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Tamás E.

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Senior Software Developer / Tech Lead

Munich
Tamás E.

Last position:

Senior Software Developer / Tech Lead at NDA (defense / OSINT)

  • Designing the audit logging framework
  • Implementing APIs for developers to integrate in their codebase
  • Implementing ingestion pipeline, database query layer and UI for browsing the audit events
  • Improving stability and reliability of the backend system
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Luigi C.

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Full Stack & AI Engineer

Munich
Luigi C.

Last position:

Senior Full Stack Developer at Almuc Advertising GmbH

  • Applied modern JavaScript features, including ES6+ syntax, destructuring, modules, array methods, and asynchronous programming, to develop efficient and readable frontend code.
  • Implemented frontend integration patterns for PHP and Laravel backend services, connecting React interfaces to REST APIs and handling structured JSON data.
  • Developed interactive, functional component-based frontend applications using React Hooks, JavaScript, and TypeScript, alongside backend applications and RESTful APIs using Python, Django, Flask, and FastAPI, focusing on reusable components, modular architecture, maintainability, and efficient data processing.
  • Maintained a dynamic portfolio platform using PHP, Laravel, Livewire, and MySQL, implementing end-to-end functionality across frontend interfaces, backend services, and database operations.
  • Validated server-side request handling, routing, middleware, and form validation using Laravel features to support reliable application workflows and consistent data processing.
  • Designed and managed relational database structures using MySQL and Laravel Eloquent ORM, implementing data models, relationships, database migrations, and efficient queries for content management.
  • AI-powered applications integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) through external APIs and locally hosted models, exploring practical use cases for conversational AI, intelligent automation, and AI-assisted workflows.
  • Built local AI applications and developer tools for running, configuring, and interacting with locally hosted language models, gaining experience with local inference, model integration, and privacy-conscious AI workflows.
  • Explored Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approaches to combine language models with external knowledge sources, enabling context-aware responses based on relevant application data and retrieved information.
  • Integrated AI services with backend APIs and application components, developing reusable modules for model communication, response processing, error handling, and data exchange.
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Anton L.

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Senior Solution Engineer · Mobile Native, Server-side, Digital Identity/KYC, Computer Vision & AI

Baierbrunn
Anton L.

Last position:

Senior Solution Architect

Internal systems with regulatory and security requirements could not be used directly by AI tools for incident triage, troubleshooting, and documentation search. The goal was to securely integrate these systems through MCP while preserving existing acce...

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Jiri S.

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Quality Manager/Test Management

München
Jiri S.

Last position:

Quality Manager/Test Management at Noriba GmbH

  • Test concept creation
  • Creation of test processes
  • Coordination of TC development: stress tests, functional tests, performance tests, high data rate tests, integration tests, etc.
  • HW testing: FPGA, RF
  • Test automation and regression tests
  • Ensuring 24/7 operation of the test system
  • Analysis & reporting
  • Regular coordination of the test team, meetings with other stakeholders
  • Communication and coordination with stakeholders and the project manager
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Mani Y.

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Full-Stack Developer

Munich
Mani Y.

Last position:

Full-Stack Developer at Continentale Krankenversicherung a. G.

  • Set up the new digitization strategy.
  • Using Camunda as a process engine, a new way of handling batch and dialog tasks is created.
  • In close cooperation with the business department, the individual processes are created and put into production.
  • Forms for controlling manual interventions, e.g. when adjusting applications, are implemented.
  • Gradual migration of old code from IBM WebSphere to JBoss.
  • Skills: Arquillian, Camunda, Initiative, Empathy, Hibernate, Jackson, Java/JEE, JBoss, Jersey, JSON, JUnit, Openness to criticism, Willingness to learn, REST, Teamwork, WebServices.
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Maryam N.

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Senior FullStack Developer

Munich
Maryam N.

