Talend Experts in Germany
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Martin Hermann
Last position:
Lead Product Owner at Energy
- Team leadership: Prioritization and coordination of four cross-functional teams.
- Platform strategy: Development and implementation of strategies to optimize existing IT platforms.
- Stakeholder management: Active management of expectations and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Program and innovation management: Prioritization and coordination of cross-department projects as well as innovation initiatives.
- Product Owner consulting: Advising Product Owners with a focus on product development and continuous product improvement.
- Organizational development: Improving communication and decision-making structures across all organizational levels.
- Change management: Implementing best-practice change management methods to ensure continuous optimization and innovation.
- Quality assurance: Ensuring high quality standards in processes, services, and deliverables.
Umut Gülac
Last position:
Data Architect at BA Technology
I am an experienced data engineer specializing in end‑to‑end data integration, cloud DWH architectures, and high‑quality, governed data products.
I delivered following projects and engagements as a freelancer.
- Data Migration of CRM System for AL-FA Objekt Service Gmbh
- Microsoft Software Resales Partnership
I am looking for freelance roles like: Freelance Data Engineer Cloud Data Warehouse Architect Data Modeling & Architecture Consultant MDM & Data Governance Specialist BI & Analytics Developer
Technical Focus Areas
- Data Engineering & Integration: SQL Server/SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter/IDQ, Talend, Kafka, Azure Data Factory – Delta/CDC/ELT patterns, robust pipelines, monitoring/recovery, data lineage & impact analysis, medallion architecture Bronze/Silver/Gold layers
- DWH & Cloud: Azure SQL / Data Lake / Synapse, AWS Redshift/S3, on‑prem SQL/Oracle – scalable data marts with a strong cost/benefit focus.
- Data Modeling: Atomic (Inmon) and Dimensional (Kimball), Data Vault (Linstedt), Domain‑Driven Design, clear lineage & contracts.
- MDM & Governance: Informatica MDM, IBM MDM, stewardship processes, data quality rules, survivorship/XREF, catalog/glossary, SIF/BES/REST publication.
- Analytics/BI: Power BI, SSAS, Cognos – business‑ready, maintainable data products.
Alexander Zhirov
Last position:
Senior Data Solutions Engineer at VMware Inc.
- Architected and deployed private cloud data platform on VMware vSphere, integrating Greenplum MPP, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Apache Solr, and developed real-time ingestion pipelines with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
- Led Oracle Exadata to Greenplum migration, rearchitected data models, optimized storage, implemented RabbitMQ with Debezium for CDC, and deployed VectorDB for Generative AI.
- Designed and executed multi-cloud migration PoC across AWS, Azure, and GCP, defined KPIs for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency, executed bulk data transfers, validated analytics and streaming workloads, and delivered full-scale architecture recommendations.
- Assessed legacy on-premises infrastructure and designed modern cloud-native data platforms using Greenplum and containerized microservices, advising on scalability, disaster recovery, and high-availability.
Lino Giefer
Last position:
Senior Data Scientist at VinFast Germany GmbH
- Led strategic software development of fusion algorithms for precise object tracking, trajectory prediction, and environment modeling based on multimodal sensor data (e.g., camera, LiDAR, radar, GNSS, IMU)
- Developed and implemented navigation algorithms for autonomous vehicles, including path planning, obstacle avoidance, and sensor fusion of visual, inertial, and distance-based sensor sources
- Automated extraction and training processes with CI/CD
- Developed and optimized data pipelines and processes in Microsoft Azure using Apache Spark, Databricks, and PySpark
- Developed and optimized embedded software for automotive control units
- Designed latency-critical software for real-time control in robotic systems with RTOS (freeRTOS, SAFERTOS)
- Used the Vector toolchain (CANdela, DaVinci, CANoe) for configuration and diagnostics
- Optimized existing data pipelines and processes (ETL, data warehouse, SQL)
- Developed and trained machine learning models using PyTorch
- Created deep-learning-based object detection and visual SLAM algorithms, trained on combined data from camera, LiDAR, and IMU sensors
