IT Recruitment in Poland

It’s just the beginning of your seamless expansion to Poland.
We build and operate tech teams of 10+ senior software engineers, and deliver:

  • Silicon Valley-caliber developers in Poland
  • Up to 40% savings
  • Team scaling from 0 to 100 in a year
  • Compliant employment without the legal entity setup
  • Cultural fits to your company

Tech recruitment

High-Speed Tech Recruiting to Build
a Senior Engineering Team in Poland

5
developers
in 1 month
20+
developers
in 3 months
100+ developers in 1 year

Get Superior IT Recruitment Services in Poland

8 CVs

to get 1 accepted offer

80% of our candidates

are approved by clients

98.6% of our hires

pass probation

5 business days

to send you first CVs

2-6 weeks

to close a vacancy

2.5 years

is the average tenure of our hires

Tech Team Planning in Poland Made Simple

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*Salary in USD, gross per month. Does not include Alcor’s fee. **Salary ranges may change after calibrating the ideal candidate profile with the Client.

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Tech Business Chooses IT Staffing in Poland

Advantages of recruiting developers in Poland
Salaries of software developers in Poland
Top tech hubs in Poland
Tech proficiency of tech talent in Poland
Downsides of tech recruitment in Poland
How Alcor can assist you on your journey

Advantages of recruiting developers in Poland

  • Fast team scaling: Poland boasts the largest talent pool in CEE, exceeding 650K tech experts who are dispersed across seven tech hubs. With the help of Alcor’s tech-focused recruitment, you can build a team of 10+ elite Polish developers in just 2 months.
  • High-quality coding: Multiple coding competitions like Topcoder, HackerRank, and Google Code Jam spotlight the world-class tech expertise of Polish software engineers.
  • Cost-effectiveness: Hiring developers in Poland is about 45% cheaper for US tech companies than scaling their teams onshore. Getting IT hiring services from a reliable partner like Alcor can unlock even greater savings.
  • Diverse skill stack: Polish software developers excel in popular tech like JavaScript, SQL, Python, and C# as well as possess rare skills like Hadoop, NLP, ZTA, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, and others, making them in high demand
  • Smooth communication: You can count on barrier-free cooperation with Polish developers, as they rank #2 in CEE and #15 globally for English proficiency. Coupled with a Western mindset, these talents will take your product development to new heights. 

Salaries of software developers in Poland

Poland is a goldmine of skilled technical gems without the Silicon Valley price tag. The highest-paid tech experts here, DevOps Engineers, Mobile Developers, AI Engineers, BI Developers, and Site Reliability Engineers, make on average from $81,500 to $90,000 per year. 

When it comes to expertise levels, the salary of junior tech talent in Poland is typically 3 times lower than that of senior-level experts, who receive about $75,500 per year. Meanwhile, mid-level software developers tend to get $52,000 annually. 

That’s up to 45% savings compared to the US. Compare yourself:

Senior Database Developer:

  • Poland: $67,000
  • USA: $126,000

Senior Site Reliability Engineer: 

  • Poland: $84,000
  • USA: $150,000

In other words, US-based tech companies can hire two senior tech talents from Poland for the price of one in their home country—without sacrificing quality.

Top tech hubs in Poland

Poland offers seven tech hubs for expanding US tech companies, namely Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, Katowice, Poznań, the Tri-City area, and Łódź. The first three are the ripest, concentrating 45% of all tech talent in Poland, eight innovation parks, and around 825 startups. Meanwhile, other tech centers are less competitive talent-wise, which can speed up your tech staffing in Poland, and offer from 15% to 20% lower software developer salaries. 

Developed infrastructure and security as well as dynamic business and tech communities in Polish tech hubs are some more reasons why global tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Intel, Samsung, HP, Cisco, and many others opt for tech recruitment in Poland to build their R&D centers.

Tech proficiency of tech talent in Poland

What makes a great software engineer? A blend of sharp math skills with creative thinking—exactly where Polish talent shines, according to the PISA assessment. Meanwhile, Coursera confirms their first spot in technology skills across the CEE region. 

