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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Jakarta Faces (JSF)
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.
Hooman B.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at Möbel Roller GmbH
- Further development of the existing e-commerce platform based on SAP Commerce (Hybris) to meet the growing demands of digital commerce.
- Ensuring the scalability and performance of the backend, so the platform remained stable and efficient even under heavy user load.
- Development and integration of new OCC REST APIs and services for modular extensions and flexible adjustments, to implement new features quickly.
- Optimization of data flows and interfaces, which significantly improved platform efficiency and system performance.
- Ensuring a maintainable and scalable code base by using Clean Code principles, proven design patterns, and a future-proof architecture.
- Reduction of errors through extensive testing with JUnit, Mockito, and load tests with Gatling, supported by the introduction of automated test processes.
- Improved system performance through targeted refactoring measures and efficient database queries, especially to handle peak loads.
- Use of modern cloud and monitoring tools such as Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Grafana to ensure a stable and monitored infrastructure.
- Clear improvement in efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the platform, which now meets the demands of a dynamic and growing e-commerce market.
Sabahattin K.
Last position:
Fully responsible (concept, development, infrastructure, operations) at Own project busik.ch
- Ride-sharing and bus platform, live and fully functional. Backend Spring Boot 4.1 on Java 21, PostgreSQL with Flyway, Testcontainers integration tests. Operation 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 throughout AI-assisted with Claude Code, including my own skills and project-specific memory. Spring Boot · Java 21 · PostgreSQL · Flyway · Docker · AWS ECS/ALB/ECR · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Claude Code
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 matchmaking platform that connects relatives of people in need of care directly 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 the 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 a solo 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 via presigned URLs for verification of 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 placement process.
- Building 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.
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
Thorsten M.
Last position:
Odoo Implementer at N.N.
As project manager for the Odoo implementation at a small company, I was responsible for designing, implementing, and training a fully integrated CRM and accounting system. Through structured requirements analysis, precise data migration, and targeted change management, I was able to complete the rollout in just eight weeks. The project led to a significant reduction in manual tasks, faster business processes, and increased real-time transparency.
Main Responsibilities
Requirements analysis and process mapping Configuration of Odoo modules: CRM, Sales, and Accounting Data migration (Excel/CSV → Odoo) and quality control Creation of workflows, automated email rules, and dashboards Conducting training sessions and providing support after go-live Project coordination (budget, schedule, stakeholder communication)
Key Achievements
Full implementation of the Odoo suite within the set timeframe (8 weeks) 30% reduction in accounting time and 25% acceleration of the lead-to-sale flow 100% customer satisfaction after go-live, based on survey results Successful migration of 100% of existing master data without data loss Establishment of a sustainable support infrastructure (3-month post go-live support)
Impact
Improved decision-making through real-time dashboards and automated reports Increased efficiency and cost savings (≈ €8,000/month) Scalability for future growth (additional modules can be integrated seamlessly) Strengthened sales and finance departments through seamless process integration
This summary highlights how I created concrete and measurable value for the company through structured project work, technical expertise, and targeted training.
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
Kyu-Wang L.
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.
In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.
Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location
Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data
Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure
Environment coordination and build management
Implementing external interfaces
Implementing business requirements
Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designing and implementing microservice architecture
Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Deploying applications on OpenShift
Creating technical documentation and diagrams
Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)
Daniel S.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at energielenker solutions GmbH
- Designed and implemented a Python-based ETL pipeline with the Dagster framework to transform raw energy data from heterogeneous sources using InfluxDB and visualizations in Grafana
- Defined time-based and dependency-based jobs
- Deployed to managed Kubernetes clusters using Helm
- Integrated InfluxDB Cloud
- Prepared data for use in Grafana, including cleaning, normalization, and time-based resampling in Python
- Developed dashboards and visualizations in Grafana
- Developed unit tests with mocking using pytest
- Set up a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab
Technologies: Python, Dagster, InfluxDB, Grafana, pandas, pytest, REST, CI/CD, GitLab, Container, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Cloud
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.
Faruk S.
Last position:
Software Developer at HR Solutions GmbH
- Designing and developing a web application for the public sector
- Setting up and executing software tests, mainly unit tests
- Technical design and implementation of requirements
- Uploading and displaying CSV files
- Communicating with business units regarding development and test support
- Technologies used: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA and Hibernate, RESTful, JSON, React, Oracle, JUnit, Mockito, CI/CD, GitLab, Docker, Keycloak, Liquibase, BIRT, Swagger, Microservices
Celil U.
Last position:
ZÜRS Geo 2021 at adesso SE
- Frontend development
- Spring Boot
- Swagger
- Git
- GitLab
- SonarQube
- Docker
- Maven
- Java
- Angular
Ola V.
Last position:
IT Lecturer
- IT training in theory and practice for IT specialists in application development and system integration
Stephan H.
Last position:
Development, Tester at Telecommunications
Set up an operational contract information system. This is mainly used as an order management system - for migrating existing contracts as well as for creating and providing new contract bundles.