- Implemented computer vision algorithms for object detection and classification in robotic systems using OpenCV and YOLO, utilizing synchronized image and depth data
- Implemented behavior-based control systems for autonomous robots using ROS2 Behavior Trees
- Performed testing, release, and integration of sensor fusion algorithms into automotive production programs
- Ensured adherence to proper software development processes and safety standards to guarantee high data quality (MISRA, ISO 26262, ASPICE)
Reinhold Mathmann
Last position:
Business Analyst, Proxy PO, Epic Owner, Quality Assurance at Digital Charging Solutions
- Design and supervise implementation, testing and rollout of end-to-end processes and system integrations (frontend & backend)
- Integrate with OEMs (Daimler, BMW/MINI) and CPOs (Ionity and others)
- Introduce CPO discount packages with lifecycle processes
- Implement consenting process for GTC & tariff updates and marketing opt-ins via SAP Emarsys
- Automate blocking/unblocking of customers and integrate MS Dynamics CRM and proprietary 3rd level tool
- Coordinate migration and go-live of new fleet portal
- Migrate PSP from Datatrans to Adyen (credit card, PayPal) and integrate SEPA/BACS with Adyen via webhooks
- Support and enhance OpenInformer billing engine: Oracle→PostgreSQL migration, PostgreSQL upgrade, regression test suite, performance troubleshooting, invoice relocation to Azure Storage
- Identify and analyze fraud cases and implement countermeasures
- Provide problem management, incident support and hypercare after major rollouts
Marcus Bonfigt
Last position:
Data Engineer at Deutsche Bahn AG via Scoore GmbH
- Development of ETL pipelines with Talend (7/ Enterprise)
- Development/adaptation of database schema/database functions (PostgreSQL)
- Development of GIT CI pipelines
Technologies: Talend Enterprise, Git, PostgreSQL, Dbeaver, SQL, PL-SQL, Liquibase
Marc Matt
Last position:
Freelance Data Specialist at BrightlySoftware – A Siemens Company
- Migration of customer data from a private cloud to AWS
- Optimizing data transformation jobs and migration from Talend to AWS Glue
- Automation of all migration steps
- Used technologies: AWS, Python, Lambda, CloudFormation, SQLServer, AWS Stepfunctions, Glue, PySpark
Serge Kalinin
Last position:
MLOps (machine learning operations) at REWE Digital GmbH
- It is like a startup within REWE, where we have to build a new forecasting system on Google Cloud Platform from the scratch. Although, officially my role is called MLOps, my actual tasks also include development of data processing pipelines (data engineering) and data scientists tasks such as feature engineering and model trainings.
- GCP: Terraform (tofu), Vertex AI (Kubeflow), Cloud Run, IAM, Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Artifact Registry
- Data engineering: Snowflake as the main data warehouse, Terraform, DBT for data model implementations
- CI/CD: GitLab. We have built a CI/CD pipeline that automates deployments of new releases up to production environment
Tan Pham
Last position:
DevOps Engineer in the DevOps Team at Rise-World
- Implementation of specified DevOps solutions to automate infrastructure (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible) on-premises datacenter (Ovirt, Proxmox, Ceph Cluster, MinIO) and private cloud.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of CI/CD DevOps pipelines (GitLab, GitFlow) to support development process (Artifactory, Prometheus, Istio, service mesh, Helm Chart, OpenShift (Red Hat Enterprise) / Kubernetes cluster), Red Hat Satellite.
- Administration, setup, monitoring and patching of Linux infrastructure based on Red Hat Enterprise for Dev, Test and QA.
- Use of Scrum and Kanban methods.
- Administration, configuration and implementation of security standards for deploying on Dev, Test, QA and Prod stages of the new ePA applications.
- Development of new plugins and add-ons needed on current infrastructure.
- Database support.
- Data analytics support (Python, Spark, Pandas, Power BI, Splunk Enterprise).
- Implementation of best practices for DevSecOps and BizDevOps using GitOps (ArgoCD), Streamlit framework, Semaphore Ansible UI.
- Configuration and testing of iperf, uperf, sysbench using benchmark-operator for external source data and IoT/MDM devices, creating reports via ELK / OpenSearch.
- Building a new Databricks platform to collect and analyze big data from different sources and IoT devices into Hadoop framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Power BI, Apache Airflow).
