REMOTE ENGINEERING · SOUTH EASTERN EUROPEADMINISTRATIVE WORK · SALES TALENT · FINANCE & PAYROLL SPECIALISTS

Senior engineers.
Same timezone.
Half the cost.

Connector places vetted talent from South Eastern Europe in Western product teams. CET hours, English and German speaking talent, one monthly invoice. First interviews within a week. Qualified by senior software engineers.

340+
ENGINEERS VETTED
11 days
MEDIAN TIME TO HIRE
4 of 5
HIRE SUCCESS · INDUSTRY ≈1 OF 5
94%
12-MONTH RETENTION
TALENT NETWORKLIVE
AK
Arben K.
Senior Frontend Engineer
PRISHTINA · XK
ReactNext.jsTypeScript
ENGLISH
C1
RATE
52/h
AVAILABLE
2 WKS
MATCHING · BERLIN BRIEF #311
PROFILES ANONYMIZED UNTIL INTRO CALL
01THE CASE

Your extended remote team.

Strong work ethic, German-speaking talent cultivated by large Swiss and German corporates. Change-making talent.

35–55% lower cost

Typical rates from €35/h (mid) to €78/h (senior full-stack), all-in. No recruiter fees, no employer taxes on your side, no office overhead.

Zero timezone gap

The Balkans run on CET. Your 9:30 standup is our 9:30 standup, code review lands before lunch.

One clean invoice

We employ locally and handle payroll, IP assignment and GDPR. You sign one B2B agreement and pay monthly.

Founder-involved

No faceless recruiters. A founder sits in every vetting session and stays on your account after day one.

02SERVICES

Four ways to work with us.

01

Dedicated teams

A full team embedded in your workflow. Your Slack, your standups, your standards. For scale-ups that need to ship.

02

Individual hires

One specific person for one specific seat. Vetted by working engineers in the same stack, contributing from week one.

03

Outcome-based projects

Fixed scope, measurable result. We scope, build and deliver: data platforms, migrations, internal tools. Pay for the outcome, not the hours.

04

Hiring partner

White-label delivery for agencies and studios. Your brand, your client, our bench. Full transparency on the split.

03THE MATH

Run your numbers.

Typical hourly ranges in your market next to Connector ranges. Indicative only; final rates depend on the skillset.

ROLE
SENIORITY
YOUR MARKET
TEAM SIZE3 ENGINEERS
DACH · SENIOR FULL-STACK95125/h typical
VIA CONNECTOR5878/h typical
INDICATIVE SAVINGS / YR
€210k
€70k PER ROLE × 3
≈ −40%
Get exact rates

TYPICAL RANGES, NOT AN OFFER. RATES VARY WITH SKILLSET, SENIORITY AND ENGAGEMENT LENGTH. ANNUAL FIGURES ASSUME FULL-TIME.

04PROCESS

Fifteen days, four steps.

Full process →
01DAYS 1–2

Discovery

A 45-minute call on stack, team culture and budget. You sign off a hiring brief.

02DAYS 3–6

Shortlist

We screen the network, run live technical sessions, and send three vetted profiles.

03DAYS 7–10

Interviews

You run your loop, we schedule it. Optional paid trial day with your codebase.

04DAYS 11–15

Contract & onboard

One signature. We handle employment, equipment and day-one setup.

05NETWORK

Browse the network.

A sample of engineers available this month. Full profiles, code samples and references at intro.

AK
Arben K.
Senior Frontend Engineer
PRISHTINA · XK
ReactNext.jsTypeScript
C1 · €52/H · 2 WKSINTRO ↗
EH
Elira H.
Senior Backend Engineer
PRIZREN · XK
Node.jsPostgreSQLAWS
C2 · €54/H · NOWINTRO ↗
DM
Driton M.
Staff DevOps Engineer
PEJA · XK
KubernetesTerraformGCP
C1 · €58/H · 3 WKSINTRO ↗
FB
Fjolla B.
Senior Data Engineer
GJAKOVA · XK
PythondbtSnowflake
C2 · €56/H · 2 WKSINTRO ↗
BA
Blerim A.
Full-stack Engineer
FERIZAJ · XK
ReactNode.jsGraphQL
C1 · €46/H · NOWINTRO ↗
DK
Dafina K.
QA Automation Engineer
PRISHTINA · XK
PlaywrightCypressCI/CD
C1 · €35/H · 2 WKSINTRO ↗
LG
Leart G.
Senior Backend Engineer
GJILAN · XK
GoKafkaRedis
C1 · €55/H · 4 WKSINTRO ↗
VR
Vesa R.
Mobile Engineer
MITROVICA · XK
React NativeSwift
C2 · €49/H · NOWINTRO ↗
8 OF 340 SHOWN · UPDATED WEEKLY · 340+ IN THE FULL NETWORK
06PROOF

Teams that switched.

Case studies →
NOVAPAY · BERLIN

“We interviewed three candidates on Thursday and signed one the following Tuesday. Our fastest senior hire in four years.”

Markus Weber
CTO, NOVAPAY
MERIDIAN HEALTH · LONDON

“The overlap matters more than the rate. Standups at 9:30, code review by lunch. It works like an in-house team.”

Claire Donnelly
VP ENGINEERING, MERIDIAN HEALTH
FREIGHTLINE · ROTTERDAM

“One invoice, no local entities, no surprises. Finance signed off in a day.”

Tom Hendriks
FOUNDER, FREIGHTLINE
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