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Fadi S.

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AI Engineer | Microsoft Fabric | Data Engineering | Enterprise AI | Document AI

Oberhausen
Fadi S.

Last position:

Development of a production-ready Enterprise Document AI & Recommendation Platform at Freelancer

  • Development of a production-ready Enterprise AI solution for the automated processing of invoices and business documents
  • Integration of Azure AI Document Intelligence and LLM technologies into existing business processes
  • Development of robust REST APIs for automated document processing and system integration
  • Extraction, validation, and storage of structured invoice data in Azure SQL as a base for analytics and machine learning models
  • Development of an AI-based recommendation engine with machine learning and deep learning to generate personalized product recommendations based on historical purchase data
  • Implementation of logging, monitoring, error handling, and validation mechanisms for stable production use
  • Collaboration with business teams to define business rules and integrate the solution into existing enterprise processes

Technologies: Python, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL Database, REST APIs, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, OCR, Pandas, JSON, Workflow Automation

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Timo B.

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Freelancer (self-employed)

Borken
Timo B.

Last position:

Freelancer (self-employed) at enorin GmbH

  • Mendix low-code development / project management
  • Managing external resources
  • Customer and user management, roles
  • Master data entry
  • Quote preparation
  • Material costing
  • Workflows
  • Basic CRM functions
  • API interfaces (email, SMS, AI chatbot)
  • PDF API (.NET development using Aspose.PDF)
  • Stakeholder management (dev teams, enorin team, test client)
  • Risk management (backend access & sizing, role concepts)
  • Testing and staff training
  • Creating epics and stories in Confluence
  • Jira Scrum planning and management
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Marcus B.

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Java Cloud Expert

Grünwald
Marcus B.

Last position:

Java and Quarkus Expert at Large German energy service provider

  • Modernization of a large-scale Java enterprise application*

The project is modernizing a complex enterprise application that has grown over many years. The existing Spring-based legacy system runs on Java 8, OSGi, and Eclipse RCP and is being gradually migrated to a modern, maintainable architecture with Java 25 and Quarkus.

Marcus works on analysis, architecture, refactoring, and implementation. One focus is on untangling historically grown structures and dependencies and on building a clean, sustainable Java and Quarkus technology stack.

Tools & technologies: Java 8, Java 25, Quarkus, Hibernate ORM with Panache, EclipseLink, OSGi, Eclipse RCP, Maven, JUnit, Mockito, REST, JSON, Git, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Jira, Confluence

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Hooman B.

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Fullstack Developer

Cologne
Hooman B.

Last position:

Fullstack Developer at Möbel Roller GmbH

  • Further development of the existing e-commerce platform based on SAP Commerce (Hybris) to meet the growing demands of digital commerce.
  • Ensuring the scalability and performance of the backend, so the platform remained stable and efficient even under heavy user load.
  • Development and integration of new OCC REST APIs and services for modular extensions and flexible adjustments, to implement new features quickly.
  • Optimization of data flows and interfaces, which significantly improved platform efficiency and system performance.
  • Ensuring a maintainable and scalable code base by using Clean Code principles, proven design patterns, and a future-proof architecture.
  • Reduction of errors through extensive testing with JUnit, Mockito, and load tests with Gatling, supported by the introduction of automated test processes.
  • Improved system performance through targeted refactoring measures and efficient database queries, especially to handle peak loads.
  • Use of modern cloud and monitoring tools such as Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Grafana to ensure a stable and monitored infrastructure.
  • Clear improvement in efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the platform, which now meets the demands of a dynamic and growing e-commerce market.
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Christoph T.

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Architect, Business Analyst, Developer

Magdeburg
Christoph T.

Last position:

Backend Software Developer (Java) at German Football Association (DFB) e. V.

