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Beate P.

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Interim Head of Service

Kelkheim (Taunus)
Beate P.

Last position:

Interim Head of Service at Altendorf Group

  • Strategic and operational leadership of the technical service organization
  • Improvement of all processes and workflows
  • Development and introduction of a service management IT tool incl. AI database, customer app, and self-service portal
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Carolyn S.

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Senior Business Development Manager

Frankfurt am Main
Carolyn S.

Last position:

VP of Business Development at VendueTech

  • Led business development across DACH for a PropTech platform digitising distressed real estate and NPL asset sales — unlocking liquidity for illiquid assets through structured digital bidding processes for brokers, investors and insolvency administrators.

  • Developed and managed enterprise relationships with real estate agencies, banks, servicers and PropTech platforms — driving pipeline generation, commercial negotiations and partnership development across Germany and Europe.

  • Replaced opaque one-to-one negotiations with transparent multi-bidder environments — supporting distressed real estate sales, NPL/REO asset disposals, portfolio sales and high-demand residential listings with speed, compliance and auditability.

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Jörn M.

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Digital Advisor | Venture & Innovation Consultant

Sulzbach
Jörn M.

Last position:

Freelance Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead / Digital Strategy Consultant at Freiberuflich

  • Freelance consulting for startups, fintechs, SMEs, banks, financial service providers, and established companies on strategic, organizational, and technological topics; focus on analysis, structuring, execution readiness, and stakeholder communication.
  • Gathering, structuring, and prioritizing business requirements; translating business goals into actionable IT, process, data, and documentation requirements.
  • Designing and improving digital platforms, user journeys, portal structures, information architecture, and data-driven product/content structures; strong fit for customer portals, partner portals, and B2B2C application journeys.
  • Analyzing user, reach, search, and platform data to derive product, content, and platform decisions; structuring decision bases for management and delivery teams.
  • Using Jira, Confluence, Excel, analytics, and automation tools; working in agile and hybrid delivery environments.
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Anthony M.

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CodeValdCortex - Enterprise Multi-Agent AI Orchestration Platform

Frankfurt
Anthony M.

Last position:

Research and Development, AI for Enterprise at Mwanachama

  • Built an MCP (Model Context Protocol) layer for Mwanachama's agency service, turning domain manager methods into callable AI-agent tools. This included a composite tool that builds a full organization design (org chart, goals, workflows, RACI matrix) from one specification.
  • Built the chat-driven agency builder (Wakala Studio and API), where an organization describes its structure in natural language and an AI agent uses those tools to construct and modify the live design.
  • Added an insights service so an organization can review AI-agent interactions and completed work. Insights from that review feed back into solution design, gated by architect and user sign-off.
  • Alongside this, designed and built the platform itself: ~20 Go microservices on PostgreSQL, Flutter and React clients, deployed on Kubernetes.
  • AI agents scan the platform autonomously for security gaps and run scripted tests, covering API (Postman-style) and UI testing. The rest of the work stays supervised. No rogue agents, promise.
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Maxime D.

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Lead Product Manager E-invoicing & AI

Frankfurt am Main
Maxime D.

Last position:

Lead Product Manager E-invoicing & AI at fino data services GmbH

  • Responsible for the concept, planning, and implementation of the product development of GetMyInvoices 2.0 and the subcomponent InvoiceRails
  • Independent work on all aspects of the project, including concept, specification in tickets, and coordination of developers
  • Creation, management, and prioritization of tickets to ensure all tasks are completed on time and with high quality
  • Carrying out and/or coordinating tests and ensuring the proper implementation of the developed features and functionalities
  • Close collaboration with developers to clarify technical requirements and ensure the implementations match the specifications
  • Regular reporting on project progress and documentation of key decisions, changes, and risks
  • Taking on the subject matter lead for all topics around e-invoicing and Peppol, especially in relation to the InvoiceRails component
  • Internal consulting and knowledge sharing on e-invoicing and Peppol for other teams and departments
  • Tracking market trends and new developments in e-invoicing and Peppol to continuously adapt the product strategy
  • Ensuring the long-term scalability and flexibility of the products for future technical and regulatory changes in the e-invoicing area
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Yves S.

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AI Operator for E-Com Brands, Interim E-Commerce and Tech Lead

Kronberg im Taunus
Yves S.

Last position:

Owner and AI Operator at Path to AI

  • Operational implementation of the growth levers of growing E-Com brands: SEO, GEO, SEA, shop, conversion, and automation of recurring processes.
  • Building and managing specialized AI agent systems that work as roles (SEO, content, conversion, Shopify engineering) instead of single prompts.
  • Working either as done-for-you execution or as done-with-you setup, where the brand's team can continue working on its own afterward.
  • Customers and projects include TeamTex and Original Veddel, Störtebekker, ConstructionX.
  • AI workshops and enablement formats for specialist and leadership teams, plus the joint webinar series AI Vibe Club with Xentral.
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Noel L.

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Founder & Lead Engineer

Frankfurt
Noel L.

