
SOAP Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used SOAP
Marcus B.
Last position:
Java and Quarkus Expert at Large German energy service provider
- Modernization of a large-scale Java enterprise application*
The project is modernizing a complex enterprise application that has grown over many years. The existing Spring-based legacy system runs on Java 8, OSGi, and Eclipse RCP and is being gradually migrated to a modern, maintainable architecture with Java 25 and Quarkus.
Marcus works on analysis, architecture, refactoring, and implementation. One focus is on untangling historically grown structures and dependencies and on building a clean, sustainable Java and Quarkus technology stack.
Tools & technologies: Java 8, Java 25, Quarkus, Hibernate ORM with Panache, EclipseLink, OSGi, Eclipse RCP, Maven, JUnit, Mockito, REST, JSON, Git, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, Jira, Confluence
Madhurima Y.
Last position:
ServiceNow Developer at Globant
- Configured Topics, Microsites into rich content portal widgets, Content Library, landing pages and automated client portal data sync, reducing manual effort by 80% and elevating self-service engagement.
- Architected optimal display across devices and varying resolutions to enhance user accessibility and experience.
- Set up and customized Azure VM integration by utilizing Catalog Items, PowerShell scripting and workflow orchestration.
- Analyzed and translated business requirements into scalable solutions, leveraging ServiceNow scripting to enhance platform functionality and elevate user experience.
Key ServiceNow Skills: Service Portal, Widget Development, Catalog Items, PowerShell Scripting, Workflow Orchestration, Content Management.
Giuseppe A.
Last position:
Embedded Software Developer at Inheco
- AI Integration (LLM & RAG): Design and build of an internal intelligent RAG system (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) based on LLMs, n8n, and vector data for the automated analysis of technical documents and error logs.
- Design & Implementation: Design of a robust RS-232/UART communication interface for an SBC-based embedded device to control medical shaker systems.
- Architecture & Protocol Design: Implementation of a highly maintainable software structure (OOP, SOLID) and definition of hardware-close, resilient communication protocols including multithreading and advanced error handling.
- Quality Assurance & DevOps: Test automation using xUnit, integration tests directly on the hardware target, and maintenance of technical documentation according to strict medical technology standards via Azure DevOps.
Label: C#, .NET, LLMs, RAG, n8n, RS-232, UART, Multithreading, async/await, xUnit, gRPC/protobuf, Blazor, MudBlazor, EF Core, Visual Studio 2026, Azure DevOps
Tezcan D.
Last position:
Solution Architect / Project Manager at German Football Association
- Overall responsibility for the project lifecycle from scope definition to completion
- Close collaboration with platform teams, IT leaders, and external service providers
- Application of SAFe principles and structured sprint work
- Creation of a migration roadmap with clear milestones
- Monitoring of the lifecycle: onboarding, repository migration, replication of permissions, and system tests
- Visualization of the architecture with PlantUML and Gliffy as well as documentation in Confluence
- Regular status reports and running knowledge transfer sessions
Srinivasu K.
Last position:
Atruvia
Project: Tax Exemption Order Application
The client has an existing application for creating and maintaining tax exemption orders for end customers; design and implementation of a comparable application for internal employees.
- Design and implementation of microservices and the UI for the business area "tax exemption orders" using Domain Driven Design as well as Spring Boot and Angular.
- Implementation of reactive, non-reactive, and asynchronous APIs (Spring REST, WebFlux, GraphQL).
- Development of the Angular application, including state management using Signals, RxJS Observables, and subscriptions.
- Securing the API and the application using OAuth2, JWT, and OpenID Connect.
- Configuration and setup of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams and conducting code reviews.
Environment: Java, Spring Boot, Angular 18 & 19 (standalone, signals), RxJs, Bootstrap CSS, Vitesting, OpenShift, Istio, microservices, Kafka, Dynatrace, Jenkins, GitLab, Graylog, Sonar, Oauth2, OracleDB
Birgit S.
