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matched in minutes from over 15,000 CVsHire experts who create maintainable server-side web interfaces, reusable Facelets components and enterprise forms with Jakarta Faces (JSF), supported by CDI, Bean Validation and Jakarta EE. FRATCH finds the right vetted, available freelancer through fast, precise AI matching.
Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Jakarta Faces (JSF)
Timo H.
Last position:
Software Developer at Smiths Detection
- Extension of a Swing-based UI for recording Security Restricted Articles during baggage screening.
- Introduction of a new workflow for recording Deboarding Events.
- Extension of the reporting system for Security Restricted Articles and Deboarding Events.
- Implementation using JBoss Wildfly, PostgreSQL, spring-boot 3.x, Java 8/21, Swing, JSF, JAX-RS/Resteasy, Docker, Maven, Kiro.
Robert D.
Last position:
Software Architect at FinTech / Wealth Management
- Analysis of existing microservice structures and integration into the event-driven architecture
- Design and implementation of prototypes
- Introduction of structured workflows and integration into a solid testing strategy
- Team: Small specialized team (3-5 people) from analysis through implementation readiness
- Documentation of architectural decisions and definition of interfaces
- Integration of the event-driven pipeline into the existing landscape
- Technologies: Kafka, Docker, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Java, Liquibase
Sercan T.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Lead Software Architect at Pflege-Pfad
- Focus: System architecture, cloud-native platforms, microservices, API design
- Product: Pflege-Pfad is a digital placement platform that directly connects relatives of people in need of care with verified care services and caregivers – without an agency and without ongoing fees.
- Business analysis & process design:
- Analysis of the German care market and identification of the key pain points of both target groups.
- Modeling of core business processes: registration, verification, care request, application, placement, and rating.
- Definition of the business model as a freemium/premium model with optional contact unlocking.
- Creation of user stories and requirements documentation for relatives, care services, and administrators.
- Design of trust and quality assurance mechanisms with document upload, admin review process, and rating system.
- Coordination with stakeholders and validation of product decisions with potential users.
- Technical implementation:
- Design and implementation of the entire platform architecture as the sole developer.
- Design and implementation of a REST API with Spring Boot and Kotlin, including JWT-based authentication.
- Development of the frontend as a single-page application with Angular 17.
- Implementation of the AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront, and IAM.
- Document upload with AWS S3 using presigned URLs to verify care services.
- Email notifications via Resend API.
- AI-supported care service search via OpenAI API.
- Implementation of complete user flows such as registration, login, password reset, and the placement process.
- Development of an admin panel for user and care service management as well as analytics.
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions and containerized deployments with Docker.
- End-to-end tests with Playwright.
Technologies: Kotlin, Spring Boot 3, Spring Security, JWT, JPA/Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Angular 17, TypeScript, RxJS, AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront CDN, RDS PostgreSQL, IAM), nginx, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Maven, Git, OpenAI API, Resend API, Docker, Scrum, i18n (DE/EN/TR), Kiro, feature flag architecture.
Peter F.
Last position:
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry
Integration of highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.
Technical contact for integrating special requirements for the executive board and German subsidiaries that are subject to BaFin compliance requirements.
Subproject management.
Coordination of requirements within the overall architecture.
Design of the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.
Design of special access restrictions via Entra ID Conditional Access.
Support in designing the provisioning of Teams teams and SharePoint sites with higher compliance requirements.
Technical support for implementing information classification with sensitivity labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.
Technical support for the subproject introducing CoPilot for M365.
Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra ID, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.
Sabahattin K.
Last position:
Sole responsibility (design, development, infrastructure, operations) at Own project busik.ch
- Ride-sharing and bus platform, live and fully functional. Backend with Spring Boot 4.1 on Java 21, PostgreSQL with Flyway, and Testcontainers integration tests. Hosted in my own AWS account (ECS Fargate, ALB, ECR, IAM Least-Privilege) with CI/CD via GitHub Actions and OIDC federation without static credentials. Development fully AI-supported with Claude Code, including custom skills and project-specific memory. Spring Boot · Java 21 · PostgreSQL · Flyway · Docker · AWS ECS/ALB/ECR · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Claude Code
Yasin Y.
Last position:
Enterprise Architect at Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Task:
- Design and build a proof of concept (PoC) for a future-proof virtualization platform, taking secure system architectures into account
- Assess the current state of existing infrastructures and develop selection and evaluation criteria for the right OS virtualization platform
- Carry out the requirements analysis and then create and prioritize tickets in the ticket system
- Complete and continuously update a tool evaluation matrix based on PoC results
- Support team knowledge building through clear documentation of the approach and results in Confluence
- Enterprise analysis of existing hardware (creating different BoMs)
Technologies: Vmware, Vmware Aria Operations, Osism, Canonical OpenStack, FishOs, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Confluence, Alma
Markus B.
