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In Karat’s 2025 analysis of engineering talent hubs, two Polish cities ranked in the top 20 based on engineering quality in technical interviews, Gdańsk (#12) and Warsaw (#20). Both are outperforming many Western European cities on talent quality, operational costs, and hiring velocity. Read on to learn more about the opportunities and challenges facing CIOs setting up engineering operations in Poland.

Top Nearshore Software Hubs in Europe and Americas 1. Belgrade, Serbia - ranked #2 in Europe, #9 globally 2. Gdansk, Poland - #3 in Europe, #12 globally 3. Sofia, Bulgaria - #4 in Europe, #18 globally 4. Warsaw, Poland - #5 in Europe, #20 globally 5. Sao Paulo, Brazil - #1 in LATAM, #38 globally

Tech hiring over the last two years has been plagued with mass layoffs and uncertainty. It looks like things are turning around though, as sentiment around technical hiring is rebounding in 2024.  Karat’s Tech Hiring Trends report surveys software engineering leaders to uncover how hiring is changing each year and the practices of the most […]

India has become a leader in great engineering talent, causing more companies to flock there and open Global Capability Centers (GCCs). As a result, the market for software engineers there is now highly competitive for all types of organizations, including corporations, startups, companies with an established presence in India, and those that are entering India […]

Global companies have access to a larger talent pool and they’re able to reduce costs by hiring in areas with a lower cost of living. While these are some of the benefits that make global hiring advantageous, there are also challenges that come with hiring internationally. Organizations need to navigate the unique characteristics of each […]

New York City is one of the top 10 best cities for hiring software engineers in 2024 for many reasons. As the most populous city in the U.S., New York has the sixth largest talent pool of software engineers and it’s ranked seventh in elite engineering talent. However, with a median salary of $180,000, one […]

The tech industry in Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland, has come a long way since IBM became the first U.S. tech company to set up an office there in 1956. It’s now one of Europe’s leading tech hubs, and our report on the 2024 top cities to hire software engineers found that […]

There’s currently a lot of momentum and interest in hiring software engineers from Latin America — particularly Mexico City, Guadalajara, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires. We expect these cities, along with others throughout Latin America, to continue growing and eventually become some of the top cities to hire software engineers. This presents an opportunity for […]

With over six million software engineers, India is one of the largest pools of tech talent in the world. In addition to being home to nearly a quarter of the world’s developers, India also boasts some of the highest concentrations of top engineering talent. Six Indian cities made our list of the top cities to […]