Smarty Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Smarty
Stefan K.
Last position:
C# .NET/WPF Developer at Hessische Zentrale für Datenverarbeitung
- Redevelopment of outdated software used in Hessian schools in C# .NET/WPF
- Understanding and analysis of old Delphi and Visual Basic 6 source code
- Use of Visual Studio 2022 as IDE
- Team collaboration through pull requests and version control with Git/SourceTree
- Project management with proprietary wiki software and Open Project
- TechStack: C#, .NET 8.0, WPF, Visual Studio 22, Delphi, Visual Basic 6, LDAP, Active Directory, FTP, SMB, Git, SourceTree
- Workflow: pull requests, Open Project, weeklies, weekly meetings, dynamic communication
Vitaliy M.
Last position:
Team Lead Development with a focus on lead generation at one of Germany's largest insurance companies
- Backend WordPress web development.
Robin W.
Last position:
Developer at agentic-engineer.online
agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.
- Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
- I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
Kamran A.
Last position:
Frontend Developer at elio GmbH
- Developed custom frontend designs for clients like Cube, Douglas, and Leuze using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, Vue.js, Twig, and Smarty.
- Customized and implemented themes for Shopware 5 and 6 e-commerce websites.
- Managed client communication, crafted project concepts, and provided ongoing support.
- Improved code quality and team efficiency through optimized Git workflows and regular QA.
- Supported other developers and addressed daily client inquiries.
Frank R.
Last position:
eCommerce Software Developer at WirTube-Shop
- Maintenance and system handover
- Planning and carrying out core and plugin updates
- Developing a plugin to extend invoice creation and payment via Flow Builder
Christof H.
Last position:
Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG
- Designing new apps as well as enhancing and running 29 Angular apps for digital claims in an Nx monorepo
- Maintaining and improving a shared component library with ~300 libraries for multiple product teams
- Migrating all apps to a new design system including its component library and systematic refactoring
- Developing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AWS)
- Managing releases independently including branch handling, versioning, PR coordination and production deployment
- Implementing and maintaining tracking (Adobe Analytics)
- Ensuring accessibility according to BFSG/WCAG
- Test-driven development (TDD) with Jest and Cypress
- Code reviews, mentoring and setting up best practices in the team
- Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 16-20, RxJS, NgRx, Nx (Monorepo), npm, HTML, (S)CSS, Storybook, Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Husky, Node.js, Git, AWS, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines), Jenkins, Terraform, TDD, BFSG, WCAG, Nexus, IntelliJ, Adobe Analytics
Eugene K.
Last position:
Lead PHP Web Developer at Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH
- PHP application development for the following news portal CMS:
- lebensmittelzeitung.net
- textilwirtschaft.de
- horizont.net
- iz.de
- fvw.de
- ahgz.de
- horizont.at
- agrarzeitung.de
- food-service.de
- fashionmagazine.it
Thomas H.
Last position:
Software Developer at IT-Spoon GmbH
- Full-stack development of new applications as well as error analysis and fixing
- Refactoring to a framework
- Customization of shop software
- Connecting the SAP interface and exporting data to the shop
- Production control with time scheduling
- Connecting invoicing to ZUGFeRD (electronic invoice transmission)
- Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, Symfony, Laravel, JS, jQuery, MSSQL, ZUGFeRD
Akram B.
Last position:
Frontend / Backend Developer at ethikPool / folioNet
- Developed a complete solution for ethics committees and medical associations, from application submission to approval
- Integrated a DICOM viewer to display medical images (CT, MRI)
- Implemented a file system with folder and subfolder structures
- Identified and fixed security vulnerabilities
- Improved code quality and application performance
- Maintained customer servers
Jan G.
Last position:
Master Data Application at confidential
Visualization, search, and maintenance of various types of master data, providing them via a REST API, and implementing a variety of import and export formats.
Implementation, architecture, project management.
Technologies and tools: Angular (Signals, Signal Store, swagger-codegen, standalone components), Java, PostgreSQL, ActiveMQ, JavaScript, Spring Boot (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Data/JPA via Hibernate, Spring Security, Spring Modulith), JUnit, Flyway, QueryDSL, GraphQL, REST API, Node, npm, Maven, SonarQube, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Nexus, OpenAPI + Swagger UI, Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, Confluence.
Jens S.
Last position:
Senior Web Developer & IT Consultant at Self-employed
Aschok D.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at Netkitchen GmbH
- Backend & Frontend development (Full-Stack)
- PHP, MySQL, Laravel, Symfony, Twig, Vue.js, ExtJS, jQuery, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Smarty
- Fact-Finder, Git, Jira, Jenkins, Scrum
- Based on Shopware 5 & 6
- ERP system integration
- Experience with REST APIs
- Developed a Laravel script to migrate all data (products, product images, orders, customers, prices, etc.) from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6
- Able to develop any kind of Shopware 6 and Shopware 5 plugins
Can C.
