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Ljubomir Obrenovic

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Senior Test Automation Engineer | QA Engineer

München
Ljubomir Obrenovic

Last position:

Senior Software Test Engineer at Keil KTM GmbH

Temporary employment

  • System black-box integration tests (BBIT, IVVQ): Execution of regression, release, acceptance, and compliance tests for safety-critical brake control units in the rail industry
  • Software test application & integration: Runtime configuration of software components and libraries, validation of interfaces, configuration dependencies, and component interactions
  • Test automation (FEAT framework): Co-development and further development of an automated test framework for test execution, reporting, and result analysis
  • Functional safety (SiL4, FuSi): Ensuring compliance with safety requirements, traceability and coverage, as well as standards compliance according to EN50126/28/29
  • Test automation for communication components: Configuration and validation of fieldbus (CAN) and Ethernet-based TCMS data communication interfaces (TRDP and CIP)
  • Requirements analysis & shift-left (PTC Windchill ALM): Analysis of software and system artifacts to identify gaps, ambiguities, and redundancies early in the SDLC
  • Test design & test case development: Derivation of test conditions, coverage strategies, and implementation of data-driven test cases (DDT), including reusable test data fixtures
  • CI/CD & automation (Python, PowerShell, Jenkins, SVN): Automation of build, test, and HIL deployment processes as well as integration into CI/CD pipelines
  • Test data & configuration management (XML): Maintenance and adaptation of XML test vectors and system configurations with automated integration into test environments
  • Non-functional testing: Execution of performance and load tests to assess stability and system behavior
  • Agile development & defect management (JIRA, Confluence): Participation in Scrum teams, test coordination, review of test artifacts, as well as defect tracking and root-cause analysis
  • Error analysis & debugging (CANoe, CANalyzer): Analysis of errors and message flows across multiple system layers (application to bus)
  • Model-based analysis (UML, Enterprise Architect): Specification of SUT/SOW and support for systematic test control
  • Process & test documentation: Creation of integration and test documentation according to internal quality and certification requirements
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Matthias Voit

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Senior Frontend Developer & Architect

Munich
Matthias Voit

Last position:

Senior Frontend Developer / Technical Web Architect – Consent Management

Project for a leading German email and cloud service provider: As Senior Frontend Developer and Technical Web Architect, I developed an international, multi-tenant white-label consent management layer for several brands.

Main tasks:

  • Architecture and implementation with Vue 3, TypeScript, and Vite
  • Development of automated tests with Vitest and Playwright
  • Creation of brand-specific CMP configurations, CSS themes, i18n structures, and vendor settings
  • Implementation of the playout and initialization logic as well as backend integration
  • technical decision support, project and code documentation

Impact: Replacement of external CMP solutions with a reusable and long-term maintainable in-house base for several international brands and rollouts.

Technologies: Vue 3, TypeScript, Vite, Vitest, Playwright, IAB TCF, Google Additional Consent, i18n, Git, CI/CD.

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Giuseppe Abrignani

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Software, AI & Automation Architect

Germering
Giuseppe Abrignani

Last position:

Embedded Software Developer at Inheco

  • AI Integration (LLM & RAG): Design and build of an internal intelligent RAG system (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) based on LLMs, n8n, and vector data for the automated analysis of technical documents and error logs.
  • Design & Implementation: Design of a robust RS-232/UART communication interface for an SBC-based embedded device to control medical shaker systems.
  • Architecture & Protocol Design: Implementation of a highly maintainable software structure (OOP, SOLID) and definition of hardware-close, resilient communication protocols including multithreading and advanced error handling.
  • Quality Assurance & DevOps: Test automation using xUnit, integration tests directly on the hardware target, and maintenance of technical documentation according to strict medical technology standards via Azure DevOps.

Label: C#, .NET, LLMs, RAG, n8n, RS-232, UART, Multithreading, async/await, xUnit, gRPC/protobuf, Blazor, MudBlazor, EF Core, Visual Studio 2026, Azure DevOps

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Alexandre Savio

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Cloud Engineer

München
Alexandre Savio

Last position:

Cloud Engineer at Dectris AG

  • Build a scalable multi-region backend service in AWS to serve remote desktop virtual machines for scientific analysis
  • Stack: AWS, GitHub, Terraform, Python, Rust
  • Built and defined the core infrastructure of the backend system
  • Defined and coded the virtual machines provisioning supporting Ubuntu and Rocky Linux desktop setups
  • Programmed the API service running in ECS to manage virtual machines and build custom Docker images for users
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Stefan Dietz

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Frontend Developer – Sports Event and City Portal Projects

Neubiberg
Stefan Dietz

Last position:

Frontend Developer – Sports Event and City Portal Projects at München Betriebs GmbH

