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Kathrin S.

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Requirements Engineer | Business Analyst | Agile Coach

Bremen
Kathrin S.

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Requirements Engineer at Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

  • Impact: Structured requirements analysis and quality assurance as a foundation for the further development of a software solution.
  • Analysis, documentation, and coordination of requirements. Conducting stakeholder analyses, interviews, and workshops to gather and validate requirements. Conducting requirements reviews and working closely with business departments and development teams.

Techniques & Tools: Requirements Engineering, Stakeholder Management, Workshop Facilitation, System Context Modeling, Requirements Reviews, Quality Scenarios, Miro, Jira, Confluence

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Florian S.

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AI Product Owner / AI Product Manager

München
Florian S.

Last position:

AI Product Manager / Product Owner at AI Product

  • Generative AI products for corporate clients, owned from strategy through specification to production.
  • Central strategy, local configuration: multi-tenant AI assistant for occupational pension schemes (bAV), delivered as an interactive avatar with text and voice path. Three tenants run on one codebase, each with its own conversation guide, while the knowledge base, guardrails and escalation paths stay central
  • Versioned, AI-ready knowledge base composed into a tenant-agnostic voice context and tenant-specific text prompts — the configuration layer that keeps local adaptation from forking the product
  • Conversational design: answer limits, scope and off-topic handling, anti-hallucination rules, escalation and lead handover to human advisors
  • Five eval suites as a quality gate before any prompt or model change (anti-hallucination, LLM-as-judge failure modes, multi-turn consistency, voice KPIs, action vocabulary with confusion matrix); user test with 10 testers (Hamburg, 07/2026) drove the rework from alpha to beta
  • Coordinated external developers, compliance and client stakeholders; GDPR-compliant EU stack, IDD-compliant, EU AI Act classification documented
  • Second product line: white-label social media generator for consultancy chilli mind (CH/DE) — one codebase, per-client branding and configuration
  • Results: 239+ deployments and a pilot with corporate customers · 108+ deployments for the white-label product · repeatable pattern for multi-tenant AI products in a regulated environment
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Gabin Maxime N.

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AI/ML Engineer · Agentic AI

Freising
Gabin Maxime N.

Last position:

Multi-Agent R&D Pipeline (3 Custom Agents) at Independent Project

  • Claude Code subagents, MCP, Pydantic V2, pytest, bandit

  • Designed and shipped 3 specialized agents that hand work down a line: a research agent writes a cited implementation spec, a coding agent builds the modular code and its tests, a review agent ranks findings by severity and applies the fixes. Each handoff is a structured document, so no stage depends on another agent's context window.

  • Connected the research agent to an academic-research MCP server (Semantic Scholar, ArXiv, Hugging Face Hub, citation snowballing) so every reference traces to a tool result rather than the model. Gated commits behind ruff, mypy, pytest and bandit, required human sign-off before installs and commits, and persisted session state on disk so long runs survive a context reset.

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Patrick L.

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Senior AI Software Engineer with 9 years of experience delivering practical AI products for enterprise and public sector

Frankfurt am Main
Patrick L.

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Senior GenAI Fullstack Developer at SBH (Schulbau Hamburg)

Remote freelance role focused on Agentic AI strategy, secure application patterns, and reusable agentic workflows for a government agency.

  • Development and implementation of an open-source Agentic AI strategy for a government agency, with a focus on GDPR, security, and self-hosted solutions
  • Development of reusable agentic workflows and business applications that enable non-technical employees to solve business problems independently
  • Implementation of nine business applications with Single Sign-On (SSO) and Azure PostgreSQL integration on Hetzner Linux servers

Techstack: Python, Streamlit, Anthropic SDK (Claude), Azure, Linux, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Angular

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Onur K.

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AI & Automation Consultant · Project Manager for AI Projects

Braunschweig
Onur K.

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Project Manager & Outsourcing Manager at SENEC GmbH (EnBW Group)

  • Built a scalable nearshore IT developer hub (Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland) as an independent company through a BOT model (Build – Operate – Transfer)
  • Identified, selected, and managed full-service agencies; introduced management and control mechanisms, including KPIs, SLAs, and regular service reviews
  • Prepared and reviewed data processing agreements and framework contracts in coordination with Legal & Compliance; integrated regulatory requirements (including KRITIS) into process design
  • Advised on cloud vs. on-premise strategies, data storage, and authorization concepts; supported Procurement with tendering and service provider evaluations
  • Managed change and process harmonization between internal teams and nearshore partners; reported to executive management, CFO, and CIO

Result: Scalable IT developer hub with an audit-ready governance model, reduced operating costs, and accelerated product development.

