Tech Recruitment from Engineering, AI to Hardware and Verification.

Thercore

Hiring tech talent in Romania.

Fewer candidates, better ones. We map the market, approach the people who actually fit, and tell you honestly what your brief will and will not get you.

  • 01 results Delivering exceptional outcomes.
  • 02 quality Excellence at every step.
  • 03 focus Sharp and determined.
  • 04 mindset Growth and solid results.

about us

Each opening needs to be filled with the right candidate. And as people are different, so are companies and their needs.

That's why we take a personalised approach to every recruitment process. By understanding the culture, goals and challenges of each organisation, we make sure the candidates we present are not only qualified, but aligned with your values and your direction.

Our aim is a long term partnership: tailored solutions that go beyond filling a position, and drive success for employer and candidate alike. We work across the Romanian tech market, from software engineering and AI through to hardware design and verification, and we are paid on success only.

A market of thousands. The few who actually fit.

how we work

Four stages, and you are in the room for all of them.

No black box, no volume of CVs sent on spec. You always know where your search stands and why we are putting a particular person in front of you.

  1. We start with a conversation, not a job description. Who is the team, what does success look like in the first year, and what kind of person tends to thrive with you. If we think the role is going to be hard to fill as written, we say so at this point rather than three weeks later.

  2. We map the relevant market and approach people directly, including those who are not actively looking. Your company is represented carefully, because how a role is described to a strong candidate is often the reason they take the call.

  3. You receive a shortlist with an honest assessment of each person, including our reservations. We would rather send you three candidates we believe in than thirty we do not, and we will tell you when we think someone is a stretch.

  4. We stay close through offer, resignation and notice period, which is where most placements are lost. After the start date we check in with both sides, because a placement that does not last is not a placement.

who you'll work with

You will always know whose hands your search is in.

Cristiana Pislariu

your point of contact

You speak to the same person from the first conversation to the first day on the job. No handover to an account manager, no researcher you have never met sending profiles in your name.

Every conversation, on either side of the table, is treated as confidential. We will never share your hiring plans, your salary bands or a candidate's situation with anyone who is not part of the process.

what we do

Tech recruitment built around your brief, not ours.

We deliver personalised IT recruitment focused on quality, results and alignment, connecting you with the people who move your business forward.

Tailored recruitment

Hiring solutions shaped around the requirements of your company and your industry. Never a template.

Expert screening

Thorough evaluation, so that skills and values both line up with what your organisation actually needs.

Results focus

Dedicated to placements that hold, and that contribute directly to your growth.

Long term partnerships

Consistent, high quality support for your hiring. Relationships measured in years, not in vacancies.

Roles we recruit for in Romania

  • Software engineering
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Data and MLOps
  • Embedded and firmware
  • Hardware and silicon design
  • Design verification
  • ASIC and FPGA
  • Analog and digital design
  • DevOps and cloud
  • Engineering management

From software and AI through to hardware, silicon and verification. We recruit permanent and contract roles in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași and Brașov, as well as fully remote positions across Romania.

questions

Hiring tech talent in Romania, answered plainly.

The questions companies ask us most often before they start a search here.

  1. It depends on seniority and how specific the stack is. Rather than quote you an average that means nothing for your role, we give you a realistic timeline at the briefing stage, based on how many people in Romania genuinely match the brief and how many are open to moving right now.

  2. Salary expectations move quickly and vary a lot by stack, seniority and whether a role is on site, hybrid or remote. We benchmark your specific role against what candidates are actually accepting at the moment, and we will tell you if a band is going to make a search difficult before you commit to it.

  3. Yes. A good share of the companies we speak to are hiring their first people in Romania. We can talk you through what the local market expects on salary, notice periods, working models and how candidates here compare roles, so your first offers land rather than get declined.

  4. Bucharest is the largest tech market in the country and where most of our searches sit, but we also recruit in Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași and Brașov, and for fully remote roles anywhere in Romania.

  5. We work on a success fee only. There is no retainer and no upfront cost: you pay once your hire actually starts, and nothing at all if we do not find the right person. The fee depends on the seniority and difficulty of the role, and it is agreed in writing before any search work begins.

  6. Everything shared with us is treated as confidential and handled in line with GDPR. We do not circulate your hiring plans or salary bands, and we do not send a candidate's details anywhere without their agreement.

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contact

Let's talk about who you need.

Whether you're after market insight, candidates, salary benchmarks or something else entirely, we're glad to help.

Success fee only. No retainer, no upfront cost, and nothing to pay if we do not find the right person.