SWT Expert in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used SWT
Timo H.
Last position:
Software Developer at Smiths Detection
- Extension of a Swing-based UI for recording Security Restricted Articles during baggage screening.
- Introduction of a new workflow for recording Deboarding Events.
- Extension of the reporting system for Security Restricted Articles and Deboarding Events.
- Implementation using JBoss Wildfly, PostgreSQL, spring-boot 3.x, Java 8/21, Swing, JSF, JAX-RS/Resteasy, Docker, Maven, Kiro.
Ornel Franck W.
Last position:
Sales Partner at ERGO PRO
- Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
- Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
- Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
- Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports
Aurelia H.
Last position:
Software Full Stack Developer at INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG
- Implementing and extending an Electron app based on TypeScript, React and Node.js to display stream content and technical data
- Extending a Kotlin backend for message processing via Kafka
- Extending various React modules
- Programming custom solutions for customers, including testing
- Creating documentation
- Development in accordance with Scrum processes
Used skills: React, React Hooks, Jest, Vitest, Typescript, Electron, IntelliJ, Vite, Github, Jira, Node.js, yarn, npm, pnpm, Swagger, OpenAPI, Storybook, Docker, Prettier, Eslint, tailwindcss, i18n, GraphQL, CoPilot, Postgres, JSON, Sqlite, trpc, influxdb, Java, Spring, Kotlin, Kafka, Git, Sonarcube
Kyu-Wang L.
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a unified tax collection program for all federal states.
Tax collection involves collecting the taxes that have been assessed. This includes, for example, taking due dates into account, recording incoming and outgoing payments, and initiating reminders or refunds. Limitation periods and payment reminders are also important. BIENE handles all payment transactions with banks and accounting.
Set up the architecture and coordinated the provision of development and test environments at the Hannover site
Installed and configured the environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface coordination: coordinated and aligned the connection of software products from other departments and their test data
Migrated the application server, JDK, and Maven project structure
Coordinated environments and managed builds
Implemented external interfaces
Delivered business requirements
Designed and implemented RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designed and implemented a microservice architecture
Set up and maintained CI/CD pipelines
Deployed applications on OpenShift
Created technical documentation and diagrams
Worked with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Set up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerized the application (automated deployment through the CI/CD pipeline)
Rainer D.
Last position:
Enterprise Architecture Management / Backend Software Developer at Polizei Hamburg
- Several projects in a police context
- Model and document police procedures/projects with Archimate (as-is/to-be) in the context of P20 (BKA)
- Create software architectures with microservices
- POC development with Springboot/Docker/Kubernetes
- Project size: 10 people
- Enterprise architecture management with Togaf and Archimate
- Backend software development Springboot
- DevOps with Kubernetes
- Implemented using: Java 17/21, Springboot 3, P20 architecture, Togaf, Archimate
Jaya V.
Last position:
Software Engineer at Bosch Global Software Technologies Limited
- Developed AUTOSAR applications using Eclipse RCP for RTA-CAR AUTOSAR stack from ETAS
- Collaborated with Platform and Isolar-A teams on ASW development and testing workflows
- Implemented UI automation testing using Java SWTBot framework, enhancing regression coverage
- Built microservices-based applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular for internal tooling
- Enhanced AUTOSAR toolchain reliability through cross-team collaboration in development and testing
Fabio F.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer Backend/Frontend at Logistikunternehmen Bremerhaven
- Designed and implemented a slot management system for efficient control of truck arrivals and reducing wait times in logistics operations
- Requirements analysis
- Designed and developed a frontend with React
- Backend development with Spring Boot / JPA
- Designed and implemented REST APIs with Spring Boot OpenAPI
- Technologies: Spring Boot, React, Java, JUnit, Mockito, IBM Db2, SQL, Maven, JPA, Docker, Kafka, SOAP, REST, Git, XML, HTML, CSS, JSON, OpenAPI, Stoplight, Jenkins, WebSphere Application Server, Freemarker, IntelliJ
- Methodology: Scrum, Clean Code
- Team size: 5
Werner K.
Last position:
Test Coordinator, Designer and Engineer at IBM
- Testing the SekIDP and related components
- Test design, execution and automation, microservices, GitHub Enterprise, Eclipse, Katalon Test Platform, API Testing, Confluence 8, JIRA/Xray, Draw.io, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman, PuTTY, E-Health, Telematik, Gematik standards, EPA, E-Rezept, sektoraler IDP, encryption, XaDES, PaDES, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ICD, SSO, SAML/Shibboleth, OAuth, smartcards, JWT, two factor authentication Android and iOS, Wireshark, BrowserStack, Cypress, gRPC, REST, SOAP, WS-Security, Linux Shell, PowerShell, SSH/SSL, Java, Kotlin, Cordova, Gradle, Groovy, Python, TypeScript
Anton K.
