnia
Strong professionals combine Insomnia with HTTP, JSON, OAuth 2.0, API keys and request signing. They understand REST conventions as well as GraphQL queries, variables and introspection, and they can work with gRPC or WebSocket calls when the system requires them. Useful adjacent skills include Git, OpenAPI, Docker, CI workflows and test automation.
Quality signals
A capable Insomnia specialist creates collections that are clear, repeatable and safe to share. They separate secrets from committed configuration, name requests consistently and explain the purpose of each environment or variable. They also read responses critically, distinguish a client issue from a service defect and leave practical documentation that another professional can use without guesswork.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Insomnia, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Insomnia is used to send, inspect and organize requests to APIs and other network services. Teams use it for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket testing, troubleshooting authentication, checking response behavior and documenting repeatable integration workflows.
Insomnia and Postman both support API requests, environments and collections. Insomnia is often chosen for its focused desktop workflow, open-source roots and support for formats such as OpenAPI and GraphQL, while the better choice depends on collaboration, governance and automation requirements.
Insomnia supports GraphQL requests and can work with OpenAPI definitions. A strong specialist should understand schemas, variables, authentication and contract validation rather than only knowing how to send a basic request.
Insomnia work benefits from knowledge of HTTP, JSON, OAuth 2.0, API keys and Git. Experience with OpenAPI, CI pipelines, Docker, backend services and automated testing helps when request collections must support a wider delivery process.
Insomnia can be used productively for a small request collection, but larger integration work calls for a professional who can structure environments, protect secrets and diagnose service behavior. The required depth depends on API complexity, authentication, team handover needs and whether automation is part of the scope.
Insomnia is well suited to remote collaboration because collections, specifications and issue details can be shared digitally. Teams should agree on repository conventions, environment handling, documentation language and secure access to test systems; on-site work may help when sensitive infrastructure requires close coordination.
Insomnia quality is visible in well-structured collections, clear variable scopes and requests that can be reproduced by others. Ask how the professional handles secrets, error cases, API contracts and differences between local, staging and production environments.
Insomnia is effective for exploratory testing, request organization and manual validation, but it is not always a complete automation solution. A specialist should know when to connect collections with scripts or CI tooling and when a dedicated test framework is more appropriate.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 768 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Insurance (71%), and Banking and Finance (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (93%), and Project Management (79%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Insomnia
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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