C++ Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used C++
Mathieu C.
Last position:
Professor at EPITA
Created training courses and taught occasional classes in signal processing, Machine Learning, and Design Thinking: 400 students trained in total.
Marcel T.
Last position:
Founder, AI Strategy and Enablement at Engineering Peak Impact
- Design workshop curricula for software engineers and technical leads on AI-enabled engineering and on adopting AI tools effectively.
- Technical talk, 17th TestIstanbul Conference, October 2026: "What If We Tested the Tester?", on how AI amplifies the tester's judgement, blind spots included.
- Built and run the company website and online course platform (WordPress, PHP, JavaScript) with Claude Code and Cursor, plus a Playwright test suite that checks the live site's pages, links and sign-up flow.
- Built Write Check, a Chrome extension backed by a local Node.js service that scores any text box for clarity and AI-sounding phrasing, falling back across Gemini, Kimi, GPT and OpenRouter when a provider fails.
- Built a Python video pipeline that turns my online course into short narrated videos: script, text-to-speech, captions and rendering, with a review gate before each episode.
- Work under a written protocol for AI coding agents (CLAUDE.md): a definition of done written as checks before the work starts, tests that fail before they pass, and independent reviewer agents that check each claim of the coder agents against its source.
- Author of The Maintenance Trap (Level Up newsletter, May 2026), on developer productivity: why high-performing engineers get pulled into maintenance work and how to make the ROI case for fixing it.
Christian E.
Last position:
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification at PrimeFaktor GmbH
Cyber Trust Austria Silver Certification
- Led application and implementation of the Cyber Trust Austria Silver label (KSV1870 Cyber Risk A-Rating; 25 validated controls)
- Mapped and fulfilled requirements covering risk management, incident response, access control, vulnerability and penetration testing, BCM, and supply-chain security, aligned with ISO/IEC 27001/27002 control themes and NIS 2 / NISG 2026 expectations
- Coordinated stakeholders, compiled audit evidence, and completed KSV1870 validation
Thomas K.
Last position:
Founder – Strategy, Digitalization & AI at Kopatsch Consulting (in Gründung)
- Development and implementation of AI and digitalization strategies
- Identification and evaluation of automation potential
- Development of hybrid automation solutions
- Strategic support from potential analysis through implementation
Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Artellico / Own company for AI governance and data products
- Consulting and interim management at the intersection of IT operations and regulation
- Impact assessment and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
- Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
- Teaching assignments in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at Hochschule Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of Master's theses and participation on examination boards
- Industry talks for businesses and educational institutions
- Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
- Privacy-first architectures and Zero-Knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
- Integration with bank account systems using SEPA direct debit mandates and message formats under ISO 20022 (pain.008, camt.053)
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under my own brand: shared codebase, separate deployment for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe-coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Professional publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Professional publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
- AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
Christian H.
Last position:
Senior Full Stack Developer at Adria Magazin GmbH
Jesolo Tickets – Booking platform for tickets
Design and implementation of a multi-tenant booking platform for the online sale of bus and ferry tickets in the Jesolo region of northern Italy. Travel agencies and event organizers embed a customizable booking widget on their own websites; travelers check live availability, book multiple passengers and pay online in just a few clicks.
- Real-time booking: Schedules and prices are provided live via the transport providers' APIs; after payment, tickets are automatically delivered as QR-coded PDFs – with no manual issuing required.
- Provider architecture: New providers can be onboarded without code changes; an origin-based multi-tenant model with its own domain and payment configuration for each partner site allows the platform to grow with every customer.
- Clean architecture: Three-layer structure (Handlers → Services → Data Store) with caching – availability queries remain fast and maintainable even with many parallel requests.
Tech-Stack: Go, Echo, PostgreSQL (pgx), Stripe, Web Components, Tailwind CSS, esbuild, Docker, GitLab CI, Hetzner VPS
Alexander B.
Last position:
IT-Consultant and Trainer at Self-employed
- Enterprise & Solution Architecture and Business Analysis for various clients
- IT-Trainer for Software Architecture (Sparx Systems GmbH) and Business Process Modeling
- Data Analyst for Novustat (Statistics, Machine Learning, Financial Mathematics)
Thomas G.
Last position:
Senior UX Designer, Consultant & Team Lead at UXfocus e.U.
Strategic & UX work at UXfocus
- UX consultant and teamlead with strong experience in UX management, UX strategy, UX methods and processes
- Moderation of customer and user workshops and team mentoring
- Led qualitative and quantitative user research activities and UX design activities
- Developed user and customer journeys, user flows, wireframes up to the development of click prototypes for clients such as Indeed and Varian – Siemens Healthineers, Tecan and Energie AG
- Worked on digital products like responsive and mobile applications and complex industrial products like console applications and dashboards
- Developed design systems and design libraries using Figma, Design Tokens, Storybook, etc.
- Facilitated workshops and usability evaluations (user testing and expert evaluation) providing deep insights for advancing product development
- Experience with UX tools (Figma, Sketch, Invision), Design Systems, Requirements Engineering (Confluence, Jira, IBM Doors, etc)
Markus F.
