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Marc S.

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Fullstack Engineer | Java & Spring Boot | Angular | System Integration

Leverkusen
Marc S.

Last position:

Fullstack Developer at PLANT-MY-TREE

PLANT-MY-TREE®-per-order

The application enables Shopify merchants to automatically place tree-planting orders for every incoming order. By integrating ecological contributions directly into the purchase process, the manual effort for tracking and billing reforestation initiatives is eliminated. The system increases transparency for end customers through real-time visualizations of the ecological impact directly in the storefront. The architecture is based on a modular monolith with Spring Boot in the backend and an integrated React app inside the Shopify admin area. The solution uses webhooks to capture order data in an event-driven way and integrates the weclapp ERP system for automated monthly invoicing. An app proxy mechanism provides dynamic statistics such as CO2 compensation and planted trees without any performance loss for the merchant shop.

Tasks:

  • Design of the modular software architecture based on Spring Modulith to ensure high maintainability
  • Development of the event-driven business logic for evaluating Shopify orders via webhooks
  • Implementation of automated invoicing by connecting the weclapp REST API
  • Building the frontend using React Router and Shopify App Bridge for native integration
  • Design of the database model and implementation of the persistence layer with JPA/Hibernate and Prisma
  • Integration of internationalization processes for global use in the frontend and email communication
  • Automation of deployment processes using Docker and GitLab CI/CD

Project skills: Java 25, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Modulith, Hibernate, JPA, REST API, PostgreSQL, Maven, Liquibase, React, TypeScript, React Router, Vite, Node.js, Prisma, Zod, Docker, Docker Compose, GitLab CI/CD, Shopify CLI, Shopify App Bridge, Polaris, weclapp, i18next, Lombok, Vitest

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Beshr A.

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Data & Business Analyst | Business Intelligence | AI & Automation

Bonn
Beshr A.

Last position:

System Administrator – HealthCare IT & Data Infrastructure at Cellitinnen Hospital Association

  • Integration of medical modalities (including ultrasound) into the existing IT infrastructure (DICOM, HL7) – put into operation within the planned timeframe.
  • Administration and optimization of PACS systems for efficient archiving and distribution of radiology image data across multiple locations.
  • Ensuring consistent data quality and seamless interoperability in data exchange between HIS, RIS, and PACS.
  • Close collaboration with medical staff to analyze and digitally optimize clinical workflows.
  • Requirements management and test coordination when implementing clinical requirements in complex IT structures.
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Simon K.

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Senior Digitalization Consultant

Cologne
Simon K.

Last position:

Senior Digitalization Consultant at Ginkgo Management Consulting

  • Consulting and implementation of digitalization projects nationally and internationally for start-ups, SMEs and large corporations
  • Focus areas: design systems, RAG & automations
  • Tools and technologies: Claude, GPT, Gemini
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Antje B.

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Consultant for Digital Transformation with a Focus on AI Enablement | Project & Process Management | Change Management

Düsseldorf
Antje B.

Last position:

AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)

AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)

Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.

Activities

  • Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
  • Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
  • Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
  • Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
  • Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
  • Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
  • Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)

Methods / Tools / Technologies

Methods:

  • AI status assessment & use case analysis
  • Workshop moderation / facilitation
  • Requirement Management
  • Change Management (PROSCI)

Tools:

  • Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
  • Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)

Technologies:

  • Prompt engineering
  • AI workflow automation
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Hamdi R.

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Lead Full-Stack Developer & Solution Architect

Bonn
Hamdi R.

Last position:

Full-Stack AI Developer at Karray-Pflege GmbH

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  • Integrated an intelligent LLM chatbot using LangChain4j, enabling conversational AI, context-aware question answering, document summarization, and autonomous tool execution.
  • Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and AI agent workflows to connect large language models with enterprise data and backend services.
  • Developed RESTful APIs and secure backend services to support AI-driven interactions and business processes
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Christian H.

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Developer

Bonn
Christian H.

Last position:

Developer at Opereon Consulting GmbH

  • Developed a shop website
  • Integrated an AI language model
  • Developed tools for AI-powered webhooks
  • Technical tools: REACT.js; Elevenlabs; MCP; n8n; HTTP
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Andreas J.

