JetBrains Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used JetBrains
Tobias Mönch
Last position:
Power BI Expert at MID-SIZED RETAIL COMPANY FOR CLEANING TECHNOLOGY AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS
Reporting and controlling with Power BI for a productive ERP system
- Analysis of ERP data and interfaces for use in Power BI dashboards
- Evaluation and migration of existing reports (e.g. Excel) to Power BI
- Development of an access rights concept for selective data access
- Documentation and training on how to use and adapt the Power BI dashboards
Label: Power BI, Excel, SelectLine ERP, Microsoft SQL, SQL Server Management Studio
Sabahattin Kunas
Last position:
Sole responsibility (concept, development, infrastructure, operations) at Own project busik.ch
- Ride-sharing and bus platform, live and working. Backend Spring Boot 4.1 on Java 21, PostgreSQL with Flyway, Testcontainers integration tests. Running in my own AWS account (ECS Fargate, ALB, ECR, IAM least privilege) with CI/CD via GitHub Actions and OIDC federation without static credentials. Development throughout AI-assisted with Claude Code, including my own skills and project-specific memory. Spring Boot · Java 21 · PostgreSQL · Flyway · Docker · AWS ECS/ALB/ECR · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Claude Code
Philipp Steidler
Last position:
Solution Architect, Software Engineer, UX/UI Designer, Full-Stack Developer, Data Engineer, IT Consultant at Geigenbau-Meisterwerkstatt
- A digital system made up of special software and hardware components. The overall system replaces the traditional process with job slips and handwritten notes and enables more efficient order intake. Orders and work steps for the violin-making company’s projects can now be recorded, processed and logged in real time directly on the workshop’s touchscreen PC, by mobile phone or on the desktop. This gives customers a more transparent view of the work on their instruments and allows them to track the status and progress of their instrument through their customer account.
Tech stack: next.js, React, Flutter, Dart, Raspberry, Linux, Directus
Rainer Langbehn
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant, Senior Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer at Techniker Krankenkasse
Automation of the database major / minor releases for the TKeasy project
Concept for database major / minor release automation
As-is analysis
Evaluation of Redgate Flyway functionality
Concept creation
Products: Redgate Flyway, GitHub, Quest, Erwin Data Modeller, Oracle, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence
Skills: Docker, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Redgate Flyway, Major Releases, Minor Releases
Thorsten Lenzen
Last position:
Senior Security Analyst
- Analysis and remediation of security vulnerabilities in a risk assessment system for energy trading
- System analysis
- Threat modeling
- Decision-making on vulnerability mitigation strategies
- Implementation of vulnerability detection mechanisms
- Security scans
- DevSecOps practices
- Technical environment: Visual Studio Code, JetBrains Suite, MS Threat Modeling Tool, DevSecOps, Git, AWS, DynamoDB, SQL Server, Endur, Snowflake, Orca
- Languages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, SQL
Patrick Waldschmitt
Last position:
AI Software Engineer at IppenMedia
- Analysis
- Consulting
- Software design
- Development
- Automation
- Testing
- Deployment
- Architecture, development and deployment of various proof-of-concept applications around the integration of current AI interfaces including conversational, realtime voice, images and videos
- Developed best practices for working with agentic systems and AI in practice
- Created code templates
Michael Sartori
Last position:
IT & Test Consultant at Testing Experts GmbH
AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an E-Book on the Use of AI in Software Testing
- Designing and creating an e-book on the meaningful and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
- Using generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and variant creation, with final technical review and approval of all content based on my own expertise.
- Developing practical opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of "tester vs. AI".
- Title: "11 Strong Reasons: Dream Team Instead of Rivals - Testers and AI Are Unbeatable Together"
- Subtitle: "How humans and machines form the perfect team in software testing—and why pure AI testing is risky."
- Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, client presentations, or internal training.
- Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of professional testing experience, common sense.