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Ornel Franck W.

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Purchasing Manager, Logistics, IT Manager & Software Architect

Frankfurt am Main
Ornel Franck W.

Last position:

Sales Partner at ERGO PRO

  • Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
  • Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
  • Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
  • Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
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Thomas P.

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Project Manager, Product Owner & AI Consultant, AI Transformation - ERP · Shop · Marketing

Leipzig
Thomas P.

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Product Owner & AI Automation Architect (B2B) at Ihre-Hygieneberatung

  • Development of a digital audit application for inspections in medical facilities. The goal is to connect on-site data collection, voice recording, documentation and downstream processes in one end-to-end, AI-supported workflow.

  • Design and development of a Flutter audit app with Claude Code for the structured execution and documentation of inspections.

  • Processing of voice recordings captured in the app through automatic transcription and AI-supported creation of structured inspection reports, followed by an approval process

  • Connecting various data sources such as email, Odoo 19, attendance records and Google Drive via n8n to automate billing and follow-up processes

  • Automatic provision of required documents and email delivery through n8n-controlled workflows, including the use of LLMs for text creation

  • Skills: Flutter, Claude Code, LLM Integration, n8n, Odoo 19, Google Drive, Process Automation

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Ebru A.

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Business Analyst | Project & Product Manager | PMO | CRM & Salesforce | MarTech | SaaS & Rollout Management | Digital

Darmstadt
Ebru A.

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Product Analytics & App Tracking Consultant at EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG

  • Product Analytics, Mobile App Tracking & Tracking Governance (B2C Mobility App) – agile project management (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Product Ownership for Product Analytics and Mobile App Tracking of the EnBW mobility+ app; gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable concepts and Azure DevOps user stories with acceptance criteria.
  • Derivation of tracking requirements when introducing new app features (including Resilient Map), definition of tracking parameters (screens, events, custom definitions), and ensuring privacy-compliant tracking (Firebase, GA4, Adjust) based on the tracking concept.
  • Design and adaptation of dashboards and funnel reporting for campaigns (GA4 validation, onboarding and order flow analyses, conversion funnels, charging start flow) to identify drop-off points and optimization potential.
  • Management of the technical raw data export (Adjust to BigQuery) and connection to the data warehouse/data lakehouse, including data mapping; collaboration with international development teams, Data Engineering, Marketing/Sales, and Product Management.
  • Establishment of standardized tracking architecture, naming conventions, and governance; analysis and expansion of tracking (new features and “blind spots”), test design, handover to testers, and quality assurance and approval before releases; documentation in Conceptboard.
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Wolfgang O.

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Business Analyst

Freilassing
Wolfgang O.

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Project Manager at EnBW - Netze Südwest

  • New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM

IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U

  • CRM implementation / further development
  • Taking over from the previous service provider
  • Business process analysis
  • Agile project organization
  • Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
  • Use of AI in development
  • Analysis of master data processes
  • CRM customer data management
  • Requirements documentation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Workshop moderation
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Peter S.

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Senior AI, Data & Computer Vision Expert

Mannheim
Peter S.

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Senior ML Engineer & AI Researcher at Anonymous Client

Project: Defect Generation on Test-Bench Images of Metal Surfaces Environment: Automated Visual Inspection (AVI), Metallurgy & Manufacturing

  • Objective & Implementation: Designed, architected, and trained Generative Adversarial Networks (Pix2PixHD / SPADE) for image-to-image transformation. Targeted generation of synthetic material defects (e.g., cracks, inclusions, scale) on rough metal surfaces under real test-bench lighting conditions for privacy-compliant and efficient dataset expansion (data augmentation).
  • Technical Design: Implemented robust Generative AI and computer vision pipelines in Python and PyTorch. Used semantic segmentation approaches for mask-controlled defect synthesis and subsequent evaluation with EfficientDet object detection models.
  • Business Impact: Massive dataset upscaling (10x) without time-consuming and costly physical test-bench runs, while significantly improving the detection performance of automated inspection systems.