  • Development of an accessible, responsive website based on Figma designs for a major sports event in compliance with WCAG, BITV, and EN 301 549
  • Technical planning and setup of the tool stack with Vite, Playwright, Docker, and GitLab CI
  • Worked on two existing projects (Vue.js & Nuxt), with a focus on bug fixing, accessibility audits, and new feature development
  • Collaboration with design and QA to consistently implement accessible UI patterns
  • Consulting on improving existing frontend architectures with regard to accessibility, performance, and maintainability
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Vitor Rodrigues

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Test Coordinator Automation

Garching bei München
Vitor Rodrigues

Last position:

Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all

  • Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
  • Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
  • Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
  • Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
  • Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
  • Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
  • Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
  • Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
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Alois Flammensböck

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Software Architect / Backend Developer

München
Alois Flammensböck

Last position:

Software Architect / Backend Developer at GEO API

  • Design and implementation of a Laravel backend API for provider-based geo search, feature details, boundary geometries and neighborhood detection.
  • The API serves as a server-side proxy, cache and enrichment layer, protecting credentials for external geo services and persisting features, localizations, geometries, hierarchies and neighborhood relationships in MariaDB.
  • Key areas included normalization of autocomplete and feature data, caching strategies for expensive boundary/polygon requests, spatial processing of GeoJSON and MultiPolygon geometries, as well as neighborhood detection using hierarchies, bounding box filters and topology checks.
  • Additionally, separate production and diagnostic endpoints were created, along with status and error catalogs, discovery logging, a Docker development stack, API documentation, and unit and feature tests.
  • Technologies: PHP 8.3, Laravel, REST API, geo data API, GeoJSON, MariaDB Spatial, Eloquent, Laravel Queues, PHPUnit, Mockery, Docker, Docker Compose, API design, geocoding, boundary data, spatial queries.
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Matthias Lang

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Typescript Fullstack Engineer

München
Matthias Lang

Last position:

Typescript Fullstack Engineer at Card Complete / Bank Austria

  • Designed and developed the "Credit Risk Engine" using Camunda, Node.js and Typescript
  • Greenfield project for credit card credit assessment for existing and new customers, including EBA KPIs, SCHUFA and CRIF scorings
  • Built and modeled workflows (BPMN) and decision logic (DMN) with Camunda Modeler in close collaboration with stakeholders
  • Implemented service tasks, user tasks and jobs with Nest.js, Node.js and Typescript, including exception handling
  • Backend-for-Frontend (BFF), frontend with React, Tailwind and Ant Design UI library
  • CI/CD with GitLab, Kubernetes/Rancher
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Piotr Kuczyński

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Senior Software Engineer

Munich
Piotr Kuczyński

Last position:

Senior Software Engineer at On

  • Built middleware service integrating EDI providers and marketplace partners with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to receive sales orders and communicate shipments, invoices, inventory, and price catalogues
  • Utilized a mixture of REST APIs and event-driven data processing pipelines
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Frederik Claus

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Freelance Fullstack Software Developer

Munich
Frederik Claus

Last position:

Freelance Fullstack Software Developer at Bundesdruckerei GmbH

  • Development of the digital organ donation register, commissioned by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)

  • Implementation of user stories in multiple microservices (front- and backend)

  • Ensuring quality with unit, integration, and end-to-end tests

  • Conducting code reviews

  • Coordination with other development teams

  • Taking over software license checks and simplifying the process

  • Responsible for implementing and documenting domain logging

  • Setting up a development environment with Docker Compose

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Ilian Sapundshiev

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Project Manager

Munich
Ilian Sapundshiev

Last position:

Project Manager at AutoScout24 GmbH

  • Successfully migrated over 150 BI dashboards (Jira, Microstrategy, AWS QuickSight) as project lead of 4 developers, ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining data integrity.
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Jan Wahler

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Technical Consultant

Munich
Jan Wahler

Last position:

Technical Consultant at AI Beratung (KMU)

  • Evaluation of RAG for legal advisory (build or buy)
  • Evaluation and POC of RAG for an ERP time tracking module
  • Consulting on foundation model selection
  • Setup AI development environment (eliminating shadow AI)
  • AI strategy consulting
  • AI-assisted code creation and context engineering make change sets larger
  • Strong software engineering expertise, code reviews and safeguarding through pipelines and domain-specific automated test cases
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Christian Trutz

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JEE Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer

Marl
Christian Trutz

Last position:

JEE Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer at AKDB

  • JEE Software Engineer
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Java, JEE, JBoss/WildFly, Vaadin, CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Git, Oracle database, MSSQL Server database
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Andreas Kraus

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Senior Developer

München
Andreas Kraus

Last position:

