Prompt Engineering Experts in Austria
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Daniel Schlager
Last position:
AI Automation in E-Commerce at Looops
- AI automation roadmap for a D2C/B2B e-commerce company.
- Customer service bot with RAG over support tickets and product data, OCR pipeline for incoming invoices with writeback to Business Central, lead gen and posting automation.
- Deterministic n8n workflows with EU-hosted models.
- n8n, RAG / Mistral, Qwen/BGE embeddings / Business Central API, HubSpot, Shopify / Scaleway, S3 / Claude Code, OpenCode.
Marcel Steger
Last position:
Senior AI Engineer - Python at Insurance Company
Project Tech Stack: Python, AWS, Azure, FastAPI, openai, pandas, unittest/pymock
Achievements:
- Engineered automated data extraction pipelines to transform complex Excel datasets into structured formats via LLM-driven workflows.
- Architected a generative slide-deck engine that translates natural language prompts into formatted presentation assets.
- Integrated advanced LLM capabilities with the OpenAI Response API, implementing sophisticated tool-calling and structured output logic.
- Developed and containerized scalable backend microservice using FastAPI, Docker, and OpenShift to host and serve agentic skills.
Gabriele Bolek-Fügl
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at PaiperOne GmbH
- Main tasks and responsibilities: development, acquisition, sales, consulting, and controlling
- Area of work or industry: Software as a Service in AI compliance and consulting
Selection of client projects:
- Creation and operation of an AI governance platform, including training content on the use of AI in companies
- Design, setup, and operation of the ISO 42001 management system at PaiperOne with certification by TÜV
- Auditor according to ISO 17024 at Austrian Standards for the "AI Manager"
- AI training for staff of two Austrian publishing groups
- AI training for the management level at the State of Lower Austria
- AI strategy workshop for a municipality in Styria and a municipality in Salzburg
- AI workshops for the House of Digitalization in Tulln
- AI training for municipalities at KDZ
- Delivery of training on "Certified AI Compliance Officer" at the Academy for Internal Audit
- Organizational consulting on AI governance at ÖGK
- Project support for the "homepage chatbot" at öbv
- Certification exams at Austrian Standards
Christoph Kals
Last position:
AI project lead at Logistics industry
- Project lead for the introduction of an AI-supported email automation system for a logistics service provider
- Requirements analysis, stakeholder coordination, consulting, implementation support
Herbert Ritsch
Last position:
Lateral Entry Teacher at BRG Hermagor and HLW Hermagor; Caritas School for Social Professions; Vienna University of Economics and Business
Subjects taught: Business Administration & Economics, Computer Science, Geography & Postgraduate Business Education for the 2024/25 school year at BRG Hermagor and HLW Hermagor (Economics & Informatics), 22 teaching hours
Teaching for the 2026 school year at Caritas School for Social Professions in Wiener Neustadt, Computer Science; 8 teaching hours; current position at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Financial literacy classes for 1st and 2nd grades at HLW and for the 1-year Commercial School with a financial license, including the Money Matters program and simulated job interviews incorporating financial knowledge
Sustainability reporting for 5th-grade HLW and financial market education in cooperation with the Vienna Stock Exchange
Junior companies with 2nd and 3rd year HLW students, including participation at the Vienna Trade Fair in February 2025 and the Klagenfurt Regional Competition in April 2025
AI workshop for upper secondary students at BRG and HLW Hermagor
Supervision of diploma theses/VWA with a focus on AI
Christian Mayr
Last position:
Senior Feature Engineer - Banking at start.me app e.U.
