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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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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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Alexander S.

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Team Lead & Product Owner

München
Alexander S.

Last position:

Founder and Full-Stack Developer at TrumpPostAlert.com

  • Feasibility study for quick implementation of requirements with AI-based development (vibe coding)
  • Development of a single-page web app in Angular 20
  • Development of a backend server application in Kotlin
  • Integration with Google Cloud Platform (Firebase): authentication, Firestore NoSQL database, storage, Cloud Functions, hosting and Cloud Run
  • Integration with a NEON PostgreSQL database
  • Automated AI-based analysis of Donald Trump's posts on Truth Social and analysis of relevance for stock markets and geopolitical topics
  • CI/CD via GitHub Actions using Docker and Google Cloud Run
  • Technical environment: Angular 20 (Angular Material, RxJS), Kotlin 2.2.20, TypeScript 5.9.3, Spring Boot 3.5.6, Google Cloud Platform (Firebase, Cloud Run, Gemini, Vertex AI), ChatGPT Codex, Git, GitHub, SourceTree, IntelliJ WebStorm, IntelliJ IDEA
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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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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

22 years (Germany: 17 years)

WebSockets experts in Munich have 22 years of professional experience on average. It is 5 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

13 (Germany: 12)

WebSockets experts in Munich 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

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: 88%)

100% of WebSockets experts in Munich hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 12% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 88%.

Master's degree or higher

100% (Germany: 51%)

100% of WebSockets experts in Munich hold at least a Master's degree. It is 49% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 51%.

Doctorate

22% (Germany: 9%)

22% of WebSockets experts in Munich have a doctorate (PhD). It is 13% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 9%.

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 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 2 4 6 8
One of the WebSockets experts in Munich charges less than €320 per day.
One of the WebSockets experts in Munich charges between €480 and €640 per day.
4 of the WebSockets experts in Munich charge between €640 and €800 per day.
One of the WebSockets experts in Munich charges between €800 and €960 per day.
3 of the WebSockets experts in Munich charge €960 or more per day.
<€320 €480-​640 €640-​800 €800-​960 €960+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich 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 Munich using WebSockets

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

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Daily rate avg. 768 €
Germany avg. 698 €

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 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 19 Sep 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 (60%)
  • Retail (60%)
  • Automotive (50%)
  • Manufacturing (50%)
  • Telecommunication (50%)
  • Education (30%)
  • Healthcare (30%)

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

About the technology

Real-time connections

WebSockets is a communication protocol for persistent, two-way connections between a client and server. Unlike repeated HTTP requests, it lets either side send data as soon as an event occurs. This makes it suitable for live interfaces where delay, polling overhead or frequent refreshes would weaken the user experience.

What it builds

Companies use WebSockets for products that must reflect changing data immediately:

  • Trading screens, market data and operational dashboards
  • Chat, presence indicators and support consoles
  • Multiplayer interactions, notifications and live activity feeds
  • Collaborative editing, planning and monitoring interfaces

A strong implementation connects these experiences to reliable backend services and clear event models.

Ecosystem and tooling

WebSockets commonly work alongside JavaScript or TypeScript frontends, Node.js services, Java, .NET, Go and Python backends. Specialists may use Socket.IO, ws, native browser WebSocket APIs, STOMP or managed real-time messaging services. Redis, message brokers, API gateways, containers and cloud load balancers often support scaling and delivery.

When expertise matters

Freelance expertise is useful when a product is moving from polling to live updates, or when an existing connection layer becomes difficult to scale. Companies also bring in specialists to design event contracts, connect WebSockets to microservices and resolve dropped sessions across multiple application instances. In Munich, remote collaboration is common, while some teams prefer on-site workshops for architecture or launch work.

Delivery and reliability

Real-time behaviour depends on more than opening a socket. Professionals handle authentication, connection lifecycle, reconnection, heartbeats, backpressure and message ordering. They also consider horizontal scaling, session affinity, observability and graceful degradation when a client or network becomes unreliable.

  • Define events, payloads and error responses
  • Protect connections and validate incoming messages
  • Test slow clients, reconnects and concurrent sessions
  • Monitor latency, failures and resource usage

Choosing a specialist

Look for evidence of production systems with long-lived connections, not only basic chat demos. Ask how the professional would model events, scale connections behind a load balancer and test failure scenarios. Experience with the surrounding frontend, backend, cloud and language stack matters because WebSockets are part of a wider system. Clear documentation and a practical rollout plan are equally important.

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Frequently asked questions

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

WebSockets are used when a browser or application needs ongoing, two-way communication with a server. Common examples include chat, live dashboards, collaborative tools, notifications, gaming features and market data displays.

WebSockets allow both the client and server to send messages over one persistent connection. HTTP polling repeatedly asks for updates, while Server-Sent Events provide server-to-client streaming only. The right option depends on direction of communication, browser support, infrastructure and operational complexity.

A strong WebSockets specialist should understand frontend event handling, backend APIs, authentication and distributed systems. Useful adjacent skills include Node.js or another backend runtime, Redis or a message broker, cloud load balancing, observability and automated testing.

The required depth depends on the risk and scale of the product. A simple live status feature may need solid API and browser knowledge, while collaboration, trading or high-availability systems require experience with reconnection, ordering, backpressure, horizontal scaling and failure handling.

Yes. WebSockets work is usually suitable for remote collaboration when the team has clear event documentation, accessible development environments and reliable testing data. On-site sessions in Munich can still help with architecture workshops, security reviews or coordinated releases.

Ask the specialist to explain connection lifecycle, authentication, reconnection and behaviour when services or networks fail. Quality WebSockets work includes defined event contracts, meaningful monitoring, load tests and a fallback experience instead of focusing only on a successful local demo.

No. WebSockets and REST usually serve different purposes in the same product. REST is often a good fit for resource queries and standard commands, while WebSockets handle live events or ongoing interaction; a specialist should define where each pattern belongs.

Before starting with WebSockets, clarify expected connection behaviour, event ownership, authentication, deployment topology and recovery rules. Ask about the frontend and backend stack, expected traffic patterns, monitoring access and whether the project already uses Socket.IO, native WebSocket APIs or another messaging layer.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 768 € 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, 100% hold at least a Master's degree, and 22% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects have 22 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 (90%), English (90%), and Hungarian (20%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used WebSockets in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (60%), and Retail (60%).

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 (60%).

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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