Last position:
Head of Overall Technical Integration NSC / Hadoop Cloud Development at IABG
Head of overall technical integration NSC (National Secure Cloud, project with approx. 60 employees).
Technical integration of all subprojects into one product, definition of interfaces and basic components of a cloud including hardware, technical architecture of the IABG platform.
Development of a Cloud Management Platform (CMP) capable of creating private/mixed clouds of any complexity based on a textual description with one click or interactively.
CMP also includes the complete hardware management lifecycle.
Kubernetes, OpenStack and Hadoop are used as the foundation.
The management layer includes Harbor, Gitea, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher and Jenkins, which are configured automatically.
Private cloud can run any customer workloads, including a full Hadoop layer with HDFS, Spark, MapReduce, Mesos, HBase and around 20 additional ML/DL technologies.
Hadoop worker clusters can also be installed automatically without Kubernetes on bare metal or commodity hardware.
OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Ironic, Swift, Cinder, Ceph.
Development of a Java application Rudi: SOAP, REST, containers, DB.
Technologies: Kubernetes (K3s, Rke2, Minikube, Harbor, Gitea, Jenkins, Longhorn, Keycloak, Rancher), OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Swift, Ceph, Cinder, Sahara, Magnum, Kayobe, Kolla, Bigrost, Ironic), Hadoop (HDFS, Ambari, Solr, Livy, Ranger, YARN, Tez, HBase, Kafka, Hive, Zookeeper, MapReduce, Spark, Oozie, Flink), virtualization (Kubernetes (K3S), VMware, Oracle), scripting (Ansible, Puppet, Juju, Shell, Groovy, Gradle, Maven).
Dimitri S.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer, Integrator at Generali Deutschland Versicherung AG
- Developing automated build and deployment processes for the exclusive front office systems
- Integrating the front office systems into the IT infrastructure
- Developing innovative, user-friendly sales software for financial advisors
- Ensuring quality and flexibility through automation and working with CI/CD
- Working according to DevOps principles
- Operating the software together as a team in the AWS cloud and Azure cloud
- Deploying software artifacts to testing and production environments
- Maintaining the test environments
- Performing error analysis and providing information for further root cause analysis
- Maintaining and supporting the build pipeline
- Supporting load testing
- Coordinating the batch execution schedule with batch automation
- Creating concepts to further develop the software packaging process
- Building and delivering components to partners
- Developing GitLab and Jenkins pipelines for building, deploying and integrating components
- Automating processes with Spring Boot applications with a GUI (Thymeleaf, Angular 19)
- Developing RESTful Spring Boot applications with Kotlin and Angular 19, JDBC and REST accesses, data exchange via SFTP, XML (JAXB)
- Designing components using Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Replacing cmd and bash scripts with Spring Boot applications with a GUI
- Replacing Java 8 applications with JSP by Spring Boot 3 applications (Thymeleaf, Angular)
- Implementing frontend and backend authentication via Keycloak
- Writing JUnit tests with Mockito
- Increasing code coverage for SonarQube analysis
Nandini V.
Last position:
Senior Software Developer at Capgemini Technology Services Limited
- Designed and implemented secure backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate, following microservice principles and RESTful standards.
- Implemented GraphQL-driven REST APIs to streamline backend services in a Gradle and Maven environment.
- Implemented OAuth2-based authentication and authorization mechanisms to secure RESTful APIs in Spring Boot applications.
Martin Z.
Last position:
Consulting, Design and Development at ivv GmbH
- Design, development and maintenance of a web application as a policy management system based on a JEE backend and a Vaadin-based UI
- Design and development of interfaces
- Integration of databases
- Design and development of unit and integration tests
- Conceptual coordination with the client
- Technologies and methods: JEE, Vaadin, EJB, Innovator, Hibernate, REST, JMS, SQL, MQ, Maven, Selenium, Arquillian, Mockito, JUnit, Log4j, OOA, OOD, Scrum, Kanban, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Jenkins, Jenkins Pipelines, Git, GitLab, Subversion, Jira, Confluence, DB2, WebLogic
Jan G.
Last position:
Master Data Application at confidential
Visualization, search, and maintenance of various types of master data, providing them via a REST API, and implementing a variety of import and export formats.
Implementation, architecture, project management.
Technologies and tools: Angular (Signals, Signal Store, swagger-codegen, standalone components), Java, PostgreSQL, ActiveMQ, JavaScript, Spring Boot (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Data/JPA via Hibernate, Spring Security, Spring Modulith), JUnit, Flyway, QueryDSL, GraphQL, REST API, Node, npm, Maven, SonarQube, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Nexus, OpenAPI + Swagger UI, Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, Confluence.
Gerhard H.