Technologies & Skills Used: Python | PyTorch | SPADE | Pix2PixHD | EfficientDet | Machine Learning | Semantic Segmentation | Computer Vision

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Khalid E.

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Lead Architect & Developer

Alsbach-Hähnlein
Khalid E.

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Lead Architect & Developer at kem-consulting

  • Development of an agent-based governance platform for the automated assurance of EU AI Act compliance and ODA-compliant orchestration of AI services in complex enterprise environments.

  • Design and implementation of an agent-based "Mission Control" framework (Aletheia Conductor) for autonomous state monitoring and process control.

  • Development of "Compliance-as-Code" (CaC) solutions based on OPA/Rego for system-wide enforcement of regulatory guardrails.

  • Integration of TM Forum ODA standards (TMF630, TMF622, TMF642) to ensure interoperability and standardization.

  • Building a highly available event-driven architecture using Redpanda and CloudEvents v1.0 for near-real-time event processing.

  • Implementation of an audit-proof "Evidence Chain" through cryptographic linking of trace logs in preparation for automated audits.

  • Tech Stack: Java 21 (Quarkus Native), TypeScript (Next.js), Redpanda (Kafka API), CloudEvents v1.0, OPA (Open Policy Agent) & Rego, TimescaleDB, ZincSearch, Redis, TM Forum ODA, Git, GitHub, Clean Code Development, Like-C4.

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Stefan O.

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AI Product Leader

Berlin
Stefan O.

Last position:

Founder at ProtocolEngine.io

Evidence-led health intelligence platform turning published research into personal health protocols. It scores 430 habits, foods, and supplements against the studies behind them, and moves the score when the evidence moves. Built solo.

  • Built the daily ingestion pipeline across PubMed, bioRxiv, and medRxiv: 43,000+ papers from 3,400+ journals processed into 230,000+ typed evidence claims, each one traceable back to the study it came from.
  • Designed the six-factor evidence scoring model and the public changelog behind it, so no recommendation ever appears without the papers underneath it. 23,000+ grade changes recorded and explained to date.
  • Shipped an entity information model connecting every intervention to its mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes: 118 biomarkers with region-specific reference ranges, 77 mechanisms, 32 graded outcomes.
  • Built the personalisation layer: blood panel ingestion that reads lab PDFs with a vision model and corrects results for draw time against the user's wake anchor, plus Oura, WHOOP, and Withings integration for daily readiness context.
  • Operate eleven specialised review agents over the corpus and codebase, covering paper curation, retrieval quality, health-claim compliance across EU and US regimes, and security.
  • Shipped the Evidence Assistant, a RAG assistant that answers from the claim database and cites the underlying papers, plus a B2B practitioner tier, an Expo React Native app, and localisation across 3 languages and 7 markets.

Stack: Next.js 16, TypeScript, Supabase, pgvector, Anthropic Claude, Vercel, DeepInfra.

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Kiriakos K.

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Platform Engineering Tech Lead / Architect

Nickenich
Kiriakos K.

Last position:

Tech Lead / Architect : OTTO API Platform at OTTO

Maturing their API practices on both a business and technology level. My role covers strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands-on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API-centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and platform best practices with this project.

Highlights:

  • Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
  • Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
  • Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals

API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Redocly, reactive programming, CDC, Golang, Gin, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.

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Sascha B.

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Frontend / UX Engineer

Berlin
Sascha B.

Last position:

Web Developer at GxPlex

  • Built a customized MediaWiki instance, including installation, MySQL database, SSL, and automatic backups
  • Set up user roles (Admin, Mod, Verified, User) and a permissions system
  • FlaggedRevisions for editorial review workflows · Commenting and rating extensions

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Statistics of experts using REST API

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years

REST API experts have 17 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.9 years

REST API experts stay in a single position for 2.9 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

12

REST API experts have completed 12 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

REST API experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive

REST API experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Automotive.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

REST API experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

92%

92% of REST API experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

55%

55% of REST API experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

7%

7% of REST API experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

REST API experts hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

REST API experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

97%

97% of REST API experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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7% of REST API experts charge less than €400 per day.
50% of REST API experts charge between €400 and €800 per day.
38% of REST API experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
3% of REST API experts charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
1% of REST API experts charge €1600 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