  • Client: Prime Force Group GmbH

Technologies used: Java 25, Spring Boot 4, MapStruct, JSpecify, PostgreSQL, Redis, Liquibase, REST/OpenAPI, Apache Kafka, Apache Solr, OpenID Connect via IronGate/Keycloak, SAP Customer Data Cloud, JUnit, Testcontainers, Karate, Playwright, GitLab monorepo with CI/CD, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, FluxCD, Docker, Kubernetes on Azure, OpenTelemetry, arc42, Jira, Confluence

The Team Management Center is the new central platform of the DFB for planning, managing, and carrying out team activities for the national teams - from squad selection and training camps to communication with players, clubs, and legal guardians. The platform is designed for multi-tenancy for the DFB and regional associations; player, club, and master data are intentionally not copied, but connected at runtime via the DFBnet APIs.

I have been involved in the project continuously since the architecture and concept phase (Sprint 0) and work in a distributed Scrum team in two-week sprints. In addition to implementation, my focus is on architecture alignment, connecting the DFBnet interfaces, as well as code reviews and test automation as quality assurance in the team.

Focus areas:

  • Development and implementation of the multi-tenancy concept (tenant model for the DFB and regional associations), including data model, access layer, and Liquibase migrations.
  • Design of the person service and the search concept based on Apache Solr.
  • Integration of the DFBnet APIs (player, person, and club search, club data), including authentication and synchronous master data synchronization.
  • Hardening the integration through resilience patterns: separate read timeouts for each search path, correction of circuit breaker counting, limiting parallel requests, and a club cache to reduce load on the external system.
  • Development of self-service endpoints for players (own activities, activity details, games), including an access concept for participants, as well as person documents and file uploads.
  • Standardization of API design: OpenAPI annotations, nullability model via a custom ModelConverter, JSpecify migration of the DTOs, and documented API guidelines.
  • Build and maintenance of Karate-based API and integration tests, integration tests with Testcontainers, test guidelines, and bug triage from the integration and reference environments.
  • Code reviews via merge requests, architecture documentation according to arc42, and architecture decisions (ADRs) in Confluence.
  • Automated deployment to the integration and reference environments, analysis of login and OIDC issues in combination with IronGate.

Status: ongoing - as of 08/2026 in Sprint 17, around 940 person hours worked; testable delivery to the integration environment every two weeks.

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Jens S.

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Marketing Strategist – SEA & SEO Expert

Berlin
Jens S.

Last position:

Marketing Consultant – [New Customer Acquisition (B2B), Social Media, SEO] at Manufacturer of precision metal parts [confidential]

Strategic Marketing / New Customer Acquisition (B2B):

  • Market and competitor analysis: Recorded competitors, developed evaluation matrices, outlined the provider landscape with potential customers, competitors and partners
  • Designed a cross-media, personalized multi-touch campaign
  • Developed the multi-touch strategy in various multi-stage versions, determined touchpoints, target companies and target persons, developed ideal customer profile and contact ideas
  • Designed all individual measures: Developed concepts for letters, postcards, landing pages, e-mails, phone calls and downloads
  • Visualized the process logic of the contact sequences (flowchart)
  • Described the distinction from “Account-Based Marketing”
  • Implementation planning: Researched providers for packaging, shipping and landing page software, negotiated terms, recommended tools and partners

Social Media Marketing:

  • Goal categorization, definition and recommendations for action
  • Review and selection of channels
  • Design of channel management
  • Developed an 11-week editorial plan (Instagram & LinkedIn)
  • Developed, implemented and published image and video posts
  • Campaign launch, ongoing monitoring and optimization

Search Engine Optimization (SEO):

  • Website audit with indexing check
  • Ranking, backlink, traffic and competitor analyses
  • Analyzed search and user behavior
  • Consulting on SEO risks during relaunches with domain changes
  • Keyword research and recommendations for action
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Niklas W.

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Senior IT Consultant

Eichenzell
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

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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.

Last position:

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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Ajay C.

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Software Developer & AI Engineer | Python, RESTful APIs, CI/CD, DevOps

Braunschweig
Ajay C.

