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Peter Teich

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Freelance Go-Developer/DevOps-Engineer

Leipzig
Peter Teich

Last position:

Freelance Go-Developer/DevOps-Engineer at IONOS SE

  • Implementation of an API for customers to provide NFS shares in the cloud
  • Creating Kubernetes operators and services with REST APIs in Go
  • Using LinuxKit for provisioning VMs
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Gwen Glaser

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Senior Consultant

Leipzig
Gwen Glaser

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Senior Ruby on Rails & DevOps Developer at Sapiens

Further development of a software solution for managing test requests and test notifications according to §106d SGB V for the Hamburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.

  • Developed numerous features, performance optimizations, refactoring, error analysis
  • Refactored the dev container setup
  • Optimized the GitLab CI build pipeline
  • Contributed optimizations to the team workflow
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Julian Haluska

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Working Student / Master's Thesis Student Software Development

Leipzig
Julian Haluska

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Working Student / Master's Thesis Student Software Development at Scale GmbH

  • Tech-Stack: Python, Qt, tensorflow.js, plotly, Angular, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Git
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Lucas Jahn

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Full-Stack Developer (WordPress, React.js)

Leipzig
Lucas Jahn

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Full-Stack Developer (WordPress, React.js) at Rabot Energy

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Norbert Stein

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Technical training & open-source work

Leipzig
Norbert Stein

Last position:

Technical training & open-source work at Personal Project

  • training and official certification as Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • open-source development and documentation in a personal project
  • keeping updated about cloud native and AI technologies through courses and books
  • Tech: Kubernetes, Docker, Typescript, Node.js
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Mostafa Shawki

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Freelance Senior Software Engineer & AI Consultant

Leipzig
Mostafa Shawki

Last position:

Freelance Senior Software Engineer & AI Consultant at Self-employed

  • Led the development of a complex geospatial data platform, engineering an end-to-end system for processing and analyzing high-resolution aerial imagery.
  • Engineered a scalable backend responsible for on-the-fly map tile serving and running complex data analysis queries using PostGIS and Python.
  • Developed and trained custom computer vision models using Python, PyTorch, and YOLOv8 to perform object detection and segmentation on large-scale datasets.
  • Built modern, responsive user interfaces and data visualization dashboards using Next.js, TypeScript, and React.
  • Gained practical expertise in geospatial libraries such as GDAL and Rasterio for processing and manipulating raster and vector data.
  • Managed the entire project lifecycle, from initial technical architecture and database design to final deployment using Docker.
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Jan Beckert

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API-Engineer

Leipzig
Jan Beckert

Last position:

API-Engineer at Freelance

  • API-first product design (OpenAPI 3, HAL) and development (NodeJS)
  • Setting up DevOps pipelines with GitHub Actions in an AWS architecture
  • Technologies: OpenAPI 3, REST, HAL, NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, AWS Lambda, Docker, GitHub Actions
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Hannes Witt

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Freelance Developer

Leipzig
Hannes Witt

Last position:

intermedix GmbH / CGM Deutschland AG

  • Rule-based software for managing, planning and delivering marketing materials in the pharmaceutical industry

  • High performance, high availability

  • Fullstack, DevOps (CI/CD)

  • Python, PostgreSQL, Vue.js, TypeScript, Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx

  • Successfully migrated old Excel-based processes into an optimized product that has been in production since 2024

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Statistics of experts using Node.js

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years (Germany: 16 years)

Position duration

2.1 years (Germany: 2.9 years)

Positions per freelancer

11

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries

Information Technology, Energy, Healthcare

Certification focus areas

Project Management, Customer Service, Information Technology

Bachelor's degree or higher

89%

Master's degree or higher

44% (Germany: 49%)

Certifications per freelancer

1 (Germany: 2)

Most common languages

English, German, Spanish

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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Average rates of experts in Leipzig using Node.js

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 716 €
Germany avg. 736 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 704 €
Germany median 720 €

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

JavaScript on the server

Node.js lets teams run JavaScript outside the browser. It is used for API backends, streaming services, real-time features, and backend work for web products and internal tools. Companies often choose it when they want one language across the stack.

What teams build

  • REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Real-time chat, dashboards, and live updates
  • Microservices and event-driven systems
  • CLI tools, automation, and integration services
  • Server-side rendering for modern web apps

Ecosystem that matters

Strong specialists know the Node.js runtime, npm, package design, and common frameworks like Express, NestJS, and Fastify. They also work with TypeScript, testing tools, logging, and process managers. In Leipzig, this matters for product teams that need clean handover and reliable remote collaboration.

When to bring in help

Companies bring in freelance expertise when a service grows fast, an API becomes hard to maintain, or a release is blocked by performance or dependency issues. Node.js specialists also help during platform rebuilds, cloud migrations, and urgent bug fixes. They are useful when the team needs senior guidance without a long hiring cycle.

What good work looks like

A strong professional writes clear asynchronous code, keeps modules small, and handles errors and edge cases well. They care about security, observability, test coverage, and stable deployments. Good Node.js work is easy to extend and easy to run in production.

Leipzig delivery

Leipzig companies often need experts who can work remotely with German-speaking teams and join on-site when planning or release support is needed. That fits product companies, agencies, logistics, media, and B2B software teams. The best freelancers adapt quickly to existing codebases and delivery routines.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything clients usually want to know about Node.js, in one place.

Node.js is used to build server-side applications with JavaScript. Companies use it for APIs, real-time features, streaming jobs, background workers, and tools that connect services. It fits well when speed of delivery and a shared language across frontend and backend both matter.

Node.js is often chosen for I/O-heavy systems, fast iteration, and teams that already work in JavaScript or TypeScript. Java or .NET may fit better for some large enterprise stacks, while Python is common for data-heavy work. The right choice depends on architecture, team skills, and how much concurrency the service needs.

A strong Node.js specialist should know asynchronous patterns, error handling, API design, testing, and deployment basics. TypeScript, Express, NestJS, Fastify, and database work with PostgreSQL or MongoDB are common adjacent skills. For production systems, observability and security habits matter just as much.

A simple Node.js service can be handled by a capable mid-level expert, but complex systems need someone who has already dealt with scaling, debugging, and production incidents. The more integrations, traffic, and business risk a project has, the more you should look for senior practical experience. Old codebases also benefit from people who can make structure clear again.

Yes. Node.js is a strong fit for chat, live notifications, collaborative tools, and dashboards because it handles many short-lived connections well. It is usually paired with WebSockets, message queues, and a careful backend design to keep updates reliable.

Yes, and that is common. Node.js work is often easy to do remotely because most tasks revolve around code, reviews, testing, and deployment workflows. For Leipzig teams, on-site time can still help at the start of a project, during workshops, or when joining an existing team rhythm.

Look for clean code structure, good error handling, tests, and clear reasoning about trade-offs in Node.js projects. A strong candidate can explain past production issues, how they fixed them, and how they prevented them from coming back. Good communication matters because backend work often touches many other parts of the system.

Yes. Node.js is the official name, while Node and Node JS are common search forms people use for the same runtime. In practice, all three usually point to the JavaScript server environment built on V8.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 716 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 44% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects are English (100%), German (90%), and Spanish (30%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Energy (50%), and Healthcare (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Leipzig, Germany who have used Node.js in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (50%).

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