Last position:
Managing Director & Senior Consultant at IT-Trail GmbH
- Custom software development
- Web hosting
- Support
- DevOps
- Technologies: C#, Node.js, Web, Windows, Linux, SQL, MS365, Azure, AWS
Alexander H.
Last position:
Software Developer at SpiraTec AG
- Developed modular applications for an industrial chemical plant to optimize internal processes
- Technologies: .NET 10, Blazor WebAssembly, C#, Azure SQL, Syncfusion
- Built frontend components with Blazor WASM
- Backend logic in C#
- Database design in Azure SQL
- Implemented modular software architecture
- Extended existing systems
Markus K.
Last position:
Document Development at Insurance Company
- Replacement of original Dopix documents and modules into the Quadient document environment
- Extension of document logic
Marko A.
Last position:
Program Lead | Agile Transformation Coach at EnBW
Technologies: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Office 365 (Teams, PowerPoint, Copilot, Excel, SharePoint, Forms, OneNote, PowerAutomate, Word), DataDog, Conceptboard, Python, AWS, Claude, Perplexity Methodology: Scrum
- Steering and supporting the organization in introducing Scrum and a SAFe-inspired quarterly roadmap and portfolio planning at program level.
- Servant leadership for Scrum teams and managers to achieve quarterly goals and measurably increase value creation for internal and external customers.
- Designing and building efficient communication and collaboration structures between multiple development teams and central stakeholders in the organization.
- Moderating and facilitating cross-functional workshops and management meetings to align on shared goals.
- Coaching leaders, Product Owners, and development teams on agile values, role understanding, and scaled ways of working (Scrum, SAFe, Business Agility).
- Removing structural obstacles at team and organizational level through targeted impediment management and escalation processes.
- Enabling teams to become more self-organized, accountable, and end-to-end responsible along the value streams.
- Individual coaching of key people (Product Owners, Chapter Leads, Scrum Masters) to strengthen their impact in the transformation program.
- Organization-wide identification, planning, and implementation of process, structure, and tool improvements to sustainably increase efficiency, throughput, and value creation.
- Close support for Product Owners in stakeholder management, business value prioritization, product strategy, roadmap planning, and effective collaboration with development teams.
- Introducing, governing, and scaling Azure DevOps as the central project and product management tool, including coaching the organization on usage, reporting, and alignment at all levels.
Achievements:
- Clear increase in visibility, transparency, and perceived value creation of the development teams within the overall organization.
- Noticeable improvement in communication between development, business, and other stakeholders.
- Optimization of work processes, workflow, and backlog structures, which reduced lead times, sharpened priorities, and sustainably increased team effectiveness.
Lorenz G.
Last position:
Business Analyst at Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
- Conducting a feasibility study on introducing an in-house DWH as a central data source
- Conducting workshops for current state analysis (processes, reports, KPIs) together with the clients
- Gathering and detailing business requirements including a target concept for an in-house DWH
- Coordinating and clarifying data deliveries and interfaces in meetings with stakeholders and data providers
- Developing initial data models as a basis for data quality and later implementation
- Drafting solution variants including architecture and operation options and decision basis
- Creating the business case including effort estimates, cost-benefit analysis, and decision report
Sebastian H.
Last position:
Software Developer at FERCHAU Austria GmbH
- Development and project management of configuration and calibration assistants for pick-and-place machines (Tools: Python, PyQt, Jira, Confluence)
- New development and project management of a project and production planning software for ski manufacturing (Tools: C#, WinForms, WPF, DevExpress, MS SQL, Jira, Confluence)
- New development and project management of documentation software for the test lab in the ski manufacturing process (Tools: Java, Spring Boot, REST API, Hibernate, MSSQL, React, Mantine.dev, Tiptap, Jira, Confluence)
- Further development and project management of warehouse management software with associated hardware for medical technology (Tools: Java, Quarkus, Flutter, ESP32, C/C++, Google Cloud, Jira, Confluence)
- Enhancement of a web application in the construction sector: improving user experience, developing new features, and updating outdated code parts (Tools: React, Node.js, Linux, GitLab)
- Further development of a web application for visualizing production steps by generating a graph based on various parameters; extending the search and filter function (Tools: Angular, Jira, Confluence)
- Modernization of a client's IT infrastructure in the online retail sector by provisioning cloud services with Terraform and creating a prototype of a web application (Tools: Terraform, AWS, Google Cloud)
- Planning, designing, and development of an application for a client's internal meeting management in the banking sector with integration into the Microsoft ecosystem; project management using SCRUM (Tools: Figma, React, Node.js, Microsoft Graph API, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- New development and modernization of a mobile smartphone application for product portfolio management of an IT service provider; project management using SCRUM (Tools: Figma, React Native, Android, iOS, Android Studio, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Creation of an implementation concept for a monitoring system for rail infrastructure and development of graphical click prototypes (Tools: Figma, Microsoft Word, Microsoft SharePoint, Jira, Confluence)
- Software development in various technologies and programming languages
- Project management and organization of SCRUM meetings
- Point of contact for the client and distribution of tasks within the internal project team
- Requirements engineering: requirement analysis with the client
- Planning and conducting workshops
- Design and implementation of software architectures with prototype development
- UX/UI design of mobile, desktop, and web applications
Peter S.
