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Nikolai G.

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Freelance AI & Data Science Lead | Healthcare, Life Sciences, Finance | Team Leadership, R/Python, LLM Systems

Berlin
Nikolai G.

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Clinical Data Manager at Dr. Falk Pharma

  • Used OpenCode and AI-assisted software engineering to design, implement, refactor, test, and document an end-to-end RAW/SDTM/ADaM pipeline in R for Dr. Falk Pharma (07/2026), including metadata-driven transformations, automated validation rules and QC, traceability, and reproducible clinical outputs.
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Hamza K.

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Academic Research Contributor in Health Sector (Volunteer)

Berlin
Hamza K.

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Academic Research Contributor in Health Sector (Volunteer) at n/a

  • Acted as technical consultant to optimize multi-layer ensemble models combining ResNet, CNN-BiGRU-Attention, and XGBoost.
  • Guided implementation of a Logistic Regression meta-learner to solve class imbalance problems, achieving 92.86% accuracy and 0.9644 AUC on PTB-XL and Chapman-Shaoxing datasets.
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Hoa Josef N.

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AI Consultant & Manager

Hamburg
Hoa Josef N.

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AI Architect and Enabler at Inhouse / AI Business

Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI

  • Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
  • ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
  • 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
  • Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
  • Ongoing operation and further development
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Eric K.

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Enterprise Software Architect | Odoo & Systems Integration | On-Premise AI | Embedded & IoT

Bremen
Eric K.

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Digital roadside assistance platform at SABK

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Tobias V.

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Managing Partner

Wendelstein
Tobias V.

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Managing Partner at Unwritten GmbH

  • Pioneering work in personalized AI: developing a framework for “Interactive Content” (RAG) for novels, lectures, expert debriefing
  • Successful launch of Einbug, the Pantopia chatbot, with media coverage (SZ interview)
  • Creating compelling AI personalities: AI blog ([link] 100% personalized learning environments, Perry Rhodan, among others.
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Dirk P.

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Freelance Cyber Defense Lead & KRITIS/NIS2 Consultant | AI Security Architect

Stuttgart
Dirk P.

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Freelance Cyber Defense Lead & KRITIS/NIS2 Consultant | AI Security Architect at Self-Employed

  • Situation: Increasing demand for privacy-compliant AI solutions for clients in the KRITIS and mid-market sector that need to analyze sensitive media content (audio, video, documents) without sending data to public cloud LLMs.

  • Task: Design, deployment, and secure operation of a fully self-hosted AI infrastructure including a custom-built digital management platform for automated media analysis.

  • Action: Architected and implemented a multi-tier platform on hardened Proxmox infrastructure with frontend (Nuxt 3, Vue 3, TypeScript, Tailwind 4), backend (Laravel 13, PHP 8.4, Sanctum), data storage (PostgreSQL 16, MongoDB 7), caching/queuing (Redis 7, Laravel Queue), AI workers (Python 3.11, Whisper, DeepFace, Librosa), scheduling (Laravel Scheduler/Cron), and local LLMs (Gemma, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, LLaMA, Phi) via OpenWebUI with segmented network access, API hardening, and audit logging following BSI recommendations.

  • Result: Fully GDPR-compliant, on-premises AI platform with zero data leakage to third parties.

  • Task: Overall responsibility as an external Head of Cyber Security / CISO-as-a-Service for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, and NIS2.

  • Action: Built and managed Cyber Defense Centers (CDC) with SOC operations, integrated SIEM solutions (Splunk, Graylog), established risk-based vulnerability management (Qualys, Nessus, OpenVAS), and conducted regular infrastructure, application, and physical penetration tests.

  • Result: Audit-ready ISMS for multiple clients and a 60% reduction in critical vulnerabilities within 90 days.

  • Task: Design and execution of NIS2 assessments and operational roll-out plans for KRITIS operators.

  • Action: Developed an online assessment tool for automated identification of individual weakness profiles, implemented ISMS optimizations, penetration testing, awareness programs, GRC suite deployment, and delivered C-level presentations.

  • Result: Accelerated the consulting process by 50% and successfully prepared multiple clients for NIS2 compliance.

  • Task: Incident commander for crisis response, forensics, and business recovery in ransomware attacks and APT campaigns.

