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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used PostgreSQL
Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Michael F.
Last position:
Platform Architect (Project lead) at Würth IT
I designed and built a self-service AWS platform for Data Science teams with little or no infrastructure-as-code experience. A team writes about 10 lines of Python and gets a deployable stack with full SDLC release cycle that already follows the governance rules. Networking, encryption, IAM and tagging are decided by the platform, not by each team.
New teams or AWS accounts are onboarded with one pull request. Waste prevention and cost control is built into the defaults: Data scientists don't need infrastructure skills.
- Construct library (AWS CDK, Python). Built a versioned catalog of about 20 hardened constructs for being used in data-science projects with ML context
- Governance as code
- Multi-account, multi-tenant
- Golden-path scaffolding
- CI/CD and supply chain. Built reusable GitHub Actions workflows
- Release engineering
- QA with e2e, contract testing and unit test coverage with each release candidate
Lutz E.
Last position:
Freelance Software Developer – GoPro MultiCam Control via COHN at Plutos Company UG
- Developed a pilot system to control and monitor multiple GoPro cameras
- Implemented start, stop, status, media, download and diagnostic functions via COHN endpoints
- Built camera detection, individual and group control, and stable session/KeepAlive logic
- Set up a download pipeline with a queue, retry handling and temporary files
- Ensured consistent session, folder and file naming for multicamera recordings
- Integrated provisioning, certificates and network operations
Michael S.
Last position:
IT & Test Consultant at Testing Experts GmbH
AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an e-book on the use of AI in software testing
- Designed and created an e-book on the sensible and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
- Used generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and creating variations, with all content finally reviewed and approved using my own expertise.
- Developed practical insights into the opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of “tester vs. AI”.
- Title: “11 starke Gründe: Dream-Team statt Rivalen - Tester und KI sind gemeinsam unschlagbar”
- Subtitle: “Wie Mensch und Maschine im Softwaretest das perfekte Team bilden – und warum reines KI-Testing riskant ist.”
- Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, customer meetings or internal training.
- Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of hands-on professional testing experience, common sense.
Timo H.
Last position:
Software Developer at Smiths Detection
- Extension of a Swing-based UI for recording Security Restricted Articles during baggage screening.
- Introduction of a new workflow for recording Deboarding Events.
- Extension of the reporting system for Security Restricted Articles and Deboarding Events.
- Implementation using JBoss Wildfly, PostgreSQL, spring-boot 3.x, Java 8/21, Swing, JSF, JAX-RS/Resteasy, Docker, Maven, Kiro.
Franz B.
Last position:
Product Development (AI) at Self-initiated
AI phone assistant platform
Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL
- Designed and hands-on developed an AI-powered phone assistant platform (Voice-AI / LLM)—from idea and architecture through to MVP/product.
- Built agentic workflows and end-to-end automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
- Also supported AI-powered delivery in client engagements: using Claude Code for governance documentation, requirements drafts, and automations.
Jörg T.
Last position:
Consultant, Requirements Engineer and Database Expert
Project – Evaluation and development of databases for a new product line for a measuring equipment manufacturer
- Current-state analysis
- Requirements analysis of the data storage layer
- Writing benchmark tests
- Design of the new database schema
- Database migrations
- Development of audit logging and Part11
- Creation of backup and recovery concepts
- Design of the persistence layer API
- Writing unit tests
- Creating requirements in Azure
Tools: C#, Visual Studio 2022, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Git, RestSharp, WebServer, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, SQLite, MinIO, Podman, Docker, DataGrip, SQL Management Studio, HeidiDB, pgAdmin
Reinhold M.
Last position:
Business Requirements Engineer, Proxy Product Owner, Tester at AXA Konzern AG
Working Environment
- Insurance / Claims Management (Property, Liability, Automotive)
- REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter
Scope
- Further development of the internal REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter as the backend and various portals/front-end offices as clients, and with the following objectives: + increased AI-supported claims processing outside of Guidewire ClaimCenter + and support for all lines (property, liability, automotive).
- Further development of automated claims processing
Activities
- Interfacing IT & Business
- Design activities with documentation in Confluence, Jira: + Requirements engineering (functional and non-functional) + Design of REST endpoints and coordination with interface partners (esp. AI-colleagues) + Identification, design and evaluation of alternative solutions (moving away from a monolithic approach toward fine-grained endpoints, with code reuse across all lines if possible) + Creation / refinement of product backlog items in Jira, i.e. epics, user stories and tasks, incl. alignment with developers & POs during (pre-)refinement sessions + Using AXA Secure GPT when creating / refining user stories (description, acceptance criteria) and designing REST endpoints + Estimation and prioritization of user stories and tasks during Sprint Planning sessions + Coordination and support during the implementation of Product Backlog items + Driving decision making with preparation and presentation of decision-making documents
- Quality assurance: + Test management, including test case creation using Xray in Jira + Test execution using Bruno as REST client and in Guidewire ClaimCenter + Submission of test artifacts for PO approval + Analysis of production bugs
Methods Big Room Planning (aka PI-Planning in SAFe), Scrum, BPMN, EPK, UML, ERM, DDD
Tools / Tech Stack Teams, Confluence, Jira with Xray, OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, XML, MS Office, Bruno, GitHub repository (reading), Guidewire ClaimCenter, AXA Secure GPT (AXA's in-house GenAI solution based on Azure OpenAI)
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed browser based platform for kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed CLI in Typescript to deploy the resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command line utility tool.
