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Patrick L.
Last position:
Senior GenAI Fullstack Developer at SBH (Schulbau Hamburg)
Remote freelance role focused on Agentic AI strategy, secure application patterns, and reusable agentic workflows for a government agency.
- Development and implementation of an open-source Agentic AI strategy for a government agency, with a focus on GDPR, security, and self-hosted solutions
- Development of reusable agentic workflows and business applications that enable non-technical employees to solve business problems independently
- Implementation of nine business applications with Single Sign-On (SSO) and Azure PostgreSQL integration on Hetzner Linux servers
Techstack: Python, Streamlit, Anthropic SDK (Claude), Azure, Linux, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Angular
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.
Stefan O.
Last position:
Founder at ProtocolEngine.io
Evidence-led health intelligence platform turning published research into personal health protocols. It scores 430 habits, foods, and supplements against the studies behind them, and moves the score when the evidence moves. Built solo.
- Built the daily ingestion pipeline across PubMed, bioRxiv, and medRxiv: 43,000+ papers from 3,400+ journals processed into 230,000+ typed evidence claims, each one traceable back to the study it came from.
- Designed the six-factor evidence scoring model and the public changelog behind it, so no recommendation ever appears without the papers underneath it. 23,000+ grade changes recorded and explained to date.
- Shipped an entity information model connecting every intervention to its mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes: 118 biomarkers with region-specific reference ranges, 77 mechanisms, 32 graded outcomes.
- Built the personalisation layer: blood panel ingestion that reads lab PDFs with a vision model and corrects results for draw time against the user's wake anchor, plus Oura, WHOOP, and Withings integration for daily readiness context.
- Operate eleven specialised review agents over the corpus and codebase, covering paper curation, retrieval quality, health-claim compliance across EU and US regimes, and security.
- Shipped the Evidence Assistant, a RAG assistant that answers from the claim database and cites the underlying papers, plus a B2B practitioner tier, an Expo React Native app, and localisation across 3 languages and 7 markets.
Stack: Next.js 16, TypeScript, Supabase, pgvector, Anthropic Claude, Vercel, DeepInfra.
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed a browser-based platform for Kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed a CLI in TypeScript to deploy resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security, and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command-line utility tool.
- Designed role and permission models for Keycloak, OAuth/OIDC, and social login flows.
- Used LLMs to convert user intent into diagrams.
- Worked on integration with multiple sovereign clouds like StackIT, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud, plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, and Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Sascha B.
Last position:
Web Developer at GxPlex
- Built a customized MediaWiki instance, including installation, MySQL database, SSL, and automatic backups
- Set up user roles (Admin, Mod, Verified, User) and a permissions system
- FlaggedRevisions for editorial review workflows · Commenting and rating extensions
Collin K.
Last position:
Software Architect / Fullstack Developer at Equity Bytes
Built an international e-commerce platform for a multi-vendor marketplace for digital assets from scratch. Designed and operated cloud native architectures at enterprise scale.