Last position:
Backend development, consulting at Kloppe Media GmbH
- Development and implementation of APIs and SDKs for online services in the telecom environment
- Platform improvements and development of new features for comprehensive telecom solutions
Michael W.
Last position:
TUI AG / Robinson
- Development of an Internet Booking Engine IBE (Saber and Juniper) and other microservices
- Backend development with PHP and Symfony, endpoint and interface implementation
- Unit and integration testing
Lars S.
Last position:
Self-employed, Software Developer at KielCoding UG
- Shopware 5
- Shopware 6
- Laravel
- Symfony
- JTL
- PHP
- JS
- SASS
- HTML
- Twig
- Smarty
- Vue.js
- Git
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Statistics of experts using Smarty
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
75%
Master's degree or higher
33%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany 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 in Germany using Smarty
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Smarty 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 (100%)
- Retail (67%)
- Insurance (33%)
- Manufacturing (33%)
- Telecommunication (33%)
- Education (27%)
- Energy (27%)
- Healthcare (20%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Smarty fundamentals
Smarty is a PHP template engine that separates presentation logic from application code. It uses template files, variables, functions, modifiers and reusable blocks to produce HTML for web applications, portals and commerce systems. Smarty 3 remains common in established PHP products and custom platforms.
Templates and rendering
Smarty specialists structure views with template inheritance, includes, layouts and configurable delimiters. They connect templates to PHP data models without placing complex application logic in presentation files. Careful escaping, output handling and clear naming make interfaces easier to maintain as products grow.
Ecosystem and tooling
The surrounding work often includes PHP, Composer, Git, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Experienced professionals handle Smarty plugins, custom modifiers, filters, compiled templates and cache configuration. They also work with frameworks, CMS products and commerce solutions that use Smarty as part of a larger PHP stack.
- Create reusable layouts and partials
- Migrate older templates to a consistent structure
- Configure compilation and cache behaviour
- Add custom functions, modifiers and secure escaping
Where companies use it
Smarty appears in customer portals, online shops, content platforms, account areas and internal business applications. Companies bring in freelance expertise when a legacy PHP interface needs a safer structure, a visual redesign must fit existing logic, or rendering performance becomes difficult to diagnose. In Germany, remote collaboration is often practical, while on-site workshops may help with complex legacy systems and German-language stakeholders.
When to bring in expertise
A specialist can support a focused template migration, a full frontend refresh or ongoing maintenance of a PHP product. Strong candidates should be able to trace data from PHP controllers into rendered output, review compiled files and identify cache-related defects. They should also document conventions so internal teams can continue the work after delivery.
What strong professionals deliver
Quality work with Smarty combines readable templates, predictable rendering and secure output with a practical understanding of the surrounding application. Strong professionals test edge cases, separate reusable presentation components and avoid hiding business rules in templates. They explain trade-offs clearly, work effectively with remote teams and leave behind maintainable code, useful documentation and a reliable deployment process.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Smarty? These answers cover the essentials.
Smarty is a PHP template engine used to generate HTML from application data. Companies use it for web portals, online shops, CMS interfaces and other PHP applications where presentation code should remain separate from core application logic.
Smarty offers its own template syntax, compilation model, modifiers and plugin system. Twig is often chosen for its close integration with modern PHP frameworks, while native PHP templates reduce abstraction; the right choice depends on the existing codebase, team skills and migration effort.
A strong Smarty specialist usually understands PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Composer and Git. Experience with caching, web security, CMS or commerce systems, deployment workflows and frontend integration is also valuable.
The required depth depends on the task. A focused template adjustment may need someone familiar with Smarty syntax and the application structure, while a migration or performance review calls for a professional who can inspect PHP data flow, compiled templates, plugins and cache behaviour.
Smarty work is usually well suited to remote collaboration because templates, repositories, tickets and test environments can be shared online. On-site sessions in Germany can still help when teams need to map undocumented legacy logic, coordinate a major redesign or align with German-speaking stakeholders.
Ask for examples of template migrations, reusable layout systems, custom modifiers and cache troubleshooting. A capable Smarty professional should explain how they protect output, separate presentation from business logic and test changes across different rendering conditions.
For an established application, Smarty can remain a sensible choice when its templates are stable and the surrounding PHP system depends on them. Replacing it is not automatically better; a specialist should first assess maintenance cost, framework compatibility, security and the value of a gradual migration.
A high-quality Smarty implementation uses clear template inheritance, consistent naming, controlled plugins and reliable escaping. It should include tests for important views, documented cache rules and a structure that lets future professionals change the interface without duplicating logic.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects is 88 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 700 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 33% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Retail (67%), and Insurance (33%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Smarty in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Smarty
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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