- Designed role & permission models for Keycloak, oAuth/OIDC, social login flows.
- Used LLM to convert user intent into the diagram.
- Worked on integration with multiple Sovereign Cloud like stackIt, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Paul W.
Last position:
Enterprise Architect at ePrimo GmbH
Led the end-to-end integration and migration architecture for decommissioning SAP IS-U market communication and transitioning to Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with E.ON IT Services — covering regulated EDIFACT market messaging, a three-phase data migration (transfer of market message inventory after cutover), redesign of market communication processes, and full GDPR and German energy-market compliance.
- Designed the three-tier target architecture (SAP IS-U → NScale B2B gateway → SFMC) processing 50,000–100,000 EDIFACT messages daily within sub-5-minute SLAs.
- Architected the three-phase data migration: 36 months of historical data, zero-loss cutover of in-flight market messages, and near-real-time CDC synchronization.
- Delivered secure, BDEW/GDPR-compliant integration (AS2/OFTP2, RFC/IDoc, REST APIs, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3) achieving >99.5% uptime, <0.1% migration discrepancy, and RTO <4 hours.
- Applied BPMN to model and optimize the market communication processes.
Technologies: SAP IS-U, NScale, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, EDIFACT, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3, BPMN, Jira, Confluence, Draw.io
Fadi S.
Last position:
Data Scientist at E-Commerce
- Designed and developed a production-ready data platform based on Microsoft Fabric for an e-commerce company
- Built a scalable Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) with Lakehouse and Delta Lake as the foundation for analytics and AI applications
- Developed a metadata-driven ETL platform with PySpark and a generic Incremental Loading Framework (SQL Server → Bronze → Silver → Gold)
- Developed reusable components for Microsoft Fabric Notebooks to standardize data integration, transformation, and validation
- Implemented automated data pipelines including monitoring, logging, error handling, and Delta MERGE strategies for stable production operations
- Built a business layer architecture for reporting, data warehousing, and reusable data products
- Integrated heterogeneous data sources via SQL Server, REST APIs, Amazon SP API, and Google Analytics 4
- Worked closely with business departments to analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable data architectures
Technologies: Microsoft Fabric, PySpark, Python, SQL Server, Delta Lake, Lakehouse, OneLake, Data Factory, Data Warehouse, REST APIs, Amazon SP-API, Google Analytics 4
David B.
Last position:
TypeScript Developer & UX Designer at colle-il-diaccino.de
TOURISM
colle-il-diaccino.de · Holiday Accommodation
- Designed and developed the website: interactive site map, accommodation comparison, and image galleries.
- Implemented German, English, and Italian language versions. Set up inquiry forms with input validation and spam protection, language-specific SEO metadata, and automated tests.
Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, next-intl, React Hook Form, Zod, Resend, Playwright, Vitest
Niko S.
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Built a data integration platform for high-, medium- and low-voltage assets to enable contextual analysis of time series with master data from SCADA control systems (IEC 60870 104), INIS and SAP.
- Responsible for the architecture and implementation of the solution, and acted as a sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Technologies used: Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter and various API gateways.
Michael S.
Last position:
Data Analyst, Data Scientist at CompuGroup Medical Deutschland AG, docmetric GmbH
Development of AI and traditional models to analyze medical and patient data, including medication analyses, diagnosis analyses, forecasts, procedure analyses, dosage analyses, comorbidity analyses, prescription analyses, patient potential analyses, referral profile analyses, and prescription analyses. Analyses in the field of Real World Evidence.
Healthcare IT, pharmaceutical industry
Tasks, responsibilities:
- Gathering customer requirements
- Planning the subproject
- Designing and defining KPIs
- Designing and developing models and visualizations of results using customer dashboards
- Developing and implementing data warehouse adaptations
- Deriving recommendations for action
Methods, technologies:
- Simulation
- Artificial intelligence
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Microsoft Power BI
- Amazon Web Services
- Elasticsearch
- PostgreSQL
- Databricks
- Multivariate statistics
Karen M.
Last position:
Personal AI Engineering Project — Croky AI at Crocky AI
Product:
- Built a production-ready AI platform for generating brand-aware marketing images and videos from product data, user requirements, and uploaded media.
- Own the platform architecture, technical roadmap, API design, security, deployment workflow, operational reliability, and model-provider strategy.
- Developed the core platform in .NET and built supporting AI and workflow prototypes in Python, applying language-independent API contracts and structured interfaces between services and model providers.