Last position:
Developer / DevOps, Consulting at A state authority in Baden-Württemberg / FSAS Technologies GmbH
Oracle Project Management and Automation
As part of the project, the operation of an Oracle infrastructure was automated by developing and enhancing Puppet modules and migrating existing Bash scripts to a standardized configuration management solution.
The aim of the project was to standardize and automate administrative processes, improve the maintainability of the Oracle platform, and increase the efficiency and traceability of infrastructure management through the use of Infrastructure as Code.
- Analysis and migration of existing Bash shell scripts to a Puppet-based automation solution
- Development and enhancement of Puppet modules for Oracle environments
- Automation of installation, configuration and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code
- Standardization and optimization of configuration management for Oracle systems
- Creation and maintenance of technical and operational documentation
- Planning, coordination and professional support during project implementation
- Operation and automation of Oracle systems on x86-based Linux server platforms
- Testing and quality assurance of the developed Puppet modules
- Analysis and resolution of technical errors as part of the automation and migration
- Close coordination with specialist departments and infrastructure teams to implement automation requirements
Technologies used: Puppet 7/8, SLES 15, Oracle 19, Oracle Grid, SVN, Windows Server, Confluence, VS Code, Ruby, Bash, Pass
Jorge P.
Last position:
Software Engineer – AWS and Kubernetes Specialist at Citti
- Creation, maintenance and hardening of Kubernetes clusters employing Ansible and ArgoCD
- Keywords: Ansible, AWX, Kubernetes, NetApp, Prometheus, CI/CD ArgoCD, SSO, Fluent-bit, HAProxy, Calico, Keycloak, oauth2-proxy, SealedSecrets, kubeseal, Aqua kube-bench, CIS-Benchmarks, Aqua Trivy operator
Alexander Z.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer and DevOps Engineer at Freelancer
- Developing the infrastructure and improving existing infrastructure: Jenkins, Gitlab Pipeline, OpenShift, Docker, Helm Chart, Kubernetes, Artifactory, CodePipeline, CodeArtifact, Python
- Documenting solutions in Jira/Confluence
- Supporting other colleagues in different technical areas
Fernando C.
Last position:
Senior Front-End Developer at Moss
- Moss is a spend-management platform for SMEs that bundles corporate cards, web-based applications and reimbursements, AP/procurement and advanced accounting in one place.
- Splits time across Accounting, Spending and Growth tribes, handling requirements gathering, public product design, coding, testing, debugging and internal apps.
- Participates in development and maintenance of the design system/UI kit and supports tooling, documentation and developer experience.
- Builds form-heavy UIs, drawer-based editing, high-density/resilient tables with server-side filters, pagination, column configurations, CSV/Excel export and bulk operations, all wired for permissions and auditability.
- Works with complex cross-entity relationships without a single-schema solution.
- Uses React, Redux Toolkit, styled-components, react-hook-form, React PDF, Vite, Lokalise, React Testing Library and Playwright.
Andreas B.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at ELIONOVA AG
- Created an application to control measurement hardware with a Tauri application using React.JS and TypeScript on Raspberry Pi
- Developed a cloud application for storing and analyzing measurement results using Spring Boot and React.JS
- Built a Tauri application for printing ZPL labels on Windows
- Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Tauri, Rust, React.JS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, REST API (JSON), Maven, CI/CD, PostgreSQL
Celil U.
Last position:
ZÜRS Geo 2021 at adesso SE
- Frontend development
- Spring Boot
- Swagger
- Git
- GitLab
- SonarQube
- Docker
- Maven
- Java
- Angular
Vitaliy R.
Last position:
DevOps GitOps (temp) at Signal Iduna
- Responsible for Openshift/Kubernetes on-prem administration and developer support.
- Developed URP infrastructure automation with Python, Ansible, Kustomize and ArgoCD, Argo Workflow/Events stack.
- Wrote smoke and load tests for URP infrastructure utilizing Python, Kustomize and ApplicationSets.
- Helped to set up and deploy URP infrastructure in Google Cloud, GKE.
- Set up monitoring for URP and ArgoCD stack with Splunk Cloud.
- Performed system administration tasks across RedHat Linux, Kubernetes/Openshift, ArgoCD, GitLab, Bitbucket Enterprise, Kafka and MongoDB.
Rainer L.
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant, Senior Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Senior DevOps Engineer at Techniker Krankenkasse
Automation of the database major / minor releases for the TKeasy project
Concept for database major / minor release automation
Assessment of the current state
Evaluation of Redgate Flyway functionalities
Concept development
Products: Redgate Flyway, GitHub, Quest, Erwin Data Modeller, Oracle, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence
Knowledge: Docker, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Redgate Flyway, Major Releases, Minor Releases
Ola V.
