jBPM Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used jBPM
Ornel Franck W.
Last position:
Sales Partner at ERGO PRO
- Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
- Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
- Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
- Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Priyanka S.
Last position:
Business Consultant (Software Engineering) at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Developed cloud-native enterprise applications on SAP Business Technology Platform using Node.js, SAP UI5, and RESTful APIs, delivering solutions across training management, procurement, employee information, and logistics domains
- Served as the primary developer for the maintenance, enhancement, and production support of three enterprise applications, delivering new features, resolving production issues, and coordinating releases with business stakeholders
- Experienced in leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Microsoft Copilot to accelerate feature development, generate code, prototype solutions, and support application migration and modernization
- Designed backend services, domain models, and SAP Fiori/UI5 interfaces, implementing business workflows, role-based access control, validations, scheduling, reporting, and data import/export capabilities
- Designed and integrated enterprise services with SAP SuccessFactors, SailPoint, ERP systems, and external Learning Management APIs, including automated synchronization for 11,000+ user data
- Designed and implemented AMQP-based event-driven services processing up to 500 RFID parcel scan events per day for a logistics application
- Managed deployments and application operations using CI/CD pipelines, SAP Solution Manager, SAP BTP Cockpit, Kibana, and cloud monitoring tools, performing root-cause analysis and resolving production incidents
- Managed application dependencies by resolving npm package version conflicts and remediating critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities, ensuring production compliance and application stability
- Collaborated with architects, business users, SAP governance teams, and distributed Agile teams throughout technical design, code reviews, sprint planning, documentation, and software delivery
Holger G.
Last position:
Senior Vice President of Engineering at Uptempo GmbH
- Responsible for development, architecture, QA, BI, AI and cloud operations across a global engineering organization of 150+ engineers in 21 teams across 6 countries
- Led the transformation from legacy single-tenant architecture to a cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS platform using AWS, Kubernetes and event-driven architectures
- Established engineering operating models, architecture governance and DevOps practices across multiple international teams
- Introduced Generative AI capabilities (Azure OpenAI, RAG) to enable AI-driven product features and secure enterprise data access
- Responsible for cloud infrastructure strategy, security and compliance (ISO 27001, SOC1/2) and cloud cost optimization (FinOps)
- Led enterprise integrations with ERP, CRM and commerce systems for global customers
Andreas N.
Last position:
Open Source Founder at Privatier
- AI-supported source code analysis
- AI image generation for a shirt shop
- AI-supported analysis of connected YouTube channels and commenting users
- AI-supported software prototyping
- Operation of a local AI environment
- 3D printing and scanning: development of a process to repair GfK parts using 3D-printed negative molds
The focus is on practical applications of new technologies, founding an open-source project for a yacht autopilot, as well as yacht refit and motorhome conversion.
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
Jacqueline H.
Last position:
Kitchen Appliance Manufacturer
Setting up and enhancing an international subscription management system
Migrating and decommissioning a Hybris-SAP system and integrating Zuora
Implementing numerous interfaces to various systems (external and internal)
Setting up and improving monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and Databricks
Introducing logging with Loki
Implementing business requirements using jQuery, Thymeleaf, Spring Boot, Java, Go, and Python
Adjusting and extending the GitLab CI pipelines
Setting up and extending infrastructure as code with Terraform and ArgoCD on AWS
Setting up and running E2E and performance tests
Expanding the Databricks business intelligence solution to provide various KPIs
Responsibilities: Architecture, DevOps, development, unit tests, coaching employees and apprentices, E2E, smoke, and integration tests, agile methods consulting (Kanban, Scrum)
Technologies and methods: Java, Go, Kotlin, Node.js, Spring Boot, SOAP/REST, Quarkus, Thymeleaf, Vaadin, Slack, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ, GitLab, SQS, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Maven, Gradle, GitLab CI, Databricks
Henning P.
Last position:
Backend Systems Development at Deutsche Bank/DWS/Morgenfund
- Developed backend systems for the DWS Investment App, a white-label investment solution (robo-advisor), and an investment solution for institutional clients.