Senior Developer at ioki GmbH, a Deutsche Bahn AG company

  • Fullstack development based on Next.js and TypeScript
  • Development and optimization of geospatial database queries for PostgreSQL/PostGIS
  • Visualization of geospatial data using Mapbox
  • Design and execution of load tests and performance optimizations
  • Code reviews and documentation tasks
  • Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, React, Zod, tRPC, Storybooks, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MicroORM, Knex, Material UI, Mapbox, BullMQ, Jest, Playwright, Artillery.io, K6, Sentry, Figma, GitLab, Grafana, GTFS

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Statistics of experts using Playwright

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years (Germany: 16 years)

Position duration

2 years (Germany: 1.7 years)

Positions per freelancer

12 (Germany: 13)

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development

Bachelor's degree or higher

92% (Germany: 93%)

Master's degree or higher

75% (Germany: 43%)

Doctorate

17% (Germany: 5%)

Certifications per freelancer

4 (Germany: 2)

Most common languages

German, English, Spanish

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 99%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using Playwright

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

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Daily rate avg. 744 €
Germany avg. 723 €

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

About the technology

Browser testing

Playwright is used for end-to-end browser automation. It helps teams test login flows, checkout paths, forms, and other user journeys in real browsers. Strong specialists use it to catch issues that unit tests miss.

What it covers

  • Cross-browser checks in Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit
  • Stable UI automation for modern web apps
  • Test coverage for authentication, search, and payment flows
  • Screenshot and trace-based debugging

It fits product teams that need clear proof that a web app works before release.

Tooling and setup

Playwright works well with TypeScript and JavaScript, and it also supports other stacks through its APIs. Professionals often set up reusable fixtures, test data, and isolated browser contexts. They also tune selectors, waits, and test structure so suites stay readable and resilient.

When companies bring in help

Teams usually look for freelance expertise when tests are flaky, release cycles are slowing down, or a new app needs coverage quickly. In Munich, this often comes up in SaaS, mobility, media, and enterprise software teams that want dependable browser checks without long hiring cycles. Remote work is common, but on-site sessions help when test strategy, QA habits, or local language handoffs need alignment.

What strong specialists do

  • Build maintainable test suites, not brittle scripts
  • Use trace viewer, screenshots, and video for fast debugging
  • Cover edge cases in auth, file upload, and API-backed UI flows
  • Keep locators, fixtures, and page objects easy to change

A strong specialist knows how to balance coverage, speed, and stability.

Skills around Playwright

The best experts often bring testing discipline beyond the tool itself. They understand browser behavior, front-end timing, CI pipelines, and test data management. Many also work with Jest, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker, and API testing tools to keep the full delivery flow reliable.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about Playwright, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

Playwright is used for browser automation and end-to-end testing of web apps. Companies use it to check user journeys such as sign-in, search, checkout, and form handling in real browsers. It is also useful for visual checks, tracing, and reproducing hard-to-find UI bugs.

Playwright is often chosen when teams want strong cross-browser coverage and modern automation features in one tool. Compared with Cypress, it offers broader browser support and more flexible control over multiple contexts. Compared with Selenium, it usually feels more direct for newer web stacks and test workflows.

A good Playwright specialist usually knows TypeScript or JavaScript well, plus basic web app internals. Useful adjacent skills include CI setup, Git, Docker, and API testing. If the project is complex, experience with selector strategy, test data design, and debugging browser timing issues matters a lot.

A small Playwright task may only need someone who can add a few stable tests. A larger migration or full suite design needs a specialist who can shape the test structure, choose the right coverage, and prevent flaky runs. The key is not just writing scripts, but making them easy to keep alive.

Yes, Playwright work is often done remotely. For teams in Munich, remote collaboration works well when the codebase, test data, and CI pipeline are already accessible. On-site time can still help during kickoff, workshop sessions, or when product and QA teams need to align on test priorities.

If Playwright tests fail for no clear reason, take too long to run, or are hard to trust, it is usually time to bring in a specialist. Other signs are low test coverage on key user flows, weak CI integration, or a growing gap between front-end changes and test maintenance. A freelancer can usually spot the weak points quickly.

A strong Playwright expert writes tests that stay readable after the first release. Look for clear locators, good use of fixtures, sensible waits, and traces that make failures easy to diagnose. The best sign is not just that tests pass once, but that they keep working as the app changes.

No, Playwright is mainly known for UI automation, but it can support broader testing work too. Teams use it for multi-step flows, auth checks, file uploads, and scenarios that depend on APIs or browser state. That makes it useful whenever the real risk sits in the full user journey, not just the interface.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 744 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects are German (93%), English (93%), and Spanish (33%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (73%), and Automotive (67%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (93%), and Quality Assurance (73%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Playwright

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

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