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Santhosh Kannan
Last position:
Freelance Software Engineer at Zalando SE
- Support Authorization as a Service initiative for enterprise-scale authorization platform
- Incorporate comprehensive observability solutions into authorization infrastructure
- Provision and manage AWS infrastructure for authorization services
- Mentor development team on AWS and Kubernetes best practices
- Tech Stack: Java/Kotlin, Golang, Python, OPA, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana
Thomas Ãœbermeier
Last position:
Head of Engineering - Midnight at IOG / Midnight
IOG (IOHK), is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.
- Converted a lingering R&D project into a cohesive, production-ready testnet; built and scaled the 35-member engineering team (Core, QA, SRE) to achieve this goal.
- Defined strategic direction and aligned technology development with business objectives as a key member of the leadership.
- Optimized software development processes and implemented agile methodologies, enhancing operational efficiency and code security.
- Delivered projects in a fast-paced startup environment through effective project management and resource allocation.
Daniel Martinez Maqueda
Last position:
Founding Database Engineer at tonbo.io
Working on the next iteration of tonbo to make it the most flexible in-process analytical database in the market that scales and is operated with strong availability
Introduced object scope cache to the remote storage layer to avoid I/O churn
Working on refactoring WAL to support remote storage
Taking care of the health of the systems as well as designing the operational story and bringing them to production
Technologies: LSM, WAL, Arrow, Parquet, Rust
Sebastian Striebig
Last position:
Group Product Manager – Digital Platform Discovery at SPREAD.AI
- Developed and implemented organization-wide discovery framework based on Ulwick’s Outcome-Driven Innovation; enabled 7 Product Owners to systematically identify and quantify unrealized value through shared outcome language and opportunity scoring methodology
- Transformed Product Owner role from backlog clerks to strategic experimenters; established dedicated time budget for autonomous hypothesis testing and discovery activities
- Rebuilt customer journey maps to start at actual user need (tool selection phase) instead of platform entry point; eliminated manual data aggregation work previously done by project teams
- Implemented OKR framework across 4 product teams; defined quarterly objectives with measurable key results (e.g., 40% reduction in manual integration effort, self-service adoption increase)
- Unified 3 separate platform roadmaps through cross-team dependency mapping and shared service agreements
- Supported enterprise sales cycle with ROI modeling and technical due diligence for automotive and defense customers
Jad Nohra
Last position:
Software Developer at Side Project
- Vram.run: Rust, TypeScript, HF Inference API with 19 providers, 220+ HW configs, and 30+ cloud GPUs. Search a model to see which API providers serve it, which GPUs can run it locally (and how fast), and what cloud rental would cost. Or search your hardware and see what fits. Also includes a Rust CLI.
- Psychotron: JavaScript, Web Audio API, AudioWorklet, Canvas 2D. Front-end for flash fiction audiobook with Web Audio DSP chain featuring pitch-shifting, 12-voice chorus, flanger, 13-band EQ, and convolver reverb. Includes a 2D canvas effect morphing engine and synchronized teleprompter.
- RecentWork: Swift, macOS, FSEvents, launchd. macOS daemon that watches project directories and maintains a flat folder of symlinks to recently modified files. Homebrew installable.
- Mini-llm: Bash, macOS, launchd, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX, Open WebUI. Single command that turns a Mac Mini into a headless AI server.
- ThatSlop: JavaScript. Chrome/Firefox extension for AI content detection on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- Smux: Bash, tmux. Human-friendly tmux wrapper that is Homebrew installable.
- Learn Rust Course: Rust. Course on Rust’s memory model for C++ programmers, written from experience of transitioning from C++ to Rust at Irreducible.
Volker Krause
Last position:
Head of Engineering at Infoniqa
- Led engineering execution: roadmap planning, capacity alignment, risk management, dependencies, and delivery tracking.
- Consolidated multiple payroll product lines into a unified SaaS platform on Dynamics 365 Business Central, enabling scalable post-merger operations and reducing operational complexity across the portfolio.
- Restructured engineering and product teams in a remote-first setting across Germany, Austria and Poland, consisting of five cross-functional units: compliance/enabling, platform, DevOps and two stream-aligned teams with total FTE depending on phase of reorganisation.
- Rebuilt the mid-level leadership layer and mentored engineering leaders, establishing a leadership pipeline and strengthening architectural decision-making across teams for scalable growth, delivery ownership and predictability.
- Designed platform foundations and system boundaries using Team Topologies aligned structures, enabling scalable ownership, clear interfaces and parallel development across distributed teams.
- Spearheaded AI transformation by implementing AI-assisted SDLC practices using SpecKit and GitHub Actions for automated, executable specifications, while delivering agentic product capabilities by securely exposing platform data and services to AI agents and copilots via RAG-based retrieval pipelines and MCP-style extensions.
- Drove modularisation of tightly coupled legacy logic into independently deployable services, improving maintainability, testability and architectural clarity while preserving continuity through targeted, low-risk extraction rather than full rewrites.
- Established observability, CI/CD and DevOps governance as platform capabilities, increasing automated compliance gates from 25% to 75% and improving deployment cadence by 40% across 15+ product versions.
- Improved operational resilience using DORA-aligned practices (lead time ↓50%, SaaS MTTR ↓85%), strengthening reliability and reducing support overhead.
- Coordinated engineering recovery for the German payroll platform during a company-wide P0 ransomware incident; restored platform continuity within 72h, validated data integrity, and rolled out hardened runbooks and automated recovery playbooks.
