Freelance job offer: Migrate Strapi v3 to v5

Hey everyone,

I’m working on a multi-tenant mobile app and need some help with the back end:

  • A simple Strapi v4 instance lists all tenants.
  • Multiple Strapi v3 (yes, v3!) backends run on Docker Compose in a VPS setup, managed via Ansible scripts—kept this way to save on costs.
  • Each instance has its local MySQL db

The mobile app is about to exit the public testing phase, so I’m now seeking a freelance back-end developer to manage the migration and optimize our deployment process.

Work Packages

Primary Package

  • Upgrade all v3 Strapi instances to v5, ensuring:
  • Custom business logic is retained.
  • Data migration is seamless.
  • Minimal downtime (under 1 hour).

Additional Tasks (Nice to Have)

  • Extract specific custom code into a private Strapi plugin.
  • Optimize deployment (using Docker container registry or other solutions—you’re the expert here).

Required Skills

  • JavaScript
  • Experience migrating Strapi v3 → v4 and v4 → v5
  • Docker & Docker Compose
  • Fluent in English or German

Bonus Skills

  • Ansible
  • GitLab CI

Additional Information

  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: 1–2 months
  • Budget: €5000 fixed for the main package
    • Option to continue hourly for additional tasks if things go well!

Feel free to reach out via this forum or email (hey@heyfrank.de) or share this with someone who might be interested.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,
Frank

Hello,

Pm sent

Br,
Seth

@seth_cis @all:

Already found the right guy for the job through this forum.
Thanks for reaching out though!