Market · Romania · Bucharest hub
Romania: our strongest market for engineering teams.
Our own entity in Bucharest, our own recruiting team on the ground. Romania is an EU member, one hour ahead of Berlin and our primary market for technical roles, with a deep, broad pool of engineering profiles.
Facts
Romania at a glance.
- Time zone
- EET · one hour ahead of Berlin
- EU status
- Member since 2007 · Schengen
- Statutory minimum holiday
- at least 20 working days per year
- Notice periods
- usually 20 working days for employees
- Probation period
- 30 days
- Common languages
- English widely spoken; German and French common
- Direct flights
- daily, 2.5 h from Central & Western Europe
- Adeo presence
- Own entity; office at Str. Agricultori 136A, Bucharest
General information, as of 2026. To be reviewed case by case before signing a contract.
Strengths
What this market is good for.
- Software engineering in breadth and depth: backend, frontend, mobile, data
- DevOps, cloud and platform teams with EU compliance requirements
- QA and test automation as a function in its own right
- Teams that need to stay inside the EU without a data protection workaround
- Building larger units: the market supports double-digit team sizes too
Talent pool
The talent pool in Romania.
We staff every function: engineering, marketing, design, sales, support and finance. The information and communications technology (ICT) figure reflects the depth of the market.
- 19.1M
- inhabitants
- 7.7M
- in employment
- 208,000
- ICT specialists
Figures rounded · population and employment: national statistics 2024 · ICT specialists: Eurostat and industry figures 2024.
Roles
Typical roles from this market.
- Software engineer: backend, frontend, full-stack
- DevOps and site reliability engineering
- QA and test automation
- Data engineering and analytics
- IT support, including second-level support
- Accounting and finance operations
Reference
A case study from this market.
Shoplab
A complete Shopify team in Romania, built in up to five weeks.
- Roles
- 7
- Market
- Romania
- Model
- Managed Team
- Build time
- up to 5 weeks
Cost
What a role in Romania costs.
Example · Software engineer · Senior · Managed Team
€5,817
All-in per month
- Local gross salary
- €5,200
- Employer contributions & levies
- €117
- Adeo fee
- €500
- Western European benchmark (Germany)
- €7,806
Saving 25% · €23,868 per year
Indicative figures · as of September 2026 · total employer cost incl. contributions · to be reviewed case by case