Insomnia Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Insomnia
Birgit Stünkel
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 Doan
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 Korkut
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 Keil
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
Predrag Perovic
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 Haidari
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 Gündogdu
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 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
Silke Daroglou
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
Daniel Carton
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 Bulgakov
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 Serediuc
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
Almut Malone
Last position:
Freelance Clinical IMP and Supply Manager (CAR-T cells) at Biotech
Task list (excerpt):
- First point of contact for IMP questions of clinical site staff on behalf of the sponsor
- Contribution to apheresis site audits and establishing leukapheresis documents for clinical trials
- Oversight of IMP and comparator life cycle from receipt to destruction, including manufacturing, release, packaging, labelling, distribution, and IxRS set-up
- Consultation on implementing IMP-related processes for the clinical supply chain
- Development and surveillance of manuals and working procedures for IMP management
- Authoring instructions for manufacturers, ordering of fresh/frozen IMP, thawing methods, administration at clinical sites, contribution to other IMP-related documents
- Documentation and escalation of IMP deviations and issues to all stakeholders and ensuring completion of preventive and corrective actions
- Coordination of activities for procedures associated with IMP quality with regards to practical feasibility at all involved parties together with subject matter experts, qualification, training and compliance checks of contract manufacturers in collaboration with QA
- Alignment of processes for the use of products with parameters outside their specification
- IMP-trainings of internal and external team members including onboarding
- Responsible for naming conventions and adequate filing of all IMP-related documents in TMF and ISFs
- Continuous improvement by establishing communication plans and other supporting documents for lymphoma studies, including paediatric trials
- Review of all SOPs and other IMP handling documents
- Hosting Teams meetings and attending relevant other meetings of sponsor and service providers
Jacqueline Krech
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 Schmetkamp
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
19 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
12
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 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
API testing
Insomnia is a client for building and testing APIs by hand before they reach production. Teams use it to send REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests, inspect responses, and check headers, cookies, and payloads without writing extra tooling.
Collections
A strong specialist turns repeat work into clean request collections that others can reuse.
- Organize endpoints by service or feature
- Store environments for dev, test, and staging
- Keep request bodies, auth, and headers consistent
- Share ready-to-run API flows with the team
Workflow fit
Insomnia is often used alongside OpenAPI, JSON, YAML, and common auth schemes such as OAuth 2.0 and API keys. It fits teams that need quick checks during backend changes, contract reviews, or integration work across Germany and remote teams.
When to bring in help
Companies usually look for freelance expertise when API work becomes messy or slow to verify. Typical signs are broken auth flows, unclear collections, inconsistent environments, or teams that need a clear setup for manual testing and handoff.
Strong specialist skills
Good professionals know how to model real requests, compare responses, and spot issues in status codes, schemas, and error messages. They also document the collection well, so others can repeat checks without guessing what changed.
Collaboration
Insomnia work is usually remote-friendly because most tasks are tied to API contracts and shared environments. On-site sessions can help when specialists need to review internal services, align with security rules, or clean up a large collection with the team.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Insomnia, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Insomnia is used to send and inspect API requests before code is shipped. Teams use it to test REST, GraphQL, and gRPC endpoints, verify authentication, and compare expected and actual responses. It is useful when developers and specialists need a fast way to reproduce issues by hand.
Insomnia is often chosen for a lighter, focused workflow around request testing and API debugging. Postman offers a broader set of collaboration and automation features, while Insomnia is valued for clean collections and straightforward editing. The right choice depends on whether the team needs depth of workflow management or a sharper testing tool.
A strong Insomnia freelancer usually knows HTTP, REST, GraphQL, JSON, and common auth methods such as bearer tokens and API keys. OpenAPI, OAuth 2.0, and basic backend troubleshooting are also important. These adjacent skills help the specialist turn a request tool into a reliable part of delivery.
A Insomnia project benefits from outside help when API checks are inconsistent or hard to reuse. That often happens after service growth, during integration work, or when teams need better collections and environment setup. External specialists can clean up the workflow quickly and make handoff easier.
For routine request testing, a Insomnia specialist with solid API fundamentals is often enough. For larger systems, look for someone who has built shared collections, worked with multiple environments, and handled auth-heavy flows. The complexity of the API matters more than the tool name alone.
Yes, Insomnia works well in remote setups because collections and environments are easy to share. In Germany, many teams use it for distributed backend, QA, and integration work where clear documentation matters. On-site workshops can still help when security policies or internal service maps need closer review.
A good Insomnia specialist leaves behind collections that are easy to read, run, and maintain. Look for clean naming, sensible environment variables, clear auth handling, and notes that explain edge cases. The best work makes API checks repeatable for the next person, not just usable once.
Yes, Insomnia remains a strong choice when the goal is practical API testing rather than a full testing suite. It is especially useful for teams that want to inspect requests, debug responses, and keep collections tidy. If your work centers on manual verification and collaboration around APIs, it is still very relevant.
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 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Insurance (67%), and Banking and Finance (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Insomnia in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Quality Assurance (93%), and Project Management (73%).
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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