Last position:
Business Analysis, Requirements Engineer at BMW
Refinement of epics and user stories to achieve a higher degree of automation in CRM usage. Testing of new Discountsystem
Huda I.
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer & AI Experience Lead at NTT Data DACH
BMW AG · Mercedes-Benz AG · Munich Re · CARIAD / VW Group
- Leading UX and product direction of PromptM, an enterprise AI prompt management platform at BMW, designing human-agent interaction models, role-based governance flows, and a Playground testing environment for prompt validation and iteration
- Redesigned insurance policy workflows at Munich Re, restructuring form layouts, improving field prioritisation based on user needs, and introducing new design components into the existing product system
- Led end-to-end UX at BMW shopfloor: user flows, wireframes, usability testing, and Figma design system adopted across 5+ agile squads, reducing order processing time by 35%
- UX Coach at Mercedes-Benz, upskilling 50+ team members in user research, usability testing, and agile UX methods; reduced design-to-dev handoff by 30%
- Facilitated 10+ design sprints and discovery workshops; enforced WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility across all deliverables
Siegfried-Thor B.
Last position:
AI Solutions Architect & Developer at E-Commerce
- Integrated LangChain middleware between AEM and SAP PIM system
- Developed a FastAPI interface for system communication
- Implemented vector embeddings for semantic product search
- Evaluated LLM models (Vertex AI/Gemini, LM Studio, Hugging Face, OpenAI) for product analysis
- Developed an AEM component to display product recommendations and integrated the recommendation API into the AEM authoring process
- Designed and implemented Pinecone vector database for product embeddings
- Optimized response times and caching strategies
- Evaluated Vertex AI Studio for LLM testing and prompt workflows
- Implemented secure API routing and access control for AI components via FastAPI and gateway validation
Celso K.
Last position:
SAP Commerce Cloud FullStack Developer at Spar
- Implementation of a GitLab CI/CD pipeline based on SAP Commerce Cloud 2211
- Development of a new B2C shop with Vue, Node and TypeScript to ensure scalability, extensibility and performance optimization
- Integration of Microsoft Azure Event Grid with SAP Hybris
- Implementation of BDD with Cucumber using Gherkin syntax to promote collaboration between development and business teams
- Support and customization of a Spartacus shop
- Technologies/Languages: Java, REST, OData, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Cucumber, Node, Vue, TypeScript, Spartacus, GitLab CI/CD, Gradle, Maven, Ant, SonarQube
Vitor R.
Last position:
Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all
- Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
- Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
- Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
- Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
- Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
- Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
- Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
- Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
Jiri S.
Last position:
Quality Manager/Test Management at Noriba GmbH
- Test concept creation
- Creation of test processes
- Coordination of TC development: stress tests, functional tests, performance tests, high data rate tests, integration tests, etc.
- HW testing: FPGA, RF
- Test automation and regression tests
- Ensuring 24/7 operation of the test system
- Analysis & reporting
- Regular coordination of the test team, meetings with other stakeholders
- Communication and coordination with stakeholders and the project manager
Markus O.
Last position:
Lead E-Solution Architect & Senior Requirements Engineer at Zasterbot-Oracle
- Clarification of project goals, scope, and functional target vision for building the AI-based knowledge base.
- Deriving the initial architecture and implementation strategy for the Zasterbot chatbot, including defining the MVP and expansion phases.
- Developing a functional target vision for building a structured knowledge base and integrating a future chatbot.
- Deriving and prioritizing use cases for information retrieval and provision by the chatbot.
- Modeling data structures and flows for effectively organizing the knowledge base on the Base44 platform.
- Designing and implementing data models for storing and linking relevant information.
- Developing processes for extracting, analyzing, and preparing raw data for the knowledge base.
- Ensuring data consistency and quality as the foundation for the future chatbot.
- Planning the integration of large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for precise and context-aware responses.