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Certified AI Expert Trainee

Hürth
Andreas J.

Last position:

Certified AI Expert Trainee at Scaly Academy

  • Further training to become a certified AI expert in the company
  • Fundamentals of AI
  • AI tools
  • Prompt engineering (creation of professional prompts)
  • (Advanced) Process automation with AI and make.com
  • AI in marketing and sales
  • Legally compliant use of AI in companies
  • Intelligent knowledge management
  • AI in customer management
  • Developing AI guidelines for the company
  • AI integration into the company
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Wolfgang G.

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Interim Executive and Advisor, Communication & Marketing at C-Level

Leichlingen (Rheinland)
Wolfgang G.

Last position:

Lead Communications Manager at SHK Deutschland (BME SHK GmbH)

Set up communication during an ongoing restructuring process and made it operational.

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Jennifer P.

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Sales Development Manager

Köln
Jennifer P.

Last position:

Sales Development Manager at Uffective Germany

  • Advised companies on implementing the SaaS solution for digital project and portfolio management by analyzing existing workflows and data flows
  • Responsible for the entire B2B sales cycle: from lead generation and needs analysis to product demos, ROI justification, and contract closing
  • Translated complex business requirements into technical solution concepts and coordinated with customer success teams
  • Identified automation opportunities in customer processes and translated them into efficient software logic (workflows, rules, approvals, dashboards)
  • Prepared and conducted executive readouts, including defining next steps, managing forecasts, and documenting projects
  • Analyzed company data to identify opportunities for machine learning and automation scenarios to improve efficiency
  • Worked closely with interdisciplinary teams to implement MS Office including MS Copilot PoCs and sustainable improvements in the customer environment
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Christian Michael M.

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Project Lead, Process Specialist for M&A (PMI)

Cologne
Christian Michael M.

Last position:

Sponsor & Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

  • Sponsor of two spin-off products of the AI and BPM tool BPMaaS called „kionera“ and „myATHENA“
  • Definition of project goals and strategic development of the products
  • Design and build-up of the kionera platform on shared or dedicated GPU servers with Docker and open-source LLMs
  • Provision of the API for internal applications
  • Development and design of managed services based on the ADONIS BPM system from BOC Group
  • Support with feature definition and planning of ADONIS/BPMN trainings
  • Creation of a WordPress website including a subscription payment gateway
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Sabrine K.

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Team Lead

Cologne
Sabrine K.

Last position:

Team Lead at InstaDeep

  • Led a team of junior Research Engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and career development support to foster their growth in deep learning and machine learning engineering.
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Andre C.

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Co-Founder & Co-Lead Human-Centered Technology Community

Köln
Andre C.

Last position:

Co-Founder & Co-Lead Human-Centered Technology Community at Deutsche Telekom

  • Building a company-wide grassroots movement with over 500 employees around digital responsibility topics, tech ethics, and a human-centered focus
  • Connecting top-down initiatives from innovation, corporate responsibility, and compliance with engaged employees
  • Organizing flagship events like barcamps, dialogue formats, workshops, and discussion series
  • Promoting ethical reflection, diversity, and societal perspectives in innovation and decision-making processes

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Statistics of experts using Prompt Engineering

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

16 years (Germany: 15 years)

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne have 16 years of professional experience on average. It is 1 year more than in Germany, where the average stands at 15 years.

Position duration

2.9 years (Germany: 3 years)

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne stay in a single position for 2.9 years on average. It is 0.1 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 3 years.

Positions per freelancer

11 (Germany: 9)

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne have completed 11 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 2 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 9.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Retail.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Research and Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 96%)

100% of Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 4% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 96%.

Master's degree or higher

40% (Germany: 67%)

40% of Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne hold at least a Master's degree. It is 27% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 67%.

Doctorate

10% (Germany: 12%)

10% of Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne have a doctorate (PhD). It is 2% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 12%.

Certifications per freelancer

3

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, Arabic

Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne most often speak German, English, and Arabic.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 2 4 6 8
7 of the Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne charge less than €800 per day.
3 of the Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
2 of the Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
2 of the Prompt Engineering experts in Cologne charge €1600 or more per day.
<€800 €800-​1200 €1200-​1600 €1600+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Cologne 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 Cologne using Prompt Engineering

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

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Daily rate avg. 932 €
Germany avg. 757 €

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 880 €
Germany median 800 €

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.