Last position:

Software Engineer & Cloud AI Developer at TANGILITY GmbH

Built Python-based AI microservices and integrations for an AEC/VR Unity-based SaaS app, focusing on LLM/VLM capabilities, retrieval-backed systems, RESTful APIs, containerized deployment, and an automation microservice for the CAD-to-Unity pipeline.

  • Developed a custom Hybrid A* based algorithm in C# to simulate hospital scenarios and detect early-stage design conflicts from collision/spatial data and generate structured reports.
  • Solved and automated the time-consuming problem of converting CAD files to usable Unity environments with a custom-engineered and real-time pipeline using a ZeroMQ-based communication layer to distribute workloads across multiple processes and achieve real-time performance.
  • Built a Dockerized FastAPI pipeline for CAD-to-Unity automation, combining vision-based object matching, image embeddings, and precomputed metadata to automatically map CAD objects to Unity behavior scripts, assign properties, and reduce repeated AI inference calls.
  • Created documentation and examples to help technical users understand, configure, and extend the AI automation pipeline.
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Mukund B.

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Agentic-Based | Generative AI | Python | LLMs | RAG | LangGraph | Azure AI Foundry | Kubernetes

Berlin
Mukund B.

Last position:

Voice AI Chatbot - Real-Time Audio Assistant

  • ▶ Built real-time voice assistant (STT → LLM → TTS pipeline) benchmarking and evaluating multiple STT providers including faster-whisper and Azure Speech. achieved sub-3s latency, Groq API (Llama 3) with multi-turn memory - directly handling edge cases in dictation, names and passcode recognition.
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Anna M.

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Senior JavaScript Engineer - TypeScript, Frontend Architecture & Developer Experience

Berlin
Anna M.

Last position:

Freelance Frontend Consultant at Mister Spex

  • Developed complex React/TypeScript frontend systems for highly customizable lens products.
  • Designed internal tooling for validating and managing product configuration constraints.
  • Led accessibility initiatives to align customer-facing applications with EU accessibility requirements.
  • Worked extensively in large legacy codebases while incrementally improving maintainability and developer experience.
  • Collaborated across multiple teams in an international e-commerce environment.
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Huy N.

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Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant

Hamburg
Huy N.

Last position:

Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics

  • Administration and further development of the M365 environment including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune and SharePoint Online
  • Development of dashboards for performance monitoring using Microsoft Power BI
  • Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
  • Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
  • Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives as technical point of contact
  • Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
  • Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
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Robin W.

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Agentic Engineer · AI Engineer · Software Engineer · Context Engineer

Neidenstein
Robin W.

Last position:

Developer at agentic-engineer.online

agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.

  • Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
  • I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
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Markus S.

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Full Stack Developer

Herrsching
Markus S.

Last position:

Lead Developer at Endress+Hauser SICK GmbH+Co. KG

Lead developer of the frontend and backend systems for a web-based pre-sales tool. It is used by sales staff and engineers to configure and calculate complex measurement systems for industrial customers. Core features include a collaboration platform, a product configurator, physical feasibility checks, and a PDF generator.

TypeScript · Node.js · Nest.js · Angular · REST · MongoDB · Playwright

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Statistics of experts using PDF

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

20 years

PDF experts have 20 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.1 years

PDF experts stay in a single position for 2.1 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

14

PDF experts have completed 14 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

PDF experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing

PDF experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Manufacturing.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

PDF experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

87%

87% of PDF experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

58%

58% of PDF experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

7%

7% of PDF experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

2

PDF experts hold 2 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

PDF experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

97%

97% of PDF experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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4% of PDF experts charge less than €400 per day.
56% of PDF experts charge between €400 and €800 per day.
35% of PDF experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
5% of PDF experts charge €1200 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology 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 using PDF

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

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Daily rate avg. 732 €

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

PDF 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 (90%)
  • Banking and Finance (54%)
  • Manufacturing (44%)
  • Professional Services (43%)
  • Healthcare (42%)
  • Retail (39%)
  • Automotive (37%)
  • Transportation (34%)

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

About the technology

What PDF is

PDF, or Portable Document Format, preserves the layout of text, images, fonts and graphics across devices and operating systems. Companies use it for contracts, invoices, reports, manuals, forms and records that must look consistent when shared, printed or archived. It supports both fixed documents and interactive experiences.

