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Mohamad K.

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Senior Backend Developer

Zürich
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.
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Christoph P.

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ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator

Zug
Christoph P.

Last position:

ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG

  • Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
  • Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in a 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
  • Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
  • Reduced time to market by 50% by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing self-service deployments.
  • Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
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Robin O.

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Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect

Winterthur
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

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Frank G.

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Program Manager | AI Strategist | Speaker | Author | Lecturer “Entrepreneurial AI” | Certified AI Consulting & Automation | PMP®

Ingenbohl
Frank G.

Last position:

Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions

  • Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
  • Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
  • Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
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Ahmed R.

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AI & Automation Engineer

Küsnacht
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.
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Claus N.

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Oracle Database Engineer

Thalwil
Claus N.

Last position:

Oracle Database Engineer at BBV.ch

  • Migration of databases from ODA to ExaData
  • Migration of databases from ExaData to ExaCC/OCI
  • Decreased UCC usage by 10%
  • Developing automation scripts using Python
  • Performance tuning
  • Shrunk development databases from 6 TB to 3 TB using Exadata columnar compression
  • Tuned application performance by 30% using inmemory option
  • Tuned non-production Exadata by 20% to release CPU resources before ExaCC migration
  • Database patching of Oracle 19c
  • Basic Ansible scripting for deployments and database cloning
  • Developing acconting model for shared Oracle platform
  • Migrating single-instance databases to Oracle RAC
  • Analysis of RAC issues
  • Advising development teams of how to migrate to RAC
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Patrick R.

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DevOps Engineer

Reichenburg
Patrick R.

Last position:

DevOps Engineer at Swisscard AECS AG

  • PoC for various platform integration functionalities using Backstage and Crossplane
  • Implementation of improvements of developer experience with Azure AVD and DevSpace
  • Manage application deployment infrastructure on Kubernetes clusters
  • Manage CI/CD platform
  • Manage deployments into Kubernetes (Rancher and AKS) and into Azure
  • Act as security champion of the DevOps team
  • Manage vulnerabilities and support dev teams to manage third-party vulnerabilities using JFrog Xray
  • Support building the platform team
  • Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and Atlantis
  • Build and integrate a platform and IDP using Crossplane
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Alexander S.

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IT Manager & Architectural Draftsman

Steffisburg
Alexander S.

Last position:

IT Manager & Architectural Draftsman at Architektur Jürg Gasser

  • Design, operation, and further development of a stable IT environment to ensure smooth CAD and planning operations.

  • Implement structured backup and data protection concepts to reduce operational risks and safeguard business-critical data.

  • Optimize and secure the web and server infrastructure in a LAMP environment to increase stability, security, and availability.

  • Ensure reliable operation of Microsoft 365 and Exchange services for daily business operations.

  • Combine technical infrastructure expertise with domain experience in architecture and CAD.

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Matthias I.

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Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)

Zürich
Matthias I.

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Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)

  • Designed large-scale systems and APIs serving thousands of concurrent users.
  • Refactored a 650k-LOC monolith and led full AWS migration for stable performance.
  • Introduced SLO-based observability, improving reliability and recovery flow.
  • Optimised cloud and databases, achieving significant cost and latency reduction.
  • Delivered LLM, RAG, and document-automation pipelines adopted in production.
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Reto B.

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Managing Director

Brittnau
Reto B.

Last position:

Managing Director at Atsoft GmbH

  • Consulting in ICT, business processes, system architecture, web integration, client-server computing, cross-platform development, responsive web design, social media integration, GUI
  • Custom and specialized solutions
  • Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Web services, web applications, portals, application extensions (add-ins, plug-ins)
  • Database design, interface solutions
  • Outsourcing in various industries
  • Solutions for other software houses
  • Project management and project support (software engineering, coding)
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Csaba K.

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ServiceNow Consultant

Zumikon
Csaba K.

Last position:

ServiceNow Consultant at DXC

  • Worked in mixed teams with several clients
  • Performed requirement engineering, proposal and time estimation
  • Developed ACLs, business rules, flows, workflows, catalog items, various scripts, UI actions, policies, scoped applications
  • Customized mobile apps: Now Agent and Now Mobile
  • Implemented integrations using the Integration Hub
  • Coordinated continuously with clients during development
  • Performed testing and helped clients with testing
  • Deployed to production and applied main version upgrades and patches
  • Managed CMDB, domain separation and asset management
  • Integrated between instances at different clients
  • Developed GlideScript: business rules, scripted REST endpoints, extension points, fix scripts, background scripts
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Alejandro A.

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AI Researcher & Engineer

Zürich
Alejandro A.

Last position:

AI Researcher & Engineer at Tufa Labs

  • Deployed and optimized the inference stack on a multi-node DGX B200 cluster across vLLM and SGLang (serving, throughput and latency tuning).
  • Built, with a small team, an internal Python library for LM pretraining covering the full training loop: distributed training with PyTorch FSDP, data pipelines, checkpointing, config and hyperparameter management, and experiment tracking.
  • Built and evaluated agent scaffolds on interactive game benchmarks similar to ARC-AGI-3, with metrics for how models plan, explore and adapt across multi-step episodes; classified model errors and fed the findings back into scaffold and evaluation design.
  • Researched looped transformer architectures.
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Zafer B.

