Pimcore Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Pimcore
Steffen Seitz
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.
Dimitri Wolinski
Last position:
Software Architect at Environmental services company (cooperation with Sitegeist Media Solutions GmbH)
Conceptual design and implementation of a modular customer portal based on Laravel.
The focus was on defining a maintainable system architecture with broad use of Domain-Driven Design principles (within the Laravel architecture), introducing automated quality assurance processes (test strategy, CI integration), and preparing an auditable operation (logging, traceability of changes) in an AWS-based infrastructure, taking IT security standards according to NIST and process requirements according to ISO 9001 into account.
Achievements:
- Analysis and structuring of business requirements in close coordination with stakeholders
- Documentation of the system architecture and infrastructure incl. change and release management
- Design and implementation of an interface for integrating SAP systems
- Planning and implementation of automated tests for quality assurance
- Implementation of security and compliance requirements, including SBOM generation, software license management, and QA processes
- Technical consulting and support for the internal IT team
- Introduction and establishment of AI-supported development processes (Spec-Driven Development), including AI-readable specifications, integration of AI instructions into the development environment, and training developers for productive use
Technologies and tools: SAP, Docker, ddev, PHP 8.4, Laravel, Filament, C4 Model, Architecture Decision Records (ADR), Mermaid, PlantUML, Spec-Driven Development, Claude, GitHub Copilot, Codex
Florian Steiner
Last position:
Training at HPI
Senior AI expert
Tom Witkovsky
Last position:
Interim Customer Experience Manager, Indirect Sales Systems at badenova Energie GmbH
- Modeling customer journeys and touchpoints for indirect sales partners
- Modeling and optimizing clearing processes
- Prioritizing and cleaning up the backlog of existing applications for sales partners
- Optimizing billing and service processes for sales partners
- Requirements management for replacing and rebuilding the system based on a no/low-code platform
- Supporting the implementation of a group-wide customer experience management system
- Managing external service and implementation partners
Julia Rapp
Last position:
Senior Communications & Content Specialist (Part-time) at Radio Marketing Service
- Focus on B2B and social media communication, especially LinkedIn
- Content management and content creation to make complex topics easy to understand
- Brand positioning and development of sustainable content with strategic vision
- Copywriting & content creation (Canva)
- Cross-departmental content and project coordination
- Use of AI tools to automate content workflows: Make, n8n, Manus
Norbert Gunia
Last position:
Support for implementing the Pimcore CMS as well as support assistance and partner management at Akademisch Arbeitsgemeinschaft GmbH
- Support for implementing the Pimcore CMS, support assistance, and partner management for the existing application landscape.
- Know-how transfer to the existing application landscape.
- Advising stakeholders on the new implementation.
- Support in data modeling for Pimcore.
- Designing and overseeing data migrations from Salesforce to Pimcore using ESB.
- Creating user stories.
- 3rd level support for business-critical processes.
- Technologies: Salesforce Marketing, Sales, and Service Cloud; Talend ESB; Pimcore; Shopware; ERP system Move; DB2; MySQL; MS Office; MS Visio; Jira; Confluence.
Carlos Medina
Last position:
Implementation in Pimcore/Shopware
- Consulting, design, analysis, software architecture and development
- Designing, developing, and implementing a Pimcore environment and connecting multiple external API systems in a Kubernetes environment, as well as various PIM and ERP systems
- Technologies: Unix environment, design, Symfony development, PHP 8+, software architecture, MySQL/SQL, shell scripting, Git DevOps tasks, AI coding support, Pimcore 12, Shopware 6
- Team size: >10 people
Ivan Vetoskin
Last position:
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
Eugene Kaurov
Last position:
Lead PHP Web Developer at Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH
- PHP application development for the following news portal CMS:
- lebensmittelzeitung.net
- textilwirtschaft.de
- horizont.net
- iz.de
- fvw.de
- ahgz.de
- horizont.at
- agrarzeitung.de
- food-service.de
- fashionmagazine.it
Tamara Niebler
Last position:
SEO Editor & Copywriter at Bildungsnetzwerk China
Challenge: Transform 23 websites with over 17,000 words from various authors into a consistent, highly professional tone.
My solution: I transformed the project based on the principles of digital reading psychology. Structural clarity: I implemented a clean H1–H3 hierarchy. This makes complex educational topics scannable and accessible. Linguistic precision: I broke up convoluted run-on sentences. Active language reduces cognitive load and keeps readers engaged until the end. Audience focus: I tailored the texts individually – professionally supportive for teachers, direct and activating for students. SEO basics: I developed a keyword strategy for all 23 pages and wrote snippets that inspire trust in search results instead of ending abruptly and unprofessionally.
The result: A consistent brand presence that combines information gain with technical excellence. "We're on a very good, shared linguistic and content level." – client feedback after the first round of editing.
