Kong Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Kong
Khalid E.
Last position:
Lead Architect & Developer at kem-consulting
Development of an agent-based governance platform for the automated assurance of EU AI Act compliance and ODA-compliant orchestration of AI services in complex enterprise environments.
Design and implementation of an agent-based "Mission Control" framework (Aletheia Conductor) for autonomous state monitoring and process control.
Development of "Compliance-as-Code" (CaC) solutions based on OPA/Rego for system-wide enforcement of regulatory guardrails.
Integration of TM Forum ODA standards (TMF630, TMF622, TMF642) to ensure interoperability and standardization.
Building a highly available event-driven architecture using Redpanda and CloudEvents v1.0 for near-real-time event processing.
Implementation of an audit-proof "Evidence Chain" through cryptographic linking of trace logs in preparation for automated audits.
Tech Stack: Java 21 (Quarkus Native), TypeScript (Next.js), Redpanda (Kafka API), CloudEvents v1.0, OPA (Open Policy Agent) & Rego, TimescaleDB, ZincSearch, Redis, TM Forum ODA, Git, GitHub, Clean Code Development, Like-C4.
Kiriakos K.
Last position:
Tech Lead / Architect : OTTO API Platform at OTTO
Maturing their API practices on both a business and technology level. My role covers strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands-on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API-centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and platform best practices with this project.
Highlights:
- Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
- Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
- Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals
API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Redocly, reactive programming, CDC, Golang, Gin, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.
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
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
Bastian I.
Last position:
Senior Backend Engineer Go & Technical Consultant at Regulated trading system for digital assets
- Technical consulting to meet regulatory MiCA requirements for a digital trading platform
- Design and development of backend components and APIs to comply with transparency and auditability requirements
- Optimization of core functions in order execution and market data delivery with a focus on performance and reliability under high load
- Conducting job interviews and structured onboarding of new developers
- Successful and timely implementation of the regulatory MiCA requirements, ensuring uninterrupted operations
- Reduction of user issues and common support requests by fixing complex backend problems
- Strengthening the development team through effective onboarding, mentoring, and knowledge sharing
Tino T.
Last position:
Director Technology at Forte Digital Germany
- Leading 20+ staff in development, site reliability engineering, and architecture.
- Leading the group-wide agentic AI initiative (Norway, Poland, Germany).
- Hands-on solution architect and AI consultant for over 50% of my working time on client projects in the publishing sector – from local publishers to international corporations.
- Strategic consulting and technical implementation of AI workflow platforms (n8n, Workato).
- Developing prototypes for traditional, AI-based, and agentic AI workflows.
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.
Marcel M.
Last position:
Cloud-Architect, Senior Solution Architect, Senior Software-Engineer at Assignment of KPIs for the service landscape to record and analyse costs per user
- Technologies: GoLang, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Git
- Conception of AWS infrastructure and existing services
- Analysis of IAM accounts and roles
- Setup of Cost Explorer and CloudWatch monitoring
- Setup of DynamoDB and S3 persistence of collected information
- Reporting and cost calculation
- Conception of Terraform deployment
Sanju B.
Last position:
Portfolio for Content Management System (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Bootstrap)
- Created a CMS-driven portfolio app for showcasing projects with user authentication, CRUD operations, and Guest Mode.
- Designed and implemented full-stack architecture using Flask, SQLAlchemy, and Bootstrap 5.
- Integrated secure authentication and CSRF protection mechanisms.
- Deployed production-ready web app using Docker and Railway.
- Achieved full project cycle completion: design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation.
- Demonstrated Agile development principles and industry-standard software engineering practices.
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Statistics of experts using Kong
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years
Position duration
1.9 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Greek
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 Kong
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.
Kong 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 (67%)
- Professional Services (44%)
- Automotive (33%)
- Pharmaceutical (33%)
- Government and Administration (33%)
- Retail (33%)
- Education (22%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Kong Gateway in practice
Kong is an open-source API gateway and connectivity platform built on NGINX and Lua. Kong Gateway receives, routes, transforms and protects API traffic between clients, services and external systems. Companies use it to create a consistent entry point for microservices, partner APIs and internal applications.
