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Boian V.

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Solution Architect

Frankfurt
Boian V.

Last position:

Solution Architect at DB InfraGO AG

The Base Services of DB InfraGO form a central data hub between the company’s IT systems. Common Data Services are developed that distribute data from source systems to a variety of downstream systems (via JMS) and make them available (via REST API). The existing service landscape based on TIBCO is being migrated to DB InfraGO’s cloud-native platform.

  • Architecture design and implementation for performance-optimized bulk data processing of several million datasets at specific times during the day
  • Technical specification and documentation of business requirements
  • Integration of various subsystems (including SAP and Salesforce) through the reimplementation of more than 40 microservices based on Spring Boot
  • Migration of TIBCO Based microservices from the Enterprise Integration Platform to the Cloud Native Platform using Spring-Boot
  • Establishment of a deployment pipeline using GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, and automated deployment to a Kubernetes environment with the help of ArgoCD
  • Definition and implementation of automated unit, integration, and regression tests

Team Size: 9

Technologies/Tools: Java, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ(JMS), JUnit, Tibco Business Works, Gitlab (CI/CD), Kubernetes (Amazon AWS), ArgoCD, postgreSQL, Oracle, Postman, Hoppscotch, openAPI, Sonarqube

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Ali A.

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Enterprise Software Architect | Payments, Cloud & AI Platforms

Frankfurt
Ali A.

Last position:

Founder & Architect at Independent AI R&D

  • Fully on-premises LLM document-examination platform for a compliance-critical banking domain: agentic LangGraph pipeline with deterministic verification, every AI judgment structured and source-anchored; ~960 automated tests, zero data egress
  • GPU throughput engineering (quantized serving, speculative decoding, prefix caching): 9.5x extraction speed-up, 500+ multi-document case files per day on a single A100
  • AI-native EDI/EDIFACT integration platform (~116k LOC Java 25 / Spring Boot 4, 1,900+ tests): LLM-drafted partner mappings machine-verified before go-live (DFDL conformance, field-coverage checks, dry runs), ~99.5% byte match on real customer files — replacing weeks of manual mapping per partner
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Michael H.

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Senior Frontend Engineer · Frontend Tech Lead · Lead UI Engineer

Kelsterbach
Michael H.

Last position:

Frontend Developer at RTL Tech

  • Development and optimization of the RTL+ frontend application for SmartTV and set-top box platforms with React and Next.js.
  • Key role in the technical coordination of developers within the team and in coordinating implementation.
  • Central interface to adjacent teams to simplify development processes and improve cross-team alignment.
  • Improved frontend performance, stability, and rendering behavior on low-powered devices in a restricted runtime environment.
  • Implemented a frontend testing strategy with Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright.
  • Implemented accessibility improvements according to WCAG 2.2 and WAI-ARIA.
  • Integrated Didomi Consent Management as a contribution to increasing ad monetization on streaming platforms.
  • Used AI-supported engineering workflows with Cursor for structured implementation, refactoring, and faster problem solving.

Technologies used: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, GraphQL, Apollo Gateway, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, React Testing Library, Playwright, Jest, HTML5, CSS3, AWS Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, GitLab CI/CD, NX, Cursor

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Prasad T.

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Solution Architect / Senior Manager – DTC E-Commerce Platform

Frankfurt
Prasad T.

Last position:

Solution Architect / Senior Manager – DTC E-Commerce Platform at BRITA

  • Led discovery phase and POC for Shopware to Shopify Plus migration across EMEA markets, evaluating platform suitability, technical architecture, and multi-brand/multi-country capabilities against business requirements.
  • Designed reference architecture for Shopify Plus implementation incorporating headless front-end patterns (Vue.js, Nuxt.js), CMS integration (Magnolia), and Azure middleware (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus) for 11 EMEA markets.
  • Defined migration strategy analyzing data mapping, cutover approach, and zero-downtime deployment patterns using Varnish caching, GitOps pipelines, and CI/CD orchestration across six vendor teams.
  • Architected multi-tenant Shopify Plus governance model with centralized admin, localized storefront customization, and compliance controls (GDPR, data residency).
  • Prototyped AI-driven search optimization (LLM.txt, JSON-LD) for product discoverability in Google AI results, demonstrating post-launch performance opportunities.
  • Defined EMEA expansion roadmap for 15+ markets through C-level strategic workshops, identifying phased rollout, market-specific configurations, and resource requirements.
  • Tech Stack: React, Nuxt.js, Vue.js, Magnolia CMS, Shopware, Shopify Plus, Azure (APIM, Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Front Door), Varnish, SAP, MS Dynamics, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Kafka
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Mario S.

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Expert in Web Analytics, Tag Management and Consent Management

Frankfurt am Main
Mario S.

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Expert in Web Analytics, Tag Management and Consent Management at Deutsche Bahn AG

  • Conducting and evaluating web analyses
  • Creating and editing tags and scripts in the area of tag management as well as banners and other client-side web elements in the area of consent management
  • Technologies used in development: Tealium, JavaScript, IntelliJ, Git, Android Studio, Selenium, Appium, Adobe Analytics, Power Automate, Power App
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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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Uday V.

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Full Stack Java Developer and DevOps Engineer

Frankfurt am Main
Uday V.

Last position:

Senior Full Stack Java Developer & DevOps Engineer at Deutsche Börse (DBAG)

Project: SCS (Settlement / Clearing Services)

Settlement platform serving multiple trading and clearing venues — counterparty risk safeguarding, settlement volume reduction, central risk management, and post-trade anonymity.

Technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot 3, Microservices, Spring Data JPA, SonarQube, Fortify (SCST), Mockito, Jenkins, OpenShift, Maven, Podman, GitHub, JIRA, Liquibase, Swagger, AMQP, Apache Camel, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Instana, Graylog.

  • Identified and remediated CVEs in third-party libraries using SCA tooling, strengthening the security posture of production components.
  • Maintained 90% code coverage with SonarQube, improving code quality and reducing production defects.
  • Enabled mTLS for database authentication and message broker connections, enforcing encrypted, certificate-validated communication.
  • Designed and deployed microservices with asynchronous, REST-based communication between components.
  • Optimized a high-volume REST API (~200K requests) by reducing response time from 3s to 2s (33% improvement), boosting throughput and reliability under production load.
  • Automated build and continuous integration pipelines using Maven and Jenkins.
  • Orchestrated containerized workloads on Podman/OpenShift and governed schema evolution with Liquibase, ensuring reliable, repeatable deployments across all environments.
  • Optimized Java code and implemented EHCache-based caching, improving application performance.
  • Streamlined release management by governing application images, JAR versions, and dependencies through DBAG Artifactory, ensuring version consistency and audit traceability across environments
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Khaled T.

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Consultant / DevOps Engineer

Frankfurt am Main
Khaled T.

Last position:

Consultant / DevOps Engineer at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

  • Porsche ID is a unified digital identity platform providing secure authentication and seamless access across Porsche’s online services, mobile apps, and connected vehicle features
  • Designed and implemented new authentication and authorization functionalities for both users and systems
  • Ensured high availability, security, and performance to deliver a flawless digital experience for Porsche customers
  • Technologies: Auth0, Angular, Tailwind, AWS, Terraform, Github
  • Methodologies: Scrum and SAFe
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Ingo D.

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Analytics

Frankfurt am Main
Ingo D.

Last position:

Analytics at BaFin - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Frankfurt

  • Introduction of methods for developing and automated deployment of cloud-native software and machine learning applications in OpenShift clusters
  • Development of various programs in Python
  • Technologies: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kustomize, ArgoCD, Tekton, Docker, PodMan, Airflow, IntelliJ, PyCharm, Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Python
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Ulm P.

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Freelance IT Specialist

Steinbach (Taunus)
Ulm P.