- Implemented reliable background processing with RabbitMQ, persisted workflow state, idempotent handling, retries, failure recovery, logging, secure storage, authorization, and credit accounting.
- Made pragmatic build-versus-buy and model-routing decisions based on reliability, latency, cost, and maintainability rather than novelty.
Agent Orchestration & RAG Systems
- Built and compared agent workflows using Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, and LangChain, including tool use, conditional routing, clarification steps, state management, and hand-offs between agents.
- Implemented reusable .NET components for agents, prompts, tools, model providers, structured responses, and retrieval with pyvector, making it easier to change AI providers without rewriting the core workflow.
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Statistics of experts using PostgreSQL
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years

Position duration
5.1 years

Positions per freelancer
12

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
59%
Doctorate
7%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
English, German, French

Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 5 Nov 2026.
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Average rates of experts using PostgreSQL
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 5 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
PostgreSQL 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 (94%)
- Banking and Finance (48%)
- Retail (37%)
- Automotive (35%)
- Manufacturing (34%)
- Professional Services (32%)
- Education (31%)
- Healthcare (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Relational foundation
PostgreSQL is an open-source object-relational database used to store, query, and protect structured business data. Often called Postgres, it combines SQL standards with advanced data types, transactions, extensions, and strong consistency. It supports everything from application back ends to analytical workloads.
Where it fits
PostgreSQL appears in systems where dependable data matters and relationships between records are complex.
- Customer, finance, and inventory platforms
- SaaS products and transactional back ends
- Reporting, geospatial, and event-driven systems
- Data services that expose APIs to web and mobile applications
Its support for JSON, full-text search, and spatial data lets teams reduce unnecessary system changes while their products grow.
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong PostgreSQL specialists work across schema design, SQL, indexing, migrations, and performance analysis. They may use extensions such as PostGIS, connection pooling tools, logical replication, and managed cloud offerings. Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, backup utilities, and observability tools helps them operate the database beyond local development.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance PostgreSQL professionals when a new product needs a sound data model, a busy system develops slow queries, or a migration must protect production data. Specialist support is also valuable when teams need high availability, disaster recovery, access controls, or a move from another relational database.
- Review schemas and migration plans
- Diagnose locks, query plans, and connection limits
- Improve backups, replication, and recovery procedures
- Prepare PostgreSQL for cloud or container deployment
What strong professionals deliver
A capable Postgres expert starts with business rules and workload patterns rather than applying generic indexes. They can explain trade-offs between normalization, denormalization, partitioning, and caching, then validate decisions with query plans and representative data. Clear migration scripts, rollback paths, documentation, and measurable checks make their work safe to maintain.
Collaboration and outcomes
PostgreSQL work often crosses application, infrastructure, security, and data teams. Freelance specialists can collaborate remotely through tickets, architecture sessions, shared runbooks, and controlled database access, while on-site work may help with sensitive environments or major cutovers. Look for professionals who communicate risks early and leave behind repeatable operational practices.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about PostgreSQL — answered in short.
PostgreSQL is used for transactional applications, SaaS products, financial systems, reporting services, and data platforms. Its relational model, SQL support, JSON features, and extension ecosystem make it suitable for workloads that need accurate, connected data.
PostgreSQL generally offers broader support for advanced SQL, complex data types, extensibility, and demanding relational queries. MySQL may suit simpler application patterns or teams already invested in its ecosystem, so the right choice depends on workload, operational needs, and existing skills.
A strong PostgreSQL specialist should understand SQL, data modeling, application integration, Linux, backup and recovery, and cloud infrastructure. Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, PostGIS, monitoring, and migration tooling is useful when the database supports a larger production system.
The required depth depends on the risk and scope of the work. A schema review may need focused database expertise, while a high-availability migration calls for a PostgreSQL professional who has handled replication, recovery testing, access controls, and production cutovers.
Yes, PostgreSQL work can be handled remotely when access, documentation, and change controls are well defined. Teams should agree on communication routines, secure connection methods, review processes, and the language used for technical decisions before work begins.
PostgreSQL is often a strong choice when data has clear relationships, transactions must remain consistent, and teams rely on flexible SQL queries. A NoSQL option may be better for highly variable records or specific distribution patterns, but the decision should follow workload needs rather than fashion.
Ask the specialist to explain schema choices, indexing decisions, query plans, failure handling, and recovery procedures in plain language. High-quality PostgreSQL work includes safe migrations, tested backups, clear documentation, appropriate permissions, and evidence that performance claims reflect realistic workloads.
PostgreSQL is commonly shortened to Postgres, and both names refer to the same database system. PostgreSQL 95 was an earlier name in the project’s history, while current teams normally use PostgreSQL or Postgres.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 757 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 59% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are English (97%), German (97%), and French (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Banking and Finance (48%), and Retail (37%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Product Development (90%), and Project Management (52%).
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