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Thorsten H.

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Hands-on | Operational & Strategic

Wehr
Thorsten H.

Last position:

Product Owner, Software Developer, AI Manager, Technical Consultant at crazyALEX.de GmbH

AI-supported document processing and inventory management integration

Design and development of an AI-supported application for the automated processing of delivery and invoice documents, connected to SelectLine ERP. Documents are analyzed using AI, matched with orders and line items, and prepared for posting goods receipts.

IMPACT:

  • Automated extraction of structured order, delivery and invoice data from PDF and image documents
  • Automatic and manual mapping of documents to orders and order line items
  • Integration with SelectLine ERP for order import, status synchronization and goods receipt postings
  • Traceable processing through separate analysis, mapping and posting processes as well as technical logging
  • Development of a containerized end-to-end architecture with AI analysis, workflow automation and relational data storage

KEYWORDS: AI, document analysis, OpenAI, n8n, SelectLine ERP, FastAPI, Python, JavaScript, MariaDB, Docker, REST API, PDF, OCR, mapping, inventory management, goods receipt, workflow automation

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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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Robin W.

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Agentic Engineer · AI Engineer · Software Engineer · Context Engineer

Neidenstein
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.
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Matthias Z.

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Senior iOS & Flutter Developer

Berlin
Matthias Z.

Last position:

Senior Flutter Developer at Materna

  • Developed a Flutter app for eID ID card logins
  • Focus: Flutter, iOS, eID, AusweisAppSDK, Mason, Keycloak, Agentic Coding, Arc42, Jenkins
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Marija J.

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Scrum Master · Certified Professional Coach · Former iOS & Backend Engineer

Berlin
Marija J.

Last position:

Professional Coach for IT Professionals

  • Coach international tech professionals through career transitions, helping high achievers move from reactive decision-making to clarity-driven career and life choices.
  • Combined software engineering and consulting background with coaching expertise to address challenges specific to the tech industry, including career stagnation, imposter syndrome, and uncertainty around AI's impact on the field.
  • Some of my client's measurable outcomes include landing multiple concurrent interview processes after a multi-year career gap, launching independent product ventures, securing technical roles that improved both financial stability and job performance, transitioning into non-tech careers.
  • ~200 hours of coaching sessions. Guided clients through 1:1 and group coaching engagements, ranging from single sessions to year-long partnerships, focused on sustainable, values-aligned career growth.
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Ipshita C.

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Product Designer at JP Morgan Chase

Berlin
Ipshita C.

Last position:

UX Design Associate at JP Morgan Chase

  • Proposed a unified advisor experience to simplify customer interaction management and helped secure buy-in for full-scale development.
  • Redesigned 3 critical financial service workflows, improving usability while meeting compliance and accessibility requirements.
  • Worked closely with legal, engineering, and accessibility teams to take solutions from early concepts to production-ready designs.
  • Identified and fixed a major bottleneck in the request-handling flow, reducing friction for support teams by 40%.
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Matthias L.

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Freelance Developer & Founder

Munich
Matthias L.

Last position:

Full Stack & AI Engineer at Elephant Technologies

Loom and Bloom

Python · TypeScript · n8n · Claude Code · Whisper · Gemini · Supabase · Notion · HubSpot · Digital Ocean

  • Built an end-to-end content pipeline: one Loom video → marketing images, bilingual LinkedIn posts, newsletter and Help Center updates.
  • n8n webhook → SSH → Claude Code session on a Digital Ocean VPS; three MCP servers (video, Notion, Supabase).
  • Whisper word-level transcription, ffmpeg screenshots, Gemini UI annotation, PIL device mockups.
  • Next.js upload UI plus a bilingual newsletter composer with HubSpot push.
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Heidi A.

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Venture Developer in Product Design

Munich
Heidi A.

Last position:

Venture Developer in Product Design at TUM Venture Labs

  • Taught German language and mathematics to children aged 4-16, providing homework assistance and tutoring
  • Supported startups in UX, MVP development, and Lean Startup methodology
  • Assisted with branding, communication, and design to strengthen market presence
  • Maintained website and Venture Lab app; coordinated and ran events
  • Developed presentations to support internal and external communications
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Stephan H.

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Development, Tester

Darmstadt
Stephan H.

Last position:

Development, Tester at Telecommunications

  • Set up an operational contract information system. This is mainly used as an order management system - for migrating existing contracts as well as for creating and providing new contract bundles.

  • Sales agents can use it to order new services, modify existing ones and migrate service types, as well as provide price information to the customer.