Oleksii Kvasnikov
Last position:
Software developer (freelance) at Sasse Elektronik GmbH
- Built custom Yocto Linux image with Docker support (NXP i.MX 6ULL)
- Developed distributed Python application (web interface, gas/temp control)
- Designed multiple docker containers for production and development
- Wrote documentation per IEC 62304
Paul Abramov
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at JaMoin GmbH
- Co-led the modernization of business-critical financial software, migrating from Basic legacy to .NET/WPF, making architecture decisions, reducing the codebase by ~40-50% and improving performance by ~30-40%.
- Developed greenfield features (file handling, debtor management), optimized database access and UI rendering, increasing system stability and transaction success rate.
- Responsible for end-to-end development including architecture design, code reviews, sprint planning, and acting as the technical point of contact for stakeholders.
- Tech: C#, .NET, WPF/XAML (MVVM), MSSQL, Clean Architecture, Visual Studio 2021, Azure DevOps
Martin Gross
Last position:
Product Management for Medical Portal at MedTech Startup
- Product strategy and roadmap development for digital health portal
- Requirements engineering and feature prioritization
- User story definition and backlog management
- Prototype development
- Implementation of continuous delivery
- Search engine optimization
- Technological environment: Claude Code, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Agentic Coding, TypeScript, React, AstroJS, PostgreSQL, JetBrains IntelliJ, Netlify, Supabase, GitHub Actions, Git, DevOps, continuous delivery
Stefan Mironczyk
Last position:
E-Commerce Marketing Manager at nal von minden GmbH
Content management and SEO: creating and managing content in the online shop (Magento) on self-diagnostics.com. Performing search engine marketing (SEO & SEA) including Sistrix SEO analyses, on-page optimizations, performance and competitor analyses.
SEO optimizations: carrying out technical SEO audits and optimizations, post-relaunch SEO measures such as redirect management, link building, meta descriptions, and sitemap management. Ensuring shop indexing and optimizing for Google Core Web Vitals and Page Experience.
Sales promotion measures: planning and implementing actions to increase visibility and sales volume, including up-selling and cross-selling strategies.
Google and Amazon management: configuring and managing the Google Merchant Center for different markets, optimizing pay-per-click campaigns (PPC) as well as product listings on Amazon and eBay.
Timon Ringwald
Last position:
Database Developer – Research Project – Healthcare Billing at MeQuEn GmbH
- Optimizing dynamically generated databases for logging
- Tools: MariaDB, C#, Visual Studio, VMs, Docker, Windows, Linux
Moritz Kath
Last position:
Senior DevOps Engineer GCP at tedi GmbH & Co. KG
- Design and implementation of DevOps and CI/CD practices for data and analytics teams
- Introduction of infrastructure as code with Terraform (IaC)
- Setup and maintenance of GCP user and permission management with Terraform in multi-project environment
- Design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines with GitHub
- Leading and training developer team for the introduction of IaC and CI/CD practices
- Building and optimising database connectors with Apache Arrow for terabyte scale data extraction (Oracle, SAP)
- Optimising data lake storage and warehouse ingest
Stephan Sahm
Last position:
Senior Data/ML Consultant & Technical Lead at Jolin.io
Role: Software Engineer & Applied Mathematician (Mathematical optimization for scheduling; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: JuMP, Julia, Pluto, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, JetBrains Space, Terraform, Nomad)
Role: Software & Cloud & Web Engineer (Building scalable data science compute cluster from scratch; duration: 11 months; team setting: Team of 1, on-site; technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s ingress, k8s services, k8s RBAC, k8s networking, k3s, etcd, S3, DNS, certificates, Julia, Pluto, JavaScript, Tailwind, Astro, npm, Parcel, Preact, MUI, JWT, AWS SQS, AWS RDS, Python, GitLab, GitHub)
Role: AI & Web Engineer (Custom ChatGPT service; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Poetry, LangChain, Tailwind, ChatGPT API, Flask, FastAPI)
Role: Architect & Data Engineer (Central datalake setup and ingestion; duration: 9 months; team setting: Team of 5, remote; technologies: Infrastructure-as-code, AWS CDK, Python, Boto3, PySpark, AWS Glue, IAM, S3, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Apache Hudi, DeltaLake, Databricks, GitHub, Jira, Miro)
Role: Software Engineer (PoC Julia migration of scikit-decide; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Julia, GitHub)
Michael Lühr
Last position:
B2B Shop Development for Curtain Fabrics
- Development of a B2B shop based on Magento 2
- Plugin research and implementation, e.g. custom prices per customer
- Implementation of individual customizations
- Quality assurance
- Release management
- Collaboration with the marketing team
- Technologies: Magento 2, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Docker, Git
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Statistics of experts using JetBrains
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
1.8 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Education
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
17%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 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 JetBrains
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
JetBrains work
JetBrains is the toolset many teams use for serious day-to-day coding work. It covers IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, Rider, GoLand, CLion, and other IDEs for writing, reviewing, and maintaining software across common stacks.