- Designed and operated a highly scalable microservice and serverless architecture
- Built the complete cloud infrastructure with Terraform + AWS CDK in AWS
- Provisioned ECS/EKS clusters (Fargate), Application Load Balancers (reverse proxy), and Lambda functions
- Observability & tracing with CloudWatch, DataDog, Prometheus, and Grafana
- End-to-end setup with DataDog (formerly AWS CloudWatch), Prometheus, and custom Grafana dashboards
- Integration of advanced metrics (including ORM mapper) and distributed tracing with Jaeger
- Robust backup and disaster recovery strategies
- RDS Postgres backups and hourly snapshots
- Read-only, asynchronously synchronized replicas with automated master failover in emergencies
- Minute-level rollback capability through versioned Docker images on ECS and Git-based CI/CD pipelines
- Created CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated multi-stage deployments (Dev, Testing, Prod)
- Integrated Stripe for international payment processing
- Built a marketplace payment system with multiple parties and payout routines
- Used Algolia for high-performance real-time search of digital assets on the platform
- Federation of services with GraphQL and Hasura
- Later migration to GraphQL Mesh
- Test Driven Development (TDD) - unit, integration, and E2E testing with Jest, Vitest, and Playwright
- Used Next.js / React for modern frontend applications in the nx monorepo
- Enterprise security architecture & access control
- Integration of JWT tokens with Auth0, OAuth, OIDC, IP guards, BOLA protection, and secret vaults
- Authorization concepts with RBAC, ABAC, and native Postgres Row-Level Security (RLS)
- Built internal microfrontends with Retool for fast prototyping and operational business processes
Technologies: ABAC, AWS CDK, AWS CloudWatch, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS Fargate, AWS RDS, AWS S3, Algolia, Auth0, DataDog, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, GraphQL, GraphQL Mesh, Hasura, JWT, Jaeger, Java, JavaScript, Jest, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Monorepo, Next.js, OIDC, Playwright, Postgres, Postgres RLS, Prometheus, RBAC, Redis, Retool, Serverless, Stripe, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest
Marijn S.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Puls Security GmbH
Optimizing and acceleration of our Gitlab CI pipeline
Conceptual work for the PoC of the Zero Trust system
Extension of the policy-engine backend in Go
Extension of the policy-testing mechanism in Python
Architectural design of the PEP component of Zero Trust
Documentation of the product
Technologies: Zero Trust, Go, Python, Gitlab CI, Docker, JWT, Domain-Driven Design
Patrick H.
Last position:
Developer & Operator at OXO UG
Seitenkumpel — agents build websites for trade businesses, unattended. Own product, live.
- Agents research public company data and build complete websites from it, with nobody watching
- A validation layer makes sure extraction errors fail loudly instead of passing quietly
- Acquisition runs through a postcard funnel with a screenshot and a QR code, subscription model from 79 euros a month
- Result: several hundred websites built, running unattended
- Honest limit: there are no paying subscriptions yet — the funnel is built, the revenue is not there
Stack: agent workflows built directly without a framework, Claude and OpenAI APIs, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare Workers, web scraping, data enrichment
Michael H.
Last position:
Frontend Developer at RTL Tech
- Development and optimization of the RTL+ frontend application for SmartTV and set-top box platforms with React and Next.js.
- Key role in the technical coordination of developers within the team and in coordinating implementation.
- Central interface to adjacent teams to simplify development processes and improve cross-team alignment.
- Improved frontend performance, stability, and rendering behavior on low-powered devices in a restricted runtime environment.
- Implemented a frontend testing strategy with Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright.
- Implemented accessibility improvements according to WCAG 2.2 and WAI-ARIA.
- Integrated Didomi Consent Management as a contribution to increasing ad monetization on streaming platforms.
- Used AI-supported engineering workflows with Cursor for structured implementation, refactoring, and faster problem solving.
Technologies used: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, GraphQL, Apollo Gateway, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, React Testing Library, Playwright, Jest, HTML5, CSS3, AWS Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, GitLab CI/CD, NX, Cursor
Philipp S.
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
Niklas W.
Last position:
AI Engineer at Tensora GmbH
- Designed and developed a multi-tenant SaaS platform enabling organizations to build their own knowledge bases and chat with brand-customized AI assistants (white-label approach with dynamic branding per organization).
- Implemented a scalable RAG architecture with a GPT-4o tool-use loop, hybrid semantic search, and strict tenant isolation at database and search index level.
- Built persistent, project-like chat sessions including a streaming API (SSE), multilingual support, and speech input/output (STT/TTS).
- Delivered the cloud infrastructure as Infrastructure-as-Code, fully automated per-customer CI/CD pipelines, and an onboarding process for new tenants.
Technologies used: Python, FastAPI, Pydantic (v2 noted), Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, OpenAI / LLMs (GPT-4o), Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cognitive Services Speech, Azure App Service, Azure Container Registry, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Server-Sent Events (SSE), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, REST, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Multi-Tenancy
Oliver K.
