Traceability Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Traceability
Claus E.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager – Digitalization in Insurance & Telecommunications
Initiation, planning, management and completion of several digitalization projects
Requirements management including proposal preparation, business concepts & process analyses
Stakeholder management (internal steering, external service providers, business units)
Resource & capacity planning, controlling, budget responsibility
Claim and change management (including escalation handling)
Project marketing & knowledge management
Quality assurance & risk management in line with PMO standards
Implementation of a cloud-based solution in customer service (insurance)
Harmonization & digitalization of approval and contract processes
Reduction of processing times by >20 % through optimized workflows
Establishment of standardized project controlling with BI dashboard
Jira • Confluence • MS365 (Project, Teams, SharePoint) • ITIL • PRINCE2
Alexander P.
Last position:
Owner & Lecturer at Own company for AI governance and data products, Vienna
- Consulting and interim management at the interface between IT operations and regulation
- Impact analysis and implementation planning for NISG 2026 and the EU AI Act, including risk management and reporting and evidence processes
- Training for governing bodies and employees on regulatory obligations
- Lectures in Data & Information Management and Human-Machine Interaction at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, since 2023
- Supervision of master’s theses and participation in the examination board
- Presentations for business and educational institutions
- Design and development of data and AI products, platforms and pipelines
- Privacy-first architectures and zero-knowledge encryption, cloud-native on EU infrastructure
- MLOps and AIOps in live operations
- Own applications under own brand: shared codebase, separate delivery for each target device
- AI-assisted software development (vibe coding), complete agentic pipelines, code generation, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and release cycles
- Publications on the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, CRA and CER as an integrated governance system
- Publications on data sovereignty, cloud economics and industrial image processing
- AI governance / compliance: data quality, Responsible AI, EU AI Act readiness, risk classification, AI ethics
Michael L.
Last position:
IAM Developer & IT Architect at Internationale Bank
Design and implementation of new functionalities in the areas of Lifecycle Management (LCM), Role Management (RLM) and Access Governance
Adjustment of the company-wide Segregation of Duties (SoD) matrix to ensure regulatory and internal compliance requirements
Further development and configuration of recertification processes
Creation and adaptation of custom workflows, rules and tasks in SailPoint IdentityIQ (BeanShell, XML, Java)
Use of static code analysis with SonarQube to ensure code quality and compliance with defined development standards
Regular code reviews within the development team to ensure quality, share knowledge and follow clean code principles
Work in an agile Scrum team with daily communication, sprint planning and reviews
Coordination with testers, test managers and business departments to ensure quality and smooth production rollout
Active involvement in release planning and deployment coordination, including test preparation, cutover activities and rollback strategies
Analysis and sustainable resolution of issues in the IAM production environment (2nd- and 3rd-level support)
Reproduction of complex errors, identification of root causes and implementation of lasting fixes
Creation of technical analyses and recommendations for operations and further development
André L.
Last position:
Founder & Managing Director at lesswork Productivity Solutions e.U.
- Design and deploy production multilingual AI voice-agent solutions for customer service, lead capture, after-hours support and front-office automation use cases.
- Delivered three client implementations spanning Europe, Asia and North America, including multilingual support, sales/lead-capture and privacy-sensitive intake workflows.
- Translate business requirements into conversation flows, prompt architecture, knowledge grounding, fallback and handoff logic, guardrails, consent gates and structured data capture; production support deployments include knowledge bases of approximately 1,000 grounded Q&A entries per language.
- Build scenario-based evaluation and regression QA covering normal flows, edge cases, failure modes, handoff behaviour and acceptance criteria; coordinate fixes through production readiness and rollout.
- Work hands-on across Retell, ElevenLabs Agents, Twilio, Supabase/PostgreSQL, Vercel, APIs/webhooks and CRM workflows; lead discovery, demos, solution shaping and cross-functional delivery.
Sector: AI voice automation / customer workflow design
Shahram F.
