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Kiriakos K.
Last position:
Tech Lead / Architect : OTTO API Platform at OTTO
Maturing their API practices on both a business and technology level. My role covers strategy, architecture, developer advocacy as well as hands-on software engineering, enabling both technical teams and business leadership to adopt and act on API-centric principles effectively. Coincidentally, we also establish GitOps, DX and platform best practices with this project.
Highlights:
- Aligning executives with the initiative by clarifying strategy, replacing misconceptions and myths with facts, clarifying the value of existing assets and enabling informed decision-making
- Formulating a way forward for API Lifecycle Management at OTTO
- Driving platform progress and fostering developer engagement by hands-on engineering work towards strategic goals
API Lifecycle Management, Team Topologies, Organizational Evolution, Regulatory, Platform Advocate, Developer Platform, Communities of Practice, Terraform, Kotlin, Kafka, Kong, WSO2, Apigee, Gravitee, Backstage, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, API Design, AWS, React, Node.js, TypeScript, Redocly, reactive programming, CDC, Golang, Gin, GitOps, DX (developer experience), stakeholder management, roadmaps, workshops, discovery.
Sascha B.
Last position:
Web Developer at GxPlex
- Built a customized MediaWiki instance, including installation, MySQL database, SSL, and automatic backups
- Set up user roles (Admin, Mod, Verified, User) and a permissions system
- FlaggedRevisions for editorial review workflows · Commenting and rating extensions
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.
Niko S.
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Yusuf C.
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at LeiKon GmbH
- Development of scalable backend applications with C#/.NET and Java
- Design and implementation of distributed microservice architectures
- Development and integration of REST APIs for industrial applications
- Development of modern web applications with React, Angular, and TypeScript
- Implementation of MQTT-based communication solutions
- Integration of industrial protocols such as OPC UA and Modbus TCP
- Development of batch, process control, and HMI components
- Containerization and deployment of applications with Docker
- Conducting code reviews and supporting architecture decisions
- Close collaboration with product owners, QA, and interdisciplinary teams
- Analysis of business requirements and implementation of technical solutions
- Further development of existing software architectures with a focus on maintainability and performance
Technologies: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Java, C++, React, Angular, TypeScript, Vue.JS, MQTT, OPC UA, Modbus TCP, Docker, GitLab, MariaDB, MySQL, Linux
Henry V.
Last position:
Full-Stack Developer & Design Lead at FUNKE Mediengruppe
As part of the migration from Shopware 5 to 6, it was decided to rethink the entire e-commerce landscape of the regional FUNKE online shops from scratch. The main goals, besides creating a reliable platform with multiple sales channels for each regional brand, were the "rebranding" and the brand development around it.
The rebranding was also transferred into the advertising materials CI, which in the daily newspaper sector, alongside digital performance ads, still has print as a strong focus in the target group segment.
My responsibilities/tasks in this project:
- Creating the UI design system
- UX research
- Prototyping
- Rebranding & creating the new CI manual across all regional shops
- Shopware 6 front-end & back-end development
- Design & creative lead
- Ad design, landing pages
Stephan G.
Last position:
Senior Backend Software Developer at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovations
- Further development and operation of a central backend service for providing vehicle inventory for international Mercedes-Benz online shops
- Further development of a reservation service for vehicles as part of the checkout process
- Design and implementation of a highly scalable end-to-end test architecture with a focus on maintainability, reusability, and a high number of automated test cases
- Development of a multi-layer test infrastructure with a strict separation of test logic and access layers
- Development of an initialization and caching architecture to significantly speed up local and CI/CD-based test runs
- Development of an AI-supported review architecture for automated evaluation and quality assurance of end-to-end tests
- Development of a dashboard for consolidated display of a vehicle context across multiple backend systems, including AI-generated summaries and compact case analyses
- Integration and further development of connections to various reservation systems via Apache Kafka and REST
- Design of new microservices and support with architecture decisions
- Risk analysis and design of microservice migrations
- Technologies: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Gradle, Maven, Apache Kafka, REST, OpenAPI, Swagger, Github, Confluence, CI/CD, Microservices, AI, LLMs
Huy N.
Last position:
Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics
- Administration and further development of the M365 environment including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune and SharePoint Online
- Development of dashboards for performance monitoring using Microsoft Power BI
- Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
- Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
- Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives as technical point of contact
- Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
- Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
Robin W.
Last position:
Developer at agentic-engineer.online
agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.
- Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
- I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
Kersten L.
Last position:
Lead Architect / Lead Developer at Bettles: Sports Betting Platform
- Complete greenfield rebuild across the whole stack — built AI-native: backend in Go and NestJS, PostgreSQL (CNPG) on K3s with GitOps/Terraform; frontend on Angular 22, zoneless.
- Orchestrated coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) across the entire lifecycle — architecture, implementation, testing, reviews, documentation — driven by Specification-Driven Development (SDD).
- “Bruno” — LLM commentator persona backed by RAG and MCP for a personality that stays consistent across all generations (match previews, post-match reports, his own virtual bets).
Angular 22 (zoneless, without Zone.js), Claude Code, Claude Code Skills, CNPG, Cursor, Design Tokens (Spec for Code), Docker, Gherkin, Git, GitLab, GitOps, Go, Google Gemini, Grafana, Hetzner Cloud, K3s, Keycloak, Kubernetes, Lighthouse, LLM Integration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), NestJS, Node.js, NPM, Playwright, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, RAG, REST, Specification-Driven Development (SDD), Structured Outputs, Terraform, TypeScript, Vitest
Markus S.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at VRM Digital / RYZE
- Development and maintenance of a news portal CMS with interfaces.
- PHP development with HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, MySQL, Laravel, documentation of the interfaces and the system.
- Further development of the SSO system based on Laravel with a large API and connections to AWS, SAP, ERPS.
- Reorganisation and development of the news portals on the basis of a publish platform, services and interfaces to Google, Facebook, Twitter, SSO, SAP technical based on NodeJS with TypeScript and AWS.
- Technologies: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Vue.js, NodeJS, TypeScript, jQuery, CSS, SCSS, SASS, Unix, Jira, Confluence, Git, Apache, Nginx, AWS.
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
Gregor A.
Last position:
Frontend Developer - Style Developer at Finanzinformatik GmbH & Co. KG
- New development and further development of frontend interfaces for investors, using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, React, Material UI, and JSTL
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)
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Statistics of experts using jQuery
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years

