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Hire experts who turn OpenAI Codex into reliable coding workflows, tested features and maintainable repositories. Work with specialists experienced in Codex CLI, API integrations, GitHub workflows and secure automation, matched precisely with vetted, available freelancers.

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Marvin M.

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AI Engineer & Architect · LLM and Multi-Agent Systems

Berlin
Marvin M.

Last position:

Co-founder & CTO · Freelance Software Engineer (AI & SaaS) at Self-employed

  • Self-employed · Berlin, Germany
  • Co-founded the company and own the entire technical side: product architecture, backend, frontend, infrastructure and operations.
  • Designed and built the Automated Booking System (ABS) as well as the core platform and payment logic.
  • Development of AI-powered SaaS products, from architecture through backend and frontend to production operation.
  • Technical consulting on product architecture, data protection and permissible automation.
  • Building, running and monetising my own API products for AI agents, each available as a REST interface and as an MCP server.
  • Full ownership of architecture, infrastructure, billing, legal texts and go-to-market.
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Avigail E.

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Fully Remote, AI Quality, Language QA and Operations

Berlin
Avigail E.

Last position:

Legal Department Intern at GCH Hotel Group

  • Reviewed contracts and legal documents, identified risks, and translated complex questions into clear recommendations for non-lawyers.
  • Managed debt collection and supported in-house legal advice as well as court appointments.
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Christian G.

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AI Product Leader & Hands-on Builder From 0→1 product to business scale

Berlin
Christian G.

Last position:

Founder at Halvday

AI Sales Teammate

  • Took Halvday from concept to live product in five months, securing three design partners and two paid engagements, including PlanRadar.
  • Built and shipped the product end-to-end as a solo founder, spanning product strategy, frontend, backend, agent orchestration, infrastructure, design, compliance and go-to-market.
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Erik W.

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AI Workflow and Process Automation · Analysis, Technical Implementation and Handover

Berlin
Erik W.

Last position:

AI Workflow and Process Automation at Self-employed

  • Process analysis and target concept: interviews with responsible stakeholders and users, system and handover model, bottleneck analysis and acceptance criteria.
  • Clearly defined automation modules, built with AI support using Python/FastAPI, TypeScript/Next.js, SQL/PostgreSQL, Supabase, REST APIs and Webhooks; specification, acceptance criteria and acceptance testing handled by me.
  • Document and decision workflows from intake, research and extraction through to decision documents, CRM updates or controlled system actions.
  • Quality assurance and handover with test cases, logging, exception paths, operational documentation and knowledge transfer.
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Abhishek N.

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Hands-on Engineering Lead

Berlin
Abhishek N.

Last position:

Fullstack Developer at DAMALO GmbH

  • Own full-stack development of an AI-native enterprise platform built on TypeScript, React, Vite, tRPC, Hono, and PostgreSQL, delivering AI-powered consulting workflows to B2B clients.
  • Designed and shipped a multi-agent AI system using ReAct framework and Claude skills-style workflow patterns, including an intelligent PM assistant with rich system prompts, slash commands, tool integrations, and streaming chat UI.
  • Architected an LLM evaluation framework: rubric-based LLM-as-judge, golden datasets, regression testing, and automated quality gating — ensuring consistent AI output quality at scale.
  • Integrated LangFuse for end-to-end LLM tracing, conversation replays, and evaluation pipelines, enabling data-driven prompt optimisation that reduced token costs and response variance.
  • Built with Drizzle ORM, pgvector, and knowledge graphs for structured data access, semantic search, and relationship-aware AI reasoning across the platform.
  • Led TanStack React Query migration across the application — replacing manual state management with centralised caching and automatic refetching, reducing data-fetching boilerplate significantly.
  • Practiced AI-native development throughout: Claude Code, Codex, Perplexity SDK, and LLM-assisted testing across the full development lifecycle. Deployed on Vercel + Azure ACA with Biome for linting/formatting.
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Steffen S.

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Senior Technical PM, CRM Core Experience & AI

Berlin
Steffen S.

Last position:

Senior Technical PM, CRM Core Experience & AI at Propstack GmbH (Scout24 S.E.)

  • Built a JTBD-based prioritization framework for 3,000+ accumulated feature requests, identified 27 broker jobs, validated 8 through 25 user interviews, and used the resulting job map as a live prioritization filter for all incoming channels (Upvoty, CSAT, consulting tickets).
  • Responsible for the Scout24 Lighthouse initiative: Document Intelligence with full RAG architecture (semantic chunking, bge-m3 embeddings, pgvector, BM25+Dense hybrid retrieval).
  • Reduced lead time of customer feature requests to 3.1 days through code analysis, ticket specification, and independent implementation using a coding agent (Codex).
  • Developed an LLM-based support agent (GPT-4o mini, Codex-generated merge requests) that reduced 3rd-level escalations from 40% to 5% of all monthly tickets.
  • Integrated six partners through technical coordination, specification, backlog and release management, and led seven full stack developers.
  • Eliminated regulatory exposure for brokers in six weeks through risk analysis (BGH ruling on distance selling/GDPR), new audit features, and coordination with legal and data protection officers.
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Nico A.

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Founding / Principal Engineer | AI Infrastructure, Orchestration & Distributed Systems

Berlin
Nico A.

Last position:

Core Engineer - Infrastructure Orchestration & Developer Tools at Platform Engineering Labs Inc. / formae

  • Built core parts of formae's infrastructure engine and cloud integrations in Go, managing resource lifecycles across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
  • Designed and implemented an extensible plugin architecture and SDK for integrating infrastructure providers and resources, including AWS, Kubernetes and Helm.
  • Built agent-native infrastructure workflows exposing formae through MCP to tools including Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
  • Worked directly with prospective customers on technical evaluations, implementation design and migration paths from existing infrastructure workflows to formae.
  • Helped evolve formae through its open-source, multi-cloud and cloud platform releases, with a focus on reliable infrastructure orchestration and developer experience.
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Igor K.