Last position:

Senior FullStack Developer at Camunda

  • Role: Senior FullStack Developer
  • Technologies: Google Cloud, Azure, Microsoft Entra, Keycloak, Spring Boot, Java
  • Active in production
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Jewgenij S.

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Mobile Engineer

Munich
Jewgenij S.

Last position:

Mobile Engineer at ginlo.net Gesellschaft für Datenkommunikation mbH

  • Development of the ginlo Messenger client, emphasizing stringent data protection compliance as mandated by German legislation.
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Daniel C.

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Founder & Managing Director

München
Daniel C.

Last position:

Founder & Managing Director at BotCraft GmbH

  • Building the company with a focus on connectivity for IIoT and Industry 4.0, iRPA/process automation, advanced robotics and smart systems, sensors and services
  • Project management and software architecture for IoT gateway development (since 2020) with protocol translation, IT/OT convergence and GRC
  • Developing RPA bots for automating and monitoring industrial processes with an agent-based AI approach (since 2020)
  • Implementing unsupervised clustering and anomaly detection for time series data in big data streaming pipelines (since 2021)
  • Introducing a Docker-based release train for OTA updates with DevSecOps and CI/CD (since 2018)
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Alexander S.

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Full-Stack Developer (Java/Kotlin/Angular)

München
Alexander S.

Last position:

Full-Stack Developer (Java/Kotlin/Angular) at Hypoport (Vergleich.de)

  • Further development of the vergleich.de website

  • Development of new and improvement of existing backend services as microservices

  • Deployment via TeamCity and GitHub Actions

  • Development of monitoring tools

  • Development of REST APIs

  • Database migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL

  • Java and Kotlin (including Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate)

  • Angular (TypeScript) and JavaScript

  • IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm

  • Apache Maven

  • Oracle DB (and SQL Developer), MongoDB, PostgreSQL DB

  • Git (GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket)

  • TeamCity

  • Jira

  • Docker

  • JUnit, Mockito, jasmin

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Bela B.

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Full Stack Lead Developer, Backend Architect

München
Bela B.

Last position:

Full Stack Lead Developer, Backend Architect at Telefonica (O2)

  • The software supports the complete planning and approval of antennas for mobile telephony.

  • The system was implemented using an event-driven microservice architecture for cloud-native deployment with Quarkus on the backend, Kafka for communication, and Angular for the frontend. Services run on Kubernetes in Google Cloud. A special challenge was synchronizing with the legacy system still used by some users.

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Statistics of experts using WebSockets

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years (Germany: 17 years)

WebSockets experts in Munich have 19 years of professional experience on average. It is 2 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 17 years.

Position duration

3 years (Germany: 2.2 years)

WebSockets experts in Munich stay in a single position for 3 years on average. It is 0.8 years more than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.2 years.

Positions per freelancer

11

WebSockets experts in Munich have completed 11 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

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

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail

WebSockets experts in Munich are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Retail.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence

WebSockets experts in Munich earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Business Intelligence.

Bachelor's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 87%)

100% of WebSockets experts in Munich hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 13% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 87%.

Master's degree or higher

90% (Germany: 51%)

90% of WebSockets experts in Munich hold at least a Master's degree. It is 39% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 51%.

Doctorate

20% (Germany: 8%)

20% of WebSockets experts in Munich have a doctorate (PhD). It is 12% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 8%.

Certifications per freelancer

1

WebSockets experts in Munich hold 1 professional certification on average.

Most common languages

German, English, Hungarian

WebSockets experts in Munich most often speak German, English, and Hungarian.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 99%)

100% of WebSockets experts in Munich speak two or more languages. It is 1% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 99%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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17% of WebSockets experts in Munich charge less than €320 per day.
8% of WebSockets experts in Munich charge between €480 and €640 per day.
25% of WebSockets experts in Munich charge between €640 and €800 per day.
17% of WebSockets experts in Munich charge between €800 and €960 per day.
33% of WebSockets experts in Munich charge €960 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Munich 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.

