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Ljubomir O.
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
Matthias V.
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 multiple 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 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 foundation for several international brands and rollouts.
Technologies: Vue 3, TypeScript, Vite, Vitest, Playwright, IAB TCF, Google Additional Consent, i18n, Git, CI/CD.
Giuseppe A.
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
Christian T.
Last position:
HDI DevOps & Fullstack Engineer at HDI
- Spring Boot Software Engineer
- DevOps Engineer (Kubernetes, Azure DevOps)
Toolstack: Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, ArgoCD, Docker, Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Git, Postgres
Piotr K.
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
Frederik C.
Last position:
Freelance Full-Stack 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 several microservices (frontend and backend)
Ensuring quality with unit, integration, and E2E tests
Conducting code reviews
Coordination with other development teams
Taking over the software license check and simplifying the process
Responsibility for implementing and documenting the business logging
Setting up a development environment with Docker Compose
Martin P.
Last position:
Business Analyst and Test Manager at ProSiebenSat.1 Tech & Services GmbH
- Analysis of affected business processes taking numerous stakeholders into account
- Interface analysis, architecture and system design
- Communicating and coordinating various subprojects and interface partners
- Creating epics and user stories, maintaining the backlog, workshops and review presentations
- Support during implementation between business departments and development
- Test management including strategy and approach definition
- Test case definition, execution and approval
- Cross-team organization of integration and acceptance tests
- Support of test environments
- Technologies and tools: Java, Angular, Kubectl, REST, AWS SNS/SQS, Kafka, S4/HANA, Bruno
Alexandre S.
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
Stefan D.
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
Vitor R.
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
Alois F.
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.
Matthias L.
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
Ilian S.
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.
Jan W.
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
Andreas K.
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
1.8 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%
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 41%)
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 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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.
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Playwright 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 (73%)
- Automotive (67%)
- Government and Administration (60%)
- Energy (47%)
- Manufacturing (47%)
- Retail (40%)
- Healthcare (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Browser automation
Playwright is an open-source browser automation framework from Microsoft. It controls Chromium, Firefox and WebKit through one API and is used to test web applications across browsers, devices and operating systems. Its auto-waiting, isolated browser contexts and network controls help teams create stable end-to-end coverage.
Test development
Playwright Test provides the test runner, fixtures, assertions, retries, parallel execution and trace reporting needed for maintainable automation. Experts turn user journeys into reliable checks for authentication, checkout, search, permissions, forms and complex single-page application flows. They also structure reusable page objects and test data.
Tooling ecosystem
Strong professionals connect Playwright with the wider quality and delivery stack:
- TypeScript or JavaScript test suites with Playwright Test
- CI pipelines in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps
- Trace Viewer, screenshots, videos and HTML reports
- APIRequestContext for service-level setup and validation
- Docker, test environments and parallel browser execution
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance Playwright specialists when a growing test suite becomes slow, flaky or difficult to diagnose. They may need browser coverage before a major release, migration from Selenium or Cypress, or a practical automation strategy for a new product. Munich teams can combine local workshops with remote delivery when collaboration needs to cross locations.
What experts deliver
A specialist can assess existing coverage, define a test architecture and implement critical paths first. Typical deliverables include a configured Playwright Test project, reusable fixtures, authenticated test states, cross-browser suites, CI jobs and clear failure reports. The work should reduce manual regression effort without hiding defects behind unreliable tests.
Quality signals
Look for professionals who explain locator strategy, synchronization and test isolation in concrete terms. They should know when to use role-based locators, API setup or browser-level checks, and how to investigate traces instead of adding arbitrary waits. Experience with TypeScript, Git workflows, CI diagnosis and product-specific risk analysis is equally important. Strong communication in English, and German where local teams require it, supports effective collaboration in Munich.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Playwright, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Playwright is used to automate and test web applications in Chromium, Firefox and WebKit. Companies use it for end-to-end checks, regression coverage, cross-browser validation, API-assisted setup and debugging through traces, screenshots and videos.
Playwright offers one automation API across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, built-in auto-waiting, browser contexts and strong parallel execution. Selenium supports a broader range of browser and legacy automation scenarios, while Cypress has a distinctive in-browser workflow; the best choice depends on the application, team skills and existing test assets.
A strong Playwright specialist usually works with TypeScript or JavaScript, Git and CI systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps. Knowledge of HTTP, APIs, SQL, Docker, test data management and frontend accessibility also improves the quality of browser tests.
The right level depends on scope, application complexity and the condition of the existing suite. A focused flow may need a specialist who can establish sound patterns, while a large migration or flaky multi-browser suite calls for deeper experience with fixtures, parallelism, traces and CI diagnosis.
Playwright is well suited to remote collaboration because test code, traces, reports and CI results can be reviewed asynchronously. Teams in Munich should agree on browser coverage, environment access, review routines and whether English is sufficient or German is needed for workshops and documentation.
Ask the specialist to explain locator choices, waiting behavior, test isolation and failure diagnosis. High-quality Playwright suites use stable user-facing locators, reusable fixtures, meaningful assertions and trace-based debugging rather than arbitrary delays or duplicated setup.
Playwright Test is a capable runner and browser testing toolkit, but it does not replace unit, integration, API or exploratory testing. A good specialist places browser checks at the right level and uses service or database setup where that makes tests faster and easier to maintain.
Playwright work often includes Playwright Test, TypeScript, browser contexts, fixtures, trace reporting and CI integration. Freelancers should also understand authentication state, network mocking, APIRequestContext, containerized environments and the practical limits of visual or end-to-end assertions.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Playwright in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 736 € 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 1.8 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%).
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