Average rates of experts using REST API

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

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Daily rate avg. 738 €

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 752 €

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 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

REST API 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 (95%)
  • Banking and Finance (44%)
  • Automotive (39%)
  • Manufacturing (36%)
  • Retail (36%)
  • Professional Services (31%)
  • Healthcare (31%)
  • Education (28%)

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

About the technology

What REST APIs do

REST API means Representational State Transfer application programming interface. It lets software exchange resources over HTTP using familiar methods such as GET, POST, PUT and DELETE. Companies use RESTful APIs to connect web applications, mobile products, internal systems and external services through clear, stateless requests.

Where they fit

REST APIs support customer portals, commerce systems, booking flows, payment connections, content services and data exchanges between business systems. They can expose orders, accounts, catalogues or operational records while keeping the user interface separate from backend logic.

  • Connect web and mobile applications
  • Expose business data through versioned endpoints
  • Integrate payment, identity and SaaS services
  • Support partner and internal system access

Ecosystem and tooling

Strong REST API work spans HTTP, JSON, authentication and structured error handling. Experts commonly use OpenAPI or Swagger for contracts and documentation, Postman for request testing, and tools such as Node.js, Java with Spring Boot, Python, .NET or PHP on the service side. Databases, queues, gateways and cloud infrastructure also shape the implementation.

When companies need help

Companies bring in freelance expertise when a new service must be exposed, an existing interface is unreliable, or several systems need a controlled integration layer. Specialists can clarify resources, define endpoint contracts, introduce versioning and improve observability without disrupting consumers.

  • Replace inconsistent or undocumented endpoints
  • Prepare an API for external partners
  • Add authentication, authorization and rate controls
  • Test compatibility and contract changes

What quality looks like

A dependable REST API has predictable URLs, appropriate HTTP status codes, consistent payloads and useful documentation. It validates input, protects sensitive data and returns errors that clients can act on. Good professionals also consider idempotency, pagination, caching, backward compatibility and monitoring before the service reaches production.

Choosing the right specialist

Look for experts who can explain trade-offs between RESTful APIs, GraphQL and SOAP in the context of the product rather than promoting one approach blindly. Ask for evidence of integrations with comparable security, data and availability needs. Remote collaboration works well when contracts, decisions and test cases are documented; on-site work may help when the API connects to sensitive legacy systems or closely coordinated teams.

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Frequently asked questions

Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about REST API.

A REST API lets applications exchange resources through HTTP, often using JSON responses. Companies use it for web and mobile backends, partner integrations, internal services and connections to external products.

A REST API usually exposes resource-oriented endpoints with established HTTP methods and caching patterns. GraphQL gives clients more control over requested fields, while SOAP provides a stricter message and contract model that can suit some enterprise environments.

A strong REST API specialist should understand HTTP, JSON, databases, authentication, authorization and automated testing. OpenAPI documentation, API gateways, observability, cloud deployment and familiarity with a backend language are also valuable.

The required REST API experience depends on risk and scope, not simply endpoint volume. A straightforward internal service may need focused implementation skills, while public, regulated or highly integrated services require proven judgment around security, versioning, resilience and compatibility.

Yes, REST API work is often suitable for remote collaboration because contracts, schemas, tests and documentation can be shared clearly. On-site coordination can still help when the service depends on private networks, legacy systems or frequent workshops with several teams.

Review whether the REST API has consistent resource naming, correct status codes, clear errors, secure access controls and reliable automated tests. Ask the specialist to explain versioning, observability, backward compatibility and how failures are handled.

A REST API freelancer can help when a team is launching an integration, restructuring unclear endpoints or preparing an interface for external consumers. Specialists are also useful for audits, security improvements, documentation and performance work when internal capacity is limited.

A REST API expert may deliver endpoint designs, an OpenAPI specification, implementation code, authentication flows, automated tests and deployment guidance. Good handover material also explains error behavior, versioning, example requests and operational monitoring.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 738 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 55% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects are German (97%), English (96%), and French (15%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Banking and Finance (44%), and Automotive (39%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used REST API in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Product Development (93%), and Quality Assurance (56%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used REST API

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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