Last position:

Founder & Lead Engineer at ausbildung-in-der-it.de

  • Platform established and running stably; deliberately reducing my involvement to refocus on an engineering mandate in the financial sector.
  • Built an own SaaS learning platform from the ground up and scaled it to over 20,000 users (over 6,000 courses sold, B2C and B2B); end-to-end ownership from development through infrastructure to operations.
  • Built a lab environment that provisions an isolated Linux container per user (Docker, Traefik, Go), including automatic provisioning and a dedicated subdomain per user.
  • Integrated LLM features into the product and accelerated development end-to-end with AI-assisted workflows (Claude Code, Codex); CI/CD with automated tests.
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Rosana P.

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Senior Product Designer & UX Expert

Frankfurt
Rosana P.

Last position:

Senior Product Designer and UX Expert at Several clients

Helping startups understand their users, turning ideas into products that reach PMF and are worth scaling. Partnering with agencies who need product expertise for specific projects.

  • Established usability best practices that minimized design debt in early-stage product development.
  • Supporting agencies as a senior product design partner for client projects.
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Achim K.

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Portfolio Manager, Consultant, Leadership Coach

Hofheim am Taunus
Achim K.

Last position:

Portfolio Manager, Consultant, Leadership Coach at Abbvie Deutschland GmbH &Co. KG

  • Management and optimization of a portfolio of about 100 projects (launches, in-field solutions, data & analytics, digital solutions, digital products)
  • Optimization of the existing project standard (playbook) and alignment with the European and global organization (USA)
  • Coaching project managers on setup, planning, cooperation with business, GDPR, GxP, data security and launches
  • Preparing projects for works council information and project closeout communication
  • Optimization of resource management (tracking, allocation, prioritization)
  • Taking over individual project leads (off-/transboarding, event management, checking whether WhatsApp is allowed on a business smartphone)
  • Supporting the hiring of external project managers
  • Optimization of meeting structure, project controlling (KPIs), change and demand management
  • Optimization of risk, issue, dependency and quality management and support during internal audits (GxP)
  • Optimization of the portfolio steering tool (Smartsheet) on national, European and global level
  • Design and implementation of a Business Value Complexity Scoring
  • Building a strategic PMO with a sister department and optimizing cross-functional teams
  • Reporting, communication and escalation at management level
  • Leadership coaching for several future leaders (short-time assignment)
  • Development of the concepts "PPM as a Service" and "Internal Customer Approach"
  • Development and review of a concept "AI Data Governance" including roles and processes
  • Selection and onboarding of the successor
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Muhammad U.

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Software Engineer | React js | Node js | Next js | Express js | Next js | PHP | Laravel | MySql | Driven by Delivering

Frankfurt am Main
Muhammad U.

Last position:

Software Engineer at Absolutely Digital

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Jochen D.

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Strategic Designer

Frankfurt am Main
Jochen D.

Last position:

Research Associate at Steinbeis Innovationszentrum Innovation Engineering

Part-time position in a federally funded research project

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Jan M.

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Founder, Senior Solution Architect, Team Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer

Heusenstamm
Jan M.

Last position:

Founder, Senior Solution Architect, Team Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer at CreArt IT GmbH

  • Hands-on solution architect
  • Digital product development - SaaS
  • Strategic consulting on software architecture, cloud migration, and DevOps processes
  • Coaching SE developers and IT architects
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Florentin S.

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Senior Product Designer

Hanau
Florentin S.

Last position:

Freelance UI/UX Designer at fintus GmbH

  • Concept and UI design for cloud-based banking platforms and SaaS loan process automation, including AI-supported document validation.
  • UX optimization of the loan application flow, expansion of the design system, and building a scalable white-label solution.
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Mobin R.

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Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner

Frankfurt am Main
Mobin R.

Last position:

Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner at Luxota Travel Tech

  • Coached teams in Agile methodologies and Scrum framework implementation.
  • Aligned the product roadmap with business goals such as increasing bookings, improving user experience, and expanding supplier integrations.
  • Collaborated with developers and third-party providers to ensure smooth API integration and end-to-end functionality.
  • Created and continuously refined the product backlog with user stories, bugs, and technical improvements.
  • Prioritized backlog items based on business value, revenue impact, and regulatory deadlines.
  • Worked closely with backend and frontend teams to clarify dependencies and prioritize technical debt.

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Statistics of experts using Software as a Service

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years (Germany: 18 years)

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt have 19 years of professional experience on average. It is 1 year more than in Germany, where the average stands at 18 years.

Position duration

3 years

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt stay in a single position for 3 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

10

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt have completed 10 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Professional Services.

Certification focus areas

Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt earn their certifications most often in Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

91% (Germany: 92%)

91% of Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 1% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 92%.

Master's degree or higher

52% (Germany: 55%)

52% of Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Master's degree. It is 3% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 55%.

Doctorate

2% (Germany: 6%)

2% of Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt have a doctorate (PhD). It is 4% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 6%.