Last position:
IT Lecturer
- IT training in theory and practice for IT specialists in application development and system integration
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Statistics of experts using Jakarta Faces (JSF)
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years

Position duration
2 years

Positions per freelancer
15

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
5%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology 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 using Jakarta Faces (JSF)
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 21 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Jakarta Faces (JSF) 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 (97%)
- Banking and Finance (70%)
- Insurance (47%)
- Government and Administration (47%)
- Retail (41%)
- Automotive (39%)
- Telecommunication (39%)
- Transportation (35%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Jakarta Faces does
Jakarta Faces (JSF) is a component-based framework for building server-side Java web interfaces. It manages the view, request lifecycle, validation and conversion around reusable UI components. The technology was formerly known as JavaServer Faces and now belongs to the Jakarta EE ecosystem.
Interfaces and applications
Jakarta Faces is used for data-heavy business applications where forms, tables, workflows and role-based screens matter more than highly interactive consumer interfaces. It fits internal portals, administration consoles, customer service tools and enterprise systems that need consistent server-side rendering.
- Multi-step forms and approval workflows
- Search screens with filters, sorting and pagination
- Data tables, dashboards and operational portals
- Reusable views for Java and Jakarta EE applications
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists work with Facelets, XHTML views, managed beans or CDI beans, navigation rules and composite components. They also understand scopes, converters, validators, resource libraries and AJAX requests through the JSF lifecycle. Common adjacent technologies include Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Persistence, REST services, Spring integration and application servers such as WildFly or Payara.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when an established JSF application needs modernization, a team must resolve lifecycle defects or a new enterprise interface has to be delivered without disrupting backend services. Companies also bring in specialists to migrate from JavaServer Faces packages to Jakarta namespaces, improve accessibility or reduce slow page rendering.
- Assess a legacy JSF codebase and its component library
- Refactor views, scopes, validators and backing logic
- Upgrade dependencies and application-server configuration
- Diagnose AJAX, state-saving and navigation problems
What strong professionals bring
The best professionals understand the full request lifecycle rather than treating JSF as a collection of tags. They separate view concerns from domain logic, select scopes carefully and test validation, navigation and partial rendering paths. They can also explain when JSF is a sound fit and when a client-rendered approach would be more suitable.
Delivery and collaboration
A JSF engagement should define the target Jakarta EE version, supported application server, component library, authentication model and browser requirements early. Remote work is effective when repositories, test environments and UI acceptance criteria are accessible to everyone. Review the specialist’s examples of production forms, migrations, performance fixes and maintainable Facelets structure before starting.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Jakarta Faces (JSF), in one place.
Jakarta Faces (JSF) is used to build server-side Java web interfaces with forms, tables, validation, navigation and reusable components. It is common in enterprise portals, administration tools and workflow applications connected to Jakarta EE services.
Jakarta Faces handles much of the view state, form processing and server-side rendering for you. A JavaScript framework usually offers richer client-side interaction and a separate frontend architecture, while JSF can be a practical choice for form-heavy enterprise systems with an existing Java backend.
A strong JSF freelancer should understand Facelets, CDI, Jakarta Servlet, Bean Validation and Jakarta Persistence. Experience with REST services, security, application servers and component libraries is also valuable for work on complete enterprise applications.
The required experience depends on the application’s age, component library and migration scope. A specialist handling lifecycle defects, state management or a move from JavaServer Faces to Jakarta Faces should have solved comparable production issues, not only built basic pages.
Jakarta Faces may need modernization when the application has outdated dependencies, difficult-to-maintain views, weak accessibility or slow partial requests. A review should distinguish framework problems from issues in database queries, component libraries, server configuration or application design.
JSF work can be handled remotely when the specialist has access to the codebase, application-server environment, test data and deployment process. Clear UI acceptance criteria and regular screen reviews help resolve issues involving layouts, validation messages and browser behavior.
Ask how the specialist approaches the JSF lifecycle, scopes, validation, navigation and partial rendering. Review examples that show clean Facelets, isolated business logic, automated tests and clear reasoning about performance, accessibility and component-library choices.
JavaServer Faces is the former name of Jakarta Faces, commonly abbreviated as JSF. The move to Jakarta Faces is tied to the Jakarta EE namespace change, so migration work can involve package names, dependencies, server compatibility and application configuration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) 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 who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects are German (97%), English (96%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Banking and Finance (70%), and Insurance (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (96%), and Quality Assurance (66%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Jakarta Faces (JSF)
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