Prompt Engineering 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 (93%)
  • Professional Services (50%)
  • Retail (50%)
  • Advertising (36%)
  • Automotive (36%)
  • Transportation (36%)
  • Education (29%)
  • Banking and Finance (29%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Prompt Engineering Does

Prompt Engineering is the structured design of instructions for large language models and generative AI systems. It turns business goals into prompts, message flows and evaluation rules that produce useful, consistent results. The work can support chat assistants, document workflows, research tools and content operations.

Core Techniques

Strong prompt engineering combines clear context, role definition, constraints and examples with careful testing. Specialists work with zero-shot and few-shot prompting, structured output, tool calling, chain-of-thought alternatives and prompt templates. They also account for model limits, ambiguity, safety risks and changing model behaviour.

Ecosystem And Tools

The work connects language models with application logic, data sources and evaluation systems. Common technologies include OpenAI APIs, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, open-weight models, vector databases and orchestration libraries such as LangChain and LlamaIndex. Useful deliverables include:

  • Prompt libraries and reusable templates
  • RAG flows grounded in company documents
  • Evaluation datasets and quality rubrics
  • Structured JSON outputs and tool workflows

When Companies Need Support

Companies often bring in freelance expertise when a prototype must become dependable in production or when internal teams cannot explain inconsistent model output. Cologne businesses across media, logistics, manufacturing, healthcare and professional services may need local workshops, remote delivery or a blend of both. The right specialist aligns prompts with real users, data and operational constraints.

Skills Around Prompting

Prompt work rarely stands alone. Valuable adjacent skills include Python or JavaScript, API integration, data preparation, retrieval design, semantic search, conversation design and model evaluation. Professionals should understand privacy, access control, monitoring and human review, especially when prompts influence business decisions or customer communication.

Signs Of Strong Expertise

Quality is shown through a disciplined process rather than clever wording alone. Look for specialists who can explain why a prompt works, define measurable acceptance criteria and test edge cases before delivery. A strong engagement usually produces versioned prompts, documented assumptions, representative test cases and a clear plan for monitoring drift.

  • Tests outputs across varied inputs
  • Separates prompt issues from data or model issues
  • Documents limitations and fallback paths
  • Designs for maintainability and safe use
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Frequently asked questions

Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Prompt Engineering.

Prompt Engineering is used to guide language models toward useful, consistent and safe outputs. Companies apply it to assistants, document extraction, search, summarisation, classification, content workflows and tool-using applications.

Prompt Engineering changes the instructions and context given to a model without changing its learned parameters. Fine-tuning can be useful when a stable behaviour or specialised format is needed across many requests, while prompting is often faster to adjust and easier to audit.

A strong Prompt Engineering specialist often understands API integration, Python or JavaScript, retrieval-augmented generation, vector search and evaluation design. Conversation design, data preparation, privacy controls and observability are also valuable for production work.

The right level of Prompt Engineering experience depends on the risk and scope of the work. A simple internal workflow may need focused prompt design, while customer-facing or regulated use cases require systematic testing, monitoring, fallback logic and experience with deployment constraints.

Yes, Prompt Engineering is well suited to remote collaboration because prompts, test cases and evaluations can be shared digitally. On-site sessions in Cologne can still help when specialists need to map workflows with domain teams or handle sensitive requirements in person.

Good Prompt Engineering is supported by representative test cases, clear acceptance criteria and documented limitations. Ask to see how the specialist handles ambiguous requests, unsupported claims, prompt injection, changing inputs and failures rather than judging a few impressive examples.

Prompt Engineering is also commonly described as prompt design or LLM prompting. The terms usually cover the same core activity, although experienced professionals treat it as a broader practice that includes evaluation, context management, safety and integration with surrounding systems.

Before starting Prompt Engineering, clarify the target users, model provider, available data, required output format and definition of success. Also confirm access rights, review responsibilities, deployment environment and how prompt changes will be tested and approved.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 932 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 40% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Arabic (21%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Professional Services (50%), and Retail (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Prompt Engineering in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Product Development (79%), and Project Management (79%).

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