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Christoph Sawicki

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Test Manager

Cologne
Christoph Sawicki

Last position:

Test Manager at Logistics

  • Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
  • Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
  • Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
  • Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
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Robin Walter Scherler

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Agentic Engineer · AI Engineer · Software Engineer · Context Engineer

Neidenstein
Robin Walter Scherler

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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Thies Schneider

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PM & UX Lead

Munich
Thies Schneider

Last position:

Spatial UX Lead at govar

  • Concept, interaction and UX for XR experiences for the automotive industry
  • Optimizing XR experiences
  • Building experiences with AI
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Christof Hlipala

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Senior Full-Stack Developer

Angelbachtal
Christof Hlipala

Last position:

Senior Frontend Developer at HUK24 AG

  • Designing new apps as well as enhancing and running 29 Angular apps for digital claims in an Nx monorepo
  • Maintaining and improving a shared component library with ~300 libraries for multiple product teams
  • Migrating all apps to a new design system including its component library and systematic refactoring
  • Developing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AWS)
  • Managing releases independently including branch handling, versioning, PR coordination and production deployment
  • Implementing and maintaining tracking (Adobe Analytics)
  • Ensuring accessibility according to BFSG/WCAG
  • Test-driven development (TDD) with Jest and Cypress
  • Code reviews, mentoring and setting up best practices in the team
  • Technologies: TypeScript, Angular 16-20, RxJS, NgRx, Nx (Monorepo), npm, HTML, (S)CSS, Storybook, Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Husky, Node.js, Git, AWS, Azure DevOps (Repos & Pipelines), Jenkins, Terraform, TDD, BFSG, WCAG, Nexus, IntelliJ, Adobe Analytics
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Cristian Petra

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iOS Team Lead

Berlin
Cristian Petra

Last position:

iOS Team Lead at Qlaunch Gmbh

  • Contributed to the architecture design process, resulting in scalable and maintainable solutions for complex projects.
  • Enhanced app performance by optimizing code and implementing efficient algorithms.
  • Stayed current with industry trends to ensure implementation of best practices in app development.
  • Led a team of iOS developers for timely completion of projects and achieving client satisfaction.
  • Translated basic design plans into full iOS app frameworks, delegating project components to appropriate team members.
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
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Christoph Heller

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Project Manager

Augsburg
Christoph Heller

Last position:

Project Manager at Versicherungskammer Bayern

  • Technical project management for a new policy and quote management tool in individual, commercial and specialty insurance
  • Extending an established standard solution with dedicated lines of business modules for industry and public institutions
  • Setting up project structures, teams, organization and communication processes
  • Integrating the solution into the existing insurance ecosystem and connecting it to various systems
  • Stakeholder management and classical project management (in time, in scope, in budget)
  • Overall responsibility for project budget and deliverables
  • Initiation, planning, execution, testing and go-live
  • Tools used: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, Xray
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Stephan Heilmann

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Development, Tester

Darmstadt
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

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Anastasiia Komarenko

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Senior Test Automation Engineer

Hamburg
Anastasiia Komarenko

Last position:

Senior Test Automation Engineer at E.ON

  • Reviewing functional and technical requirements from a testing perspective
  • Creating test cases and automated tests to validate requirements
  • Performing manual and automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests
  • Documenting test results and tracking defects
  • Using models like GPT-4, BERT, and Hugging Face Transformers for automated test case generation, analysis of test results, and improving test coverage, including bias checks and security reviews
  • Techs: MS Office, Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, Tosca, stakeholder communication, Agile, Kanban, Scrum, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, PyTorch, LangChain.
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Siegfried-Thor Bolz

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AI Solutions Architect & Developer

Grasbrunn
Siegfried-Thor Bolz

Last position:

AI Solutions Architect & Developer at E-Commerce

  • Integrated LangChain middleware between AEM and SAP PIM system
  • Developed a FastAPI interface for system communication
  • Implemented vector embeddings for semantic product search
  • Evaluated LLM models (Vertex AI/Gemini, LM Studio, Hugging Face, OpenAI) for product analysis
  • Developed an AEM component to display product recommendations and integrated the recommendation API into the AEM authoring process
  • Designed and implemented Pinecone vector database for product embeddings
  • Optimized response times and caching strategies
  • Evaluated Vertex AI Studio for LLM testing and prompt workflows
  • Implemented secure API routing and access control for AI components via FastAPI and gateway validation
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Natascha Fadeeva-Gladbach

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Senior iOS Developer - ANÜ

Leipzig
Natascha Fadeeva-Gladbach

Last position:

Senior iOS Developer - ANÜ at Stadtwerke München GmbH

  • Development of an iOS app that combines public transport and sharing services
  • Collaboration in Scrum within a large cross-functional team
  • Creation of reusable components with SwiftUI and Combine
  • Development of custom solutions for Apple Maps
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René Welland

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Conference Operator

Munich
René Welland

Last position:

Conference Operator at Brähler Systems GmbH

  • Developed the iOS/Android Delegate App and the Conference Operator
  • Updated and developed a user-friendly conference environment and real-time video streaming
  • Optimized the overall conference experience by implementing customizable features for flexible setup
  • Enhanced the efficiency and usability of conference technology, enabling a seamless workflow and improved participant interaction experience
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Hans-Dieter Große-Kreul

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40+ Years of IT Expertise: Bridge Builder between Mainframe & AI | Interim Test Manager & Business Analyst for Various

Düsseldorf
Hans-Dieter Große-Kreul

Last position:

Training as an AI Expert

I continuously expand my expertise in AI and automation, working with ChatGPT, OpenAI, Manus, Gemini, MS CoPilot, API, LangChain, Hugging Face, Manus, TensorFlow and Auto-GPT as well as Python-based ML frameworks and MLOps tools to intelligently transform classic software development, analysis, and testing processes.

