Refactoring Experts in Switzerland
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Frank G.
Last position:
Agile Coach and Program Manager at Centris AG
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to develop a multi-channel output system to support their customers on their digital enhancement journey.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 5 teams in the ART. Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
The insurance application service provider in Switzerland intended to transform their claims management BPO and IT team into an agile delivery organization.
- Established an Agile Release Train based on SAFe 6.0
- Trained all ART leadership
- Coached the development of the solution intent
- Established 2 teams in an ART.
- Developed the Epic and Feature Backlog for the team.
- Planned and coached 2 PI planning sessions
Piotr S.
Last position:
CTO Program Manager, Theme Owner / Senior Project Manager at Avaloq Group AG
- Clients: Central banks of the most developed economies in the world, German, Swiss, Luxembourgish, Monegasque, Singaporean, Japanese wealth managers and universal/private banks, world’s largest investment banks
- Accountable for managing the delivery of a portfolio of digital wealth and consumer relationship management initiatives
- Project managing portfolios of projects within CTO product and technology business area (cyber security, architectural changes, re-organisational transformation, 3rd party apps)
- Products: Kernel & Parametrisation for Core Avaloq Banking Platform; modules: CRM, client data management, wealth management, portfolio management (generating over 90% of company revenues)
- Key responsibilities:
- Reporting to Head of Disruptive Innovation Division; stakeholder to five product owners & two domain owners
- Accountable for delivery of annual themes and quarterly key deliverables
- Managing demand vs supply via QBR process: book of work, execution, reporting, risk management
- Directly managing around 40 external consultants (front-end/back-end engineers, BAs, designers)
- Hiring and managing resources in eight countries
- Running quarterly divisional closure meetings presenting achievements and challenges
- Resolving cross-team dependencies and internal/external conflicts
- Owning and controlling maintenance budget; planning, forecasting, execution; ensuring demand matches supply
- Identifying and staffing key roles with chapter leads
- Approach: Agile, Scrum of Scrums, QBR/OKRs
- Technology: Angular, PL/SQL, JavaScript, Confluence, JIRA (JQL)
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
Elias V.
Last position:
Cloud Architect & Security Advisor at BaFin
- Designing hybrid cloud architectures (on-prem + cloud)
- Implementing cloud governance structures according to NIS2, BSI, ESCB/SMM
- Developing policies for cloud security & access control
- Target designs, management decision frameworks, internal audits & cloud integration
Yuri G.
Last position:
Senior Security Devops Engineer at Swisscom
- Implementation and maintenance of highly critical IAM solutions for B2B clients (SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, PIM/PAM)
- Security administration of Linux systems (CentOS, Red Hat) in Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
- Planning and execution of risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reports
- Development and management of B2B applications (Java, REST/SOAP, Angular) and CI/CD pipelines (Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab)
- Leading integration tests and UAT (Cucumber, Selenium, Katalon)
- Implementing monitoring and observability strategies with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
- Integrating SAST tools like Snyk and SonarQube
- Release management and project coordination according to Scrum and SAFe
- Mentoring and technical support of junior team members
Matthias I.
Last position:
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.
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
Richard W.
Last position:
Freelance Developer at Freelance Developer
- Refactoring and bug fixing for Vibe Code
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Statistics of experts using Refactoring
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
2.4 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Audit
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
100%
Doctorate
17%
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 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.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Refactoring
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.
Refactoring 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 (75%)
- Healthcare (50%)
- Government and Administration (50%)
- Automotive (38%)
- Insurance (38%)
- Manufacturing (38%)
- Energy (25%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Refactoring Does
Refactoring is the disciplined improvement of existing source code without changing its observable behavior. Experts simplify structure, remove duplication and make software easier to test, extend and operate. Code refactoring supports safer product evolution than repeatedly adding workarounds to a growing codebase.
Where It Is Used
Refactoring applies to web applications, mobile backends, APIs, data services and business software built with languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript. Typical tasks include:
- Breaking large classes or modules into focused components
- Replacing duplicated logic with reusable abstractions
- Modernizing legacy code while preserving behavior
- Improving API boundaries, database access and error handling
Ecosystem And Methods
Effective work combines source-code analysis with version control, automated tests and continuous integration. Specialists may use IDE inspections, static analysis, code coverage tools and safe transformation features in tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, SonarQube or language-specific linters. Design patterns, domain-driven design and test-driven development often guide the changes.
When Companies Need Help
Companies often bring in freelance expertise when a release roadmap is slowed by fragile code, when a legacy system must support new products, or when a team needs to reduce technical debt without pausing delivery. Swiss organizations may also value remote specialists who can document decisions clearly and collaborate across German-, French- or Italian-speaking teams.
What Strong Specialists Deliver
Strong professionals begin with a clear baseline: tests, behavior, dependencies and measurable risks. They make small, reviewable changes, preserve compatibility where required and explain trade-offs in language the product team can use. Their deliverables can include a refactoring plan, redesigned modules, updated tests, migration notes and maintainable documentation.
Choosing The Right Expertise
Look for evidence of work on codebases similar in age, language, scale and operational risk. Ask how the specialist protects behavior, handles missing tests and decides between incremental restructuring and a wider rewrite. For remote or on-site work in Switzerland, confirm collaboration habits, repository access, review processes and the ability to work within existing release controls.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Refactoring.
Refactoring improves the internal structure of software while keeping its expected behavior intact. Companies use it to reduce technical debt, improve readability, make testing easier and prepare a codebase for new features.
Code refactoring changes the structure of an existing system in controlled steps, while a rewrite replaces much or all of it. Refactoring usually preserves working behavior and lowers delivery risk, whereas a rewrite may be justified when the current foundation cannot support essential requirements.
A strong refactoring specialist should understand automated testing, version control, continuous integration and software design principles. Experience with static analysis, database changes, API compatibility and observability is also valuable when structural changes affect production systems.
The right level for refactoring depends on codebase complexity, test coverage, deployment risk and the number of connected systems. A small, well-tested module may need focused support, while legacy modernization benefits from a specialist who can map dependencies, define safe increments and guide reviews.
Refactoring is often suitable for remote collaboration because repository history, tests, code reviews and delivery pipelines provide a shared working context. Teams should agree on communication, access controls, review routines and documentation, especially when contributors work across Switzerland's language regions.
A company should consider refactoring when recurring defects, slow changes or unclear dependencies make feature work increasingly risky. The work is most effective when tied to a concrete product goal, such as improving a critical workflow or enabling a planned integration.
Good refactoring leaves behavior protected by tests, a clearer design and changes that reviewers can understand. Check whether the specialist defines a baseline, keeps commits focused, removes unnecessary complexity and documents risks rather than claiming improvement from code style alone.
Before starting code refactoring, clarify the target outcomes, supported versions, release constraints, test gaps and approval process. Also ask who owns architectural decisions, how production behavior is monitored and whether the assignment covers incremental cleanup, a migration or a broader modernization effort.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects is 113 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 901 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 100% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects have 19 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 Refactoring in their recent projects are English (100%), German (88%), and French (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Healthcare (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (88%), and Quality Assurance (75%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Refactoring
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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