Talent Location · Eastern Europe

Hire senior engineers
in eastern europe

AI, ML, data and full-stack engineers across Eastern Europe, one hour ahead of London and embedded full time in UK teams on rolling monthly contracts.

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  • Your full UK working day, live
  • Elite CS education
  • Rolling monthly, no lock-ins
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Ivana M.Senior Full-Stack Engineer · 8 yrs | Remote
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What you get

A real engineer on your team - we handle everything else.

Not a contractor. A full-time, dedicated engineer embedded in your team. You direct the work. We run the employment.

  • Dedicated & embedded

    Works only for you - standups, Slack, sprints. In-house in every way but payroll.

  • One flat monthly fee

    Salary, benefits, HR, retention - one predictable cost. No hidden extras.

  • Replace anytime

    Not the right fit? Replaced at no cost. 30 days notice. No lock-in.

  • We keep them

    HR, wellbeing, and L&D on our side means 97% stay 2+ years.

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Why Europe

Why US & EU teams hire in Eastern Europe.

Seb on the engineering-education pipeline, the deep-tech strength, and why Eastern Europe is the benchmark for senior systems talent.

Why Eastern Europe
elite engineering, fair rates.

Where we are

On the ground across four EE hubs.

We hire and embed senior engineers across Croatia, Serbia, Poland and Bulgaria, with local recruiters in each market who know the engineering communities from the inside.

  • Local recruiters and senior-engineer vetting in each market
  • HR, payroll, compliance handled locally per country
  • L&D budget and wellbeing for every placed engineer
  • Home, coworking, or hybrid - engineers work how they work best

What's included

You get the engineer. We handle everything else.

You

Run your team. Ship your product.

  • Direct your engineer's work
  • Bring them into your standups & Slack
  • Treat them like a full-time hire
Us

The full operational stack.

  • Source and vet the engineer - free if you do not hire
  • Employ them locally with full benefits and private healthcare
  • Handle payroll, taxes, and compliance across Eastern Europe
  • Provide a UK-based account manager as your point of contact
  • Replace them at no cost if it isn't working
  • Support their training, performance, and retention long-term
  • Liability insurance + IP/data protection on every contract

One monthly fee. No set-up costs, no placement fees, and 30 days' notice on a rolling contract.

Where we are on the ground

Zagreb, Croatia is our heart in Europe.

Our biggest hub · Zagreb

40+ engineers and growing. Heavy in platform.

Zagreb is a leading tech centre of Europe. Our largest concentration of engineers is here - platform, backend, and data specialists who ship production code.

Also on the ground in

Kraków

dense senior engineering pool

Bucharest

fastest-growing hub in the region

Did you know

Eastern Europe produces some of the world's highest-ranked competitive programmers, and its working day overlaps both your EU teams and your US mornings. Real-time, senior collaboration.

Sources: IANA Time Zones, ICPC World Finals rankings

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  • Founded in 2014
  • 97% stay 2+ years
  • Replace if it isn't working

Eastern Europe · FAQ

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01What is the time zone overlap with the UK?
Complete. Eastern Europe runs one hour ahead of London, so your engineer's day and yours are effectively the same: live collaboration from your morning stand-up to end of play.
02How strong is English fluency?
Strong. English is taught throughout schooling and used professionally across the region, and every engineer is screened for spoken and written English by our senior technical team.
03Who handles employment law and compliance?
We do, in each country, covering HR, payroll, tax and local compliance. Because the engineer is our employee rather than your contractor, UK employment-status questions do not arise.
04Can we visit our engineers in Eastern Europe?
Yes, and from the UK it is a short-haul flight. Many clients visit their teams or fly engineers over for onboarding; we help arrange it and our local teams host on the ground.
05How do Poland, Romania and Ukraine differ?
Poland, centred on Warsaw and Krakow, is our largest hub and strongest in platform and back end work. Romania brings deep data and fintech experience, and Ukraine leads on systems engineering.
06Are the engineers used to working with UK companies?
Most have already shipped production code for UK, EU or US companies. We place seniors with seven to ten years of experience who treat Western tooling and stand-ups as the default.
07Where do IP protection and data privacy stand?
Your IP is yours. Contracts assign all work product to you, engineers sign NDAs, and we support your UK GDPR and data-privacy requirements per country.