Hire remote software developers in Germany

Germany faces a long-standing shortage of software developers, and local hiring often takes months at $40–55/hour. Remote developers from Poland and Central Europe work on your time zone, under EU law, at $22–37/hour, so you can scale your team faster without lowering the bar on quality.

Nearshore means working with engineers in nearby countries with the same or close time zone, like Poland, Czechia, Slovakia or Romania. For German companies, it combines real-time collaboration and EU contracts with lower costs, unlike offshore models with large time differences.

Nearshore developers from Central and Eastern Europe cost $22–37/hour, compared with $40–55/hour for developers in Germany. The exact rate depends on seniority and stack. After a 30-minute call, we give you a detailed budget estimate for your team.

The Philippines is 6–7 hours ahead of Germany, so most collaboration happens asynchronously. Nearshore engineers in Poland or Czechia work your hours, sign contracts under EU law and follow GDPR by default. For product teams that need daily collaboration, Central and Eastern Europe is usually the better fit.

Poland has 600,000+ tech specialists, no time difference with Germany, and rates of $27–37/hour. Polish engineers work with German companies every day, so onboarding is fast. Many German companies keep core roles in-house and extend their teams with Polish developers.

Our engineers work confidently in international teams, with English as the primary working language. If German is required for a specific role or project, we can include it in the candidate selection criteria.

You sign one agreement with Devico, and we handle engineers' contracts, payroll and compliance in their countries. We'll recommend the right engagement model for your project on the first call.

All our engineers work in EU countries or under EU-standard contracts, with GDPR-compliant data processing and NDAs. All intellectual property created for your project belongs to you, as stated in the agreement.

Yes. Many clients keep one or two engineers in Germany for on-site roles and build the rest of the team in Poland or Czechia. You work with one partner and one contract for the whole team.

We match you with 2–3 vetted candidates within 1–2 days. After you choose, the developer usually starts within 2–4 weeks, depending on their notice period, much faster than a typical local hiring process in Germany.

Send us a short request with the roles and skills you need. On a 30-minute call we discuss your project, suggest the best countries and team setup, and give you a budget estimate. Then you interview the candidates and choose.