Swift Package Manager Expert in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Swift Package Manager
Robin W.
Last position:
Developer at agentic-engineer.online
agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.
- Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
- I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
José J.
Last position:
Freelance iOS Developer at Freelancer
PAYBACK GmbH: PAYBACK app - a loyalty bonus program and customer card that allows users to collect points.
Enhanced the application's architecture by restructuring and modularizing it.
Refactored and improved complex features using SwiftUI and The Composable Architecture.
Maintaining, bug fixing, optimizing, troubleshooting, and continuously improving the app.
Facilitating and planning the onboarding of new developers and providing mentorship.
Assistance in the hiring process, including evaluation, interviews, and strategic planning.
Porsche Digital GmbH: Development of the Porsche Road Trip app that allows users to comfortably plan and navigate through spontaneous drives and individual road trips along curated premium routes.
KI Labs: Development of a MVP for a large automotive company.
Snapp Mobile Germany GmbH: Equitel Banking - Consumer digital banking app for Equity bank, one of the largest banks in Sub-Saharan Africa.
comdirect Mobox - Banking app to manage current, savings and credit card accounts for teenagers. Addressed technicalities of implementing playful UI with customizable options and various offline features.
Deutsche Bahn AG - Development of a prototype for the next generation of companion app for train travellers.
optile GmbH: KPI Dashboard - KPI tracking of online payments for merchants that use optile's online payment solutions.
Every Interaction: Watchy - Composer of Apple Watch screenshots, which allows users to export the composed image and share it.
Cihan B.
Last position:
Senior iOS developer at Dewango GmbH
Developed an app for automatic safety checkins with heavily relying on AI-Tools:
Real-time Safety Monitoring - Continuous activity tracking using device motion sensors with automatic status verification through Firebase-based safety pings Emergency Contact System - Share code-based contact invitation system allowing trusted users to monitor real-time status with battery levels and last activity Background Processing - Robust Android foreground services and WorkManager integration ensuring 24/7 monitoring without interruption Smart Notifications - Firebase Cloud Messaging for instant alerts to emergency contacts Sleep Scheduling - Configurable quiet hours to prevent unnecessary alerts Premium Tier - In-app purchase system with unlimited contacts
Andrey G.
Last position:
iOS Developer at IBM Deutschland GmbH
- Further development of existing app
- Implementation of new features
- Bug-fixes
- Technologies: Swift, Xcode, Git, Jira, REST, MVVM, XCTests, UITests, Fastlane, Jenkins, SwiftUI
Anton K.
Last position:
Senior iOS Engineer at HelloFresh SE
- Spearheaded development of the Experimentation Library, starting from writing RFC towards integration and support of the feature teams
- Spiked the possibility of using Kotlin Multiplatform for Experimentation Library to share implementation with Android
- Designed, developed, and iteratively integrated a new Data Layer, which unblocked and improved the development speed of the feature teams
- Organized workshop about Swift Concurrency to improve knowledge amongst iOS engineers and became a go-to person for related questions
- Completed overhaul of the existing CI configuration to make it more maintainable by big team
- Incorporated Bash script linter to harden CI and Utils scripts for iOS project
- Spiked Tuist as an option to integrate modularized features with 500+
- Maintained tooling to identify UI Tests ownership with custom Swift CLI and native SwiftLint rule
- Provided support to other teams on uncommon architecture questions
- Actively participated in shaping development culture within the team and across the whole iOS chapter
- Used technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, Swift Package Manager, Bash, Git, GitHub Actions, Bitrise
Fatih K.
Last position:
Mobile App Developer at ING Belgium
- Part of a squad focused on intensive module development and integration
- Close collaboration with other squads and teams to integrate modules and essential components
- Use of SwiftUI and the Coordinator pattern to develop clean and understandable code
- Creative collaboration with UX designers in Figma and implementation in code
- Industry: Banking
- Project language: English
- Organizational form: Kanban
- Tools: Azure, Confluence, Figma, Teams
- Team size: 40 people
- Version control: Git, GitFlow, Azure
- App Store product: ING Banking
- Programming languages: SwiftUI, Swift
- Patterns: Coordinator, MVVM
- Swift Package Manager
- Localization: Yes
- Testing: XCTest, XCUITest
Malte S.
Last position:
Freelance iOS Developer at United Internet AG
- Under the brands Web.de, GMX, 1und1, and Mail.com, offers email and cloud services used daily by millions on iPhones.
- As part of a 10-person team, added new features, refactored legacy code, and increased test coverage.
- Features: Email and cloud access, compose email, email and cloud sync, news, contact, multiple account management, synchronization, notifications, premium features, ads.
- Technologies used: UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine, VIPER, Unit tests, UI tests, Snapshot tests, Fastlane, Cocoapods, MailCore.
Jan-Niklas F.
Last position:
Founder at Freundt Consulting GmbH
- Porsche AG (2018 – 12/2019): Design and development of native iOS apps in motorsport/Formula E (e.g. travel app and enterprise warehouse management with SAP integration) and e-mobility (Porsche Taycan; development of a native Microsoft Excel data export).