- Building backend data aggregation and processing to automate configuration deployment between different OpenShift clusters and big data framework (Python, Pandas, PySpark, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Django 2, Ansible Automation, Jira JSM).
- Building a new ML pipeline platform using Kubeflow, TensorFlow, KServe.
- Data extraction, transformation and loading from different data sources including structured and unstructured data to analytic DWH / big data cluster using Python, Pandas, Polars, Power BI, Django backend and PostgreSQL.
- Setup of new DevOps Test and QA HashiCorp Vault cluster for PKI and IAM.
- Configuration and testing of automated patching based on CVSS score, SIEM-integrated CVEs.
- Use of Nexpose and InsightVM to scan vulnerability events in network, host, container and application.
- Design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS architectures including VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and Route53 and similar setups on Azure and GCP.
- Automated system provisioning and deployment using CloudFormation templates.
- Configuration of IAM roles, policies and permissions to ensure secure access control.
- Patch management, backup automation and disaster recovery setup on AWS infrastructure.
- Monitoring and optimization of system performance using AWS CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
- Support of VMware services (vSphere, Aria, Horizon) and the virtual desktop environment.
- Development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline with interface to Nutanix.
- Configuration of AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system events.
- Planning and execution of migration of on-premises applications to AWS cloud platforms.
- Deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in AWS environments.
- Deployment of internal software packages between availability zones using AWS CodeDeploy.
- Building and deploying ML models using Scikit-learn, XGBoost and Spark MLlib including hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation and production deployment.
Stephan Heilmann
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
Rainer Langbehn
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant, Senior Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer at Techniker Krankenkasse
Automation of the database major / minor releases for the TKeasy project
Concept for database major / minor release automation
As-is analysis
Evaluation of Redgate Flyway functionality
Concept creation
Products: Redgate Flyway, GitHub, Quest, Erwin Data Modeller, Oracle, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence
Skills: Docker, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Redgate Flyway, Major Releases, Minor Releases
Yahya Vall
Last position:
BTP Integration Engineer at SAP
(Technology)
- Design and implementation of an SAP BTP CAP microservice to consolidate cross-system transactional checks between SAP Sales Cloud (C4C) and On-Premise SAP CRM (05/2024– 06/2025)
- Bi-directional Cloud-to-On-Premise integration enabling real-time validation of Contact lifecycle and open document dependencies prior to record updates (05/2024– 06/2025)
Responsibilities / Deliverables
- development of custom CAP (Cloud Application Programming) services on SAP BTP
- API design, data mapping, and end-to-end integration across C4C (Cloud Runway) and legacy CRM (Traditional Runway)
Judith Beyrle
Last position:
BI & Analytics Consulting
- Analysis of web and campaign performance to derive actionable insights for marketing and growth optimization
- Implementation and maintenance of tag management solutions to ensure reliable and consistent data collection
- Continuous development and optimization of reporting structures with a focus on scalability and data quality
- Conducting regular deep-dive analyses and leading monthly stakeholder sessions to present findings and align on optimization measures
- Designing and managing end-to-end data flows from data collection to visualization
- Tools: GA4, Google Tag Manager, Looker Studio, Airbyte, BigQuery
Norbert Gunia
Last position:
Support for implementing the Pimcore CMS as well as support assistance and partner management at Akademisch Arbeitsgemeinschaft GmbH
- Support for implementing the Pimcore CMS, support assistance, and partner management for the existing application landscape.
- Know-how transfer to the existing application landscape.
- Advising stakeholders on the new implementation.
- Support in data modeling for Pimcore.
- Designing and overseeing data migrations from Salesforce to Pimcore using ESB.
- Creating user stories.
- 3rd level support for business-critical processes.
- Technologies: Salesforce Marketing, Sales, and Service Cloud; Talend ESB; Pimcore; Shopware; ERP system Move; DB2; MySQL; MS Office; MS Visio; Jira; Confluence.
Eric Bouendeu
Last position:
Quality Assurance Lead (QSV) at Federal Employment Agency
Supported the International Web Presence project of the Federal Employment Agency (IntWeb) in quality management, taking on responsibility for the quality of processes and project deliverables while adhering to BA standards. The project's main goals are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their chances to move to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps in a consistently digital way.
