Selenium Experts in Switzerland
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Ulysse Brice M.
Last position:
Agile Quality Engineer & Quality Master at Die Mobiliar
- Test strategy design
- Continuous defect tracking and documentation
- Test case creation and execution for performance and end-to-end tests as well as mass tests
- Responsibility for all test activities in the team
- Requirements and documentation analysis
- Agile testing based on stories, epics and features
- Test management and coordination
- Use of SAFe (PI planning, PI preparation, sprints, daily meetings, Kanban board, retrospective, review)
- Use of GitHub, Tortoise, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Splunk, Swagger UI, Tosca, Rocket.Chat, Visual Studio Code, Oracle SQL Developer
- SAFe framework and project abroad
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.
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
Yassin B.
Last position:
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Schweizerweg Gmbh
- Designed and executed automated and manual test cases for REST APIs and UI workflows using Selenide, Selenium, and Postman.
- Developed and maintained Gatling-based performance tests for simulating user load and validating system responsiveness and stability under stress.
- Integrated test suites into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, enabling rapid and reliable delivery cycles.
- Employed Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus to monitor logs, track metrics, and perform in-depth application performance monitoring (APM).
- Utilized Swagger for validating and documenting API contracts and ensuring consistency across environments.
- Created and managed isolated test environments using Docker, enabling reproducible and consistent test execution.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket for agile planning, documentation, and version control.
- Worked in a Java/Spring Boot tech stack, leveraging Maven for project build automation and IntelliJ IDEA for development and debugging.
Key Achievements:
- Built a reusable Selenide-based UI automation framework that reduced test creation time by over 50%.
- Automated end-to-end test scenarios for critical business workflows, increasing test coverage and release confidence.
- Designed a modular Gatling load testing framework, used for continuous performance benchmarking.
- Detected and resolved several critical production performance issues through proactive APM and stress testing.
Andreas H.
Last position:
Test Automation Architect at Banking Bank (name withheld)
- Set up a shift-left DevOps E2E system testing architecture
- Set up "DevOps Shift-left" E2E tests for 240+ applications
- Under NDA
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
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
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Patryk S.
Last position:
Test Manager at HIQT GmbH
- Set up a partnership to support UiPath from migrating new clients to the UiPath tool landscape
- RPA testing
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
Nenad T.
Last position:
Contractor at Swisscom
- SAP Data Designer ETL, SQL Server, Docker for PharmaSuisse Data Warehouse Application (Application Manager and Developer)
- SAP Business Objects, ABAP on SAP HANA for the Police of the Canton of Bern (Application Manager and Developer)
- Avaloq Connectors to SAP BW for Banque Cantonale de Fribourg
Mateusz L.
Last position:
Project Lead Developer at PwC
- Took over the analyst and leading developer role in an innovative project helping detection of financial fraud in a major financial institution in Zurich with assistance of artificial intelligence
- Analyzed and implemented new modules, improved performance and user experience, elevated technical documentation and code quality to the standard required by the end client
- Technologies: Java 17, JavaFX, Spring Boot, concurrency, UX, Gradle, Impala
Loïc L.
Last position:
Certified ScrumMaster at Scrum Alliance
Martin G.
Last position:
IT Project Manager ALV-eGOV, Deputy Head, Group Leader, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer at SECO
- Planning, implementation, and rollout of 7 eGov services for companies and job seekers for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (ALV)
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using Selenium
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
2.8 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Government and Administration, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
62%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, 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 Selenium
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.
Selenium 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 (93%)
- Government and Administration (71%)
- Banking and Finance (64%)
- Insurance (50%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Automotive (29%)
- Energy (29%)
- Education (21%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Browser automation
Selenium is an open-source framework for controlling web browsers through automated tests. It supports major browsers and lets teams verify real user journeys, from form submission and authentication to checkout and account workflows. Selenium WebDriver is the core interface used to drive browsers from code.
Test ecosystem
Selenium works with Java, Python, C#, JavaScript and other languages through official bindings. Strong implementations often combine WebDriver with Selenium Grid for distributed execution, page object patterns for maintainable test code, and tools such as TestNG, JUnit, pytest or NUnit. Browser drivers, explicit waits and reliable test data are essential parts of the setup.
Typical deliveries
- End-to-end test suites for critical web journeys
- Cross-browser coverage for desktop and responsive applications
- Regression automation for frequent product releases
- Selenium Grid setups for parallel test execution
- CI pipelines that publish clear test evidence
These deliverables help teams replace repetitive manual checks with repeatable browser validation. The right scope depends on application stability, release frequency and the risk of a failed user journey.
When expertise matters
Companies bring in freelance Selenium professionals when an existing suite is slow, flaky or difficult to extend. They may also need help migrating legacy Selenium IDE work to maintainable WebDriver code, adding coverage before a major release, or integrating browser tests into Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or another delivery workflow. In Switzerland, remote collaboration is often practical when documentation, access and test environments are well prepared.
Quality signals
A strong specialist separates test failures from environment and application defects. They use stable selectors, explicit waits, isolated test data and clear teardown routines instead of relying on timing or brittle XPath expressions. They also review failure reports, manage browser and driver compatibility, and keep the suite readable for the team that will maintain it.
Skills beyond Selenium
Useful adjacent knowledge includes HTTP fundamentals, HTML and the DOM, JavaScript behaviour, API testing and basic database checks. Experience with Docker, cloud browser infrastructure, version control and CI/CD helps when tests must run consistently outside a local machine. Good professionals also understand test strategy: they know which flows belong in browser automation and which are better covered at unit or API level.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Selenium.
Selenium is mainly used to automate browsers and verify web applications through realistic user flows. Companies use it for functional, regression, smoke and cross-browser testing, rather than for testing native mobile applications directly.
Selenium has broad browser support, mature language bindings and a large ecosystem, making it a common choice for established test programs. Playwright offers tightly integrated modern browser automation, while Cypress uses a different in-browser execution model; the best option depends on application architecture, browser coverage and existing skills.
A strong Selenium specialist usually also understands a programming language such as Java, Python, C# or JavaScript. CI/CD, Git, API testing, HTML, CSS selectors, test reporting and defect analysis are valuable because browser tests must fit into a wider quality process.
The needed level depends on the application, test scope and condition of the existing suite. A smaller suite may need focused automation skills, while a large or flaky framework calls for someone who can design test architecture, improve parallel execution and diagnose failures across browsers and environments.
Yes. Selenium work is commonly performed remotely when the specialist has secure access to repositories, test environments, browsers and reporting systems. Clear communication in the team’s working language, documented test data and agreed execution ownership matter more than physical presence for many projects.
Selenium Grid lets teams run browser sessions across multiple machines or environments, which supports broader coverage and shorter execution times. It requires careful handling of sessions, browser versions, test data and infrastructure stability; otherwise parallel runs can create misleading failures.
Review whether Selenium tests are stable, readable and tied to important user journeys rather than simply numerous. Ask how the specialist handles waits, selectors, test isolation, screenshots, logs, retries and failure triage, then inspect how easily another team member can understand and maintain the suite.
Selenium is designed primarily for web browsers, so it is not the natural first choice for API testing. API tools should cover service behaviour directly, while mobile browser testing may use Selenium-compatible integrations such as Appium alongside device or emulator infrastructure.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 939 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 62% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (64%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Government and Administration (71%), and Banking and Finance (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Selenium in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (86%), and Quality Assurance (79%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Selenium
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