Refactoring Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Refactoring
Frank Gulitz
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
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
Piotr Seredyn
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)
Elias Vasiliadi
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 Gladkov
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 Isler
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.
Bojan Antonović
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
Georgios Sfakianakis
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 Weigand
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
20 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration
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 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What refactoring covers
Refactoring means improving code structure without changing what the software does. It is used to remove duplication, split large modules, rename unclear parts, and make systems easier to test and extend. Strong experts keep behavior stable while making the codebase cleaner.
Where it helps
- Legacy applications with hard-to-read code
- Features blocked by fragile design
- Test suites that are slow or difficult to trust
- Release work that breaks often after small changes
It is common in long-lived products, platform teams, and regulated environments where stability matters. In Switzerland, companies often bring in refactoring specialists for systems that must keep running while the code is gradually improved.
Skills that matter
Good refactoring work needs more than tidy code. Specialists should understand design patterns, dependency management, test strategy, version control, and how the application is deployed. They should also know when to stop, because over-refactoring can waste time and add risk.
Common tools
Refactoring usually happens inside the normal stack, not in a separate tool. Experts often work with IDE refactor features, automated test suites, static analysis, linters, and code review workflows. In practice, they also rely on a clear understanding of Java, .NET, JavaScript, Python, or the language used in the system.
When to bring in help
Bring in freelance expertise when internal teams are too close to the code, deadlines are tight, or technical debt is slowing delivery. Refactoring specialists are useful after acquisitions, before major platform changes, or when a product needs safer maintenance. They can work remote or on-site, which helps distributed teams across Switzerland.
What strong specialists deliver
A strong refactoring specialist leaves behind code that is easier to read, test, and change. You should see smaller modules, clearer names, fewer hidden dependencies, and safer release work. The best experts protect business behavior first and improve structure step by step, not all at once.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Refactoring.
The first thing to know about Refactoring is that it improves the structure of existing code without changing the software’s behavior. Companies use it to reduce complexity, make testing easier, and keep older systems maintainable. It is a practical choice when the product must keep working while the code gets cleaner.
A Refactoring expert improves the current codebase step by step, while a rewrite replaces large parts or all of it. Refactoring is usually safer when the system is already in production and business logic is hard to reproduce. A rewrite may look simpler at first, but it often carries more delivery and migration risk.
A strong Refactoring specialist understands design, tests, dependencies, and how to spot hidden coupling. They should be comfortable reading legacy code, using IDE refactor tools, and working with code review and static analysis. Domain understanding also matters, because structural changes must not alter business rules.
In most projects, Refactoring goes together with automated testing, version control, and static code analysis. It often touches the main application stack too, such as Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, or PHP. Good specialists also work closely with CI pipelines so changes stay safe as they land.
Companies usually bring in Refactoring help when internal teams are busy shipping features and cannot clean up the code safely. It is also common when technical debt is blocking new work, after a merger, or before a larger platform change. Outside experts can focus on the hard parts without slowing the product team.
Most Refactoring work can be done remotely because it depends on code access, clear communication, and strong review habits. On-site time can help when the system is complex, the team is new to the codebase, or business rules need quick discussion. In Switzerland, many teams use a mix of both depending on the project phase.
Look for a Refactoring specialist who explains trade-offs clearly and improves code in small, safe steps. Good signs are better test coverage, simpler modules, fewer duplicate paths, and no behavior changes that surprise the business. Ask for examples where they reduced complexity without creating new risk.
In practice, Refactoring is often used interchangeably with code refactoring and software refactoring. The terms usually point to the same work: changing internal structure while keeping the output the same. Searchers may use any of these names, so a good brief should allow all three.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 886 € 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 20 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 Refactoring in their recent projects are English (100%), German (89%), and French (56%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (67%), and Government and Administration (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (89%), and Quality Assurance (78%).
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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