Set the fundamental guidelines using the QA handbook
Summarized test results in QA reports for PLA
Analyzed project outcomes for improvement opportunities
Quality management of requirements analysis (especially processes, methods and tools)
Ensured compliance with SERA guidelines
Created a cross-project test concept
Agreed on sprint completion reports
Conducted formal reviews of deliverables according to guidelines and/or project plan
Acted as contact person for internal audit and external audits by auditors or the Federal Audit Office (BRH)
Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes
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Statistics of experts using Talend
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
85%
Master's degree or higher
59%
Doctorate
15%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Talend
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Talend at a glance
Talend is used for data integration, data quality, and ETL work across business systems. Companies use it to move, transform, and validate data between databases, SaaS tools, files, and cloud services. It appears in projects where reliable batch jobs and reusable mappings matter.
Common Talend work
- Build ETL and ELT jobs in Talend Studio
- Connect ERP, CRM, warehouse, and file-based sources
- Clean, standardize, and enrich master data
- Set up scheduling, error handling, and monitoring
- Support migration from Talend Open Studio or older flows
Ecosystem and tools
Strong specialists know Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Quality, and the surrounding stack. They work with SQL, XML, CSV, APIs, Git, and job orchestration tools, and they understand how Talend fits into broader data platforms. In Germany, they often collaborate with mixed-language teams and local business users.
When to bring in freelance help
Companies bring in freelance Talend professionals when a pipeline breaks, a migration is blocked, or a project needs extra hands without a long hiring cycle. They also help when rules for data quality must be tightened or interfaces need to be rebuilt after a source-system change. This is common in regulated industries, shared-service teams, and integration-heavy operations.
What strong experts do
Good Talend specialists do more than drag and drop components. They design jobs that are readable, recoverable, and easy to maintain, with clear naming, reusable routines, and sensible logging. They test edge cases, watch for duplicate records, and keep transformations aligned with source and target rules.
What to expect from delivery
A solid engagement usually ends with working jobs, documentation, and a handover that your team can support. Depending on the assignment, that may include updated mappings, improved performance, and better error reporting. For German teams, remote delivery is common, but on-site sessions can help during discovery, training, or go-live support.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Talend? Start with the answers below.
Talend is mainly used for data integration, ETL, and data quality work. Companies use it to move data between source systems and target platforms, transform it, and keep it consistent. It is a common fit when several applications need to share reliable data.
Talend is the broader product family name, while Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Integration refer to specific parts of that ecosystem. Many searchers still use the older product names when they look for support. A good specialist should understand the terminology and the practical differences between editions and deployment styles.
Talend is often chosen for flexible integration work, reusable job design, and a mix of batch, quality, and API-related tasks. Informatica is often weighed for enterprise governance, while SSIS is frequently considered in Microsoft-heavy environments. The right choice depends on your stack, your team’s skills, and how much change the integration landscape needs.
A strong Talend freelancer should also be comfortable with SQL, data modeling, source-system analysis, and basic scripting. API handling, file formats, Git, and troubleshooting are also important. For quality-heavy work, knowledge of cleansing rules, matching logic, and reference data is valuable.
A Talend specialist can often start with a clear map of sources, targets, and business rules. The more detail you can share about naming conventions, load order, and error handling, the faster they can deliver. For complex landscapes, access to sample data and existing jobs helps a lot.
Yes, Talend work is often handled remotely for teams in Germany. Discovery workshops or handover sessions may benefit from on-site time, especially when several business units are involved. In many cases, a mix of remote delivery and a few focused meetings works well.
Look for a Talend specialist who explains design choices clearly and can talk through failure handling, data quality, and maintainability. Good signs include clean job structure, reusable components, and an approach to testing that covers edge cases. You should also see evidence of documentation and practical handover thinking.
Talend support is common in data warehouse feeds, ERP and CRM integrations, master data cleanup, and system migrations. It also shows up when a company needs to replace brittle scripts with managed jobs. If a project has many sources, transformation rules, and recurring loads, Talend is often in scope.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects is 102 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 814 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 59% hold at least a Master's degree, and 15% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects are German (98%), English (98%), and French (28%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Banking and Finance (60%), and Transportation (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Talend in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Business Intelligence (88%), and Project Management (78%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Talend
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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