Manuel Schneider
Last position:
Project Manager at Univention
Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector
Content:
- Project steering (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)
Products and standards:
- Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
- Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud
Martin Silber
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at Affiliate / Price Comparison (Technical Relaunch)
- Technical relaunch of the existing affiliate site based on Pimcore and Symfony
- Use of TailwindCSS for performant and flexible frontend design
- Implemented a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
- Used Redis for caching and performance optimization
- Responsible for DevOps tasks including system configuration and deployment
- Integrated the eBay API for automated data processing
- Managed tickets via YouTrack and team communication through Slack
- Test coverage with Codeception (unit & acceptance tests)
- Continuous development, maintenance, and performance improvement
- Designing new features and optimizing existing processes
Oubeidallah Ben Slimene
Last position:
Senior Ibexa Consultant at Lekkerland SE
- Consulting internal teams or clients on using Ibexa DXP (formerly eZ Platform)
- Gathering and evaluating customer requirements through workshops, demos and proofs of concept
- Leading technical subprojects and supporting implementation
- Designing software architectures based on Ibexa (e.g. headless CMS, e-commerce, PIM integration)
- Technical evaluation of modules, bundles and custom extensions
- Developing and configuring Ibexa modules (Symfony-based), template customization (Twig), routing and user role management
- Integrating external APIs (REST, GraphQL)
- Conducting code reviews and architecture checks
- PHP performance optimization of Ibexa setups (caching, Varnish, Redis)
- Test planning and automation (PHPUnit, Behat)
- Creating technical and conceptual documentation
- Conducting training and onboarding for developers or editors
- Risk analysis in project management and close coordination with product owners, UX/UI designers and backend teams
- Participation in Scrum and Kanban meetings
Florian Steiner
Last position:
Technical Product Manager at Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
- Moderation of ideation and blueprinting workshops with Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts and Solution Architects to capture business requirements and to derive solution hypotheses for different value streams in the transformation project RAITT
- Documentation and refinement of requirements in MIRO, Confluence and Jira
- Reduced complexity of business requirements, invalidated the business value of features, resulting in a higher priority backlog
Andreas Hartleb
Last position:
Business Owner / PIC for SMB B2B eStore / Product Owner at SAMSUNG
- Channel management for the SMB B2B eStore
- Strategic implementation and ongoing development
- Marketing and commercial design of the channel
- Technologies: SAP Hybris, SAP N-ERP
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Statistics of experts using Pimcore
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
81%
Master's degree or higher
38%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Pimcore
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Pimcore basics
Pimcore is used to manage product data, digital assets, and content in one place. It fits projects where teams need a flexible PIM, DAM, or CMS setup with shared data models and clean workflows.
What specialists deliver
- Product information management for catalogs and channels
- Digital asset management for media libraries and publishing
- Content management for websites and portals
- Data modeling, import logic, and validation rules
- API-based connections to ERP, shop, and feed systems
Where it fits
Pimcore is common in commerce, manufacturing, distribution, and B2B environments. It works well when product content must stay consistent across many systems, languages, and teams.
Ecosystem and skills
Strong professionals know the Pimcore core, Symfony basics, PHP, MySQL, and REST or GraphQL integrations. They also understand data governance, taxonomy, asset structures, permissions, and how editorial work affects the underlying model.
When to bring in freelance help
Companies usually bring in freelance expertise for migrations, replatforming, feature extensions, or rescue work on a strained setup. They also need help when PIM, DAM, and CMS responsibilities overlap and the internal team needs extra capacity.
What good experts look like
Good Pimcore specialists think in structures, not just screens. They can explain why a data model works, how integrations stay stable, and how editors will actually use the system. In Germany, remote work is common, but workshops and handover sessions may benefit from local presence.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Pimcore.
Pimcore is used to manage product information, digital assets, and content in one system. Companies choose it when they need structured data, editorial workflows, and reusable content across web, commerce, and internal tools.
Pimcore combines functions that are often split across separate tools. Compared with a pure CMS, it is much stronger for structured product data and integrations; compared with a standalone PIM, it adds content and asset management in the same stack.
A strong Pimcore professional usually works comfortably with PHP, Symfony, MySQL, APIs, and data migration tasks. Depending on the project, knowledge of commerce systems, search, taxonomy, and content modeling is also valuable.
Pimcore projects with simple content management needs can be handled by specialists with solid core experience. More complex setups with many data sources, custom models, or legacy migration need professionals who have shipped similar work before.
Yes, Pimcore work is often done remotely, especially for configuration, integrations, and maintenance. In Germany, on-site sessions are still useful for discovery workshops, stakeholder alignment, and handover with editors or product teams.
Ask the Pimcore specialist about data modeling, integration approach, deployment flow, and how they handle asset and content governance. Also ask for examples of similar PIM, DAM, or CMS projects, not just general PHP work.
A Pimcore setup often needs outside help when data structures keep changing, editors complain about complexity, or integrations become fragile. Slow releases, inconsistent product data, and unclear ownership are also strong warning signs.
Look for clear data structures, stable integrations, and a setup that editors can use without workarounds. A strong Pimcore expert can explain trade-offs, document decisions, and show how the solution will stay maintainable after launch.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects is 103 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 822 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 38% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects are German (100%), English (91%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Retail (64%), and Media and Entertainment (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Pimcore in their recent projects are Project Management (95%), Information Technology (91%), and Product Development (91%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Pimcore
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.
Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg Request a free demo
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