Position duration
5.3 years

Positions per freelancer
13

Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
45%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 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 jQuery
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 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
jQuery 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%)
- Retail (48%)
- Banking and Finance (42%)
- Media and Entertainment (38%)
- Manufacturing (38%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Automotive (34%)
- Education (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
DOM Manipulation and Cross-Browser Consistency
Introduced to eliminate cross-browser inconsistencies, jQuery standardizes DOM traversal, event handling, animations, and asynchronous HTTP calls. It provides a compact syntax for querying elements, attaching listeners, and executing Ajax requests across varied browser rendering engines without vendor prefixes.
Core Ecosystem and Complementary Tools
Projects utilizing this library often depend on specialized companion packages and plugins that extend its functionality for enterprise web applications:
- jQuery UI for accessible drag-and-drop interactions, dialogs, and date pickers
- jQuery Mobile for touch-optimized layouts in progressive and legacy portable platforms
- DataTables for dynamic tabular data sorting, filtering, and server-side rendering
- Select2 for advanced searchable dropdown menus and tag inputs
Enterprise CMS and E-Commerce Integration
Massive production architectures continue to run this JavaScript library inside major content management platforms and storefronts. Platforms like WordPress, Drupal, Magento, and Shopify themes frequently bundle it to power interactive administrative consoles, checkout sequences, and theme components.
Scenarios Demanding External Freelance Support
Organizations frequently hire external specialists when legacy applications need stabilization, performance optimizations, or phased modernizations without disrupting ongoing operations:
- Upgrading deprecated versions to resolve security vulnerabilities and patch breaking API changes
- Isolating plugin memory leaks and resolving cascading event delegation bottlenecks
- Decoupling tightly coupled spaghetti code in preparation for framework migrations
- Auditing script bundles to eliminate redundant library wrappers and decrease bundle payloads
Modernization and Migration Strategies
Seasoned professionals guide teams through transitioning away from monolithic DOM operations toward modern vanilla JavaScript or component-driven architectures. They replace outdated Ajax utilities with the native Fetch API, swap DOM selectors for standard querySelector methods, and bridge legacy modules with React or Vue.
Hallmarks of Seasoned jQuery Professionals
Exceptional specialists possess a deep mastery of vanilla JavaScript and browser runtime internals. They write efficient event delegation patterns, understand the performance cost of layout thrashing caused by repeated DOM queries, and implement clean modular patterns rather than relying on global scope pollution.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about jQuery.
Companies engage jQuery specialists primarily to maintain, secure, and refactor existing web applications built over the last decade. These professionals debug complex event delegation chains, resolve cross-browser display bugs, upgrade vulnerable legacy versions, and progressively extract logic into modern frameworks without breaking live business workflows.
Unlike declarative, component-driven frameworks that manage state through a virtual DOM, jQuery directly manipulates the browser Document Object Model via imperative logic. While modern frameworks excel at building large single-page applications, the older library remains straightforward for adding lightweight interactivity to server-rendered pages in platforms like WordPress or Rails.
Yes, jQuery can operate alongside modern component libraries during phased migrations, provided scope and DOM ownership remain strictly separated. Experienced specialists ensure the library never alters DOM nodes controlled by declarative frameworks, avoiding reconciliation errors and unexpected re-renders.
A qualified jQuery professional should demonstrate deep expertise in modern vanilla JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5 semantics, and CSS architecture. Experience with package bundlers like Webpack or Vite, backend templating engines such as Blade or Twig, and browser profiling tools is equally vital.
Upgrading older jQuery installations requires running migration tools like jQuery Migrate to identify removed APIs and deprecated event handlers. Specialists audit all active plugins, rewrite obsolete selectors, and rigorously test third-party integrations to prevent silent runtime failures across production pages.
Frontend maintenance and refactoring with jQuery are well-suited for fully remote collaboration. Professionals rely on clear code repositories, reproducible local development setups via Docker, staging environments, and cross-browser cloud testing suites to ship and verify updates independently.
Refactoring aging enterprise applications demands senior professionals who understand both the historic idioms of early jQuery scripts and the nuances of modern browser APIs. Junior contributors often struggle with unravelling nested callbacks, unmanaged global state, and custom plugins created without structured documentation.
High-quality jQuery code minimizes direct DOM queries by caching element references, uses targeted event delegation on static containers, and avoids memory leaks caused by unbound listeners. Look for clean modular patterns, strict separation of concerns, and defensive handling of asynchronous server responses.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 725 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 45% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects are German (98%), English (97%), and French (14%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects are Information Technology (97%), Retail (48%), and Banking and Finance (42%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used jQuery in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Product Development (92%), and Project Management (51%).
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