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch
Delivered a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform to connect older adults with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsible for business analysis, requirement definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution focusing on AI-driven enhancements, data-based optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluated several low-code/business platforms including Odoo and Glide Apps and assessed monday.com as a CRM-like option before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implemented a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the web presence with WordPress. Tasks
- Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
- Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
- Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
- Defining core user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older adults, volunteers and administration
- Translating business requirements into functional requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
- Guiding the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps as well as the web presence in WordPress
- Preparing the business side for future AI-powered features such as intelligent matching and data-based optimization
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
- Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older adults with volunteers
- Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
- Delivered a functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and a supporting web presence with WordPress
- Established foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
Plamen M.
Last position:
Head of Service & Operations Management at Raiffeisen Bank International
- Shaping service management framework as part of head office of RBI
- Service owner overseeing IT cloud services, accountable for overall quality, lifecycle, and success
- Managing customer relationships and satisfaction for 10 business units ensuring smooth business continuity and operations
- Single point of contact and service/process owner providing T-shaped expertise in IT domains, cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Orca, CRM, GitHub, SFMC)
- ITSM/ITIL implementation and mentoring including design, definition, mapping, and execution
- Change and release management, UAT/test assurance, major incident management, SDLC management
- Managing regulatory and audit requirements, DORA, GDPR, ITPF compliance and reporting
- Acting as a point of escalation for complex customer issues, resolving conflicts, fostering a customer-centric culture
- People management: leading and managing service delivery teams, DevOps, vendors, and third-party teams
- Cross-tribe service delivery and contract management: KPIs, SLAs, OLAs, RPO, RTO, BCM/SCM management
- Agile/Scrum process delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and budget/cost management
Damir D.
Last position:
Senior IT Consultant at Dudakovic e.U.
- Consulting in national and international projects in various roles and sectors (banking and finance, public sector, telecommunications, data management, software development)
- Engaging in project management, requirements management, business analysis, process management, IT consulting and coaching
- Delivering sustainable value quickly and efficiently due to high complexity and diversity of projects and expertise
- Emphasizing collegiality and integrity and fostering a positive team atmosphere
Alexander H.
Last position:
Software Developer at SpiraTec AG
- Developed modular applications for an industrial chemical plant to optimize internal processes
- Technologies: .NET 10, Blazor WebAssembly, C#, Azure SQL, Syncfusion
- Built frontend components with Blazor WASM
- Backend logic in C#
- Database design in Azure SQL
- Implemented modular software architecture
- Extended existing systems
Kurt B.
Last position:
Backend / Microservice Developer, DevOps, Test Automation at RCA, Rail Cargo Austria AG
- Backend / Microservice Developer, DevOps, Test Automation
- ~100 Devs, ~10 Teams, per team: 1 PO, 1 Scrum Master, 1 UX, 1 Developer, 1 Tester
- .net core 8, 9, C#
- Microservices, Clean-Architecture, MediatR, CQRS
- GraphQL, REST, SDL
- Azure DevOps, CI / CD-pipelines, Azure-Service Bus, Rabbit-MQ, Kafka, Azure App Configuration, Azure KeyVault, Azure Kubernetes AKS
- Splunk, dashboards, custom metrics, Elastic-Search, Kibana (ELK)
- Azure SQL-Databases, Azure Cosmos DB
- Architecture decisions, event governance, COP (Backend, DevOps, FrontEnt, Test Automations)
- AI, Copilot, creating test templates
- Scheduler, Hangfire, Quartz
- Automated unit and integration tests
- Automated E2E tests, Playwright test automation, BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber
- Tracking of shipments
- GIS, GPS data, geofence, geo search, position tracking, asset positions
- Jira, Confluence
- Focus on high-performance message-oriented architecture (~xx million messages per month per service)
- Structured logging, Serilog, OTel, Splunk, Application Monitoring
- Integration of different position data sources (GPS-based data) into Azure Data Lake
Kevin L.
Last position:
Data Consultant at VBV Pension and Provident Fund Austria
Development of a structured framework and comprehensive guidelines for documenting business and audit processes in a regulated financial environment. Support for the standardization of process documentation to improve transparency, consistency, and traceability across all operational workflows. Contribution to defining documentation standards, templates, and governance principles for internal process management and audit readiness.
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Statistics of experts using Traceability
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
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 Austria 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 Austria using Traceability
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.