- Responsible for budget compliance and cost oversight in Engineering, with limited P&L responsibility and participating in the annual COGS/OPEX/CAPEX planning cycle.
Wisdom Nwaiwu
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at Peer Network PSE UG
- Built full CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, PHPStan, Newman, Gitleaks, Trivy, SQL validation, and HTMLExtra reporting.
- Implemented automated SQL import in CI (docker-entrypoint-initdb.d) and custom Postman collection merging with Node.js for deterministic API testing.
- Created organization wide PR auto labeling workflow and a Developer Mapping System (GitHub, Developer, Discord) for targeted CI notifications.
- Developed full local DevOps environment (Dockerfile.local, Nginx and Supervisor) and a 400+ line Makefile supporting CI2, local CI replication, testing, monitoring, and pre-commit checks.
- Built strict SQL validation system enforcing safe migration rules and blocking unsafe PRs.
- Automated QA reporting: HTMLExtra, GitHub Pages deployment and auto pruning.
- Implemented production API monitoring (Bash, Python, cron and Telegram alerts).
- Built and deployed Mintbot automation (GraphQL queries, retries, logging, cron).
- Designed backend and database deployment automation (SQL diff detection, DB cloning, SSH ProxyJump deployment, rollback logic, Discord notifications).
- Created reusable workflow library (Discord messaging, artifact upload, Trivy, Gitleaks, branch sync, auto update PR, auto label).
- Designed internal DevOps Dashboard architecture for CI health, PR freshness, repo analytics.
- Built GHCR base image pipelines with FFmpeg, Rust, and PHP extensions for faster CI builds.
- Standardized .github/ documentation, naming conventions, workflow structures.
- Introduced Dependabot for the backend repository and built Cloudflare Worker for CVE alerts to Discord.
- Implemented GitHub Actions enforcement: required checks, blocked outdated PRs, protected branches, mandatory reviews.
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Statistics of experts using Rust
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years (Germany: 19 years)
Position duration
2.1 years (Germany: 3.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
10 (Germany: 11)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 96%)
Master's degree or higher
57% (Germany: 64%)
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 96%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Berlin using Rust
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
Systems with Rust
Rust is used to build software where speed, control, and safety matter. Teams choose it for backend services, command-line tools, network services, and embedded parts that need predictable behavior and low overhead.
Why companies choose it
Rust helps reduce memory bugs while keeping performance close to low-level languages. That makes it a strong fit for security-sensitive products, infrastructure software, and components that must run reliably under load.
Common work
- API services and internal platforms
- CLI tools and developer tooling
- WebAssembly modules for browser or edge use
- Native libraries and performance-critical components
Ecosystem and tools
A strong Rust specialist works with Cargo, crates.io, rustfmt, clippy, and common testing tools. They also understand async runtimes, error handling, FFI, and how to keep code clear as projects grow.
When to bring in specialists
Companies often need freelance Rust expertise for new greenfield services, refactors from C or C++, or hardening code that must be safer and easier to maintain. In Berlin, this also comes up in product teams building infrastructure, fintech, media, and connected software.
What strong specialists deliver
Strong Rust professionals write code that is correct, readable, and easy to ship. They handle ownership and lifetimes with care, choose the right abstractions, and leave behind tests, documentation, and code that other specialists can extend confidently.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Rust.
Rust is used for software that needs high performance and strong safety guarantees. Companies bring it in for backend services, CLI tools, networking code, embedded software, and WebAssembly modules. It is a good fit when reliability matters and low-level control is part of the job.
Rust is often chosen when a team wants more safety than C++ without giving up control over performance. Compared with Go, it usually offers finer control and stronger compile-time checks, but the code can be more demanding to write. The best choice depends on whether the project values safety, speed, simplicity, or a mix of all three.
A strong Rust specialist usually knows async programming, API design, testing, and working with Cargo and clippy. For some projects, WebAssembly, FFI, Linux systems work, or cloud deployment skills also matter. Security awareness is important when the code touches network services or shared libraries.
A small prototype may only need a specialist who knows the basics of Rust syntax, Cargo, and testing. Production work usually needs someone who understands ownership, lifetimes, error handling, async code, and how to keep code maintainable. If the project includes refactoring from C or C++, choose someone who has done that before.
Most Rust work can be done remotely if the requirements are clear and the codebase is easy to access. On-site time in Berlin can help when the work involves tight collaboration with product, infrastructure, or hardware teams. Many companies use a hybrid setup for planning and reviews, then let specialists work from anywhere.
A strong Rust freelancer explains trade-offs clearly and writes code that is easy to review. Look for clean handling of ownership, lifetimes, tests, and error cases, plus practical use of tooling like rustfmt and clippy. Good specialists also ask about deployment, observability, and long-term maintenance, not just syntax.
Rust can be a good choice when memory safety and reliability are important and the team can invest in a careful migration. Many companies use it to replace high-risk components first, such as parsers, services, or shared libraries. A specialist should know how to bridge old and new code safely.
Ask which kind of Rust work they have shipped: APIs, CLI tools, async services, WebAssembly, or systems code. Then ask how they approach testing, dependency choices, error handling, and code review. If your team is in Berlin, also ask how they prefer to collaborate across time zones and whether they can join on-site when needed.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects is 132 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,058 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 57% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Automotive (57%), and Banking and Finance (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used Rust in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (86%), and Operations (57%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Rust
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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