You're seeing this page as if you were . The main menu is still yours, though. Exit from immersion
Stephan HinkelSH

Stephan Hinkel

Senior Developer & Architect

€800/day
Karlsruhe, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original language

About Stephan

I help companies implement their .NET projects faster, more stably, and more scalably – with clean architecture, high code quality, and a reliably running Azure infrastructure.
If you are looking for someone who solves problems instead of managing them, you are in the right place.

For over 20 years, I have been developing .NET solutions in demanding industries such as banking, payment, logistics, automotive, public transport, gastronomy, payroll & HR, and broadcasting. This experience allows me to quickly understand complex requirements and translate them into robust, maintainable systems that deliver real business value.

I take on not only the architecture and development but also the complete Azure operations – including CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, automated deployment, monitoring, security concepts, and clean secrets management.

The result: fewer outages, faster releases, more stable systems.

Services that deliver results
  • Development of high-performance .NET backends, APIs, and integration solutions
  • Modernization, refactoring, and architecture consulting
  • Setup and operation of Azure infrastructures (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, Storage, Networking)
  • Creation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines
  • Interface development (REST, SOAP, Messaging, Event-Driven)

Why customers work with me
  • Quick familiarization with complex domains
  • Focus on stability, maintainability, and scalability
  • Experience in regulated, security-critical areas
  • Clear communication, reliable execution, pragmatic solutions
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Mirus Deutschland GmbH
    Director Software Development
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    April 2026 - Today (2 months)
    Baden, BW, Germany
    • Technical and disciplinary leadership of employees in the development department
    • Business controlling of the software development business units
    • Contact person for external cooperation partners, the board, and specialist departments
    • Management of projects for the further development of the in-house software
    • Software, hardware, and personnel planning and procurement within existing budgets
    • Further development and training of employees
    • Documentation of software & system architectures
    • Organization of cloud services and infrastructure (DevOps)
    Software Architecture Microsoft Azure ASP.NET Core ASP.NET SQL
  • lohn-ag.de AG
    Director Software Development
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    August 2023 - April 2026 (2 years and 8 months)
    Baden-Baden, Germany
    • Technical and disciplinary leadership of employees in the areas of development, IT & quality assurance
    • Business controlling of the software development and IT business units
    • Contact person for external cooperation partners, the board, and specialist departments
    • Management of projects for the further development of the in-house software and IT
    • Requirements management, conception, monitoring, and presentation
    • Software, hardware, and personnel planning and procurement within existing budgets
    Software Architecture SQL ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Angular
  • lohn-ag.de AG
    Head of Softwaredevelopment & IT
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    June 2015 - December 2023 (8 years and 6 months)
    Baden, BW, Germany
    • Technical and disciplinary leadership of employees in the development & support departments
    • Development of a knowledge base and test systems for first-level support
    • Business controlling of the software development and support business units
    • Contact person for external cooperation partners, the board, and specialist departments
    • Management of projects for the further development of the in-house software
    • Requirements management, conception, monitoring, and presentation
    Software Architecture SQL ASP.NET Angular Microsoft Azure

Recommendations

Be the first to recommend Stephan

Help this freelancer shine by sharing your experience working together.

These freelancer profiles also match your criteria

AgathaA

Agatha Frydrych

Backend Java Software Engineer

4.7

(3)

2

BaptisteB

Baptiste Duhen

Fullstack developer

4.6

(4)

5

AmedA

Amed Hamou

Senior Lead Developer

4

(2)

7

AudreyA

Audrey Champion

Web developer

4.3

(3)

4

Education

  • MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Service Communication Applications MCPD: Web Developer 4 iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level MS: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Specialist Azure AI Fundamentals
    MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Service Communication Applications MCPD: Web Developer 4 iSAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level MS: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Specialist Azure AI Fundamentals

Skill set

Categories