Last position:
Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH
- Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
- Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
- Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
- Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
- Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
- Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
- Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
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Statistics of experts using C++
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
68%
Doctorate
27%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
93%
Based on our profile pool as of 11 Nov 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Austria 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 Austria using C++
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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 11 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
C++ 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 (87%)
- Manufacturing (52%)
- Banking and Finance (37%)
- Education (35%)
- Telecommunication (33%)
- Professional Services (30%)
- Healthcare (28%)
- Automotive (24%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core technology
C++ is a compiled, general-purpose language built for performance, predictable resource use and direct control over memory and hardware. Companies use it for operating systems, desktop software, game engines, trading systems, robotics, telecommunications and applications that must respond in real time. Its support for object-oriented, generic and functional programming makes it suitable for large, long-lived codebases.
Ecosystem and tooling
The C++ ecosystem includes the Standard Template Library, Boost, CMake, Conan and vcpkg. Professionals work with compilers such as GCC, Clang and Microsoft Visual C++, while debuggers, profilers and sanitizers help find defects and bottlenecks. Common delivery practices include Git-based workflows, automated testing, continuous integration and cross-platform build pipelines.
Typical deliverables
- Embedded firmware for sensors, vehicles and industrial equipment
- Low-latency services for finance, communications and data processing
- Graphics, simulation and game engine components
- Native desktop applications and cross-platform libraries
- Interfaces between hardware, operating systems and higher-level services
C++ specialists may also modernize legacy modules, expose native libraries to Python or Java, and design APIs that remain stable across releases. Their work often connects performance-critical components with cloud services, web interfaces or data platforms.
When companies hire specialists
Companies bring in freelance C++ expertise when a product needs lower latency, tighter memory use or reliable hardware integration. Specialists are useful for rescuing an aging codebase, moving from a custom build system to CMake, preparing software for a new processor or adding tests without interrupting delivery. In Austria, projects may involve industrial automation, mobility, manufacturing, energy or scientific computing. Remote collaboration works well when requirements, toolchains and review practices are documented; on-site work can help with laboratory equipment and hardware bring-up.
Skills that matter
Strong professionals understand concurrency, memory ownership, templates, exception safety and the C++ standard used by the project. They can read unfamiliar native code, profile before optimizing and explain trade-offs clearly. Experience with Linux or Windows internals, networking, SQL, Python, CI pipelines and hardware interfaces often adds value. Familiarity with German or English documentation may matter for teams in Austria.
How to assess quality
Reviewers should ask for examples of measurable performance work, safe resource handling and maintainable interfaces rather than judging syntax alone. A capable specialist explains why a design uses a particular ownership model, synchronization method or library. Look for automated tests, reproducible builds, static analysis, sanitizers and clear documentation. A short technical review of the existing repository can reveal whether the professional understands constraints before proposing a rewrite.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about C++ — answered in short.
C++ is used for embedded firmware, operating system components, game engines, robotics, desktop applications and high-performance services. It is a strong fit when latency, memory use or direct hardware access matters.
C++ offers broad platform support, mature libraries and fine-grained control, but it requires careful handling of memory and concurrency. Rust provides stronger compile-time safety, while Java and C# usually offer managed memory and faster application-level development. The right choice depends on hardware access, latency, existing code and team skills.
A strong C++ professional often works with CMake, Git, Linux, Windows, containers, CI pipelines and debugging tools. Depending on the project, knowledge of Python, networking, SQL, embedded interfaces, graphics APIs or cloud integration can be equally important.
The required level depends on the codebase and risk. C++ work involving embedded devices, real-time behavior, concurrency or safety-critical components calls for a specialist who has handled comparable constraints. A smaller library, test suite or build-system task may need a narrower focus.
C++ projects can often be delivered remotely when repositories, build environments, hardware access and test procedures are well organized. On-site collaboration can be valuable for device bring-up, laboratory testing or factory equipment. Teams in Austria should also agree on communication language, working hours and access to physical systems.
Modern C++ generally means using current language and library features such as smart pointers, move semantics, range-based techniques and standard concurrency tools where they improve clarity and safety. The exact approach should match the compiler versions, platform constraints and compatibility needs of the product.
Ask how the professional measures performance, manages ownership and handles failures in the target environment. C++ quality is reflected in readable interfaces, useful tests, reproducible builds, static analysis and disciplined profiling. A focused code review or technical trial based on the real repository is more informative than generic sample code.
C++ modernization can expose hidden ownership rules, compiler assumptions, binary compatibility issues and fragile build dependencies. A careful specialist maps the existing behavior first, adds characterization tests and upgrades components in controlled steps. Replacing stable code without understanding its interfaces can create more risk than value.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 858 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 68% hold at least a Master's degree, and 27% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects are German (98%), English (96%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Manufacturing (52%), and Banking and Finance (37%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used C++ in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Product Development (87%), and Project Management (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used C++
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