- Implementing features for analyzing and visualizing data from the knowledge base.
- Using the Base44 platform with JSON-schema-based entities and a flexible permission model.
- Implementing Deno functions for backend logic, event processing, and external API integration.
- Integrating OpenAI services for initial data analysis.
Michael B.
Last position:
Scrum Master, Project Manager at GP Solutions DMCC
- Participated in the Riyadh Public Transport (KAPT) project introducing public transportation in Riyadh, supporting multimodal journeys combining bus, metro, car on demand.
- Worked via Thiqah and partnered with Andersen to refactor the mobile MaaS application DARB into a new microservices architecture under SCRUM framework, successfully completing Phase 1.
- Facilitated a team of 40 developers across Android, iOS, Web, Java, DevOps, architecture, analysis, and QA.
- Moderated Scrum events and communicated with the client, proactively reporting on project deadlines, scope, and challenges.
- Coordinated cross-team efforts between Thiqah specialists and GPS development teams, managing Jira and Azure DevOps trackers.
- Supported and improved Scrum processes throughout the project.
- Due to Thiqah’s takeover by Elm, subsequent phases were handled entirely in Saudi Arabia with GPS providing IT consulting.
- Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Draw.IO, ChatGPT
Markus J.
Last position:
Senior SAP ABAP Developer at BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training
- Support for an SAP S/4HANA migration
- Adjustments and bug fixes in SAP CATS
- Technical stabilization of existing developments
- Code analysis and cleanup of custom ABAP developments
Anton K.
Last position:
Head of Overall Technical Integration NSC / Hadoop Cloud Development at IABG
Head of overall technical integration NSC (National Secure Cloud, project with approx. 60 employees).
Technical integration of all subprojects into one product, definition of interfaces and basic components of a cloud including hardware, technical architecture of the IABG platform.
Development of a Cloud Management Platform (CMP) capable of creating private/mixed clouds of any complexity based on a textual description with one click or interactively.
CMP also includes the complete hardware management lifecycle.
Kubernetes, OpenStack and Hadoop are used as the foundation.
The management layer includes Harbor, Gitea, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher and Jenkins, which are configured automatically.
Private cloud can run any customer workloads, including a full Hadoop layer with HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Mesos, HBase and around 20 additional ML/DL technologies.
Hadoop worker clusters can also be installed automatically without Kubernetes on bare metal or commodity hardware.
OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Ironic, Swift, Cinder, Ceph.
Development of a Java application Rudi: SOAP, REST, containers, DB.
Technologies: Kubernetes (K3s, Rke2, Minikube, Harbor, Gitea, Jenkins, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher), OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Swift, Ceph, Cinder, Sahara, Magnum, Kayobe, Kolla, Bigrost, Ironic), Hadoop (HDFS, Ambari, Solr, Livy, Ranger, YARN, Tez, HBase, Kafka, Hive, Zookeeper, MapReduce, Spark, Oozie, Flink), virtualization (Kubernetes (K3S), VMware, Oracle), scripting (Ansible, Puppet, Juju, Shell, Groovy, Gradle, Maven).
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Statistics of experts using SOAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years (Germany: 20 years)

Position duration
2.4 years (Germany: 2.9 years)

Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 14)

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 93%)
Master's degree or higher
72% (Germany: 55%)
Doctorate
21% (Germany: 9%)

Certifications per freelancer
3

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
94% (Germany: 95%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using SOAP
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SOAP 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 (97%)
- Automotive (58%)
- Banking and Finance (58%)
- Telecommunication (47%)
- Insurance (42%)
- Retail (39%)
- Manufacturing (31%)
- Government and Administration (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SOAP does
SOAP, short for Simple Object Access Protocol, is an XML-based messaging protocol for exchanging structured data between distributed systems. It commonly uses HTTP or HTTPS, but can also work with other transport protocols. Its formal contracts, strict schemas and extensible standards suit business-critical integrations where predictable messages and clear interfaces matter.