- StarFinanz / Sparkasse (05/2019 – 07/2021): Worked on the banking app (FinTS, HBCI, PSD2, Apple Pay); implemented Apple Pay; implemented a new TAN method; worked with the FinTS backend (PSD2); opened bank accounts via app (eID, VideoID, Authada); designed a new, modern banking experience.
- eBay Classifieds and Adevinta (07/2021 – 06/2023): Packaging & Pricing (premium features for business customers): e.g. markdown; company page; advertising options; multi-tenant design system based on SwiftUI and UIKit.
- Maschinensucher (07/2023 – 12/2023): Fullstack mobile (Android, iOS) and backend (PHP, Yii, Elastic Search) development; implemented search agent push notifications, InstantSearch, and modernized the design.
- Bankverlag (02/2024 - Present): Consulting and fullstack development of white-label apps (iOS / Android / Java Spring Boot) for private banks.
Michael B.
Last position:
iOS SDK Developer at Scoolio
- Developed an iOS SDK to display content in third-party iOS apps (supporting both SwiftUI and UIKit)
- Provided technical support to developers integrating the SDK into their applications
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Statistics of experts using Swift Package Manager
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years
Position duration
2.3 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
63%
Master's degree or higher
38%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Swift Package Manager
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.
Swift Package Manager 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 (56%)
- Media and Entertainment (56%)
- Telecommunication (56%)
- Automotive (44%)
- Healthcare (33%)
- Sport (33%)
- Food and Beverage (22%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Package management
Swift Package Manager, commonly called SwiftPM or SPM, is Apple’s official tool for distributing and integrating Swift and C language packages. It resolves dependencies, fetches source code, builds targets and supports package versions across Swift projects. Package manifests define products, targets, resources, plugins and platform requirements in a repeatable format.
What it builds
SwiftPM supports modular applications and libraries for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS. It is also used for command-line tools, shared internal components, server-side Swift services and open-source frameworks. Its package model helps teams separate features, test modules independently and reuse code across products.
- Create and maintain Package.swift manifests
- Organize targets, products, resources and test suites
- Integrate external and private package repositories
- Prepare libraries for internal or public distribution
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong SwiftPM specialists work with Swift and Apple SDKs, Xcode, Git and continuous integration pipelines. They understand semantic versioning, dependency resolution, binary targets, package plugins and build settings. They may also work with XCTest, Swift Testing, DocC, SwiftLint and server-side frameworks such as Vapor.
When expertise helps
Companies often bring in freelance expertise when a project is moving from a monolithic Xcode setup to modular packages, or when dependency conflicts slow delivery. Specialists can establish package conventions, migrate existing modules and make builds consistent across local machines and CI. In Germany, this is useful for distributed product teams that need clear remote collaboration and documented decisions.
Delivery and quality
Reliable professionals treat the manifest as part of the product’s architecture, not just a configuration file. They pin or update dependencies deliberately, define supported platforms clearly and keep package boundaries understandable. They also test clean checkouts, review transitive dependencies and verify that resources and plugins behave in every required build environment.
Choosing a specialist
Look for practical evidence with SwiftPM in the same delivery context as yours. Ask how the professional handles version conflicts, private registries, binary frameworks, CI caching and package migration. A strong specialist can explain trade-offs between SwiftPM, CocoaPods and Carthage, then leave behind readable manifests, stable automation and guidance your team can maintain.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Swift Package Manager.
Swift Package Manager is used to add, build and distribute reusable Swift or C libraries. Companies use it for application modules, shared code, command-line tools, server-side Swift services and packages published for other teams.
SwiftPM is maintained by Apple and integrates directly with Swift and Xcode, without requiring a separate dependency manager. CocoaPods can still suit projects with established podspec workflows, while Carthage favors a more hands-off framework build model; the right choice depends on project history, binary dependencies and team practices.
A strong Swift Package Manager specialist usually understands Swift, Xcode, Git, Apple SDKs and continuous integration. Useful adjacent skills include semantic versioning, XCTest or Swift Testing, package plugins, binary frameworks and dependency security review.
The required depth depends on the package structure and migration risk rather than the tool alone. For a small dependency setup, practical SwiftPM knowledge may be enough; complex modularization, private packages or CI failures call for a professional who has handled those issues in production.
SwiftPM work is well suited to remote collaboration because manifests, package code and CI configuration are stored in version control. Teams in Germany can work effectively across locations when they agree on review practices, documentation, supported toolchain versions and communication in the required business language.
A company may need a Swift Package Manager freelancer when dependency resolution is unreliable, an Xcode project needs modularization or a package must support several Apple platforms. External expertise is also useful before publishing a library, introducing plugins or migrating from CocoaPods or Carthage.
Review whether Swift Package Manager manifests are clear, minimally coupled and easy to reproduce from a clean checkout. Check dependency constraints, platform declarations, test coverage, resource handling and CI results, then ask the specialist to explain the reasoning behind package boundaries and version choices.
A SwiftPM specialist may deliver package manifests, reusable targets, migration plans, dependency updates and CI integration. Depending on the project, the work can also include private package access, binary target setup, package plugins, documentation and team guidance for ongoing maintenance.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 776 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects, 63% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 38% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects are English (100%), German (89%), and Spanish (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (56%), and Media and Entertainment (56%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Swift Package Manager in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (78%).
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