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Dariusz K.
Last position:
Interim Support Fixed Asset and Investment Accounting at HAKO GmbH
Part-time assignment since 01.09.2026.
- Operational support for fixed asset and investment accounting
- Support with the accounting treatment of assets under construction
- Processing of related accounting transactions in SAP R/3
System: SAP R/3
Vili D.
Last position:
Technical Lead, Data Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Consulting
Optimized the data architecture (Medallion) to better decouple processing steps and improve transparency and reproducibility
Ensured the technical quality of data processing in Databricks by introducing schema enforcement, data quality checks, and a structured data architecture
Pipeline orchestration with Azure Data Factory
Improved and automated the development and deployment process by integrating Git and GitHub Actions
Technical leadership of the Data Engineering team (3 employees)
Led workshops to optimize and stabilize the data platform and development process
Collected and prioritized new requests and maintained the product backlog
Technologies: Microsoft Azure (Data Lake, Data Factory), Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), Python, SQL, Git, Confluence, Power BI, Power Apps, Dataverse, MS Sharepoint, Mural
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.
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
Jorge N.
Last position:
Senior Developer at NDA
AI Platform Backend – Senior Developer
Hired to design and build an AI platform backend from the ground up, including multi-provider LLM orchestration and real-time infrastructure for AI influencer personas at scale.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Architected and implemented a multi-LLM orchestration layer with Semantic Kernel to integrate GPT-4 and other providers for core platform logic and AI influencer personas, reducing model-switching overhead by abstracting provider APIs behind a unified interface.
- Designed and developed a backend from the ground up in C# / .NET 10, including domain modeling with DDD, a versioned RESTful API layer, and cloud infrastructure on Azure.
- Built real-time chat infrastructure with Server-Sent Events (SSE), message persistence, and delivery guarantees for running AI influencer personas live at scale.
- Developed a media management service with cloud object storage integration for uploading and retrieving influencer-generated content.
- Created an integration and unit test suite with data seeding for reliable regression testing across all core platform flows, significantly reducing the production error rate.
Tools and Technologies: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Python, TypeScript, MySQL, Semantic Kernel, EF Core, Minimal APIs, LLM Orchestration, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI, Generative AI, AI-Assisted Engineering, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI API, Ollama, Redis, Azure, Azure Container Apps, Azure Database for MySQL, Docker, GitHub Actions, Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice Architecture, CQRS, Domain-Driven Design, REST API, xUnit, Integration Testing, Unit Testing, Jira, Confluence, Scrum
Hendrik W.
Last position:
Software Test and Maintenance Support at Anton Paar ProveTec GmbH
- Adding/creating test specifications
- Performing regression tests
- Performing release tests
- Analyzing Jira tickets
- Identifying software defects and fixing them with C#
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.
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.
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.
Fernando C.
Last position:
Senior Front-End Developer at Moss
- Moss is a spend-management platform for SMEs that bundles corporate cards, web-based applications and reimbursements, AP/procurement and advanced accounting in one place.
- Splits time across Accounting, Spending and Growth tribes, handling requirements gathering, public product design, coding, testing, debugging and internal apps.
- Participates in development and maintenance of the design system/UI kit and supports tooling, documentation and developer experience.
- Builds form-heavy UIs, drawer-based editing, high-density/resilient tables with server-side filters, pagination, column configurations, CSV/Excel export and bulk operations, all wired for permissions and auditability.
- Works with complex cross-entity relationships without a single-schema solution.
- Uses React, Redux Toolkit, styled-components, react-hook-form, React PDF, Vite, Lokalise, React Testing Library and Playwright.
Stefan D.
Last position:
Frontend Developer – Sports Event and City Portal Projects at München Betriebs GmbH
- Developed an accessible, responsive website based on Figma designs for a major sports event in compliance with WCAG, BITV and EN 301 549
- Planned and set up the tool stack with Vite, Playwright, Docker and GitLab CI
- Worked on two existing projects (Vue.js & Nuxt), focusing on bug fixing, accessibility audits and developing new features
- Collaborated with Design and QA to consistently implement accessible UI patterns
- Advised on improving existing frontend architectures in terms of accessibility, performance and maintainability
Benjamin E.
Last position:
IC Design Lead & Design Team Lead at Cara Care
- Hired and mentored small design team; improved cross-functional collaboration
- Guided brand & CI evolution for improved product-market-fit; supported rollout across teams & channels
- Improved team processes and adapted workflows to shifting requirements
- Creation, maintenance of a Design System for product, content & marketing
- End-to-end product design for key features (e.g. onboarding, digital therapy modules) in a regulated health market, aligning with medical & business needs
- Supported marketing, sales & content teams in print, merchandise, web & motion
- Stakeholder management & collaboration across departments
Alessandro L.
Last position:
Vue Frontend Engineer at Savills
- Savills is one of the world's leading property advisors with 700+ offices worldwide. In Berlin, I built core digital solutions for the valuation business, replacing legacy Access-based workflows with an enterprise-grade web app built on Vue.js.
- Frontend Architecture & Scalability: Designed scalable Vue + TypeScript frontend architecture for internal enterprise applications, integrating a Symfony backend and interactive maps.
- Legacy Modernization: Led the modernization of legacy jQuery-based systems into maintainable Vue-driven applications, improving performance, maintainability, and efficiency across business workflows.
- PDF Report Workflow Automation: Engineered Twig-based automated PDF generation pipelines that reduced manual report preparation time by ~80%, saving approximately 12h per analyst/month.
- Design System & Frontend: Built a scalable SASS-based design system using mixins, maps, functions, and reusable UI patterns for consistency and long-term maintainability.
Dine A.
Last position:
Frontend Developer (Astro) at Mindful
- Built marketing site for video app launch
- Implemented responsive UI and performance optimizations
Taha H.
Last position:
Senior Salesforce Developer at Eurofiber
- Implemented Service Tickets functionality for the HOLAWAL Partner Portal, taking full ownership of the epic from architectural design to delivery
- Conducted stakeholder meetings, defined solution approach, and developed a reusable dynamic LWC component that enables configurable flow creation through JavaScript file settings
- Implemented the IP-VPN workflow as a new business product and managed its end-to-end delivery using Salesforce Communication Cloud
- Designed and developed a customer-facing quoting mechanism enabling external customers to view and accept quotes seamlessly
- Localized and enhanced the customer portal by implementing Dutch translations, improving usability and engagement for a major Dutch client
- Designed a quote request submission flow for the customer portal using Balsamiq wireframing tool, ensuring all required details were captured upfront
- Developed an order form flow using Lightning Web Components to capture products, linked services, and service locations
- Configured Salesforce Industries CPQ by modifying existing products, adding new attributes, and implementing validations to enhance product customization and accuracy
- Implemented Apex mocking using the FFLIB library to build efficient, maintainable, and high-coverage test classes
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Statistics of experts using PDF
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years (Germany: 20 years)