  • This supports the marketing of new services as well as the replacement of old services for existing customers.

  • In addition, existing data is imported, processed (ETL) and provided via services for further use in the portal front end.

  • Analysis of the business and technical use cases (workflows, involved processes/systems, communication paths, security requirements)

  • Further development / creation of the front-end components (React/JavaScript)

  • Design and implementation of the business logic

  • Creation of the functional and technical component documentation

  • Test execution / test automation (Cypress, test coverage)

  • Team size: 8 people

  • Technologies: React, JavaScript, Rest (JSon), Yaml, Markdown, MariaDB (SQL), Docker, Swagger, Cypress

  • Tools: Webstorm, ReactDeveloperTools, VisualStudioCode, Word, DBeaver, Git/GitLab

  • Work management: GitLab

  • Platform: Linux

  • Build management: GitLab

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Martin W.

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Security Auditor

Hamburg
Martin W.

Last position:

Security Auditor at MissionMe

  • Environment: AWS, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React Native
  • Penetration test for Backend, Android-App and iOS-App
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Daniel F.

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Senior Delphi / C# Developer

Kürnbach
Daniel F.

Last position:

Senior Delphi / C# Developer at Mazda Motors Europe

  • Maintenance and enhancement of the DMS (Dealer Management System) developed by Mazda, as well as external interfaces to various third-party systems
  • Management of service orders and provision of central components such as customer and vehicle management
  • System design and further development/maintenance of the Delphi application using a Firebird database
  • Creation and maintenance of SOAP/REST-based interfaces
  • Technologies: Delphi, C#, .Net, SOAP, REST, Firebird, OAuth, Jira, DUnitX, Git
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Nicole F.

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SAP FI Consultant & Test

Hamm
Nicole F.

Last position:

SAP FI Consultant & Test at DZB Bank

  • Analysis and optimization of business processes in financial accounting
  • Customizing in SAP FI (e.g. company codes, chart of accounts, payments)
  • Integration with other modules such as CO, MM, SD
  • Consulting on legal requirements (e.g. GoBD, UStG)
  • Support with month-end and year-end closing
  • Creation of test plans (system test, integration test, UAT)
  • Definition of test cases (e.g. postings, payment runs, dunning runs)
  • Selection of suitable test data and scenarios
  • Manual testing of posting processes (e.g. customer invoice, payment run)
  • Validation of automatic postings (e.g. for MM credit memo)
  • Checking interfaces (e.g. to subsystems or non-SAP solutions)
  • Documentation of defects in the test tool (e.g. Jira, ALM)
  • Analysis and feedback to developers or the customizing team
  • Retest after bug fixes
  • E2E tests with SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN)
  • Use of tools such as SAP CBTA or Micro Focus UFT
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Toralf C.

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IT Consultant in PKI Software Development

Hohen Neuendorf
Toralf C.

Last position:

IT Consultant in PKI Software Development at BWI

  • Implementation of a full-stack application with Angular as the frontend framework and Java as the backend language
  • Use of the Swagger OpenAPI specification for REST communication between the frontend and backend applications
  • Control of a card printer via the Nexus Card SDK framework
  • Design and implementation of card management software with a web interface and a JavaFX module for printer monitoring
  • Use of Cucumber tests for test automation and creation of test artifacts to test outside the development environment
  • Use of Wireshark for network investigations to analyze the API of a third-party product and to monitor the REST API of the self-developed software
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David S.

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Product Owner / Business Analyst

Hanhofen
David S.

Last position:

Product Owner / Business Analyst at CODUCT Solutions GmbH

  • Interim Product Manager for ainavio GmbH: developing AI powered E-Commerce product data annotation software with an international/cross-functional SCRUM team (agile, product discovery, user centered).
  • Requirements Engineer at ZEISS: analysis and specification of requirements for process software within high-technology hardware production.
  • Product Manager for PlanYou Business Process and Task Planner: transforming the product from an outdated on-premise solution to a modern, scalable cloud native SaaS application.
  • Technologies: ChatGPT/OpenAI API, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Draw.io, Miro, Figma, Polarion, Scrum, JIRA

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Statistics of experts using Swift

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

17 years

Swift experts in Germany have 17 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

3.1 years

Swift experts in Germany stay in a single position for 3.1 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

12

Swift experts in Germany have completed 12 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

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

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare

Swift experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Healthcare.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Swift experts in Germany earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

88%

88% of Swift experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

42%

42% of Swift experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

10%

10% of Swift experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

2

Swift experts in Germany hold 2 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

Swift experts in Germany most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

97%

97% of Swift experts in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 9 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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5% of Swift experts in Germany charge less than €400 per day.
53% of Swift experts in Germany charge between €400 and €800 per day.
36% of Swift experts in Germany charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
5% of Swift experts in Germany charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
2% of Swift experts in Germany charge €1600 or more per day.
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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.