Sales agents can use it to order new services, modify existing ones and migrate service types, as well as provide price information to the customer.
This supports the marketing of new services as well as the replacement of old services for existing customers.
In addition, existing data is imported, processed (ETL) and provided via services for further use in the portal front end.
Analysis of the business and technical use cases (workflows, involved processes/systems, communication paths, security requirements)
Further development / creation of the front-end components (React/JavaScript)
Design and implementation of the business logic
Creation of the functional and technical component documentation
Test execution / test automation (Cypress, test coverage)
Team size: 8 people
Technologies: React, JavaScript, Rest (JSon), Yaml, Markdown, MariaDB (SQL), Docker, Swagger, Cypress
Tools: Webstorm, ReactDeveloperTools, VisualStudioCode, Word, DBeaver, Git/GitLab
Work management: GitLab
Platform: Linux
Build management: GitLab
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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
85%
Master's degree or higher
49%
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 10 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology 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 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 10 Sep 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 (69%)
- Insurance (47%)
- Government and Administration (47%)
- Retail (39%)
- Telecommunication (39%)
- Automotive (38%)
- Transportation (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Jakarta Faces does
Jakarta Faces, formerly known as JavaServer Faces or JSF, is a Jakarta EE framework for building component-based, server-side web interfaces. It manages views, form state, validation, navigation and request processing through a defined lifecycle. Companies use it for business applications where consistency, access control and long-term maintenance matter.
Where it is used
Jakarta Faces is common in internal portals, administration tools and transactional enterprise systems. Its component model suits applications with complex forms, data tables and role-based workflows.
- Build multi-step business forms and approval workflows
- Create reusable interface components with Facelets
- Connect views to Jakarta EE services and persistence layers
- Maintain large applications with shared templates and conventions
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong specialists work with Facelets, Expression Language, composite components and managed view state. They often connect Jakarta Faces with CDI, Jakarta Persistence, Bean Validation and REST services. Familiarity with component libraries such as PrimeFaces, OmniFaces or BootsFaces can be important, alongside Maven, application servers and Jakarta EE deployment practices.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful when a legacy JSF application must move from Java EE to Jakarta EE namespaces, modernize its component library or improve responsiveness. Specialists can also resolve lifecycle bugs, reduce duplicated view logic and prepare a codebase for team handover. Clear requirements around supported application servers and browser behavior help them work efficiently.
What quality looks like
Good professionals understand the complete Faces lifecycle rather than treating pages as simple templates. They separate view concerns from business services, keep scopes deliberate and handle validation, conversion and error states consistently. They also test navigation, security rules and partial requests instead of relying only on visual checks.
Related skills to assess
Look for practical knowledge of Java, Jakarta EE, CDI, Jakarta Persistence, SQL and application-server configuration. Experience with accessibility, HTTP behavior, browser debugging and JavaScript helps when server-side interactions meet client-side requirements. For remote work, assess how clearly the specialist documents lifecycle decisions, component conventions and deployment assumptions.
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, component-based web interfaces for enterprise Java applications. It is well suited to forms, data tables, validation, navigation and role-based workflows that connect closely to Jakarta EE services.
Jakarta Faces (JSF) provides a stateful component model and server-managed view lifecycle, while Spring MVC offers a more request-oriented web model. Client-side frameworks move more interface behavior into the browser, so the right choice depends on application architecture, team skills and the desired balance between server rendering and browser-side interaction.
A strong Jakarta Faces (JSF) specialist usually understands Java, Jakarta EE, CDI, Jakarta Persistence, Bean Validation and SQL. Knowledge of Facelets, PrimeFaces, application servers, Maven, REST services and browser debugging is also valuable for end-to-end delivery.
The right level for Jakarta Faces (JSF) depends on the application’s size, age and risk. A focused component or view change may need a specialist who can work within existing conventions, while a migration or lifecycle redesign calls for someone comfortable with architecture, testing and application-server behavior.
Yes, Jakarta Faces (JSF) work can be handled remotely when the specialist has secure access to repositories, environments and relevant application logs. Regular reviews, documented UI conventions and clear decisions about Jakarta EE versions make collaboration easier; on-site work may help when legacy systems or restricted environments require close coordination.
Modernizing JSF is worth considering when the application depends on unsupported libraries, has fragile view state, repeated components or a difficult Java EE to Jakarta EE transition. A careful assessment should distinguish problems that can be fixed within the current model from cases where a different web architecture is more suitable.
Review how the Jakarta Faces (JSF) specialist explains lifecycle behavior, scopes, validation and component reuse. Ask for examples of tested workflows, controlled state handling, accessible interfaces and maintainable separation between views and business services.
The most common challenges in JSF include unexpected lifecycle processing, confusing scope choices, state management issues and hidden coupling in large view files. Experienced specialists diagnose these problems with logs, focused tests and a clear understanding of how partial requests, validation and navigation interact.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 741 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 49% 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 (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Jakarta Faces (JSF) in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Banking and Finance (69%), 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%).
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