  • Action: Coordinated with state and federal police (LKA, BKA), performed forensic analysis (OSForensics, Wireshark, Kali Linux), executed disaster recovery and BCM strategies, and developed BTC extortion response strategies.

  • Result: 100% recovery rate within defined RTO windows and sustainable post-incident security architectures.

  • Action: Planned, built, and operated a hardened multi-VM infrastructure (Proxmox, 15+ VMs) with web and mail servers, Graylog, OPNsense firewalls, CRM/ERP and LLM instances, network segmentation, DDoS mitigation, automated patch management, and backup strategies.

  • Result: >99.5% uptime over 20+ years and zero compromises.

  • Action: Designed coordinated phishing campaigns with five levels of difficulty, developed e-trainings and webinars in a PDCA cycle, and led red and blue teams.

  • Result: Phishing click rate reduced from 35% to under 5% within three campaign cycles.

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Peter N.

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IT Project Manager

Ahrensburg
Peter N.

Last position:

Pilot testing AI tools & sabbatical for house renovation

  • Pilot testing local AI environments to explore local AI use cases and cloud-based AI solutions
  • Evaluation of AI tools and techniques
  • Use of local AI tools with own data sovereignty
  • Prompt engineering
  • Creation of example environments for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, text-to-image, text-to-video, and image-to-video

Tools: Grok, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Elevenlabs, Github, Ollama, HuggingFace, Open WebUI, Faster Whisper, LibreTranslate, WSL, Docker Desktop, Shotcut, Audacity, Sound eXchange, Ffmpeg, Coqui TTS, Pinokio, Stable Diffusion Web UI, ComfyUI, OWL, Void Editor

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Ivan V.

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Abensberg
Ivan V.

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Senior DevOps Engineer at 58agents

  • Provision Kubernetes infrastructure on Azure, GCP, or bare-metal at the hosting provider
  • Design and implementation of REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Cloud governance (cost, compliance, security)
  • Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD as code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Container technologies (Docker, Helm)
  • Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), Argo CD
  • Deployment, scaling, and monitoring of microservices
  • Distributed event streaming (Kafka)
  • Message brokers RabbitMQ, MQTT
  • Software development from scratch or further development of existing projects using PHP, Python, Go, C#, and Bash
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Jad N.

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Engineering Director (Hands-on)

Berlin
Jad N.

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Software Developer at Side Project

  • Vram.run: Rust, TypeScript, HF Inference API with 19 providers, 220+ HW configs, and 30+ cloud GPUs. Search a model to see which API providers serve it, which GPUs can run it locally (and how fast), and what cloud rental would cost. Or search your hardware and see what fits. Also includes a Rust CLI.
  • Psychotron: JavaScript, Web Audio API, AudioWorklet, Canvas 2D. Front-end for flash fiction audiobook with Web Audio DSP chain featuring pitch-shifting, 12-voice chorus, flanger, 13-band EQ, and convolver reverb. Includes a 2D canvas effect morphing engine and synchronized teleprompter.
  • RecentWork: Swift, macOS, FSEvents, launchd. macOS daemon that watches project directories and maintains a flat folder of symlinks to recently modified files. Homebrew installable.
  • Mini-llm: Bash, macOS, launchd, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX, Open WebUI. Single command that turns a Mac Mini into a headless AI server.
  • ThatSlop: JavaScript. Chrome/Firefox extension for AI content detection on LinkedIn and Twitter.
  • Smux: Bash, tmux. Human-friendly tmux wrapper that is Homebrew installable.
  • Learn Rust Course: Rust. Course on Rust’s memory model for C++ programmers, written from experience of transitioning from C++ to Rust at Irreducible.
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Mark W.

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IT Manager | Data Scientist | AI & Machine Learning Engineer

Berlin
Mark W.

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IT Manager at WESSLING Consulting Engineering

  • Overall responsibility for IT strategy and IT operations, reporting directly to the executive management.
  • Implementation of business requirements as production-ready solutions within a few days, supported by practical data science experience and expertise from the energy sector.
  • Led the IT carve-out of a medium-sized company: separation of infrastructure, systems, and contracts into an independent IT organization.
  • End-to-end responsibility for IT infrastructure: hardware procurement, cloud services (including GPU resources), and networking.
  • Selected and introduced a new ERP system together with the executive management.
  • Managed external MSPs and service providers, including contract, SLA, and license management.
  • Responsible for IT security, GDPR compliance, backup, and business continuity; provided IT support for ISO 9001 certification.
  • IT budget planning and cost optimization.
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Thomas L.