With 70% of Polish developers holding higher education degrees, you can rest assured that your software product is in expert hands. If you are scaling your web, mobile, data, or game development team, then you’re definitely in the right place, as IT talent in Poland excels in these domains. 

Their top programming languages? SQL (48.7%), JavaScript (39.3%), Python (34.3%), TypeScript (31.9%), and HTML/CSS (31.4%) are the most popular among Polish tech talent, according to Bulldogjob Report.

Downsides of tech recruitment in Poland

  • Prolonged hiring

Not all recruitment agencies are created equal. Cooperation with the hiring partner who has a small recruitment team and limited experience in filling senior tech roles and headhunting C-level experts and rare talent can significantly stretch your hiring time, resulting in overspending and postponed product development.

  • Talent employment

Tech staffing companies rarely cover the legal side of talent acquisition, leaving you to navigate labor laws, taxes, and employee benefits, or outsource them to a third party at additional risk. Plus, you’ll most likely have to open a legal entity to hire Polish developers. Business incorporation may take up to one year and require a hefty upfront investment to pay all the fees and comply with local laws. 

  • Admin hurdles

Imagine you’ve assembled a perfect team of developers in Poland. Now, you need to cover operational stuff like payroll processing, hardware procurements, maybe office leasing, visa and insurance management, etc. Traditional tech recruitment agencies can help with talent onboarding, retention plans, and some HR optimization but nothing more. So, all of these operational functions you’ll have to handle in-house or, at your own risk, delegate them to external service providers.

How Alcor can assist you on your journey

When tech companies like yours scale their teams in Poland, they need a turnkey solution that can handle all aspects of expansion, not just tech recruitment. For this reason, we at Alcor have devised a 360° tech R&D center solution that takes the operational burden off your shoulders. It includes:

  • Full-cycle tech recruitment: Our 40 tech recruiters handle everything from EVP creation and applicant sourcing to prescreening, job interviews, and offer preparation. We also offer Engineering Manager support to assess candidates’ tech skills. As a result, 80% of our candidates get approved, and we take just 2-6 weeks to fill tech vacancies.
  • Employer of Record: When developers are hired, we take care of their employment via our legal entity in Poland. Our team also covers legal navigation, IP protection, payroll, and benefits management, while our dedicated account managers guide your expansion to make it hassle-free. 
  • Operational support: Need office, tech equipment, visa, or insurance? We cover this and even more so you can stay focused on programming while we take care of the rest!

End-to-end IT Recruiting
in Poland

Full cycle effectiveness and ease

  • Poland’s market guidance and consulting
  • Salary benchmarking
  • Sourcing, interviews, negotiations
  • Candidates’ tech expertise assessment
  • Employment, onboarding, and payroll
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Meet Our IT Recruiters

Diana Lepadat

Lead Recruiter in Romania

David Gomez

Lead Recruiter in LATAM

Bianka Jaworska

Lead Recruiter in Poland

Yulia Baranovskaya

Senior IT Recruiter

Weronika Sobieralska

Senior IT Recruiter

Rebeca Szasz

Senior IT Recruiter

Myroslava Dovhanych

IT Recruiter

Alina Grytsenko

Senior IT Recruiter

Mariana Prokopiuk

Lead of the Researchers Team

Karolina Nosek

Senior IT Researcher

Yuliia Vovk

Senior IT Researcher

Tech Recruitment Process

Kick-off call

  • Discuss your hiring needs and requirements
  • Report on salaries and talent pool for open positions
  • Negotiate and sign the contract

Preparation

  • Create a hiring strategy
  • Compose ideal candidate profiles
  • Define and promote your EVP to local developers

Candidate Search & HR Interview

  • Source, headhunt, and pre-screen candidates
  • Conduct the HR interview
  • Evaluate the candidates’ experience, previous projects, English level, and soft skills

