Jenkins Experts in Zurich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Zurich, who have recently used Jenkins
Mohamad K.
Last position:
Senior Backend Developer at Standing on Giants
- Led architecture and end-to-end engineering delivery for community-driven SaaS platforms serving 2M+ monthly active users.
- Architected and led the migration of a monolithic Python/FastAPI and PostgreSQL database and LangChain with codebase to an event-driven microservices architecture on AWS EKS, sustaining 10x traffic growth from ~150 RPS to 1,500+ RPS with zero re-architecture cycles.
- Defined and enforced engineering standards across services including API contracts, observability baselines, and deployment topology, reducing production incidents by 55% and MTTR from 2 hours to under 25 minutes within 9 months.
- Redesigned the caching and query layer using multi-tier Redis caching and database indexing/partitioning, cutting p95 API latency from 850ms to 180ms (78% reduction) and database CPU load by 45%.
- Built CI/CD platform on GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS) with blue-green and canary rollouts, increasing deployment frequency from ~2/month to 8-12/day and reducing lead time from 10 days to under 6 hours.
- Implemented contract testing, automated load testing, and observability SLOs using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, raising platform availability from 99.5% to 99.95% (10x reduction in error budget burn).
- Led and grew a cross-functional team of 8 engineers across backend, frontend, and DevOps, scaling headcount from 4 to 8 with 85% retention; owned hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development.
- Partnered with Product, Design, and Client Success leadership as primary technical decision-maker; translated business goals into technical roadmaps and drove build-vs-buy decisions on authentication, search, and AI tooling.
- Introduced AI-assisted development workflows including automated code review and a RAG-based internal knowledge assistant using Graph (GraphRAG, Neo4J), increasing sprint throughput by 30% across two quarters.
- Owned incident command and production support rotation; established runbooks, postmortem culture, and on-call SLOs, reducing weekend paging incidents by 70%.
- Developed and optimized Algorithms using python libraries like Numpy and Pandas.
Robin O.
Last position:
Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect at airdys
- Product strategy, architecture, and technical co-direction
- AI workshops, client onboarding and go-to-market activities
- Design and implementation of AI architectures (LLMs, RAG, MCP, agents, voice, automation)
- Hands-on development of prototypes and production-ready AI integrations
- Consulting clients on AI adoption, workflows, and integration into existing infrastructure
- Collaboration with co-founders on strategic direction
- Collaboration in sales and customer acquisition
Tools and Technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Vercel AI SDK, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), MCP (Model Context Protocol), FastAgent, VAPI, n8n, make.com, LibreChat, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, Next.js, Vercel, Docker
Venkata R.
Last position:
Continuous Learning at Personal Time Off
- ZHAW CAS Secure Software Design and Development
- German C1 and Goethe Certificate C1
- ETH CAS Cloud and Mobile Computing at ETH Zurich
- Linux Foundation Linux System Administration LFS307
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes for Application Developers LFD459
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Security Fundamentals LFS460
Bojan A.
Last position:
Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education
- Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
- 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
- Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
Ahmed R.
Last position:
AI & Automation Engineer at Teosek GmbH
- Build prototypes, expand AI skills, and practical application in a startup context.
- Transition phase: further training in prompt engineering, APIs, AI, working on independent prototype projects, and collaborating at a friend's startup.
- Technologies: LangChain, REST, Python, Java, JS, TS, Node.
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Georgios S.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at UBS Bank
- Implementations of a code refactoring framework able to refactor thousands of repositories leveraging Generative AI
- Use Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Java and Typescript in Azure Cloud (Data Lake, VMs, AI) and GitLab infrastructure
- Mentoring and pair programming
- Obtained Azure AI-900 and AI-102 certifications
Nenad T.
Last position:
Contractor at Swisscom
- SAP Data Designer ETL, SQL Server, Docker for PharmaSuisse Data Warehouse Application (Application Manager and Developer)
- SAP Business Objects, ABAP on SAP HANA for the Police of the Canton of Bern (Application Manager and Developer)
- Avaloq Connectors to SAP BW for Banque Cantonale de Fribourg
Milica M.
Last position:
Full-Stack Developer at Holycode
- Contribute to a cross-functional team building a cloud-based bookkeeping platform for SMEs
- Design and implement Java Spring Boot microservices with clear separation of concerns
- Integrate core services via REST and gRPC APIs
- Implement event-driven workflows using RabbitMQ for reliable, decoupled messaging
- Model and manage transactional data in PostgreSQL and leverage Redis for caching
Mateusz L.
