Search & placement
Headhunting for roles where the wrong hire costs a quarter. Contingency for individual contributors, retained for leadership.
- Senior & staff engineers
- Architects
- Engineering managers
- Replacement guarantee
Sofia, Bulgaria / hiring across EU · UK · US
Engineering hires,engineered.
We find senior software, cloud and data engineers for companies that cannot afford a mis-hire. Permanent search, B2B contracting, and the market data to price a role before you post it.
How we work
We don't wait for applications.
The engineers you want already have a job. Reaching them takes mapping, a credible technical conversation, and a reason to move that is specific to them. That is the whole job, and it is the part most agencies skip.
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Map the market
Before the first message goes out we build the target list: which companies hold this skill, who reports to whom, who is likely to be reachable and why.
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Screen on substance
Our consultants brief on the stack with your engineering lead and screen for depth, not keyword overlap. You see the reasoning behind every submission.
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Calibrate in the first week
A first shortlist lands early and deliberately imperfect. Your feedback on it sharpens the search far faster than another round of spec discussion.
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Close the offer
Counter-offers and competing processes decide senior hires. We manage notice periods, expectations and the resignation conversation through to the start date.
Backend & systems
Java · Go · Rust · C++ · .NET
Python · Scala · Node.js
Frontend & mobile
React · Vue · Angular
Swift · Kotlin · Flutter
Cloud & platform
AWS · Azure · GCP · Kubernetes
Terraform · CI/CD · SRE
Data & AI
ML engineering · MLOps · NLP
Data platform · Computer vision
Security
AppSec · Cloud security
IAM · Compliance engineering
Leadership
Engineering managers · Heads of
VP Engineering · CTO
Services
Three ways to use us.
Most clients start with one role and move to a retained pipeline once the calibration is done.
B2B & augmentation
Senior contractors on B2B terms when you need capacity now and headcount approval later. Day rate transparent, margin agreed up front.
- Project augmentation
- Interim engineering leads
- Migrations & platform work
- EU-compliant contracting
Market data
What the role actually pays, who else is hiring for it, and how long it will realistically take. Useful before you approve a budget.
- Salary benchmarking
- Talent mapping
- Competitor hiring analysis
- Location strategy
Global hiring engine / live
Where should this role sit?
Pick a role and a level. We show annual employer cost against working-hour overlap with Sofia, so you can see the trade-off between what a hub costs and how many hours a day you actually get with it.
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Overlap assumes a 09:00–18:00 working day in each location and is recalculated live, including daylight saving. Cost figures are indicative annual employer cost for a full-time hire and are meant for a first pass, not a budget. Ask us for a benchmark on your specific stack and location.
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Questions
Before you get in touch.
Do you recruit only in Bulgaria?
No. Our team sits in Sofia, but we run searches across Europe, the UK and the US, for on-site, hybrid, remote and relocation hires.
How do you charge?
Permanent individual contributor roles run on a contingency success fee, payable on a start date. Engineering leadership searches run retained. Contracting is billed as an agreed margin on the daily rate.
Do you supply B2B contractors?
Yes, for project work, team augmentation and interim engineering leadership. Availability depends on the stack, so tell us the requirement and we will be straight about the lead time.
What happens if the hire does not work out?
Permanent placements carry a replacement guarantee. If the person leaves inside the agreed period, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Why hire engineers in Bulgaria?
Sofia overlaps a full working day with London, Berlin and Amsterdam, and still leaves usable afternoon hours with the US East Coast. Employer cost sits well below Western European hubs, and Bulgaria is inside the EU, so contracting and data handling stay on familiar ground. The hiring engine above shows the trade-off directly.
How quickly do you start?
After an intake call with the hiring manager, sourcing starts the same week and a first calibration shortlist follows shortly after. Speed past that point depends on the scarcity of the skill, and we say so up front rather than promising a number we cannot hold.
Get in touch
Tell us what you're hiring for.
A 30-minute call is enough to tell you whether the role is fillable at your budget, and roughly how long it will take. If it isn't, we will say so on that call.
hi@talantix.com