Position duration
1.5 years (Germany: 2.1 years)

Positions per freelancer
15 (Germany: 14)

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Top industries
Information Technology, Healthcare, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 87%)
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 59%)
Doctorate
15% (Germany: 7%)

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
English, German, Spanish

Speak two or more languages
96% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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 PDF
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 29 Oct 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 (96%)
- Healthcare (57%)
- Banking and Finance (52%)
- Professional Services (52%)
- Automotive (39%)
- Media and Entertainment (39%)
- Government and Administration (39%)
- Retail (39%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Document format
PDF, short for Portable Document Format, preserves the visual structure of a document across operating systems, browsers and devices. Companies use it for contracts, invoices, reports, forms, manuals and customer-facing records. A strong PDF implementation balances fixed layout with searchability, accessibility and reliable data handling.
Production workflows
PDF work can involve creating files from HTML, office documents, templates or application data. Specialists select suitable tools for rendering, merging, splitting, signing, stamping, compression and archival. They also handle fonts, images, metadata, page dimensions and output consistency across different viewers.
Ecosystem and skills
The PDF ecosystem includes Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat SDK, PDF.js, iText, Apache PDFBox, Ghostscript and libraries for languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript and .NET. Useful adjacent skills include HTML and CSS rendering, OCR, document management, cloud storage, APIs and database integration. Accessible PDF work also requires knowledge of tagging, reading order, keyboard navigation and alternative text.
Practical applications
- Generate invoices, statements and reports from structured data
- Build fillable forms, approval packs and customer document portals
- Extract text, tables and metadata from incoming files
- Add signatures, watermarks, redaction and document controls
- Convert, archive and validate documents for business workflows
When to bring in experts
Companies often need freelance PDF expertise when a document process is slow, inconsistent or difficult to audit. A specialist can replace manual file handling, stabilize a generation pipeline, improve accessibility or connect PDFs to existing systems. In Berlin, this support can work well with local teams on site or with remote product and operations groups across Germany, provided requirements and review processes are clear.
Quality signals
Strong professionals clarify the source data, output requirements, target viewers and security constraints before choosing a library or service. They test fonts, pagination, long tables, malformed input, accessibility, print output and file size. They also document licensing, error handling and maintenance needs, rather than treating a PDF as a simple export from an application.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about PDF.
PDF is used for fixed-layout documents such as contracts, invoices, forms, manuals, reports and certificates. It is also common for document exchange, approvals, archival workflows and files that must look consistent when printed or viewed on different devices.
Portable Document Format is usually chosen when layout stability, printing and controlled distribution matter. HTML is better for responsive, interactive web content, while office formats are more suitable for collaborative editing; many systems generate PDF only at the final delivery stage.
A strong PDF specialist may also work with HTML, CSS, OCR, document management systems, APIs, cloud storage and databases. Knowledge of accessibility, digital signatures, redaction, encryption and automated testing is especially useful for business-critical documents.
The required experience depends on the document flow, compliance needs, input quality and integration scope. A simple template may need focused implementation skills, while large-scale generation, extraction or accessibility work calls for a professional who has handled production edge cases and ongoing maintenance.
Yes. PDF projects are often well suited to remote collaboration because specialists can review templates, sample files, test results and source code online. On-site workshops in Berlin can still help when teams need to map paper-based processes or align several departments.
Adobe Acrobat is useful for authoring, reviewing, editing and managing documents through established desktop and enterprise workflows. A specialist should still assess whether Acrobat fits the required automation, licensing model, server-side processing, accessibility and integration needs.
Ask for representative samples, test files and a clear explanation of how the solution handles fonts, pagination, malformed input, accessibility and security. Quality PDF work remains consistent across viewers, supports the intended workflow and includes understandable documentation.
A PDF professional should clarify source formats, expected output, target devices, print requirements, language support, accessibility goals, signatures, data protection and integration points. It is also important to agree how visual changes, failed conversions and exceptional documents will be reviewed.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 726 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 15% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects are English (96%), German (87%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Healthcare (57%), and Banking and Finance (52%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used PDF in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Product Development (96%), and Quality Assurance (70%).
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