Certifications per freelancer

3

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

98%

98% of Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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16 of the Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt charge less than €800 per day.
21 of the Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
8 of the Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
2 of the Software as a Service experts in Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt using Software as a Service

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

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Daily rate avg. 891 €
Germany avg. 883 €

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 800 €
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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.

Software as a Service 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 (92%)
  • Banking and Finance (54%)
  • Professional Services (52%)
  • Manufacturing (36%)
  • Retail (34%)
  • Automotive (30%)
  • Telecommunication (30%)
  • Healthcare (26%)

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

About the technology

SaaS foundations

Software as a Service, commonly called SaaS, delivers an application through the internet rather than as software installed and maintained by each customer. Companies use it to offer subscription products with shared infrastructure, continuous releases and browser-based access. A strong SaaS design separates tenants, protects customer data and supports dependable service as usage changes.

Products and workflows

SaaS can power customer relationship tools, finance systems, collaboration products, analytics services, booking software and industry-specific applications. The work often covers tenant onboarding, user roles, billing, trials, entitlements, notifications, search and reporting. Experts connect product decisions with an architecture that can evolve without disrupting active customers.

  • Shape tenant and permission models
  • Deliver subscription, billing and usage workflows
  • Create APIs, web interfaces and integrations
  • Prepare onboarding, migration and support flows

Cloud ecosystem

The ecosystem may include AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, container services, managed databases, object storage, queues and observability tools. Common adjacent technologies include Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST, GraphQL and identity services such as OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect. The right combination depends on isolation needs, compliance expectations, traffic patterns and team capability.

When specialists help

Companies bring in freelance SaaS specialists when a new product needs a sound foundation, a legacy application must become multi-tenant or delivery has slowed under growing operational demands. They can review architecture, establish deployment pipelines, improve security controls or guide a migration without taking ownership away from the internal team. In Frankfurt, remote collaboration is common, while some organisations still value on-site workshops and fluent German alongside English.

Quality signals

Strong professionals explain trade-offs in terms of customer impact, operating cost and long-term change. They define tenant boundaries, failure handling, backup and recovery, access control, audit trails and release practices before implementation becomes difficult to change. They also test isolation, monitor meaningful service indicators and document decisions so the product remains understandable to its owners.

Selecting the right fit

Look for evidence of shipped subscription products, not just cloud configuration or isolated feature work. Ask how the specialist handled noisy neighbours, data separation, plan changes, failed payments, migrations and incidents. A useful engagement has clear deliverables such as an architecture review, a working vertical slice, infrastructure as code, a release process or a documented improvement plan. The best fit combines technical depth with product thinking and clear communication across business and technical stakeholders.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about Software as a Service, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

Software as a Service is used to deliver applications over the internet with centrally managed updates and infrastructure. Typical products include collaboration tools, customer management systems, accounting services, analytics products and specialised business software. Customers usually access them through a browser or API and pay according to a subscription or usage model.

SaaS usually reduces the customer’s need to install, update and operate the application locally. Packaged software can offer more direct control, while an on-premises custom system may suit strict infrastructure or data requirements. The trade-off involves control, integration, tenancy, operating responsibility and the speed at which improvements can reach users.

A strong Software as a Service specialist often combines cloud architecture with product discovery, API design, identity management, database modelling and automated delivery. Useful depth may also include observability, security, billing integration, data migration and user experience. The required mix depends on whether the engagement focuses on a new product, platform scale or operational improvement.

SaaS work does not depend on a fixed number of years of experience. A contained feature may suit a specialist with focused delivery experience, while a multi-tenant platform migration needs someone who has handled architecture, data separation, releases and incidents in comparable systems. Review relevant outcomes, technical decisions and references to the type of risk your project carries.

Software as a Service projects are often well suited to remote work because design, coding, reviews and cloud operations happen through shared tools. On-site workshops can help with discovery, security reviews or stakeholder alignment. In Frankfurt, teams may also consider whether the specialist can communicate in German, English or both, depending on the organisation.

A useful SaaS architecture review should cover tenant isolation, identity, data storage, integrations, deployment, observability, recovery and expected change. It should identify risks and propose practical next steps rather than only naming technologies. Good deliverables include diagrams, decision records, prioritised findings and an implementation plan that the internal team can use.

Ask how the specialist has handled tenant boundaries, plan changes, failed payments, migrations, security events and service outages. Software as a Service quality is visible in clear ownership, automated checks, useful monitoring, safe releases and understandable documentation. A strong professional can explain compromises in plain language and connect them to customer and business needs.

SaaS engagements may involve product teams, cloud operations, security stakeholders and customer-facing groups rather than one technical owner. Clarify the product’s tenancy model, release responsibility, compliance constraints, working language and expectations for remote or on-site sessions. Freelancers add the most value when they can turn ambiguous product needs into maintainable delivery steps.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 891 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 2% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects are English (98%), German (96%), and French (20%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Banking and Finance (54%), and Professional Services (52%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Software as a Service in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Project Management (80%), and Product Development (68%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Software as a Service

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