- Requirements engineering & business analysis
- Architecture responsibility for core banking extensions
- Interface modeling for third-party systems (TiGital, ESA, ÖNB)
- AML, KYC & payment reporting
Ulrike Monnerie
Last position:
AI Trainer & Agentic AI Designer at Creating AI Daily
- AI workshops and training for marketing and specialist teams in medium-sized companies in the DACH region, in German and English, on site and remote
- Participants develop their own AI use cases and implement them directly in the workshop instead of just hearing theory
- Concept and orchestration of AI agents and automated workflows: research, market monitoring, content production, inquiry handling
- AI-supported brand and content production with Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, brand-consistent and with human approval
- Landing pages and websites in corporate design, built with Claude Code
- Image, video and voice with Midjourney, HeyGen, ElevenLabs, Adobe Firefly, Canva and CapCut
- More than 20 years of art direction as the foundation, so AI results have brand quality and do not look like AI
- Clients from industry, real estate and property management, as well as consulting
Amir Abou Roumié
Last position:
AI-Workflows at ffektiv.ai
- Prompting & Custom GPTs
- Workflows / Make.com / N8N / Airtable / Google AI Studio
- Chrome Extensions
- Projects with Sparkassenakademie NRW / Deutsche Telekom / TU Wien
Harald Weber
Last position:
Design, Direction & Conceptualisation (Owner & Founder) at since1973
Robert Prazak
Last position:
Editorial Lead, Falstaff International Online at Falstaff Verlag
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Statistics of experts using Prompt Engineering
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
3.6 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Product Development, Marketing, Information Technology
Top industries
Media and Entertainment, Banking and Finance, Information Technology
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Finance
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Austria using Prompt Engineering
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
What it covers
Prompt engineering is the skill of shaping inputs for large language models so they produce useful, consistent, and safe results. It is used for chatbots, content workflows, search assistants, and internal knowledge tools. Strong experts know how to guide behavior without overcomplicating the prompt.
Typical work
- Design system prompts, templates, and instruction sets
- Tune prompts for summarization, extraction, classification, and generation
- Build prompt chains for tools, agents, and retrieval flows
- Create test cases and review outputs for quality and edge cases
Ecosystem
This work often sits around ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, and open-source models through tools such as LangChain or LlamaIndex. Experienced specialists also work with retrieval-augmented generation, function calling, JSON output formats, and evaluation sets. The best results usually come from clear product goals, not from longer prompts.
When to hire
Companies bring in freelance prompt engineering experts when a prototype must become dependable, when outputs vary too much, or when teams need help framing a new use case. In Austria, this is common for teams building multilingual assistants, document workflows, and support automation. Remote work is often enough, but on-site sessions can help align product, legal, and domain teams.
What strong experts do
Good professionals think like editors and testers, not just writers. They understand model limits, context windows, structured output, guardrails, and how to reduce hallucinations. They also know when prompt work is enough and when a better dataset, retrieval layer, or model choice is needed.
Deliverables
A solid engagement usually ends with working prompts, clear prompt libraries, test inputs, evaluation notes, and handover guidance for the team. Some experts also document tone rules, refusal behavior, and prompt versioning so the work can be maintained. That makes prompt engineering easier to reuse across products and teams.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Prompt Engineering? Start with the answers below.
A strong Prompt Engineering freelancer shapes instructions so language models return answers that are more useful, consistent, and safe. They write prompt templates, refine system messages, and test outputs against real cases. Many also help define when to use a prompt, when to add retrieval, and when the model itself needs to change.
Prompt Engineering is the broader discipline. Prompt design and prompt writing are parts of it, but the work also includes evaluation, chaining prompts, output validation, and guardrails. If a project only needs cleaner wording, a lighter prompt-writing task may be enough; if it needs dependable behavior, the full discipline matters.
A Prompt Engineering specialist is a good fit for chat assistants, internal knowledge search, content review, data extraction, and workflow automation. It also matters when a team needs structured JSON output, multilingual responses, or safer handling of sensitive requests. If the product depends on repeatable model behavior, this skill is useful early.
The best Prompt Engineering professionals usually understand APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluation methods, and basic product discovery. Familiarity with OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, LangChain, or LlamaIndex is often helpful. They should also be able to read edge cases, write test prompts, and work with domain experts.
A Prompt Engineering project can start with a short audit if the use case is simple, but production work needs someone who has already handled failures and edge cases. If the system affects customers, support teams, or regulated information, bring in a specialist early. The more important the output quality, the more valuable hands-on experience becomes.
Yes. Prompt Engineering is often done remotely because most work happens in tools, test cases, and shared review sessions. For teams in Austria, remote collaboration works well when goals, sample inputs, and language expectations are clear. On-site workshops can still help when the prompts depend on local business rules or internal terminology.
Look for someone who tests behavior, not just wording. A strong Prompt Engineering specialist can explain trade-offs, show how they reduced bad outputs, and document prompt versions and guardrails. Ask for examples of structured prompts, failure handling, and evaluation methods rather than polished sample text alone.
Sometimes Prompt Engineering is enough for a first version or a focused workflow. For larger systems, it often needs retrieval, better data, access control, or model selection to become reliable. A good freelancer will say when prompts are the right lever and when the problem belongs elsewhere.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects is 104 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 831 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are Media and Entertainment (70%), Banking and Finance (60%), and Information Technology (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Marketing (90%), and Information Technology (80%).
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