- Java 8-17, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, OpenAPI 3.0, JPA, JDBI, Oracle, Hazelcast, JXLS, Apache POI, Apache PDFBox, Apache Kafka & Avro, Active MQ, Elasticsearch, React Native, Spock Test, IntelliJ IDEA, Kubernetes, Helm, Microservices/Netflix-Stack, TeamCity, Splunk.
- Kanban team, continuous integration.
- Migrated existing applications from Deutsche Bank's private cloud environment to Azure as part of a carve-out.
Claus K.
Last position:
Developer, Architect at Freelance Developer
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Statistics of experts using jBPM
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
33%
Certifications per freelancer
5
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 jBPM
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.
jBPM 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 (75%)
- Professional Services (50%)
- Retail (50%)
- Education (38%)
- Insurance (38%)
- Transportation (38%)
- Manufacturing (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What jBPM does
jBPM is an open-source business process management and workflow engine from the KIE ecosystem. It lets teams model, execute and monitor business processes using BPMN, while connecting human tasks, service calls and business rules. Companies use it to make long-running operational work traceable and repeatable.
Core capabilities
jBPM supports executable BPMN workflows, case management, task assignment and process monitoring. Its runtime can coordinate approvals, validations, notifications and service integrations across distributed enterprise systems. Processes can be versioned and adapted as policies or operating models change.
Ecosystem and tooling
Professionals work with BPMN models, the KIE tooling ecosystem, Drools rules, persistence layers and Java-based services. They may also use Kogito for cloud-native process services, Spring Boot integrations, REST APIs, messaging and container platforms. Strong delivery depends on understanding both the process model and the surrounding application landscape.
Typical use cases
- Approval and claims workflows with human tasks
- Compliance, onboarding and case management processes
- Service orchestration across enterprise applications
- Rule-driven decisions with Drools
- Monitoring and improvement of operational workflows
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is valuable when a team is replacing manual coordination, modernising a legacy workflow stack or integrating jBPM with ERP, CRM and identity systems. In Germany, specialists may support regulated industries and complex internal processes while collaborating remotely or on site with business and IT teams. They can also help recover stalled implementations and establish maintainable modelling standards.
What strong professionals bring
A strong jBPM professional translates business policies into clear BPMN models without hiding complexity in code. They test timers, retries, compensation, human-task assignments and version changes under realistic conditions. They also document operational ownership, secure integrations and define useful process metrics so the workflow remains reliable after handover.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about jBPM, in one place.
jBPM is used to model and run business processes that combine automated services, human tasks and business rules. Typical applications include approvals, claims handling, onboarding, compliance workflows and case management.
jBPM is closely connected to the KIE ecosystem, especially Drools and related tooling, which makes it suitable for rule-heavy process automation. Camunda and Flowable are common alternatives with different runtime models, tooling choices and community ecosystems, so the best option depends on existing Java skills, process complexity and integration needs.
jBPM work often requires BPMN modelling, Java, REST integration, persistence and message-driven architecture. Knowledge of Drools, Kogito, Spring Boot, containers, databases and identity management is also useful when the workflow is part of a wider enterprise application.
jBPM projects vary from focused workflow changes to broad process-platform implementations. Look for a professional who has delivered comparable BPMN processes, handled human tasks and timers, integrated external services and supported production operations rather than only creating isolated models.
jBPM projects can usually be delivered remotely when process owners, system documentation and access to test environments are available. On-site workshops may still help with process discovery, stakeholder alignment and access-sensitive work in German organisations.
jBPM quality is visible in readable BPMN models, clear separation between workflow and rules, robust error handling and useful operational monitoring. Ask candidates to explain versioning, retries, task ownership, test coverage and how they prevent process changes from disrupting active cases.
jBPM can support cloud-oriented architectures, particularly when paired with Kogito and container-based deployment patterns. The design still needs careful attention to state management, observability, resilience, security and integration with messaging or service platforms.
jBPM specialists should clarify the target process, existing KIE or Drools components, deployment model, integrations and ownership of BPMN definitions. They should also confirm whether the assignment covers discovery, implementation, migration, testing, production support or knowledge transfer.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 939 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 33% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (38%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Professional Services (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used jBPM in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (88%), and Quality Assurance (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used jBPM
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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