Last position:
Founder & Manager at ThinkForm Studio – AI Product Design & Innovation
Designing AI-native digital products by combining product strategy, UX research, interaction design, software engineering, and modern AI workflows. Leading projects from discovery to implementation while integrating AI throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
Key responsibilities
- → Product discovery, stakeholder workshops, Jobs-to-be-Done and user research
- → User journey mapping, information architecture and interaction design
- → Wireframes, high-fidelity UI, prototypes and scalable design systems in Figma and Penpot
- → AI-assisted interface generation and rapid concept exploration using Figma AI, Figma Make and generative design workflows
- → Design-to-code workflows with AI-supported frontend generation and engineering collaboration
- → Building accessible interfaces following WCAG 2.2 and enterprise design standards
- → Usability testing, iterative validation and KPI-driven product optimization
- → Development of AI knowledge systems, MCP-powered design workflows and human-in-the-loop review processes
- → Close collaboration with engineering teams to ensure production-ready implementation
Alexandr K.
Last position:
Technical Co-Founder at Dealyv
- Joined the initial development team and helped transform an n8n prototype into a production-ready 0-to-1 product in a fast-paced environment.
- Owned delivery across CRM and Twilio integrations, customer communication workflows, and administrative interfaces.
- Collaborated on AI evaluation, microservice architecture, and other cross-functional product and engineering topics.
- Supported the CEO across VC communications, customer acquisition, product positioning, onboarding, documentation, pricing, and sales.
Markus G.
Last position:
Open-Source Software Engineer & Maintainer at Stealth Startup
Independent, part-time open-source engineering focused on build-time tooling for Next.js, React, MDX, and JavaScript/TypeScript compiler pipelines.
Built next-slug-splitter to optimize content-driven Next.js applications. It analyzes MDX content at build time, resolves component usage, and generates route-specific handlers so pages avoid sharing the full catch-all component bundle.
Created supporting plugins and utilities for scoped MDX transformations, nested component dependency resolution, compile-time refinement, safe ESTree evaluation, and object-graph diffing.
Own architecture, API design, implementation, automated testing, npm publishing, documentation, demos, and performance benchmarking.
Building blocks:
remark-scoped-mdx: Context-aware AST transformations with nested scope isolation, typed component registries, and prop inference.
recma-component-resolver: Dependency-graph analysis and selective component forwarding across nested MDX includes.
recma-static-refiner: Build-time prop extraction, schema validation, derivation, and pruning.
estree-util-to-static-value and object-graph-delta: Safe static evaluation and deterministic, cycle-safe structural diffing.
Tech Stack:
Frameworks: TypeScript · Next.js · React · MDX
Compiler tooling: Unified · Remark · Recma · MDAST · ESTree · ts-morph · esbuild
Competencies: Static analysis · AST traversal and transformation · dependency graphs · code generation · schema validation · route and bundle splitting
Tooling: Vitest · tsup · npm · performance benchmarking
Sanju R.
Last position:
Software Developer at Senior Connect GmbH
- Created complex backend systems (Fastapi Python, GCP cloud functions, APIs, integration tests) using Typescript.
- Worked with firebase and firestore databases, implementing transactional operations, scheduling jobs, and migrations.
- Implemented GCP dashboards for thorough monitoring and custom alerts in case of anomaly traffic.
- Implemented Sentry for better debugging, error tracking and overall monitoring of the Next.js frontend.
- Implemented story tests for UI related testing.
- Implemented Typesense in Python Fastapi backend, for improved text based searching along with typo handlings.
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Statistics of experts using Next.js
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
15 years

Position duration
1.8 years

Positions per freelancer
11

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
49%
Doctorate
4%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.
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Average rates of experts using Next.js
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 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Next.js 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 (99%)
- Retail (47%)
- Banking and Finance (43%)
- Automotive (36%)
- Professional Services (36%)
- Media and Entertainment (35%)
- Healthcare (33%)
- Manufacturing (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Next.js Does
Next.js is a React framework for building production-grade websites and web applications. It combines client-side interactions with server rendering, static generation and incremental updates, helping teams deliver fast pages without assembling every part of the stack themselves. Teams use it for public websites, SaaS products, ecommerce experiences, customer portals and internal tools.