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DataStage ETL Expert at ING Bank

  • Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
  • Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
  • Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
  • Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
  • Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
  • Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
  • Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
  • Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
  • Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
  • Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
  • Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
  • Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.
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Florian F.

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Senior Backend Developer

Eschborn
Florian F.

Last position:

Senior Backend Developer at ING Deutschland AG

  • Database design with Oracle DB, JPA and Flyway considering high performance requirements
  • Analysis of multiple architecture drafts and identification of technical risks
  • Design and implementation of various interfaces and integrations, especially REST APIs and Kafka topics
  • Setup of Elasticsearch for monitoring and analyzing log data
  • Establishment of an iterative work approach in the project team facing complex business requirements
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Alona L.

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AI Architect

Frankfurt am Main
Alona L.

Last position:

AI Architect

AI-powered platform for automated UX validation and designer support

  • Designed and led technical implementation of an enterprise-wide AI solution for automated UX review that improved design quality and significantly reduced manual review processes in teams
  • Developed an automated UX validation tool as a Figma plugin and web application that generates test cases based on internal guidelines and reliably checks current designs for consistency and standard compliance
  • Implemented an interactive designer chat based on RAG that answers questions about the current design and the company's UX guidelines, and designed the deployment architecture using containerized services
  • Python, Azure OpenAI, PostgreSQL, REST API, Docker, OpenShift, Helm, CI/CD, Figma MCP, LLM, RAG, Prompt Engineering, GenAI, XAI, AI Architecture, AI Strategy
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Werner K.

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Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer

Bad Homburg
Werner K.

Last position:

Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer at IBM

  • Testing the SekIDP and related components
  • Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript
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Marie-Josée M.

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Java Engineer / Developer

Eschborn
Marie-Josée M.

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Java Engineer / Developer at Davaso GmbH

  • Involved in the full development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, and deployment of Java-based applications.
  • Built and maintained high-performance RESTful APIs and microservices, ensuring scalability and reliable data exchange.
  • Practiced code reviews, used version control systems (e.g., Git), and collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust software solutions.
  • Implemented, managed, and optimized complex business logic and decision-making processes using the Drools Rules Engine, leveraging DRL (Drools Rule Language) for dynamic configuration.
  • Developed software solutions for a major service provider in the healthcare insurance sector, specifically focusing on claims processing and reconciliation logic to ensure cost-effective reimbursement for health funds.

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Statistics of experts using Spring Boot

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt have 17 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.2 years (Germany: 1.9 years)

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt stay in a single position for 2.2 years on average. It is 0.3 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 1.9 years.

Positions per freelancer

13 (Germany: 12)

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt have completed 13 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 12.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

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

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Transportation.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Business Intelligence.

Bachelor's degree or higher

96% (Germany: 95%)

96% of Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 1% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 95%.

Master's degree or higher

48% (Germany: 55%)

48% of Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt hold at least a Master's degree. It is 7% lower than in Germany, where the rate stands at 55%.

Doctorate

7% (Germany: 6%)

7% of Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt have a doctorate (PhD). It is 1% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 6%.

Certifications per freelancer

3 (Germany: 2)

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt hold 3 professional certifications on average. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.

Most common languages

German, English, Russian

Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt most often speak German, English, and Russian.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 96%)

100% of Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt speak two or more languages. It is 4% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 96%.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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One of the Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt charges less than €480 per day.
4 of the Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt charge between €480 and €640 per day.
11 of the Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt charge between €640 and €800 per day.
10 of the Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt charge between €800 and €960 per day.
4 of the Spring Boot experts in Frankfurt charge €960 or more per day.
<€480 €480-​640 €640-​800 €800-​960 €960+

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 Spring Boot

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

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Daily rate avg. 745 €
Germany avg. 740 €

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 740 €
Germany median 760 €

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.

