Hibernate Experts in Austria
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John Ampia-Addison
Last position:
Software Developer and DevOps Engineer at Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ)
Refactoring and improving core APIs; implementing client change requests. Setting up metrics, traces, and logs monitoring infrastructure to support operations. Designing GitOps deployment and infrastructure as code. Applications and Systems Configuration in ArgoCD and Openshift. Confluence documentation of design, approach, and solution. Tech Stack: Java 8 & 21, Spring framework, JSP, Javascript, Bash Scripts, SQL, Grafana Stack, Opentelemetry, Docker, DB2, Maven, Kubernetes Kompose.
Peter Stritzinger
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
Joseph Wagner
Last position:
Freelancer Cloud / Solution Architect (AWS) at A1 Bank
- I am responsible for providing solution architecture and technical assistance for a migration initiative aimed at transitioning to a new core banking system.
- The project involves replacing in-house development with a commercially available off-the-shelf core banking system operated as SaaS on AWS.
- Duties encompass solution design, technical coordination, supporting development teams, and providing IT support and troubleshooting.
- Managing over 10 global vendors and partners is crucial to project success.
- Technologies: VMWare ESXi, AWS, EKS Kubernetes, Mastercard Payment Transaction Service, Avaloq, A1 Telekom Austria infrastructure, CheckPoint FW, F5, Site-to-Site VPNs, PingID, Futurae SDK, Airlock, UC4/Automic, Firebase, iOS/Android lifecycle management, AWS IAM, AWS AppStream, AWS S3, AWS Transfer Family, QlikView, OpenAPI.
Vladislav Filipic
Last position:
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Test Manager at Stadt Wien – WUKSEA
- Creating test scenarios, manual test cases and test data using boundary value analysis and equivalence classes
- Executing functional and non-functional tests (manually with Postman and web application, automated with WebDriver, JUnit and NUnit)
- Setting up, automating and maintaining the test automation framework with Java, Spring Boot, Selenium and Cucumber in IntelliJ (system, regression, smoke, UI and integration tests for web front-end and SOAP API backend interfaces)
- Automating backend NUnit test cases in Visual Studio
- Test management: developing and implementing test strategy and test plans, controlling tests, quality ownership and prioritizing risk-based tests, as well as maintaining documentation in Confluence
- Detailed analysis and quality assurance of requirements
- Creating and maintaining Jenkins pipelines, ensuring quality in build & deployment
- Close collaboration with business analysts, developers, testers and test management
- Identifying, creating and tracking defects/bugs, with thorough test documentation
- Reporting test results and defect reports
- Monitoring test processes and continuous improvements
- Reviewing test data and test results in PostgreSQL database via pgAdmin
- Supporting effort estimation and backlog prioritization
- Analyzing and debugging development code System environment: Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, Selenium, Cucumber, JavaScript, Jenkins, C#, NUnit, Postman, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira, xRay, pgAdmin, PostgreSQL, SonarQube, Maven, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, CI/CD, SOAP API interfaces
Attila Danics
Last position:
Full-Stack Software Engineer at Research Data Evaluation
- Custom anonymized research data analyzer, providing insights and facilitating data-driven decision-making.
- Designed and developed back- and frontend.
- Delivered end-to-end solution.
- Accelerated research timeline by 2 months.
Javid Asgarov
Last position:
B2B Contract - Senior Fullstack developer (Java + Angular)
- Project: E-Platform with 100k users
- Skills: Java, Spring, Spring Boot
- TechStack: Angular 18, Java 17, Spring Boot, Oracle DB, Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate, Oracle, Postgres, SQL
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
Jaroslav Abraham
Last position:
Child care, personal development and learning
Alexander Balka
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)
Monji Midani
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at AMA Wien
IT concept
Implementation
Estimation
Design
Installation
Oracle APEX applications for farmers in Austria to register their products and get subsidies.
Implement new applications or adapt existing applications according to customer requirements (CR)
Fix bugs
Update data in the database
Install applications
Technologies/methods used: Oracle DB, PL/SQL, DM, Oracle Apex, JavaScript, CSS, OpenLayers, GIT
Florian Jurkic
Last position:
Senior Android Consultant at Bragi GmbH
- Working within a cross-functional team developing upgrades for in-app features
- Android app development since 2016
- App: Skull IQ & many more
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Statistics of experts using Hibernate
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Insurance, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
70%
Master's degree or higher
40%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Austria 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 Austria using Hibernate
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Hibernate in practice
Hibernate is a Java ORM framework for mapping objects to relational data. Teams use it to persist domain models, load entities efficiently, and keep data access code consistent across services and monoliths.
Typical delivery
- JPA entity mappings and associations
- Query design with HQL, JPQL, and Criteria
- Transaction handling and fetch tuning
- Integration with Spring, Jakarta EE, and databases
Where it fits
Hibernate is common in business systems with strong relational data needs. It appears in order processing, finance, internal portals, and APIs where stable persistence and clear domain modeling matter.
Tooling and ecosystem
Strong professionals know more than annotations. They work with JDBC, transaction managers, connection pools, migration tools, and test setups that keep persistence layers reliable across environments.
When to bring in a freelancer
Companies often look for freelance expertise when mappings become hard to maintain, queries slow down, or upgrades affect persistence behavior. In Austria, this is also useful when local teams need support on legacy Java systems while keeping delivery remote-friendly.
What strong specialists do
A good Hibernate specialist reads the schema, not just the code. They spot lazy loading traps, reduce N+1 issues, align object models with the database, and leave behind persistence layers that are easier to change and test.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Hibernate? Start with the answers below.
Hibernate is used to map Java objects to relational database tables and manage persistence work in a structured way. It helps teams store, read, update, and query domain data without writing manual SQL for every interaction.
Hibernate reduces repetitive data-access code and gives you object mapping, caching options, and higher-level queries. Plain JDBC offers more direct control, but it usually needs more manual handling for mapping, transactions, and query plumbing.
No. Hibernate is an implementation of the JPA specification, and many teams use it through JPA APIs while still relying on Hibernate behavior underneath. That makes JPA the standard contract and Hibernate the concrete persistence engine.
A strong Hibernate specialist should also know SQL, relational schema design, transaction management, and Java persistence patterns. Spring, Jakarta Persistence, Flyway or Liquibase, and testing against a real database are also common parts of the stack.
You do not need a full rewrite plan, but you should know the database, the Java stack, and the problem area. For Hibernate work, it also helps to share entity models, query examples, performance symptoms, and any recent framework upgrades.
Yes. Hibernate work is usually well suited to remote collaboration because it centers on code, schema review, and tests. For teams in Austria, remote experts can still join local workshops or on-site sessions when access to stakeholders or legacy systems is important.
Look for clear explanations of mappings, query behavior, and transaction boundaries. A good Hibernate freelancer should be able to explain why a query is slow, how to avoid N+1 issues, and how the persistence layer fits the domain model.
Teams usually bring in Hibernate expertise when data access is slow, entity mappings are messy, or upgrades break persistence behavior. It is also useful when a legacy Java system needs cleanup before new features can be added safely.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 737 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects, 70% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 40% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Insurance (55%), and Telecommunication (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Hibernate in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (45%).
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