Software, App & Data Product Builder · Berlin

I don't just plan it — I build it.

I design and develop digital products: web apps, services, APIs, data products, dashboards and AI workflows. From a fuzzy brief to a usable first version — hands-on, in code.

John Harder
available
remote & Berlin
Services

What I build for you

I combine product thinking with hands-on delivery — structuring requirements, designing solutions and building them myself.

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Software & Delivery

  • Web apps, tools, services & MVPs
  • Frontend with React, TypeScript & JavaScript
  • Backend & services with Node.js and Python
  • REST API development and integration
  • Internal platforms & product-grade systems
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App & Web Products

  • MVPs, prototypes & real demonstrators
  • Self-service interfaces & admin tools
  • User flows, form & status logic
  • Integrate auth, APIs & external services
  • Usable first versions, not concept papers
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Data Products & Automation

  • Data products & data-driven workflows
  • Scraping & data extraction
  • Data pipelines & simple warehouse structures
  • Cleaning, transformation & enrichment
  • Automating manual processes
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Dashboards & Reporting

  • Dashboards & reporting solutions
  • KPIs, data models & visualizations
  • Operational reports for team, management, clients
  • Connecting different data sources
  • Self-service reporting & data exports
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Cloud & Deployment

  • Build & run solutions on AWS & GCP
  • Cloud Functions, Cloud Run & serverless
  • Deploy apps, backends & data jobs
  • Dev, test & production environments
  • Pragmatic infrastructure for MVPs
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AI & Agent Workflows

  • AI-powered product features
  • LLM workflows & agent logic
  • Automate research, analysis & content
  • Integrate AI into existing tools
  • Judgment: when AI, when classic software
Tech focus

Hands-on across the whole stack

I can structure projects and implement them technically — from product logic and data model to UI and backend.

Languages & Web

Python · JavaScript · SQL
TypeScript · Node.js
React · HTML · CSS

Backend, APIs & Services

REST APIs & integrations
Microservice-style
architectures
Data models · auth & roles

Data & Reporting

PostgreSQL · MySQL
Pipelines · DWH · scraping
Transformation
Reporting backends · KPIs

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS · GCP · serverless
Containerized deploys
Storage · queues
Functions · gateways

Selected cases

Projects with concrete deliverables

Starting point, my contribution, outcome — what typical collaboration looks like.

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Web app / Self-service platform

Turned a manual process into a usable self-service tool

Starting point

A complex manual process needed to become a usable self-service interface.

Contribution

Structured product logic, defined core entities & workflows, designed and built frontend, backend and API structure.

Outcome

Clearer, usable platform logic with better usability and clean data structures as a basis to scale.

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API & service integration

Connected internal and external systems via APIs

Starting point

Several systems needed to be connected via APIs, mappings and status logic.

Contribution

Analyzed interfaces, defined data flows, built mapping & status models, implemented integration logic.

Outcome

More stable system communication, clearer responsibilities and traceable data flows.

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Data product / reporting

Made data from many sources usable for reporting

Starting point

Data from various sources needed to be merged and made usable for decisions.

Contribution

Designed data models, built import & transformation logic, developed reporting structures and KPIs.

Outcome

Usable data base for dashboards, reports, operational steering and further product features.

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AI-powered content & analysis system

Processed unstructured content automatically

Starting point

Unstructured content needed to be processed, classified and made usable automatically.

Contribution

Developed data flows, labeling logic, backend structure and AI-powered enrichment.

Outcome

Technical prototype with data pipeline, AI analysis and usable product logic.

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Scraping, enrichment & automation

Repeatable data processes instead of manual work

Starting point

Information from external sources needed to be collected and processed regularly.

Contribution

Scraping / API import processes, data validation, transformation and handover to reporting & product components.

Outcome

Less manual work, better data availability and repeatable processes.

References

Where I build & lead

Beyond client work — a shipped product and a company I'm directly involved in.

How I work

Pragmatic, hands-on, outcome-driven

Don't talk about solutions forever — build a first working version fast, learn from it and improve it iteratively.

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Contact

Let's build something you can actually use.

Got a clearly scoped project with a concrete outcome? Tell me briefly what it's about — I'll come back with an honest take on feasibility, scope and effort.