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Average rates of experts in Germany using Swift

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

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Daily rate avg. 731 €

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Median rate 720 €

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 9 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Swift 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 (99%)
  • Banking and Finance (47%)
  • Healthcare (42%)
  • Media and Entertainment (42%)
  • Retail (40%)
  • Automotive (37%)
  • Telecommunication (33%)
  • Education (30%)

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

About the technology

Swift at a glance

Swift is Apple’s modern programming language for building applications across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro. It combines strong type safety, readable syntax and modern concurrency with direct access to Apple frameworks. Companies use Swift for native products that need reliable performance, polished interfaces and close integration with Apple hardware.

Apple platforms

Swift works across Apple’s software ecosystem through Xcode, the official development environment, and the Swift Package Manager. Specialists commonly use UIKit for established interface patterns and SwiftUI for declarative, reusable views. They also work with Foundation, Combine, Core Data, CloudKit, Core ML and platform services such as StoreKit, MapKit and UserNotifications.

Typical deliverables

Swift professionals contribute to new products, major releases and targeted improvements. Typical assignments include:

  • Native iOS and iPadOS applications with SwiftUI or UIKit
  • macOS utilities, productivity tools and menu bar applications
  • watchOS and tvOS companion experiences
  • API integrations, offline storage and secure sign-in
  • Automated tests, App Store releases and maintenance

When expertise matters

Companies bring in freelance Swift expertise when an Apple product needs to reach users quickly without compromising its codebase. Support is useful during a migration from Objective-C, a SwiftUI adoption, a difficult App Store release or a redesign for several device sizes. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while teams may also need on-site workshops and clear communication in English or German.

Skills beyond Swift

Strong specialists understand more than the language itself. They can shape app architecture with patterns such as MVVM, manage asynchronous work with async/await, and connect mobile clients to REST or GraphQL services. Practical knowledge of Git, CI/CD, accessibility, privacy, performance profiling and Apple’s review guidelines helps turn code into a dependable product.

Choosing a specialist

Look for professionals who can explain architectural decisions, testing scope and trade-offs between UIKit and SwiftUI in plain language. A relevant portfolio should show shipped Apple applications, not only isolated code samples. Ask how they handle state management, crashes, offline behavior, signing certificates and release ownership. The strongest freelancers make risks visible early and leave behind maintainable, documented work.

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Frequently asked questions

Curious about Swift? Here are the answers that come up again and again.

Swift is used mainly to build native applications for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro. It also supports command-line tools, server-side services and shared packages when a project benefits from Apple’s language and ecosystem.

Swift offers a more modern syntax, stronger safety features and built-in support for structured concurrency than Objective-C. Objective-C remains relevant in older Apple codebases and frameworks, so a specialist working on a mixed project should be comfortable bridging both languages.

Swift projects can use SwiftUI, UIKit or both. SwiftUI is well suited to new interfaces and shared design patterns, while UIKit remains important for mature applications, advanced controls and existing code. The right choice depends on deployment targets, team skills and the current codebase.

A strong Swift specialist should understand Xcode, Apple SDKs, Git and automated testing. Experience with Swift Package Manager, REST or GraphQL APIs, data persistence, CI/CD, accessibility, App Store Connect and signing workflows is also valuable.

The right level of Swift experience depends on the assignment rather than a fixed number of years. A focused feature may need strong knowledge of one Apple framework, while a product launch or migration calls for someone who can own architecture, testing, releases and technical decisions.

Swift work is well suited to remote collaboration because source code, builds, testing and release workflows can be shared securely online. On-site sessions can still help with product discovery, device testing or coordination with a German-based team, and language expectations should be agreed before the project starts.

Review shipped applications, repository practices and examples of tests rather than relying on screenshots alone. Ask a Swift specialist to explain state management, crash investigation, performance profiling, release signing and how they would protect a project from avoidable App Store delays.

Maintainable Swift code uses clear boundaries, small testable components and consistent conventions. Good specialists handle optionals and errors deliberately, use concurrency safely, document important decisions and keep dependencies, accessibility and platform-specific behavior under control.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 731 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 42% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects are English (98%), German (97%), and French (20%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Banking and Finance (47%), and Healthcare (42%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (97%), and Quality Assurance (61%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Swift

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.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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