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Lead Test Automation Engineer

Solothurn
Zafer B.

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
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Ala L.

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VR/AR/ML Project Site Lead (contract by Experis)

Wallisellen
Ala L.

Last position:

VR/AR/ML Project Site Lead (contract by Experis) at Meta

  • Acted as project lead in different internal projects, including the development and implementation of innovative solutions based on machine learning, virtual and augmented reality with the aim of providing great user experience
  • Drove project planning, execution and reporting, designed risk mitigation and schedule adjustment plans to bring the projects on the green path
  • Directed the process optimization and conducted project reviews by being the liaison between engineering teams and executive stakeholders
  • Served as agile coach and led the scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective

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Statistics of experts using PostgreSQL

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

21 years

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland have 21 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.4 years

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland stay in a single position for 2.4 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

12

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland have completed 12 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Government and Administration.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

95%

95% of PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

75%

75% of PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

5%

5% of PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

5

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland hold 5 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

96%

96% of PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 4 8 12 16
2 of the PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland charge less than €400 per day.
2 of the PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland charge between €400 and €800 per day.
13 of the PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
6 of the PostgreSQL experts in Switzerland charge €1200 or more per day.
<€400 €400-​800 €800-​1200 €1200+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland 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.

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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using PostgreSQL

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 945 €

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Median rate 920 €

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.

PostgreSQL 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 (96%)
  • Banking and Finance (71%)
  • Government and Administration (50%)
  • Professional Services (46%)
  • Education (38%)
  • Insurance (38%)
  • Healthcare (33%)
  • Energy (25%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Relational foundation

PostgreSQL is an open-source object-relational database used for transactional applications, analytics and data-intensive services. It combines strong consistency with rich SQL, extensible data types, full-text search, JSONB documents and advanced indexing. Teams use it for customer platforms, financial systems, marketplaces and internal business tools.

Core capabilities

PostgreSQL supports complex schemas, constraints, views, stored procedures and sophisticated query planning. Its extension model adds capabilities such as PostGIS for geospatial data, TimescaleDB for time-series workloads and pgvector for vector search. Specialists also work with partitioning, materialized views and logical replication.

Ecosystem and tooling

A production setup can include managed services on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, as well as Kubernetes operators and self-managed Linux environments. Common tools cover migrations, backups, observability, connection pooling and automated delivery. Strong SQL practice is usually paired with application frameworks, infrastructure automation and secure identity management.

Where expertise helps

  • Design schemas for transactional workloads and evolving product requirements
  • Diagnose slow queries, lock contention and inefficient execution plans
  • Plan high-availability, backup and recovery procedures
  • Move data safely from other relational or proprietary systems
  • Connect PostgreSQL to reporting, event-driven and analytics workflows

When to bring in a specialist

Companies often seek freelance expertise during a migration, a major performance issue or a redesign of a growing data model. Support is also useful when a team needs dependable disaster recovery, replication across regions or a secure cloud transition. In Switzerland, remote collaboration is common, while on-site work can help with regulated environments and close coordination; English is widely used, with local language needs depending on the organisation.

What good work looks like

A strong professional explains trade-offs instead of applying generic tuning advice. They inspect query plans, define measurable recovery objectives, test failure scenarios and document operational decisions. Quality also means safe migrations, least-privilege access, maintainable SQL and clear handover to the people who will run the database after delivery.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions about PostgreSQL? Start with the answers below.

PostgreSQL is used for transactional web applications, financial records, customer platforms, content systems and analytical workloads. Its SQL support, data integrity controls and JSONB features make it suitable when structured and semi-structured data must work together.

PostgreSQL generally offers broader SQL compliance, richer data types and strong support for complex queries and extensions. MySQL and MariaDB can be a good fit for simpler workloads or existing ecosystems, so the choice should reflect application needs, operational skills and hosting options.

PostgreSQL work often benefits from expertise in Linux, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, backup systems, observability and infrastructure automation. Familiarity with application frameworks, migration tools, security controls and data warehouses also helps connect the database to the wider system.

PostgreSQL project needs vary by risk rather than by database size alone. A straightforward application may need a specialist for schema and query design, while high-availability systems, complex migrations or strict recovery requirements call for proven production experience.

PostgreSQL projects are often well suited to remote collaboration because access, migrations, reviews and monitoring can be handled securely online. On-site sessions may still be valuable for architecture workshops, regulated environments or close coordination with internal teams in Switzerland.

PostgreSQL migration work should include an inventory of source data, a mapped target schema, tested transformation steps and a rollback plan. A careful specialist also validates data integrity, checks application behaviour and documents the cutover and recovery process.

PostgreSQL quality is visible in the questions a specialist asks about workload patterns, recovery objectives, security and operational ownership. Ask for examples of query-plan analysis, migration testing, incident handling and documentation rather than relying only on a list of tools.

PostgreSQL can support both through extensions such as PostGIS for geospatial queries and pgvector for similarity search. The right specialist will assess indexing, storage, query patterns and scale before deciding whether these workloads belong in the same database or a separate system.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 945 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects, 95% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are English (96%), German (92%), and French (42%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Banking and Finance (71%), and Government and Administration (50%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used PostgreSQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (92%), and Quality Assurance (58%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used PostgreSQL

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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