Refactoring Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Refactoring
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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.
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 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Switzerland 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 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 29 Oct 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 Changes
Refactoring is the disciplined improvement of existing source code without changing its intended behavior. Specialists make structure, naming, dependencies and control flow easier to understand and safer to extend. The work can target a single module, a service boundary or an entire legacy application.
Typical Outcomes
- Simplify complex methods and duplicated logic
- Separate tightly coupled components
- Improve testability and error handling
- Prepare code for new product features
- Reduce technical debt without a full rewrite
Good refactoring keeps business behavior stable while making future changes more predictable. It is often paired with incremental modernization rather than a risky replacement project.
Ecosystem And Tools
Code refactoring works across languages and frameworks, including Java with IntelliJ IDEA, C# with Visual Studio and JavaScript or TypeScript with VS Code. Specialists use IDE transformations, static analysis, linters, formatters and dependency tools to identify safe improvements. Automated tests, code review and version control provide the guardrails.
When Companies Need It
- A legacy system is difficult to change safely
- Releases slow down because of fragile code
- Defects return in the same areas
- A migration requires clearer boundaries
- New specialists struggle to understand the codebase
Companies often bring in freelance expertise before a major feature, cloud migration or platform upgrade. In Switzerland, remote collaboration is common, while regulated or business-critical systems may benefit from planned on-site workshops.
Skills Around The Work
Strong refactoring professionals understand the domain as well as the code. They combine design principles, automated testing, debugging, profiling and database awareness with practical delivery habits. Depending on the system, adjacent skills may include API design, event-driven architecture, CI/CD, observability and secure coding.
They make small, reviewable changes and use characterization tests when behavior is poorly documented. They also explain trade-offs clearly, so product and technical stakeholders can agree on scope.
Choosing A Specialist
Look for evidence of improving live systems rather than only creating new applications. A capable specialist can describe how they measured risk, protected behavior, handled incomplete test coverage and verified improvements. Ask for a plan that starts with discovery, establishes a baseline and defines reviewable deliverables.
A good professional adapts to the team’s language and working style. For Swiss projects, clarify expectations around English, German or French communication, time-zone overlap, access to repositories and any required on-site collaboration. The best engagement leaves the code easier to change, not merely different.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Refactoring.
Refactoring is used to improve the internal structure of existing software while preserving its observable behavior. Companies use it to remove duplication, reduce complexity, improve testability and make future changes safer.
Code refactoring changes an existing implementation in small, controlled steps, while a rewrite replaces much or all of the system. Refactoring usually preserves working behavior and delivers value incrementally, whereas a rewrite carries broader delivery and migration risk.
A strong Refactoring specialist should understand automated testing, design principles, version control and debugging. Depending on the system, useful adjacent skills include API design, database performance, CI/CD, observability and secure coding.
Refactoring experience should match the system’s risk and complexity, not a fixed duration. A specialist working on a regulated platform, distributed system or poorly tested legacy application needs a track record of controlling behavior changes and communicating technical trade-offs.
Refactoring is often well suited to remote work because specialists can collaborate through repositories, issue trackers, code reviews and automated builds. On-site workshops can still help when domain knowledge is fragmented or access, compliance and architecture decisions require close coordination in Switzerland.
Quality Refactoring leaves behavior protected and the code easier to understand, test and modify. Review the before-and-after design, test coverage, defect risk, change size and documentation, rather than judging success only by the amount of code removed.
Refactoring may not be the best first step when the system has no viable tests, its business behavior is unknown or its technology cannot meet essential requirements. A specialist may recommend characterization tests, targeted replacement or a staged modernization plan before deeper structural changes.
Code refactoring projects often begin with discovery, dependency mapping and agreement on safe boundaries. Specialists should expect to work closely with product stakeholders, review existing tests, explain risk and deliver small improvements that fit the team’s release process.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Refactoring in their recent projects is 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 900 € 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%).
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