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Hüseyin Korkut

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Bad Grund
Hüseyin Korkut

Last position:

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at DVAG

  • Architecture and implementation of a fully digitalized closing flow for managing securities contracts within the DVAG infrastructure. The platform aims for maximum user-friendliness, modular extensibility and compliant handling of sensitive data.

  • Implementation of a reactive UI structure with a focus on user guidance & accessibility.

  • Dynamic control of form and closing processes including validation logic.

  • Reactive state management via SignalStore (signals + selective effects).

  • UX optimization through adaptive components and Playwright-based UI tests.

  • Backend modularization to connect existing sales and contract logic.

  • API stability and DTO design according to Clean Architecture principles.

  • Collaboration with domain teams to define technical contracts and service boundaries.

  • Management with GitHub.

  • Unit tests with Jest, E2E tests with Playwright.

  • Code reviews, CI-integrated test execution, iterative refactorings.

  • Ensuring high coverage and UI stability in the closing flow.

  • Technologies: Angular 18, RxJS, SignalStore, HTML5, SCSS, Spring Boot, Kotlin, REST, OAuth2, Jest, Playwright, Clean Architecture.

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Lucas Weiper

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Solution Manager / Architect

Koblenz
Lucas Weiper

Last position:

Solution Manager / Architect at BWI GmbH

  • Maintenance, integration, and compatibility testing of software and hardware components
  • Modeling these components with Sparx Enterprise Architect as Solution Architect

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Daily rate avg. 729 €

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Median rate 720 €

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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 6 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

About the technology

Apple app development

Xcode is the main IDE for building apps across Apple platforms. It is used for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV work, from early prototypes to release builds. Companies bring in specialists when they need clean project setup, stable builds, or a faster path to App Store delivery.

Core workflow

Strong Xcode professionals know the daily tools that keep Apple projects moving.

  • Swift and Objective-C project setup
  • Interface Builder and storyboard work
  • Simulator testing and device runs
  • Code signing, provisioning, and archive builds
  • Debugging crashes, warnings, and build failures

They also work well with Swift Package Manager, Apple frameworks, and source control.

When to hire

Teams usually look for freelance help when a release is blocked, an old project needs a modern build setup, or a new app must be shaped for the Apple ecosystem. Xcode specialists are also useful when a product team needs support across Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, and macOS targets without hiring in-house.

What good work looks like

A strong Xcode expert keeps the codebase easy to build and simple to hand over. They understand signing, entitlements, app targets, test runs, and the small details that make Apple submissions fail or pass. They write clear fixes, not temporary patches.

Ecosystem skills

The best specialists rarely work with Xcode alone. They usually know Swift, Objective-C, UIKit, SwiftUI, XCTest, Instruments, and Apple build and distribution flows. That combination matters when a project needs UI work, performance checks, or release support in the same sprint.

How teams use it

Xcode is common in product work, internal tools, and consumer apps where Apple devices matter. Companies often ask for remote support first, then bring in on-site help for workshops, handover sessions, or release days. Clear communication, clean project files, and reliable delivery matter more than flashy tooling.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Xcode? These answers cover the essentials.

Xcode is Apple’s IDE for building apps and related software for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It brings editing, debugging, testing, signing, and release tools into one place. Teams use it for greenfield apps, maintenance work, and App Store submissions.

Xcode is the native path for Apple app work, while Flutter and React Native are cross-platform frameworks. If a product needs deep access to Apple APIs, native UI behavior, or tight integration with system features, Xcode is usually the right base. Cross-platform tools can still sit beside it for some teams, but they do not replace Apple’s own workflow.

A strong Xcode specialist usually knows Swift, and often Objective-C for older codebases. They should also be comfortable with UIKit or SwiftUI, XCTest, Instruments, source control, and Apple signing and build settings. For bigger systems, API integration and release management are important too.

Simple app updates can often be handled by a specialist who knows the existing codebase and build setup. Xcode is especially useful when the project has signing problems, legacy Objective-C, broken test targets, or multiple Apple targets. The more release risk there is, the more valuable senior support becomes.

Yes, most Xcode work can be done remotely because the main needs are access to the repository, build instructions, and test devices where relevant. On-site time can help when a team wants workshop-style debugging, a release handover, or close coordination with product and design. Remote collaboration is common for ongoing maintenance.

Look for clean builds, clear commit history, and fewer repeat fixes. A good Xcode professional explains why a build fails, how signing works, and what changed in the project settings. They should leave behind a codebase that is easier to maintain, not just a quick patch.

Most Xcode work appears in iOS app development, macOS utilities, watch apps, and Apple TV products. It also comes up in migrations from older code, test automation, crash fixing, and App Store release preparation. Any project that depends on Apple’s toolchain can benefit from specialist support.

Usually, yes. Xcode is the official Apple IDE, so people may refer to it as Apple Xcode or the Xcode IDE. Searchers often use those names when they need help with the tool itself, a specific project setup, or a build problem.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Xcode in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 729 € based on an 8-hour working day.

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