Services and contracts
SOAP services expose operations through a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) contract. XML Schema defines the shape and types of messages, while SOAP headers carry metadata such as authentication, routing or transaction details. Experts work with document-literal styles, namespaces, fault handling and versioning to keep integrations reliable as systems evolve.
Ecosystem and tooling
SOAP projects often span established enterprise technologies and supporting tools:
- Java frameworks such as JAX-WS, Jakarta XML Web Services and Apache CXF
- .NET tools such as Windows Communication Foundation and connected service clients
- SAP, Oracle and other ERP or middleware integrations
- XML Schema, WSDL, WS-Security, WS-Addressing and WS-ReliableMessaging
- SoapUI, ReadyAPI and automated contract or integration tests
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance SOAP expertise when legacy services must connect to newer applications, an integration needs a stable contract, or an external partner changes its interface. Specialists can modernize clients without breaking existing consumers, diagnose namespace and serialization problems, and document operational dependencies. In Munich, this work may support manufacturing, finance, insurance and logistics environments that rely on long-running enterprise systems.
Integration work and delivery
A strong professional can map business data to XML schemas, generate or handcraft service clients, configure endpoints and handle SOAP faults. They assess authentication, certificates, retries, timeouts, logging and observability before a service reaches production. Typical deliverables include WSDL and XSD files, integration code, test collections, deployment settings and clear runbooks for support teams.
What good expertise looks like
Quality is more than making a request return a response. Experienced SOAP specialists understand the connected application, validate contracts against real payloads and test both successful and fault paths. They can explain when SOAP is the right fit and when REST, messaging or gRPC would be simpler, while preserving compatibility where an existing contract is non-negotiable. Remote delivery works well with shared test environments and precise documentation; on-site workshops in Munich can help when several internal and external teams must align.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about SOAP? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
SOAP is used to exchange structured XML messages between applications, especially in enterprise integrations. It supports formal service contracts, typed schemas, security standards and reliable fault reporting, making it suitable for transactions between ERP, finance, insurance and supply-chain systems.
SOAP provides a protocol with formal rules, WSDL contracts and established WS-* standards, while REST is an architectural style commonly used with HTTP and simpler resource-based representations. SOAP can be preferable when strict contracts, message-level security or enterprise standards are required; REST is often easier for lightweight public APIs.
A strong SOAP freelancer should understand XML, XML Schema, WSDL, HTTP, TLS and authentication. Useful adjacent skills include Java or .NET, SAP or Oracle integration, message queues, API gateways, automated testing, CI/CD and observability.
SOAP work can be straightforward when the WSDL and test environment are complete, but complex integrations need someone who can trace failures across schemas, certificates, middleware and legacy systems. Choose expertise based on the number of connected systems, security requirements, contract ownership and production risk rather than on a generic seniority label.
SOAP projects are often suitable for remote collaboration when specialists have secure access to service definitions, logs, test endpoints and deployment environments. On-site sessions in Munich can still help with interface workshops, regulated data access or coordination between teams speaking German and English.
Assess whether the SOAP specialist tests valid and invalid XML, namespaces, schema versions, authentication, timeouts and SOAP faults. Ask for clear contract documentation, repeatable tests and evidence that changes remain compatible with existing consumers.
SOAP can still be sensible when a partner mandates a WSDL, when WS-Security or transactional standards are required, or when the surrounding enterprise ecosystem already depends on it. For a new, simple HTTP API, REST or another approach may reduce implementation and operational overhead.
A SOAP professional may deliver service contracts, XML schemas, client or server integrations, security configuration and automated test suites. They can also provide migration plans, monitoring guidance, fault-handling logic and runbooks that help internal teams operate the connection after handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 746 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 72% hold at least a Master's degree, and 21% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects are German (97%), English (89%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Automotive (58%), and Banking and Finance (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used SOAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (92%), and Project Management (69%).
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