Average rates of experts in Munich using WebSockets

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

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Daily rate avg. 777 €
Germany avg. 706 €

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 780 €
Germany median 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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

WebSockets 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 (58%)
  • Retail (50%)
  • Automotive (42%)
  • Manufacturing (42%)
  • Telecommunication (42%)
  • Insurance (33%)
  • Education (25%)

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

About the technology

Real-time communication

WebSockets create a persistent, two-way connection between a browser or app and a server. Unlike repeated polling, the server can push events as soon as they occur. This makes the technology a strong fit for products where users need current information without refreshing the page.

Typical products

WebSockets support interactive features across many sectors, including:

  • Live chat, messaging and presence indicators
  • Trading views, operational dashboards and alerts
  • Multiplayer games and collaborative editing
  • Delivery tracking, auctions and customer support tools

Protocol and tooling

The WebSocket protocol begins with an HTTP upgrade and then carries messages over a persistent connection. Secure traffic uses wss, while ws is used for non-encrypted connections in suitable environments. Strong specialists also work with browser APIs, Node.js, Socket.IO, ws, reverse proxies and cloud load balancers.

When expertise matters

Companies often bring in freelance expertise when a prototype must become reliable at production scale, or when an existing real-time layer causes dropped messages and difficult reconnects. Munich teams can collaborate on-site or remotely, depending on security, product and language requirements. The work commonly includes connection design, message contracts, authentication and deployment.

Delivery concerns

A sound implementation covers more than opening a socket. It defines reconnect behavior, session handling, ordering, delivery expectations and graceful failure. Specialists should also address horizontal scaling with pub/sub or a message broker, proxy timeouts, backpressure, observability and protection against unauthorized connections.

Choosing a specialist

Look for professionals who can explain why WebSockets are preferable to server-sent events, long polling or a managed real-time service for the specific product. Relevant evidence includes tested client and server flows, clear event schemas, secure authentication and monitoring of connection health. Strong specialists connect protocol decisions to user experience, infrastructure and maintainable code.

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Frequently asked questions

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

WebSockets are used for two-way, real-time communication between clients and servers. Common applications include chat, live notifications, collaborative tools, trading interfaces, multiplayer games and operational dashboards.

WebSockets support communication in both directions over one persistent connection. Server-sent events are simpler when only the server needs to stream updates, while WebSockets are usually more suitable for interactive products that also send frequent client messages.

A strong WebSockets specialist should understand HTTP, browser networking, authentication and asynchronous programming. Experience with Node.js, Socket.IO, ws, message brokers, load balancing, monitoring and frontend state management is also valuable.

The required depth depends on connection volume, message frequency, reliability expectations and security needs. A small notification feature may need focused protocol knowledge, while a live collaboration or trading system calls for proven experience with scaling, reconnects, ordering and failure handling.

Yes. WebSockets work is often suitable for remote collaboration when teams document event contracts, environments and operational ownership clearly. On-site work in Munich can still help when the project involves sensitive infrastructure, close product workshops or German-language stakeholder communication.

Socket.IO adds conveniences such as event-based APIs, fallback behavior, rooms and reconnection support. Plain WebSockets offer a leaner protocol layer, so the choice depends on browser support, infrastructure, delivery guarantees and how much behavior the team wants to control directly.

Ask for a clear explanation of reconnects, authentication, message validation and behavior during server or network failure. Good WebSockets work also includes integration tests, connection metrics, structured event schemas and a scaling plan that matches the product's real usage.

The main risks include unauthenticated connections, memory leaks, stale sessions, proxy timeouts and uncontrolled message growth. WebSockets also require careful handling of reconnect storms, duplicate events and multi-instance routing so that users receive consistent state.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 777 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 90% hold at least a Master's degree, and 20% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets 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 Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects are German (92%), English (92%), and Hungarian (17%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (58%), and Retail (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (58%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used WebSockets

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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