OpenAI Experts in Switzerland
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Matthias Sauer-Rank
Last position:
Lecturer Software Management, 10% at FH Graubünden
- Design and delivery of the university module "Software Management" in the Bachelor's program Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
- Teaching software project management, project organization, stakeholder management, risk and quality management, as well as agile and hybrid project steering
- Covering release planning, cut-over, go-live, handover to operations, and the operational impact of technical decisions
- Developing a case study across the semester for practical application of the methods taught
- Designing lectures, group work, risk and decision workshops, and practice-oriented assessments
- Combining methodological fundamentals with experience from software development, customer projects, delivery, release, testing, and IT operations
- Use of AI in software and project management
Methods and tools: Software project management, HERMES, PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid delivery models, requirements engineering, risk and quality management, release management, test management, Moodle
Osman Tartoussi
Last position:
Senior Developer and Consultant at Federal Office for IT and Telecommunications BIT
IT consulting, analysis, architecture design, new and further development, code review, test automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery in the backend and frontend area.
Technology stack:
JAVA 21
Spring Boot 3
Spring Framework 6
Spring Rest
Spring Data
JPA
Postgres
Aurora Database
Typescript
OWASP
Renovatebot
Sonarqube
Prometheus
Grafana
Spring Security
Single SignOn
Keycloak
Angular 19
NgRx Redux
AWS ECS
AWS Cloudwatch
Terraform
Spacelift
GitOps
Docker
Junit
Maven
Jenkins Pipeline
GitHub
BitBucket
Nexus
Kafka
Conduktor
Kafdrop
OpenApi
Swagger
Scrum
SAFe
Jira
Confluence
Robin Ochsner
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
Mike Battistella
Last position:
Freelance UX-Researcher, -Designer at Companion Hub
UX research and UX concepts for an assisted living application with QT client dashboard/video application and web interface for client support
Daniel Schmidt
Last position:
Senior Manager at devpoint GmbH
- Design and co-implementation of an insolvency management platform in Germany for a client (based on an AI development tool)
- Concept, requirements engineering, and implementation support for a Dubai-based company to integrate processes into a CRM
- Business analysis and requirements engineering at Swisscom for integrations
- Integration of a new knowledge management system into the business processes at Swisscom AG – REST API definition
- Project manager, consultant, and sparring partner for the realignment/process digitalization at GIB Solutions AG
- Process designer and prototype for an AI-based real estate marketing system in Dubai
- Interim head of the ICT department at a telecom company, reorganizing and optimizing processes with a team of 5 at GIB Solutions AG
- Agile requirements engineer / external PO for a web-based solution for the German company DEHN AG
- Project management and consulting for the existing marketing and campaign planning solution at Swisscom AG
- Building the ALoHA nearshore offering at devpoint
Ursula Maria Mayer
Last position:
Business Mentor at RoleModel Rebels
- Mentor female students and professionals in advancing their careers, particularly as aspiring tech entrepreneurs.
Fabian Kostadinov
Last position:
Lecturer at HWZ University of Applied Sciences
- Co-teach in CAS AI Management and CAS AI Innovation programs for future AI managers
- Cover topics including data platforms, AI architecture, technology adoption foundations, and factors influencing enterprise AI initiative success
Zafer Baysan
Last position:
Lead Test Automation Engineer at Unknown
- Playwright-based API test automation for the Oracle JD Edwards ERP system
- Development of a TypeScript/Node.js test framework with MSSQL database integration
- End-to-end business process automation for order processing, customer management, etc.
- OpenAI integration for automatic PDF document validation
- Jira/Xray integration for automated test reporting with dashboard
- REST API client development with role-based authentication
- Test data management, dynamic ID validation, and cross-test data sharing mechanisms
Karl Estermann
Last position:
incl. CI/CD, automation at AALS Software AG
- Designed and delivered a practical real-time course on Flink and Hadoop with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka
- Gained extensive DevOps and CI/CD experience
- Created ETL/ELT pipelines with Apache tools and Pentaho
- Led projects in municipal software, financial services, and big data with Kafka
- Developed AI/NLP models and chatbots with RASA, Chatter, and Dialogflow
- Built and managed a TypeDB knowledge database
- Worked with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Podman
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Statistics of experts using OpenAI
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Certifications per freelancer
2
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
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using OpenAI
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
OpenAI work
OpenAI is used to add language and vision features to products, tools, and internal systems. Teams bring it in for ChatGPT-based assistants, content workflows, search over company knowledge, and structured output from prompts and APIs.
Typical deliverables
- ChatGPT assistants for support, sales, or operations
- OpenAI API integrations in apps and back-office tools
- Prompt design, response formatting, and guardrails
- Retrieval setups that connect models to private data
- Evaluation flows for quality, safety, and consistency
Ecosystem
OpenAI specialists often work with the OpenAI API, ChatGPT, GPT-4-class models, function calling, embeddings, and vector search. In Switzerland, they are often brought into teams that need English and German output, clear review steps, and careful handling of sensitive business data.
When to bring in help
Bring in freelance expertise when a model feature must ship quickly, an existing prototype needs hardening, or a team lacks hands-on prompt and API experience. It also helps when you need clean integration with CRM, ticketing, document, or analytics systems.
What strong experts do
Strong OpenAI professionals write prompts that hold up in real use, design fallback paths, and test outputs against business cases. They know where the model is useful, where it is weak, and how to keep behavior stable as prompts, models, and tools change.
Good fit signals
- You need assistants, summarization, extraction, or content generation
- Your team wants structured outputs rather than loose text
- You need help with token use, latency, and model selection
- You need secure handling of sensitive prompts and source data
- You want a freelancer who can work with product and engineering teams remotely or on-site in Switzerland
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about OpenAI — answered in short.
OpenAI is used to add natural-language features to products and internal tools. Common uses include ChatGPT-style assistants, text extraction, summarization, knowledge search, and content drafting. Many teams also use it for workflow automation where structured output matters.
OpenAI handles messy, human language better than fixed rules, so it works well when inputs vary. Rule-based systems are still useful for narrow tasks with strict logic. In practice, many projects combine both: rules for control, models for language understanding and generation.
OpenAI is the vendor and model provider, while ChatGPT is the product many people use in the browser. For custom work, companies usually mean the OpenAI API, not just the chat app. A strong freelancer should know both the product limits and the API side.
A strong OpenAI specialist usually knows prompt design, API integration, data preparation, and basic evaluation. Depending on the project, skills in Python, JavaScript, search, vector databases, or cloud tooling can matter too. For business use, they should also understand privacy and review workflows.
A small proof of concept may need only a focused specialist, but production work needs someone who can handle reliability, cost, and safety. OpenAI projects often fail when prompts are not tested against real cases. For anything customer-facing, you want someone who has already shipped similar work.
Choose a freelancer when you need fast delivery, specific OpenAI experience, or help on a defined scope such as an assistant, a retrieval layer, or evaluation work. This is common for short product cycles or one-off modernization efforts. It is also useful when your team needs guidance before hiring long term.
Yes. Most OpenAI work can be done remotely because the core tasks are prompt design, integration, testing, and review. For Swiss teams, the main question is usually how the freelancer handles language needs, stakeholder reviews, and access to sensitive data.
Look for concrete examples of shipped OpenAI work, not just prompt-writing claims. Good signs are clear thinking about edge cases, fallback behavior, evaluation methods, and how the model fits into a larger system. Ask how they would handle hallucinations, prompt changes, and output validation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 898 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (56%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Insurance (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used OpenAI in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Strategy (67%).
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