Last position:
Application Developer at Lila Logistik
- Supported the application
- Developed applications in COBOL
- Extended customer and in-house requirements
- Assisted in ensuring smooth operation
- Methods/tools: COBOL, HP3000, MPE/XL operating system, IMAGE database, Whisper (development interface)
Colin W.
Last position:
Founder & CTO at Savvi Learning GmbH
- Managing director (CTO/CFO) and founder of Savvi and Sparklyft
- Management of the entire product team incl. development team & content team
- Responsible for product strategy, go-to-market, project management, integration projects, business planning, etc.
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Statistics of experts using SWT
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Insurance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
56%
Doctorate
6%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
87%
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 Germany 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 Germany using SWT
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.
SWT 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 (70%)
- Insurance (57%)
- Manufacturing (57%)
- Retail (48%)
- Automotive (43%)
- Government and Administration (43%)
- Education (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Native Java interfaces
SWT, the Standard Widget Toolkit, is a Java framework for building desktop user interfaces with native operating-system controls. It powers responsive applications that need the look, behavior and accessibility of Windows, macOS or Linux rather than a browser-based interface. SWT is closely associated with the Eclipse ecosystem and is often used where Java desktop software must integrate deeply with the host system.
Eclipse ecosystem
SWT commonly works with JFace, Eclipse RCP and the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment. JFace adds higher-level viewers, actions, dialogs and data-binding patterns, while Eclipse RCP provides a modular foundation for complete desktop products. Strong specialists also understand OSGi bundles, extension points, dependency management and product packaging.
- Design views, editors, dialogs and navigation areas
- Extend Eclipse RCP applications with plug-ins and commands
- Connect SWT controls to domain models and services
- Package desktop applications for supported operating systems
Practical applications
Companies use SWT for engineering tools, scientific workbenches, financial software, monitoring consoles and enterprise applications that require reliable desktop performance. It suits products with complex workflows, large data views, local device access or offline operation. SWT can also support migration from older Java desktop interfaces while preserving established business processes.
When expertise matters
Freelance expertise helps when a team must modernize an SWT codebase, add new workbench features or resolve platform-specific behavior. Specialists can investigate event-loop issues, layout defects, slow table rendering, threading errors and differences between native operating systems. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while regulated or hardware-linked projects may still require on-site workshops.
Technical depth
Good SWT professionals know that UI work is governed by the display thread and that long-running operations must not block it. They use layouts carefully, manage images, fonts and colors, dispose native resources correctly and test keyboard navigation. They also understand listeners, viewers, data binding, custom drawing and the trade-offs between native controls and browser-based interfaces.
Choosing a specialist
Look for evidence of shipped SWT or Eclipse RCP products, not only general Java experience. Ask how the specialist handles platform differences, plug-in lifecycle, automated UI testing and release packaging. A capable professional can explain design decisions clearly, isolate native-resource leaks and improve an existing application without destabilizing its modular architecture.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SWT? These answers cover the essentials.
SWT is used to create Java desktop applications with controls provided by the operating system. It is common in Eclipse-based workbenches, engineering tools, monitoring software and enterprise products that need native behavior, strong desktop performance or offline access.
SWT relies more directly on native operating-system widgets, while JavaFX provides its own modern scene-graph UI model and Swing uses a largely Java-rendered component set. The right choice depends on visual requirements, existing code, platform targets and the need to work within the Eclipse RCP ecosystem.
A strong SWT specialist usually understands Java, JFace, Eclipse RCP and OSGi. Useful adjacent skills include UI architecture, event-driven programming, data binding, threading, automated testing, build tooling and desktop packaging for the required operating systems.
The answer depends on the codebase and risk. A small interface change may need solid Java and SWT knowledge, while a large Eclipse RCP modernization benefits from a specialist who has handled plug-in dependencies, native resource management, workbench behavior and release packaging.
Yes. SWT work is often suitable for remote collaboration through source control, issue tracking, screen sharing and automated builds. On-site sessions can still help when the application connects to local hardware, restricted environments or complex desktop deployment processes in Germany.
Review shipped desktop products and ask for concrete examples of debugging display-thread violations, layout problems and resource leaks. A capable SWT professional should explain testing across operating systems, keyboard accessibility, performance checks and safe integration with existing Eclipse plug-ins.
Typical issues include blocking the UI thread, failing to dispose images or fonts, inconsistent layouts and assumptions about one operating system. SWT projects can also become difficult to extend when plug-in boundaries, extension points and shared UI resources are poorly structured.
SWT remains relevant when a Java application needs native controls, close Eclipse integration, offline capability or access to established desktop workflows. Teams should compare it with JavaFX, Swing, web-based shells and native toolkits before choosing the approach for a new product.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 739 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects are German (100%), English (87%), and Russian (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (70%), and Insurance (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SWT in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (91%), and Quality Assurance (61%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SWT
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