What experts deliver
- IDE setup for language-specific projects and shared team standards
- Refactoring, code inspections, and safe navigation through large code bases
- Plugin, formatter, and inspection profile configuration
- Remote development and connected workflows for distributed teams
Ecosystem skills
Strong JetBrains professionals know more than shortcuts. They work with language plugins, VCS integration, debugger settings, database tools, and build systems such as Maven, Gradle, or npm-based front ends when the project needs them. They also understand how to tune the IDE so it fits the team’s coding style.
When companies hire
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a project needs a better developer setup fast. That can mean migrating from one IDE to another, standardizing inspections across teams, cleaning up shared run configs, or making IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, or Rider work well in a mixed environment.
Germany projects
In Germany, these specialists often support product teams, agencies, and software groups that work in English but need clear collaboration across local and remote staff. The work is usually practical: improve workflows, remove friction, and make sure the IDE matches the stack and the delivery process.
What good looks like
Good JetBrains professionals explain trade-offs clearly and set things up in a way the team can maintain. They do not just know one IDE; they know how to adapt JetBrains tools to Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, or C++ projects and keep the setup consistent over time.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about JetBrains, in one place.
JetBrains is used for software development work inside IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, Rider, and CLion. Companies bring in specialists to improve coding, debugging, refactoring, inspections, and everyday team workflows. It is a practical choice when the code base is large or the stack is mixed.
Bring in a JetBrains specialist when the team needs faster setup, cleaner standards, or help with a complex workspace. That includes shared inspection profiles, plugin choices, VCS integration, run configurations, and remote development. Freelance support is especially useful when internal experts are focused on delivery.
JetBrains IDEs are often chosen when teams want deeper language support, stronger inspections, and more guided refactoring. VS Code is lighter and more extensible, while Eclipse is still common in some Java environments. The right choice depends on how much built-in tooling the team wants versus how much it wants to assemble itself.
A strong JetBrains freelancer usually knows the language and stack behind the IDE, not just the tool itself. That often includes Git, debugging, testing, build systems, and language-specific workflows for Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, or C++. They should also understand team conventions and review habits.
A JetBrains project can be small or highly specialized. Simple setup work may need only focused expertise, while migration, team standardization, or plugin work calls for deeper knowledge of the IDE internals and the target stack. The key is whether the freelancer has solved the same kind of workflow problem before.
Yes, JetBrains work is often handled remotely, including for teams in Germany. Many tasks involve screen sharing, configuration reviews, and written guidance, so location matters less than clear communication and the right tool knowledge. On-site work only becomes useful when the setup touches many local systems or needs hands-on team training.
If the team keeps fighting the IDE instead of using it, JetBrains support is probably overdue. Common signs are inconsistent run configs, duplicated settings, slow onboarding, noisy inspections, or plugin sprawl. A good specialist can simplify the setup and make it easier to maintain.
Look for someone who can explain why a setup works, not just apply shortcuts in JetBrains. Good professionals leave behind clear settings, stable workflows, and decisions the team can reuse. Ask for examples of refactoring, debugging, and team-standard work they have improved.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 740 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects are German (100%), English (97%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Manufacturing (56%), and Education (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used JetBrains in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used JetBrains
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.
Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg Request a free demo
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