Core capabilities
Kong Gateway handles authentication, authorization, rate limiting, request transformation and traffic routing through plugins. Its declarative configuration supports repeatable deployments, while the Kong Admin API and Kong Manager help teams manage services, routes, consumers and credentials. Kong Konnect adds hosted control-plane capabilities for organizations using Kong’s cloud services.
Ecosystem and tooling
Kong specialists often work across Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and service-mesh environments. They may configure Kong Ingress Controller, Kong Gateway Operator, PostgreSQL, Redis and certificate management, alongside OpenID Connect, OAuth, JWT and mTLS integrations. Strong command of REST, GraphQL, gRPC, DNS, TLS and CI/CD is valuable when Kong sits in a wider delivery platform.
When companies need expertise
- Replacing scattered reverse proxies with a governed API gateway
- Moving Kong Gateway into Kubernetes or a hybrid cloud setup
- Standardizing authentication, quotas and API policies
- Connecting legacy services with modern microservices
- Investigating latency, routing or plugin failures
Companies typically bring in freelance Kong expertise during platform migrations, API modernization or periods of rapid service growth. In Germany, specialists may support regulated industries and distributed teams, working remotely or on site where architecture workshops and security reviews require close collaboration.
Project deliverables
A Kong engagement can produce gateway architecture, route and service definitions, plugin configurations, deployment charts and automated promotion pipelines. It may also include API documentation, access models, dashboards, alert rules, upgrade plans and runbooks. Clear rollback procedures matter because gateway changes affect many consumers at once.
What strong experts bring
Good Kong professionals understand the boundary between gateway policy and application logic. They test authentication flows, validate certificate chains, measure upstream behavior and keep configuration versioned and reviewable. They also explain trade-offs between Kong Gateway, a cloud-managed control plane and alternatives such as Envoy or Apigee, then leave the team with maintainable standards and practical documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Kong? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Kong is used to expose, secure and control APIs and microservices through a central gateway. It can apply authentication, rate limits, transformations, routing and observability policies without repeating them in every service.
Kong Gateway extends NGINX with an API-focused plugin model, service and consumer management, and strong Kubernetes integration. Envoy is often chosen for high-performance proxying and service-mesh use cases, while Apigee provides a broader managed API product; the right choice depends on control, operating model and governance needs.
A strong Kong freelancer usually understands Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, CI/CD and cloud networking. Knowledge of OAuth, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, REST, GraphQL, PostgreSQL and observability tools helps them solve gateway issues across the full request path.
Kong Gateway can support a focused migration, a new API platform or a complex multi-service rollout. The relevant background depends on traffic patterns, security requirements, deployment model and the number of teams involved, so a specialist should first review architecture, integrations and operational ownership.
Kong work is often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, infrastructure and testing can be managed through version control and shared pipelines. On-site workshops in Germany can still help when teams need to align on security, platform ownership or migration sequencing.
Look for evidence of Kong Gateway work involving production routing, authentication, plugin configuration and reliable deployment practices. Ask how the specialist handled upgrades, secrets, certificates, failures and rollback, rather than judging quality from gateway configuration alone.
Kong Gateway is the runtime gateway that processes API traffic and can be self-managed. Kong Konnect is Kong’s hosted platform for managing connectivity and control-plane capabilities, so the choice affects operations, deployment responsibility and the way teams govern their environments.
A Kong specialist may deliver gateway architecture, declarative configuration, Kubernetes manifests, plugins, security policies and CI/CD automation. Useful handover also includes API documentation, monitoring rules, runbooks and clear guidance for operating or extending the setup after the engagement.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 854 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 75% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Greek (11%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Professional Services (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Kong in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (89%), and Operations (78%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Kong
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 
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