Spring Boot 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%)
  • Banking and Finance (74%)
  • Transportation (45%)
  • Healthcare (35%)
  • Automotive (32%)
  • Insurance (32%)
  • Government and Administration (32%)
  • Telecommunication (32%)

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

About the technology

What Spring Boot does

Spring Boot is a Java framework for creating stand-alone, production-ready applications with sensible defaults and embedded web servers. It simplifies configuration across the Spring ecosystem, so teams can deliver REST APIs, web services, event-driven systems and business applications without assembling every infrastructure detail by hand.

Applications and services

Spring Boot is common in systems that need clear service boundaries, strong integration options and long-term maintainability.

  • REST and GraphQL APIs for web and mobile products
  • Microservices for commerce, finance and logistics workflows
  • Batch jobs, message consumers and scheduled processing
  • Internal platforms and enterprise business applications

Ecosystem and tooling

Strong specialists work across Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security and Spring Boot Actuator. They may also use Spring Cloud for distributed systems, Hibernate or JPA for persistence, and Kafka, RabbitMQ or cloud messaging for asynchronous communication. Maven or Gradle, JUnit, Testcontainers, Docker and Kubernetes often support delivery and operations.

When companies bring in specialists

Companies often need freelance expertise when a Java platform is being modernised, a monolith is being split into services or an API must meet stricter reliability requirements. Frankfurt teams may value professionals who can collaborate on site when needed while working effectively with distributed teams across Germany and beyond.

  • Establish service boundaries and application structure
  • Improve security, testing, observability and deployment
  • Connect legacy systems with new Spring Boot services
  • Review architecture and prepare a safe release path

What strong professionals deliver

Good work starts with a clear domain model and a simple application design. Experienced professionals configure profiles and externalised settings carefully, define useful API contracts, handle failures deliberately and protect sensitive endpoints with Spring Security. They also leave readable tests, useful health checks and documentation that helps the internal team take ownership.

Choosing the right expertise

Look for evidence of production systems that resemble yours, not only familiarity with framework annotations. Discuss Java and Spring versions, persistence choices, messaging, deployment targets and operational ownership before work begins. A capable professional can explain trade-offs between a modular monolith and microservices, diagnose slow requests, and make changes that remain easy to operate after handover.

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Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Spring Boot — answered in short.

Spring Boot is used to create Java web applications, REST APIs, microservices, batch processes and event-driven services. It provides conventions, auto-configuration and embedded runtime support so teams can move from application code to a deployable service efficiently.

Spring Boot offers a broad, mature ecosystem and deep integration with enterprise Java systems. Quarkus and Micronaut can focus more strongly on fast startup and lower memory use, especially in cloud-native environments, so the right choice depends on runtime constraints, team skills and existing integrations.

A strong Spring Boot specialist commonly works with Java, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data and JPA. Useful adjacent skills include SQL, Kafka or RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud services, automated testing and observability with logs, metrics and traces.

The required depth depends on the risk and scope of the system. A small API may need focused framework knowledge, while a distributed financial or logistics service calls for proven ability with security, transactions, messaging, resilience and production operations.

Spring Boot projects are well suited to remote work because source control, automated tests, API specifications and containerised environments make progress visible. For a Frankfurt-based team, agree early on meeting windows, documentation standards, access procedures and whether occasional on-site sessions are useful.

Ask for concrete examples of services they designed, shipped or improved, then discuss the decisions behind those systems. A capable Spring Boot freelancer should explain testing strategy, database transactions, API versioning, security controls and how failures are detected and recovered.

Quality in Spring Boot work shows in focused tests, clear boundaries, safe configuration and predictable error handling. Review how the service is monitored and deployed as well as how its classes are structured; clean local code is not enough if the application is difficult to operate.

Spring Boot can support either a modular monolith or a set of microservices, so it does not force one migration pattern. A careful specialist first identifies domain boundaries and operational needs, then extracts services only where independent deployment or scaling provides a clear benefit.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 745 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects, 96% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 48% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Russian (23%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (74%), and Transportation (45%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Spring Boot in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (61%).

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