Tech Interviews & Offer

  • Let you conduct tech interviews and test tasks
  • Update you on the hiring progress weekly
  • Manage job offers
  • Work with offer rejections and counteroffers, if any

Post-offer support

  • Accept payment for hires
  • Help you onboard your hires 3-month candidate replacement warranty
  • Employment, payroll, and other operational support

Result

Your own software development team in Poland of your size, budget, and required skills

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More Than Just IT Recruitment in Poland

Alcor is your tech expansion accelerator for global growth

  • From 0 to 100+ engineers in Poland
  • Employer of record—no-entity compliant employment
  • Comprehensive in-country support
  • No buy-out or other hidden fees
  • Your team from day one. Your management. Your culture.
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Companies Scaling with Alcor

Alcor is a reliable partner that meets our hiring needs. We finally hired experienced software engineers in Eastern Europe with strong tech skills and business acumen. Account Managers are awesome!

Andrii Akselrod CTO People.ai

With Alcor’s all-in-one solution, we got a software R&D office with 15 senior PHP devs and a compliant operational coverage. I really appreciated their transparent pricing structure and deep expertise.

Boris Glants CTO Tonic Health

We interviewed a lot of EoR platforms and companies, but Alcor was the only one that provides a combo package of EoR and Recruting offerings. Alcor helped us build a full stack team in 1.5 month.

Dmitrii Iermiichuk Head of Engineering Gotransverse

We wanted to switch from our outsourcing provider, and Alcor has become really game-changing for us. Within a mere 6 months, we got a fully-fledged team of 30 engineers in our own R&D office.

Elena Leonova Director of Product Management BigСommerce

Alcor’s R&D solution eclipses full-cycle recruitment, EOR service, and operational support for our offshore team. Their ‘all-in-one place’ approach is far more cost-effective than I could’ve imagined.

Farhad Shamshirzan
Farhad Shamshirzan Director of Software Engineering Certent

I value their commitment to going the extra mile. We evolved from an outstaff project into an independent company, and Alcor’s support was crucial. They hired and ondoarded 15+ professionals for us.

Grigoriy Didorenko Research and Development Director BIScience

Thanks to Alcor, we hired four engineers and a designer that strengthened our team. Beside stellar recruitment, Alcor flawlessly handled our payroll. Their approach was seamless and swift.

Kirill Latish Head of Engineering & Communications Velory

Alcor closed our 4 QA positions in a month and more than doubled the team in a year! We chose Alcor because of their communication style, cost, scope of services, and ideas to help us be successful.

Vitalii Belelia Production Management & App Support Manager Ledger

Expanding our engineering team outside the US with Alcor was a game-changer! They found 15 talented developers and provided seamless EOR & operational support. Great responsiveness to our needs!

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Katherine Laggos VP People & Culture Chartbeat

FAQ about IT Recruitment Services in Poland

Does Alcor provide tech headhunting of C-suite managers in Poland?

Yes, Alcor’s 40 tech recruiters usually need 3-7 weeks to fill a C-level role. For instance, we’ve successfully hired a team of 30+ developers and headhunted a Director of Engineering for Dotmatics. We also built a team of 10+ senior and lead QA Engineers, including a QA Manager. Alcor works on a contingency search basis, so you pay only when the open C-level position is filled. With 98.6% of our hires passing probation, you can trust us to deliver top-quality talent.

Does Alcor provide payroll and office lease in Poland?

Absolutely! Payroll is a part of our Employer of Record services. Our payroll specialists provide salary calculations and payments for your team of developers on a monthly basis. 

Office leasing is our operational service that we provide on request. When using it, you receive full navigation through the Polish real estate market, expert pricing advice, a negotiated commercial lease agreement, and an IT infrastructure setup.

What else does Alcor’s software R&D solution in Poland include?

On top of tech recruitment and EOR, we offer a wider range of additional services, including IT infrastructure setup, employer branding, background checks, and other back-office assistance. At Alcor, it’s like Lego: you choose the services to build your R&D team from 0 to 100 software engineers in 1 year, following the pay-as-you-go approach. 