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Internship Semester

Berlin
Igor K.

Last position:

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Statistics of experts using OpenAI Codex

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

13 years (Germany: 16 years)

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin have 13 years of professional experience on average. It is 3 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 16 years.

Position duration

2.3 years (Germany: 1.7 years)

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin stay in a single position for 2.3 years on average. It is 0.6 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 1.7 years.

Positions per freelancer

8 (Germany: 14)

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin have completed 8 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 6 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 14.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Marketing

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Marketing.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Healthcare.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 94%)

100% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 6% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 94%.

Master's degree or higher

43% (Germany: 62%)

43% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin hold at least a Master's degree. It is 19% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 62%.

Certifications per freelancer

2 (Germany: 3)

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin hold 2 professional certifications on average. It is 1 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 3.

Most common languages

German, English, Hebrew

OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin most often speak German, English, and Hebrew.

Speak two or more languages

89% (Germany: 95%)

89% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin speak two or more languages. It is 6% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 95%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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13% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin charge less than €320 per day.
13% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin charge between €480 and €640 per day.
25% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin charge between €640 and €800 per day.
38% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin charge between €800 and €960 per day.
13% of OpenAI Codex experts in Berlin charge €1120 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Berlin 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 Berlin using OpenAI Codex

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

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Daily rate avg. 725 €
Germany avg. 737 €

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 760 €
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

OpenAI Codex 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%)
  • Healthcare (44%)
  • Professional Services (44%)
  • Automotive (33%)
  • Energy (33%)
  • Insurance (33%)
  • Manufacturing (33%)

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

About the technology

What OpenAI Codex does

OpenAI Codex is an AI-powered coding agent for creating, changing and reviewing software. It can inspect a repository, understand related files, propose an implementation and carry out defined tasks in a controlled workspace. Teams use it to accelerate delivery while keeping human review at the centre.

Core project work

Codex supports practical software tasks across new and existing systems:

  • Implement features from written specifications
  • Refactor legacy modules and improve code structure
  • Generate tests, documentation and migration scripts
  • Investigate bugs and explain unfamiliar repositories
  • Review changes for logic, security and maintainability

Tools and ecosystem

Strong OpenAI Codex specialists understand the environments around the agent, not only its prompts. Their work may involve Codex CLI, API-based workflows, GitHub repositories, pull requests, shell commands, test runners and CI pipelines. They also bring fluency in the project’s languages, frameworks, databases and deployment practices.

When companies need specialists

Freelance expertise is useful when a team wants to introduce Codex without weakening its engineering standards. It can help during a product launch, a repository modernisation, a test-coverage push or an internal automation project. Berlin companies often need professionals who can collaborate remotely while joining occasional on-site sessions and communicating clearly in English and, where needed, German.

Safe and repeatable adoption

Codex works best with clear repository instructions, limited permissions and explicit acceptance criteria. Experienced professionals define the agent’s boundaries, protect secrets, separate generated changes from approved changes and add tests before merging. They know when an agent can act independently and when a domain expert must make the decision.

What strong experts deliver

Look for specialists who can show more than polished generated code. They should explain trade-offs, validate outputs with tests, trace changes through version control and improve prompts or task specifications when results are unclear. For Berlin-based collaboration, assess their ability to work across product, security and operations teams while leaving behind documented, maintainable workflows.

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Frequently asked questions

The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to OpenAI Codex.

OpenAI Codex is used to create features, modify existing code, write tests, investigate defects and document software repositories. It can work through defined tasks in a controlled environment, while a professional reviews the output and decides what belongs in production.

OpenAI Codex is commonly evaluated alongside GitHub Copilot and Claude Code as an agent for software work. The practical difference depends on repository access, tool permissions, model behaviour, review controls and how well each option fits the team’s existing Git and CI workflow.

A strong OpenAI Codex specialist also understands version control, testing, CI pipelines, software architecture and secure handling of credentials. Experience with the project’s language, framework, database and cloud environment matters because the agent cannot replace system context.

The right level depends on the risk and scope of the work, not simply on the use of the tool. An OpenAI Codex professional should be able to assess the repository, define bounded tasks, verify generated changes and escalate decisions involving security, data or core architecture.

Yes. OpenAI Codex work can fit remote collaboration when repository instructions, task definitions, review ownership and communication channels are clear. A Berlin-based specialist may work fully remote or combine remote delivery with on-site workshops, depending on the company’s needs and language expectations.

Before granting OpenAI Codex access, define permitted tools, isolate secrets, restrict write permissions and decide which files or environments are off limits. The team should also agree on logging, human approval and testing requirements before changes can be merged or deployed.

Assess whether OpenAI Codex output is correct, tested, readable and consistent with the repository’s conventions. Ask the professional to explain failed attempts, review boundaries, security choices and the evidence used to approve each change rather than judging the result by speed alone.

An OpenAI Codex freelancer may deliver implemented features, refactoring, test suites, bug investigations, repository guidance or an automated workflow around Codex CLI and version control. A high-quality engagement also leaves clear documentation, reviewable commits and recommendations for safe continued use.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 725 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 43% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects have 13 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects are German (100%), English (89%), and Hebrew (11%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Healthcare (44%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used OpenAI Codex in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (89%), and Marketing (56%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used OpenAI Codex

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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