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Consultant for AI, Electronics Development and System Integration

Unterhaching
Thomas L.

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Consultant for AI-supported process automation at Lumiz

AI-supported automation of purchases on a printing company website, including the selection of delivery times, order options, ordering, payment and uploading print data from the Lumiz cloud.

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Heiko H.

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Fullstack Developer / Architect

Petershagen
Heiko H.

Last position:

Fullstack Developer / Architect

  • Design and implementation of a solution for managing projects, materials, and assets in field operations
  • Development of a modern web application (Blazor) for project managers to track inventory, plan demand, and issue transport and purchase orders
  • Delivery of a mobile MAUI app for field staff to store and retrieve materials with location-based photo documentation in map views
  • Control of the full business logic through a central API
  • Tech stack: .NET 9, C#, WebAPI, Blazor, MAUI, REST, PostgreSQL, Entity Framework, Docker, Docker Compose, Ansible, Keycloak, Aspire
  • Identity and access management with Keycloak
  • Deployment and orchestration via Docker Compose and Ansible
  • Project in testing and evaluation phase
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Stephan M.

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Sabbatical, professional development

Weinheim
Stephan M.

Last position:

Sabbatical, professional development at Self-employed

  • Further training in Snowflake and Google Looker
  • Working with LLMs: local models (Llama, Mistral, Gemma, Phi, Qwen, DeepSeek, Bitnet, Flux, Whisper), OpenAI API, frontends (ollama, openwebui, loacalai)
  • Inference methods: llama.cpp, vLLM, transformer
  • Quantization, benchmarking, prompting
  • LLM Agents (Tool/Function Calling, LangChain, LangGraph, MCP)
  • Topics: attention, reasoning, chain of thoughts, RAG, GraphRAG, mlflow
  • Cloud hosted: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
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Ioan Liviu P.

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IT Specialist/Application Developer

Kandern
Ioan Liviu P.

Last position:

IT Specialist/Application Developer at HST Systemtechnik GmbH / Axel Zangenberg GmbH

  • Development of web applications and integration with the Work4All ERP/CRM system using Node.js (Express.js, Socket.IO, TypeScript, Angular, Material, Angular Flex)
  • Development of web applications with PHP (without framework)
  • Frontend development with HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, JSON, Bootstrap, complex forms and data tables
  • Database work with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB and others
  • Collaborative work using Agile/Scrum and version control with Git
  • Configuration, maintenance, migration and backup of CMS (Joomla, Mediawiki, Piwik/Matomo)
  • System administration until 2019: maintenance and configuration of servers (Windows, Linux), clients and network
  • Virtualization with VMware ESXi and Veeam Backup & Replication
  • Initial steps in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Statistics of experts using Open WebUI

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

22 years

Open WebUI experts in Germany have 22 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.3 years

Open WebUI experts in Germany stay in a single position for 2.3 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

14

Open WebUI experts in Germany have completed 14 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Open WebUI experts in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Healthcare

Open WebUI experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Healthcare.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management

Open WebUI experts in Germany earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100%

100% of Open WebUI experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

67%

67% of Open WebUI experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

17%

17% of Open WebUI experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Open WebUI experts in Germany hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Open WebUI experts in Germany most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100%

100% of Open WebUI experts in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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50% of Open WebUI experts in Germany charge less than €800 per day.
21% of Open WebUI experts in Germany charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
21% of Open WebUI experts in Germany charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
7% of Open WebUI experts in Germany charge €1600 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

Average rates of experts in Germany using Open WebUI

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

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Daily rate avg. 866 €

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 780 €

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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Open WebUI 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%)
  • Professional Services (53%)
  • Healthcare (47%)
  • Automotive (40%)
  • Education (33%)
  • Banking and Finance (33%)
  • Manufacturing (33%)
  • Media and Entertainment (33%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Open WebUI is

Open WebUI is an open-source interface for working with large language models through a browser. It provides a ChatGPT-like experience while giving companies control over deployment, models, users and data flows. Teams can run it with local models through Ollama or connect it to compatible hosted APIs.

