Unicode Experts in Germany
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Beserithan Malabakan
Last position:
SD Development and CRM Interaction Center Development at Sanner GmbH
- Part-time 2-3 days/week
- Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
- Consulting, customizing in SD module
- Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
- Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
- Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
- If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
- If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
- The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
- UML modeling in technical documentation
- Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
- Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
- Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
- Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
- On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
- Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
- Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
- Performing AQUA tests
- IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
- NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
- Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
- Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
- Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
- Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
- New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
- Implementing BADIs in CRM
- File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
- Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
- Project language: German
Jürgen Schoemaker
Last position:
IT Consultant / Analyst / Developer / Tester / Support at Automotive Manufacturer
- Analysis, software development/customization, and testing of various transaction and batch objects
- Conducting functional integration and regression tests on TEST and QA platforms under z/OS for later production implementation
- Hardware / Software / Tools: IBM MVS, z/OS, JES2/3, TSO-ISPF, JCL, DB2, SQL, SQL/PL, QMF, QMF for Workstations, SPUFI, FileAid, IMS-DB/DC, MFS, XPEDITER, COBOL, REXX, Windows 10, MS Office 365, MS Teams, batch job management via OPC, BETA92, RVS, BVB, ABL, DIALOGplus, PROBA, PRODPR (VW internal systems), JIRA, CONFLUENCE
Djalil Moosawi
Last position:
SAP Basis Consultant at Brenntag SE
- Administration of SAP landscape
- Administration of SAP BTP, Cloud Connector
- Installation and commissioning of ADS Cloud BTP, later ADS RISE
- Incident and change management
- Leading DB/OS upgrade/update projects with provider
- SolMan managed systems configuration
- Migration to SAP Azure, later RISE
- RISE SR, AWS direct connect
Zouhair Hamama
Last position:
SAP S/4 HANA Developer at BGZ Essen
- Explorer phase: document preparations for development
- Getting started with the BTP documentation
- Documentation of WRICEFs
- Programming guidelines with consideration of Clean Core
- Analysis of customer programs to be migrated
- ABAP call monitoring (SCMON, SUSG)
- Creation of concept documents for the project
Wolfgang Felsen
Last position:
Delphi Software Developer at Goebel Instrumentelle Analytik
- Took over software development and further development of an HPLC and photometer control and evaluation system
- Skills: software development · software system engineering · Microsoft SQL Server · software design · Delphi · HPLC · analytics · PDF · product data management
Steffen Pollin
Last position:
Senior SAP BI Consultant at SteHe-Consulting
- Further development of BW applications for First Data GmbH
- Migration of 3.x data sources to 7.x
- Adaptation/redesign of existing ABAP coding to ABAP-OO
- Creation of new data flows in BW 7.5
- Support of daily operations
- Operation and monitoring of BW applications
- Authorizations
- Deletion concept for business partners in BW
- Data archiving concept
- Development of program for automatic creation of SD orders
- ABAP, ABAP-OO, BAPI
- SAP BW 7.x
- SAP ERP
Stefan Moisa
Last position:
SAP Basis Administrator at University Hospital Düsseldorf
- SAP HANA migration project
- SAP transports
- SAP roles and permissions
- SAP incident handling
- SAP HANA administration
- SAP S/4HANA migration (ERP MAXDB -> S/4)
- SAP HANA Cloud / BTP
- SAP upgrade and patch management
- SAP security and SAP Notes
- SAP Content Server update
- SAP operational support / day-to-day operations
- SAP ERP/ECC
- SAP BW
- SAP HR
- HANA Cockpit installation
- Unicode conversion (DMO)
- HANA 2.0 update SPS081_0 / SPS083
- HANA Cockpit update -> 17_4
Boris Manyshev
Last position:
ITZBund
- eInvoicing project
- SAP ABAP OO development
- workflow
- OpenText
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Statistics of experts using Unicode
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
30 years
Position duration
1.9 years
Positions per freelancer
28
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Legal, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Unicode
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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
Unicode basics
Unicode is the standard that lets software store and exchange text from many writing systems in one consistent way. It covers letters, symbols, emoji, and control characters, so teams can handle multilingual products without broken text or lost meaning.
Where it matters
- Web and mobile apps with multilingual user interfaces
- APIs, files, and message streams that move text between systems
- Databases, search, and reporting with mixed-language content
- Localisation, content pipelines, and import/export jobs
- Systems that must preserve emoji, accents, and special symbols
Core skills
Strong Unicode specialists know code points, normalization, character encoding, collation, and grapheme clusters. They also understand how UTF-8 and UTF-16 relate to Unicode, because most bugs appear at the boundaries between text, storage, and transport.
Common problems
Companies usually bring in freelance expertise when text breaks after an integration, search results sort incorrectly, or user input is truncated or corrupted. In Germany, this often comes up in multilingual customer portals, commerce systems, public-facing services, and legacy software that was not built for global text.
Tooling and checks
A solid Unicode specialist works with language runtimes, database settings, editors, test fixtures, and sanitisation rules. They check normalization, encoding conversion, collation behaviour, and rendering across browsers, services, and data exports.
What strong experts deliver
Good specialists do more than fix a single broken character. They define safe text handling rules, review edge cases in imports and APIs, and document how the team should treat Unicode across storage, display, validation, and search. That reduces recurring bugs and makes multilingual features easier to maintain.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Unicode, in one place.
Unicode is used wherever software needs to handle text reliably across languages, symbols, and emoji. It is the base layer behind multilingual websites, apps, APIs, databases, and search systems. Without it, text can break when it moves between tools or systems.
Unicode defines the characters and code points, while UTF-8 and UTF-16 are encoding forms that store them in bytes. In practice, teams often say "Unicode" when they really mean text support across the stack, but the distinction matters when debugging storage and transport issues. A strong specialist knows both the standard and the encodings around it.
A company usually needs Unicode expertise when multilingual text starts failing in production, imports, exports, or search. Typical signs are broken accents, wrong sorting, duplicate-looking characters, or input that works in one system but not another. Freelance help is useful for audits, fixes, and rollout support.
A strong Unicode specialist should also understand databases, APIs, front-end text rendering, and localisation workflows. Knowledge of normalization, validation, and encoding conversion is important too. If the work touches search or analytics, collation and tokenization matter as well.
Unicode goes far beyond ASCII because it supports text from many scripts, symbols, and emoji, not just basic English characters. ASCII is simple and still useful in narrow cases, but it is too limited for most modern products. If your application serves international users, Unicode is the safer standard.
Unicode work can range from a small fix to a full review of text handling across several systems. Simple issues may only need one specialist with application and database experience, while larger programmes need someone who can trace text through APIs, storage, search, and UI layers. The harder the legacy landscape, the more important deep experience becomes.
Most Unicode work can be done remotely because the tasks are usually code review, debugging, and documentation. On-site collaboration in Germany can help when teams need access to legacy systems, sensitive data, or close work with product and localisation stakeholders. Many projects mix remote delivery with a few in-person sessions.
Look for a Unicode specialist who explains problems in terms of code points, encodings, normalization, and the exact system boundary where text breaks. Good candidates can show how they tested edge cases, fixed the root cause, and prevented regressions. Clear documentation and practical trade-offs are strong signs of quality.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 720 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects have 30 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Automotive (88%), and Transportation (88%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Unicode in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Business Intelligence (88%), and Product Development (75%).
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