How can tech companies speed up IT recruitment in Poland?

To speed up hiring, tech companies usually partner with a local IT recruitment firm. The IT recruiting firm in Poland will cover talent acquisition from start to end, offering you the best tech talents within the shortest deadlines. For instance, Alcor hires top-10% talent in Poland, closing tech vacancies in 2-6 weeks. 

The RPO provider will also help you navigate through the Polish labor market, crafting the most appealing EVP for your future developers. This also includes preparing market research, talent availability and salary reports, and advising on employer branding.

What is the best strategy to hire Polish software developers?

The best strategy for tech companies is to partner with a local provider who has a solid team of tech recruiters experienced in end-to-end hiring of senior developers and headhunting C-level and rare specialists in Poland. For instance, 

Alcor’s 40 IT headhunters in Poland already build teams of 20-30 elite developers for Sift, Live Person, Dotmatics, and Ledger. We close tech vacancies in 2-6 weeks, while the average tenure of our hires is 2.5 years. Contact us to discuss your staffing needs!

How can international tech companies find a Polish IT recruitment partner?

Recruitment services for IT companies are specific, so it’s best to choose a tech-focused hiring agency with experienced tech recruiters and a proven track record of successfully filling roles across various expertise levels and tech stacks. To keep costs in check, opt for IT recruitment companies that work on a contingent search basis rather than a retained search. You can search these staffing agencies on independent review platforms like Clutch and GoodFirms or ask for recommendations in your professional network.

Should you partner with a tech recruitment agency in Poland?

Tech recruitment services in Poland are the best fit for medium and large tech companies with financial resources to expand abroad. This includes opening your own legal entity, managing compliance, and covering all arising operational functions while your trusted partner fills your tech roles.

For small tech-focused companies, staff augmentation might be a quicker and cheaper way to bridge talent gaps and execute the project. However, if you’re ready to grow your business by building a loyal team of developers, recruiting IT talent from Poland is an option. But opt for a partner who provides not only tech recruitment but also Employer or Record and operational support like Alcor. In this way, you’ll manage everything in one place without the hassle of outsourcing compliance and operational tasks to third parties.

Which hiring models are efficient within IT recruitment process outsourcing in Poland?

When expanding to the Polish market, international tech companies can choose from a variety of staffing solutions like dedicated team engagement, IT staff augmentation, RPO services for software engineering, and a comprehensive R&D center solution. While the first two hiring models can only offer temporary external IT experts, RPO and R&D office provide you with your own development team.

Opting for Alcor’s R&D center solution is a more strategic and beneficial way to expand your business to Poland. Alongside assembling your tech team, we handle operational functions like compliance, payroll, and office negotiations. With just 2 months, we can establish an R&D office for you in Poland. Contact us for more information.

What are the benefits of investing in RPO partnership for software development companies in Poland?

Partnership with a reliable RPO company can solve your talent shortage, reduce labor expenses, and speed up staffing. Poland is rich with skilled developers, and a trusted RPO partner can help you leverage this talent goldmine for the long term, attracting and retaining the best talent to scale your development team. 

Alcor goes even further, offering EOR and operational support in addition to tech recruitment. In this case, you get all the aspects of your business expansion handled in one place, allowing you to scale tech team as your business grows. For instance, Alcor’s client Sift initially hired 30 developers in their R&D center and later on grew their team to 50+ tech talents. Try our solution yourself!

Why now is the best time to look for IT RPO services in Poland?

Poland stands out as the fastest-growing IT market in Eastern Europe, poised to exhibit an annual revenue growth rate exceeding 12%. Its abundance of top talent, distinguished STEM education, competitive developer rates, and favorable business climate are among the many attractions drawing foreign IT companies to establish development teams in the country. Notably, major enterprises such as Amazon, Dell, Cisco, and Oracle have not only established but expanded their R&D presence in Poland, showcasing the country’s appeal as a prime destination for tech expansion.