What it builds

Open WebUI can become the central workspace for internal AI assistants, document conversations and model experimentation. Its interface supports chat, file uploads, model selection, prompt management and user administration. Companies use it to make generative AI accessible without building a complete frontend from scratch.

  • Internal knowledge assistants connected to company documents
  • Private chat interfaces for local or hosted language models
  • Model evaluation and prompt testing environments
  • Role-based AI workspaces for business teams

Ecosystem and tooling

Strong Open WebUI specialists understand the services around the interface, not only its screens. They work with Docker, container networking, reverse proxies, authentication and persistent storage. Relevant model ecosystems include Ollama, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Anthropic integrations and other local inference services, alongside embeddings and vector databases for retrieval-augmented generation.

When expertise matters

Freelance expertise is useful when a prototype must become a reliable internal service or when existing model access needs a controlled user experience. In Germany, teams across manufacturing, research, professional services and software businesses may need Open WebUI aligned with their security, identity and collaboration practices. Specialists can also support remote delivery while coordinating clearly with on-site stakeholders.

  • The deployment needs private networking, single sign-on or access controls
  • Users need answers grounded in internal files and knowledge bases
  • Several models or providers must be managed through one interface
  • A proof of concept needs operational hardening before wider use

What professionals deliver

A capable specialist clarifies the model and data architecture before changing the interface. Typical deliverables include a containerized deployment, configured model connections, user roles, document pipelines, monitoring guidance and operating documentation. They test failure cases such as unavailable models, oversized files, weak retrieval results and unauthorized access.

How to assess quality

Look for practical experience with Open WebUI deployments rather than screenshots of a customized chat page. Ask how the professional handles secrets, updates, backups, authentication, prompt injection and sensitive documents. Good specialists explain trade-offs between local inference and hosted APIs, measure response quality with representative tasks, and leave a setup that another team can maintain.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Open WebUI? These answers cover the essentials.

Open WebUI is used to provide a browser-based workspace for interacting with language models. Companies can connect local models, hosted APIs, uploaded documents and custom prompts in one controlled interface. It is often used for internal assistants, knowledge search and model experimentation.

Open WebUI offers more deployment and model choice than a standard hosted chat service, especially when a company wants to run models privately. It is faster to adapt than building a complete application, but a custom product may offer deeper workflow control, branding and business-system integration. The right choice depends on data requirements, user experience and maintenance capacity.

An Open WebUI specialist should usually understand Docker, Linux, reverse proxies, authentication and API integration. Knowledge of Ollama, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, embeddings, vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation is valuable when the workspace must use company documents. Security and observability skills matter for production use.

A simple Open WebUI setup may need configuration and deployment experience, while a governed company workspace requires broader infrastructure and AI workflow knowledge. The specialist should be able to secure the service, connect the required models, manage persistence and document how updates are handled. Scope, data sensitivity and integration depth determine the appropriate level of expertise.

Open WebUI is well suited to remote collaboration because users access the workspace through a browser. A freelancer can handle deployment and configuration remotely when the company provides secure access to its infrastructure. Clear documentation, German or English communication and agreed review sessions help distributed teams work effectively.

Before hiring an Open WebUI freelancer, define which models, data sources, identity provider and hosting environment are involved. Clarify whether the goal is a private pilot, an internal service or a foundation for a product. Also ask who will own upgrades, backups, access reviews and incident response after delivery.

A strong Open WebUI implementation should make access control, model connections, storage and update procedures understandable. Test it with realistic documents and prompts, including incorrect requests and restricted content. Quality also shows in reliable error handling, useful retrieval results, secure secret management and documentation that supports handover.

An Open WebUI specialist may deliver a containerized deployment, configured model providers, user roles, document ingestion and retrieval settings. They can also provide reverse-proxy configuration, authentication integration, monitoring recommendations and operating documentation. The exact deliverables should reflect the company’s security needs and intended users.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 866 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (20%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Professional Services (53%), and Healthcare (47%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Open WebUI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (93%), and Project Management (67%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Open WebUI

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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