Traceability 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 (80%)
- Banking and Finance (70%)
- Automotive (40%)
- Insurance (40%)
- Media and Entertainment (40%)
- Telecommunication (40%)
- Education (30%)
- Transportation (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Traceability covers
Traceability records where a product, material or component came from, what happened to it, and where it moved next. It links business events to physical items, batches, locations and responsible parties. Companies use it to support recalls, quality control, compliance, provenance claims and reliable customer information.
Systems and data models
A traceability solution combines master data with event data. Common building blocks include product genealogy, lot and serial tracking, chain of custody, digital records, barcode and QR scanning, RFID, IoT signals, ERP connections and warehouse or manufacturing systems. GS1 identifiers and EPCIS are often used to exchange events between organisations.
Typical implementation work
- Map materials, products, batches, serials and transformation steps
- Define capture points for receiving, production, packing, shipping and returns
- Connect ERP, MES, WMS, PLM, quality and supplier systems
- Build dashboards, audit trails, recall workflows and exception alerts
The work may also include data validation, API integration, access controls and migration from spreadsheets or isolated databases. In Austria, manufacturing, food, pharmaceuticals, retail and logistics companies may need traceability across local sites and international supply networks.
When companies need specialists
Companies bring in freelance specialists when existing systems cannot explain product history consistently or when a new regulation, customer requirement, acquisition or factory rollout exposes gaps. They can assess the current process, select a suitable event model and create a practical implementation plan. Remote collaboration works well for data design, integration and testing; site visits can help with scanners, labels, shop-floor processes and warehouse operations.
Skills around Traceability
Strong professionals understand both operational workflows and data architecture. Useful adjacent skills include ERP and MES integration, supply-chain management, quality management, serialization, GS1 standards, EPCIS, APIs, cloud services, database design and cybersecurity. They know how to capture trustworthy data at the source rather than merely adding a reporting layer after the fact.
How to assess expertise
Look for someone who can explain the complete path from physical movement to recorded event and business decision. A strong specialist documents identifiers, ownership, timestamps, locations, transformations and exception handling clearly. Ask for examples of reconciled source data, tested recall or genealogy workflows, integration boundaries and user training. The best professionals balance auditability with fast, usable operations.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Traceability.
Traceability is used to follow materials, components and finished products through sourcing, production, storage, distribution and returns. It supports recalls, quality investigations, supplier control, provenance and audit preparation. The exact design depends on whether the company tracks lots, serialised items, assets or individual events.
Traceability explains history and relationships, not only current stock levels. Inventory tracking may show that a batch is in a warehouse, while traceability can show its source materials, processing steps, transfers, linked shipments and affected customers. It therefore adds genealogy, custody and event context.
A capable Traceability specialist may work with GS1 identifiers, barcodes, QR codes, RFID and EPCIS event exchange. They often connect ERP, MES, WMS, PLM and quality systems through APIs or middleware. Experience with databases, cloud services, IoT capture and access control is also valuable.
The right level of Traceability experience depends on scope and risk. A focused integration or reporting task may need a specialist familiar with the relevant systems, while a multi-site rollout requires experience in process mapping, master data, event models, testing and change management. Ask for comparable workflows rather than relying on a job title or a generic tool list.
Many Traceability activities can be completed remotely, including data modelling, integration design, documentation and user acceptance support. On-site work in Austria can still be useful for observing production, warehouse scanning, label printing and network constraints. Agree in advance which workshops, commissioning tasks and language requirements need local presence.
A good Traceability solution produces complete, consistent and explainable records from physical events. Test whether users can trace forward and backward, isolate affected items, handle corrections and preserve an audit trail without slowing operations. Also review data ownership, failure handling, permissions, monitoring and the quality of source capture.
Professionals working with Traceability benefit from knowledge of supply-chain operations, manufacturing, warehouse processes and quality management. Product lifecycle data, serialization, supplier onboarding and regulatory documentation often shape the implementation. Understanding the real workflow helps prevent gaps between recorded events and physical goods.
Before starting a Traceability assignment, clarify the objects being tracked, the required level of detail, source systems, participating partners and retention needs. Confirm who owns identifiers, who validates events and how exceptions will be resolved. A clear scope should also cover site access, integration environments, testing responsibilities and handover.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 882 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 75% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Banking and Finance (70%), and Automotive (40%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Traceability in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (90%), and Operations (80%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Traceability
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
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