SOAP Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used SOAP
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.
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
Nikita V.
Last position:
Salesforce Technical Architect at Fennia
- Designed and engineered a shared web component library for a customer portal serving 360,000+ private users and integrated the LWC framework with Storybook via Rollup.
- Resolved WCAG AA compliance issues to support strict accessibility requirements.
- Integrated legacy systems into a new portal via REST API to support existing products.
Markus S.
Last position:
Domain Architect Core Party Data at ING DiBa AG
Technologies: Confluence, PlantUML, BPMN
- As part of the modernization of ING DiBa, the master data management system is also being renewed. As the Domain Architect for this topic, I had to find a way to combine global solution approaches from the headquarters in Amsterdam with local requirements from the German branch in Frankfurt.
Reinhold S.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy
- Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
- Handling ad hoc requests
- Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
- Optimizing and managing SQL queries
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
Peter S.
Last position:
Web Application Developer PHP / WordPress Plugin Development at Gemeinde Bauma
- Analysis, consulting, and development of a WordPress application for the digital processing and delivery of the Bauma chronicle archive
Karim I.
Last position:
Test Engineer at Ixtrac AG for Swica
- Building a framework for automated website testing
- Testing, regression testing
- Defect management
- Release management, UAT, agile testing
- Feature discussions with business
- Test management
Dariusz K.
Last position:
Business System Analyst at Zurich Insurance
Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services
Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform
Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance
Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces
Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability
Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman
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
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)
Peter B.
Last position:
Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash at Schaeffler AG
- Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash for Deloitte Consulting in the discovery phase for the “Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions” business unit in the S/4 HANA transformation program S4us
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
Christoph W.
Last position:
System Architect / System Engineer / Programmer at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Create requirements for the modularization of the promotion forecast.
- Set up and expand the various competitions for 2024.
- Customize and test the CICS dialog.
- Create various reports for the department using SQL.
- Implement and test new requirements in batch processes with IWS.
- Update documentation for the new requirements.
- Provide on-call support for daily and monthly production.
- Technologies used: SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Windows 11, Unix, Enterprise Developer, z/OS, GIT, Mineral, Moped, IWS/TWS, JES, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, Rocket, FortiClient, Citrix.
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Statistics of experts using SOAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
80%
Master's degree or higher
60%
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 9 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 SOAP
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 9 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SOAP 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 (95%)
- Banking and Finance (76%)
- Insurance (67%)
- Manufacturing (52%)
- Government and Administration (52%)
- Professional Services (48%)
- Healthcare (38%)
- Transportation (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SOAP does
SOAP, or Simple Object Access Protocol, is a messaging framework for exchanging structured XML data between distributed systems. It commonly uses HTTP or HTTPS, but can also work with other transport protocols. Strict contracts, namespaces and defined fault messages make SOAP suitable for integrations where predictable interfaces and formal validation matter.
Where it is used
SOAP remains important in enterprise environments with long-lived interfaces, regulated processes and complex business transactions.
- Connect banking, insurance and public-sector systems
- Integrate ERP, CRM and billing platforms
- Expose operations through WSDL-defined services
- Exchange signed, encrypted XML messages
- Maintain partner and legacy system integrations
Its contract-first approach supports stable communication between systems built with different languages and vendors.
Ecosystem and tooling
SOAP work often includes WSDL, XSD, XML Schema and XML namespaces. Experts may use JAX-WS, Apache CXF, Spring Web Services, .NET WCF or vendor tools such as SAP integration components. They also work with SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2, WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-Security, depending on the service requirements.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance specialists when a service contract needs careful design, a legacy interface must be modernized or an integration is failing across environments. They can map XML payloads, configure gateways, resolve namespace and schema errors, establish authentication, and connect SOAP services with REST APIs or message brokers. In Switzerland, this expertise can support distributed teams across financial, industrial, healthcare and public-sector environments.
What strong professionals deliver
Strong SOAP professionals understand both the protocol and the business process behind each message. They define maintainable WSDL contracts, validate schemas, handle faults consistently and document versioning decisions. They test interoperability across clients, inspect raw XML and trace headers without weakening security. Experience with certificates, SAML, OAuth gateways, TLS, enterprise Java or .NET is often valuable alongside SOAP knowledge.
Choosing the right expert
Look for evidence of comparable integrations rather than familiarity with the acronym alone. Ask how the professional approaches contract changes, backward compatibility, certificate rotation, timeout handling and production monitoring. A useful assessment includes a clear interface design, sample test cases and an explanation of how SOAP should coexist with REST or asynchronous messaging. Remote collaboration works well when logs, schemas and service documentation are accessible; on-site sessions may help when systems are restricted or teams need workshops in a shared language.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SOAP? These answers cover the essentials.
SOAP is used to exchange structured XML messages between applications through formally defined service contracts. Companies rely on it for enterprise integrations such as payments, insurance workflows, ERP connections and public-sector data exchange.
SOAP provides a protocol with formal contracts, XML messaging, built-in standards for security and reliable delivery. REST is usually lighter and more flexible, so the right choice depends on interoperability, governance, existing systems and the security requirements of the integration.
A strong SOAP specialist should understand WSDL, XSD, XML namespaces and HTTP or HTTPS. Useful adjacent skills include WS-Security, SAML, TLS certificates, Java or .NET, API gateways, message brokers and REST integration.
A SOAP project needs experienced support when contracts span multiple vendors, security headers are complex or legacy services must keep working during change. Specialist input is also valuable for diagnosing schema faults, improving observability and planning a controlled migration toward newer interfaces.
SOAP work can often be handled remotely when the professional has secure access to schemas, logs, test endpoints and deployment documentation. On-site collaboration may be useful for restricted environments, partner workshops or teams that prefer working together in German, French, Italian or English.
Ask a SOAP professional to explain a real approach to contract versioning, fault handling, authentication and interoperability testing. Strong answers connect technical decisions to business continuity and include practical methods for inspecting XML, testing edge cases and monitoring production traffic.
A SOAP freelancer may deliver WSDL and XSD definitions, service implementations, mapping rules, security configuration and automated tests. Good documentation should also cover sample messages, faults, endpoint settings, certificate handling and the process for introducing compatible contract changes.
SOAP is still relevant when a company needs formal contracts, established enterprise standards or WS-* security and reliability features. For simpler public APIs, REST or asynchronous messaging may be more practical, but existing SOAP ecosystems often make it the safest option for incremental change.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects is 114 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 912 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects, 80% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and French (48%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Banking and Finance (76%), and Insurance (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used SOAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (86%), and Project Management (76%).
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