# 42talents

> 42talents is a senior Swiss software engineering consultancy based in Zürich. We help engineering teams ship better software, faster - without piling up technical debt. Our work spans hands-on consulting, training, and product engineering, with deep expertise in Java, Spring, software architecture, testing, CI/CD, and AI engineering.

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## Pages

- [Home](https://42talents.com/): Overview of services, training offerings, how we work, and contact information.
- [Company](https://42talents.com/company.html): About 42talents - our team, values, and community involvement.
- [Contact](https://42talents.com/contact.html): Reach us by email or phone.
- [Core Spring Training](https://42talents.com/trainings/core-spring.html): Hands-on training in Spring Framework fundamentals.
- [Spring Security Training](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-security.html): Hands-on training in securing Spring applications.
- [Spring Boot Optimizations Training](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-boot-optimizations.html): Hands-on training in Spring Boot performance and optimisation.
- [Spring AI & Embabel Training](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-ai.html): Hands-on training in AI-powered Spring applications.
- [Spring Modulith Training](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-modulith.html): Hands-on training in modular Spring Boot architecture.

## Services

- **Technology Consulting** - Senior engineers embedded with your team to unblock delivery, shape architecture, and improve engineering effectiveness - with a strong focus on quality and maintainability.
- **Custom Software** - Software designed for longevity: clear architecture, automated quality, and delivery practices that keep change cheap.
- **Workshops & Training** - Hands-on sessions in architecture, testing, refactoring, code reviews, and delivery, tailored to your product and stack.
- **Studio** - Product discovery, modernisation, UX improvement, and complexity reduction.

## Training

- **Workshops for Agile Teams** - Architecture, testing, code reviews, and more. Interactive sessions tailored to your current product and stack.
- **In-House Trainings** - Bespoke programmes in web/backend, cloud delivery, architecture, and testing. Delivered on-site or remote.
- **Core Spring** - Hands-on training in Spring Framework fundamentals: IoC container, dependency injection, AOP, data access, and Spring MVC. [Details](https://42talents.com/trainings/core-spring.html)
- **Spring Security** - Hands-on training in securing Spring applications: authentication, authorisation, OAuth2, JWT, and method-level security. [Details](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-security.html)
- **Spring Boot Optimizations** - Hands-on training in Spring Boot performance: startup time, memory footprint, GraalVM native images, and observability. [Details](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-boot-optimizations.html)
- **Spring AI & Embabel** - Hands-on training in AI-powered Spring applications: LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows with Embabel. [Details](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-ai.html)
- **Spring Modulith** - Hands-on training in modular Spring Boot architecture: module boundaries, domain events, and living documentation. [Details](https://42talents.com/trainings/spring-modulith.html)

## How We Work

- **Customer Focus** - We start with your goals. Respectful, direct collaboration focused on measurable impact and quality that holds as you scale.
- **Quality** - We invest in testing, observability, and engineering hygiene to reduce risk and speed delivery.
- **Agile & XP** - Test-driven development, simple design, pair programming, and continuous integration. Practised every day.
- **Knowledge Exchange** - We pair, review, and coach so improvements stick and your team owns the results.
- **AI Engineering** - We apply AI-assisted workflows, LLM tooling, and agentic patterns where they reduce toil, improve quality, or accelerate delivery.

## Team

- **Patrick Baumgartner** - Technical Agile Coach, Software Crafter, and Founder. Java Champion, trainer, and coach focused on agile delivery, testing, architecture, and the Java ecosystem (Jakarta EE/Spring).
- **Thorben Stangenberg** - Software Crafter, trainer, and coach specialising in Java-based systems, continuous delivery, cloud architectures, and pragmatic engineering practices. Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC).

## Contact

- Email: hello@42talents.com
- Phone: +41 44 520 88 42
- Address: Kreuzstrasse 33, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/42talents-gmbh