Typical deliverables

  • Accessible reports with tagged structure, reading order and alternative text
  • Fillable forms with validation, calculations and submission workflows
  • Branded invoices, statements and customer documents generated from data
  • Secure files with permissions, encryption, signatures and audit trails
  • Optimized documents for web delivery, printing and long-term archiving

Experts may also build document review flows, merge templates with business data or convert office files and web content into reliable PDF output.

Ecosystem and tooling

The ecosystem includes Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Sign, PDF libraries for Java, .NET, JavaScript, Python and PHP, and browser tools based on PDF.js. Specialists work with template engines, OCR services, document management systems and cloud storage. They also understand fonts, metadata, compression, annotations, redaction and digital certificates.

When companies need help

  • Existing files render differently across browsers, viewers or printers
  • Manual document production creates errors or slows operations
  • Forms need accessibility, conditional fields or system integration
  • Signature, redaction or retention requirements are not clearly implemented
  • A product needs dependable document generation at changing volumes

Freelance expertise is useful when a team must modernize a document process without disrupting finance, legal, healthcare, public-sector or customer-service operations.

Skills that matter

Strong professionals combine document design with software integration and quality assurance. They can inspect the internal structure of a file, diagnose font and layout issues, preserve data integrity and test output with assistive technologies. Knowledge of HTTP APIs, databases, OCR, identity, encryption and electronic signatures often makes their work more effective.

How quality is judged

Reliable PDF work is judged by visual consistency, selectable and searchable content, accessibility, file size and behavior in common viewers. A capable specialist defines acceptance criteria before implementation and tests edge cases such as long names, missing data, multilingual text and scanned pages. They document templates, dependencies and security decisions so the workflow remains maintainable.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Companies use PDF for contracts, invoices, reports, manuals, application forms and records that need a stable appearance. It is also used for interactive forms, document generation, signatures, redaction and controlled distribution.

PDF is designed to preserve a fixed visual layout, while HTML is better for responsive web content and Word documents are better for collaborative editing. The right choice depends on whether the priority is presentation fidelity, browser interaction or ongoing authoring.

A strong PDF specialist often understands document templates, OCR, accessibility, typography, databases and API integration. Experience with Adobe Acrobat, PDF.js, electronic signatures, encryption and cloud storage is useful for broader workflows.

The required experience depends on the work, not only on the file format. A simple template may need document-production expertise, while an automated or regulated workflow calls for proven skills in accessibility, security, data mapping and testing.

Yes, most PDF projects can be handled remotely through shared requirements, sample files, repositories and test data. On-site collaboration can help when documents connect to restricted systems, physical scanning processes or teams with language and compliance requirements.

Ask for examples of comparable PDF work and discuss how the specialist tested layout, accessibility, security and viewer compatibility. A good professional can explain trade-offs clearly and will request representative source data and edge cases before promising a result.

Adobe Acrobat can be enough for manual editing, form preparation, annotations and occasional signing. Custom development is more suitable when documents must be generated from live data, integrated with business systems or produced consistently without manual steps.

A PDF assignment should define source data, templates, target viewers, accessibility expectations, signature rules, security controls and delivery formats. Freelancers should also clarify who owns fonts and templates, how output will be tested and whether scanned material requires OCR.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 732 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects, 87% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects are German (97%), English (96%), and French (20%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Banking and Finance (54%), and Manufacturing (44%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used PDF in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Product Development (88%), and Quality Assurance (58%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used PDF

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city 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

In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Vienna Graz

Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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