Rendering Choices
A strong implementation starts with the right rendering model for each route. Next.js supports server-side rendering, static generation, dynamic rendering and client components, so teams can balance speed, freshness and interactivity. Specialists also structure data loading, caching, redirects, metadata and error handling around the App Router and its server component model.
- Create landing pages and editorial websites
- Build authenticated SaaS and portal interfaces
- Deliver ecommerce storefronts and product journeys
- Connect pages to APIs, databases and content systems
Ecosystem And Tooling
Next.js projects commonly use React, TypeScript, npm or pnpm, ESLint and automated testing. Specialists may work with Tailwind CSS, component libraries, GraphQL or REST APIs, headless CMS products, payment services and authentication providers. Deployment often involves Vercel, Docker, cloud infrastructure, preview environments and continuous integration pipelines.
When Expertise Matters
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a React application needs a clearer production architecture, when a website must improve its search visibility, or when a frontend is moving from a traditional setup to Next.js. Support is also valuable during a redesign, CMS migration, performance review or launch under a demanding release schedule. Remote collaboration works well when requirements, environments and review processes are documented clearly.
- Plan a migration from another React setup
- Review routing, caching and rendering decisions
- Improve Core Web Vitals and page delivery
- Establish testing, deployment and monitoring practices
What Strong Specialists Bring
Experienced Next.js professionals understand more than page components. They can explain why a route should be static, dynamic or client-rendered, prevent unnecessary browser-side work and protect data at server boundaries. They also consider accessibility, responsive behavior, internationalization, structured metadata and maintainable component design from the start.
How To Assess Delivery
Ask for examples of comparable Next.js applications and discuss the decisions behind their architecture. A useful review covers loading states, caching behavior, authentication, accessibility, testing and deployment rather than visual polish alone. Strong specialists communicate trade-offs clearly, leave readable documentation and make it possible for the team to extend the application after handover.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Next.js.
Next.js is used to build React-based websites and web applications that need strong performance, search visibility or flexible rendering. Common projects include ecommerce storefronts, SaaS products, editorial sites, customer portals and content platforms.
Next.js adds application structure around React, including routing, server rendering, static generation, data loading and deployment support. A standard React setup can offer more freedom, but the team usually has to select and maintain more of these pieces itself.
A strong Next.js specialist usually works confidently with React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS and browser performance. Depending on the project, useful adjacent skills include API design, authentication, databases, headless CMS integration, automated testing and cloud deployment.
The right level depends on the application’s rendering model, integrations and operational needs. A simple marketing site may need focused implementation skills, while a large authenticated product benefits from someone who has handled caching, server components, testing, observability and production releases.
Next.js work is well suited to remote collaboration because code, environments and deployments can be reviewed online. Teams should agree on the repository workflow, design references, access permissions, communication routine and acceptance criteria before implementation begins.
Next.js is a strong option when a project needs React interaction together with server-side delivery, static pages or a unified frontend and backend workflow. A traditional server-rendered framework may be preferable when the product is centered on server-generated views and has little need for a rich component interface.
Review the application on real devices and inspect loading behavior, accessibility, metadata, error states and authenticated flows. Ask the specialist to explain route rendering, caching, data fetching, test coverage and deployment decisions rather than judging the interface alone.
A Next.js migration can expose assumptions about client-only browser APIs, routing, data fetching and authentication. Teams should map those dependencies first, choose a gradual migration plan where appropriate and test rendering, caching, SEO and deployment behavior throughout the transition.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Next.js 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 who have used Next.js in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 49% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Next.js in their recent projects have 15 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Next.js in their recent projects are German (96%), English (96%), and French (16%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Next.js in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Retail (47%), and Banking and Finance (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Next.js in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (98%), and Project Management (49%).
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