Last position:
Project Lead Developer at PwC
- Took over the analyst and leading developer role in an innovative project helping detection of financial fraud in a major financial institution in Zurich with assistance of artificial intelligence
- Analyzed and implemented new modules, improved performance and user experience, elevated technical documentation and code quality to the standard required by the end client
- Technologies: Java 17, JavaFX, Spring Boot, concurrency, UX, Gradle, Impala
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Statistics of experts using Jenkins
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
1.8 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
70%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Zurich 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 Zurich using Jenkins
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Jenkins 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 (100%)
- Banking and Finance (90%)
- Healthcare (50%)
- Government and Administration (50%)
- Insurance (40%)
- Professional Services (40%)
- Education (30%)
- Transportation (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Continuous delivery
Jenkins is an open-source automation server for building, testing and deploying software. Teams use it to connect source control with repeatable delivery pipelines, giving every change a controlled path from commit to release. Its extensible design supports both simple jobs and complex, distributed workflows.
Pipeline engineering
Jenkins Pipeline defines delivery logic as code, usually in a Jenkinsfile stored with the application. Strong specialists design stages, approvals, credentials handling, artifact promotion and failure recovery. They also choose between scripted and declarative syntax and keep pipelines readable as systems grow.
Ecosystem and tooling
Jenkins connects with Git, GitHub, GitLab, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and major cloud services. Its plugin ecosystem adds integrations for testing, security scanning, notifications and artifact repositories. Specialists must assess plugin quality, compatibility and maintenance instead of installing extensions without a clear purpose.
Where teams use it
- Compile and test applications after source changes
- Package artifacts and publish them to repositories
- Deploy services to containers, virtual machines or cloud environments
- Run security, quality and compliance checks in delivery workflows
- Coordinate releases across multiple environments
Jenkins appears in software products, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and public-sector systems. In Zurich, teams often need it to connect established enterprise environments with modern cloud and container workflows.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance Jenkins expertise when pipelines are slow, fragile or difficult to understand. Typical assignments include migrating freestyle jobs to Pipeline, integrating Jenkins with Kubernetes, securing controller and agent access, or replacing manual release steps. Remote collaboration works well when repositories, infrastructure and responsibilities are documented; on-site work can help with workshops and complex legacy environments.
What strong specialists bring
Good Jenkins professionals understand more than job configuration. They bring practical knowledge of Linux, Git, networking, containers, cloud infrastructure, testing and secrets management. They separate build, test and deployment concerns, use reusable pipeline components, monitor execution, document decisions and make recovery clear. Quality is visible in stable automation, safe permissions, useful feedback and pipelines that teams can maintain without constant intervention.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Jenkins, in one place.
Jenkins automates software delivery tasks such as compiling code, running tests, creating artifacts and deploying applications. Companies use it to make these steps repeatable and to provide fast feedback when a change fails.
Jenkins offers broad control, a large plugin ecosystem and the option to run infrastructure on a company’s own systems. GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD are often simpler when source code already lives in those platforms, while Jenkins can be preferable for mixed repositories, custom integrations or established internal automation.
A strong Jenkins specialist usually understands Git, Linux, scripting and artifact management, along with Docker or Kubernetes where containers are involved. Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, testing, security scanning and infrastructure as code is also valuable for complete delivery workflows.
The right level depends on the assignment. A small pipeline adjustment may need focused knowledge of Jenkinsfile syntax and the existing environment, while a migration, security review or distributed build setup calls for a specialist who has handled comparable architecture and operational risks.
Yes, many Jenkins assignments can be completed remotely through secure repository and infrastructure access, clear documentation and regular reviews. On-site collaboration in Zurich can be useful for workshops, legacy environments or coordination with teams that handle sensitive systems.
Review whether the pipeline is repeatable, observable and safe to rerun. A capable Jenkins professional should explain permissions, secrets handling, test feedback, artifact traceability, failure recovery and how the pipeline will be maintained after handover.
Jenkins agents execute builds and tests outside the controller, allowing teams to isolate workloads and use suitable environments for different projects. A specialist should plan agent provisioning, labels, workspace cleanup, scaling and access controls so execution remains reliable.
Modernization makes sense when freestyle jobs are hard to maintain, plugins are unmanaged, builds depend on manual steps or the controller has become a bottleneck. A Jenkins specialist can move workflows to Pipeline, improve security, introduce containerized agents and document a safer operating model.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects is 95 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 761 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 70% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects are English (100%), German (90%), and French (40%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (90%), and Healthcare (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used Jenkins in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (70%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Jenkins
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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