Case study · Romania · Managed Team
A complete Shopify team in Romania, built in up to five weeks.
- Roles
- 7
- Build time
- up to 5 weeks
- Market
- Romania
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 large, broad supply of engineering profiles.
Facts
Romania at a glance.
- Time zone
- EET · one hour ahead of Berlin
- EU status
- Member since 2007 · Schengen
- Statutory minimum leave
- at least 20 working days per year
- Notice periods
- usually 20 working days for employees
- Probation
- 30 days
- Common languages
- English standard, German common, French frequent
- Direct flights
- daily, 2.5 h from Central and Western Europe
- Adeo presence
- Own entity, office at Str. Agricultori 136A, Bucharest
- How we work here
- Recruiting · Employment & Payroll · Managed Team
General information, as of 2026. To be reviewed case by case before signing.
Strengths
What this market is good for.
Strengths
- 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 should stay within the EU without special data protection arrangements
- Building larger units: the market supports double-digit team sizes
Roles
- 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
Talent pool
The talent pool in Romania.
We fill all functions: development, marketing, design, sales, support and finance. The IT figure shows the depth of the market.
19,1
m inhabitants
7,7
m in employment
208.000
IT specialists
Rounded figures · population and employment: national statistics 2024 · IT specialists: Eurostat and industry data 2024.
Reference
A case study from this market.
Costs
What a role in Romania costs.
Total employer cost including contributions and the Adeo fee, compared with the German median for the same role.
Example · Software Engineer · Senior · Romania · Managed Team
- Local gross salary middle of band
- €4,526
- Employer contributions 2.25%
- €102
- Adeo fee
- €500
- All-in per month
- €5,128
- Germany, median incl. contributions
- €6,581
Saving 22% · €17,436 per year
Calculate the cost of your roleSalary band source: Paylab Rumänien – Tehnologia informației (2026) · Germany: StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Senior-Software-Entwickler/in · Indicative, retrieved 6 Nov 2026, to be reviewed case by case
Example · Customer Support (English) · Romania · Managed Team
- Local gross salary middle of band
- €1,004
- Employer contributions 2.25%
- €23
- Adeo fee
- €500
- All-in per month
- €1,527
- Germany, median incl. contributions
- €3,558
Saving 57% · €24,372 per year
Calculate the cost of your roleSalary band source: Paylab Rumänien – Asistență pentru clienți (2026) · Germany: StepStone Gehalt 2026 – Customer Support · Indicative, retrieved 6 Nov 2026, to be reviewed case by case
Next step
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