We open Ukrainian development office - FAQ
We regularly receive letters of the following content: “We are a small company in Moscow (Riga, Berlin) and we have heard many clever developers in Ukraine. tell me how much it costs and how to find them. ”
We decided to create a small FAQ for those who are looking for developers in Ukraine or are considering opening an office here.
On the salaries of developers was a separate post . In a nutshell, a good salary is considered - $ 2500-4000. Fork salaries in the city, technology and experience can be estimated by our salary widget .
Should I bother with finding people, if you can go to a company that is engaged in IT aorsourcing?
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The advantages of creating your own team: 100% control over the process, loyalty, long-term perspective and of course the price. Cons: a lot of time to start. For short projects (2-6) months, it may be more profitable to “overpay” to an outsourcing company, but to gain time.
There are five leading cities: Kiev, Lviv, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa. In other cities, the labor market is too small, I would not consider them if there are no special reasons (grandmother in Kherson, for example).
Kiev is 20-30% more expensive than Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk wages and the cost of renting an office, but Odessa and Lviv are not much cheaper. But Kiev wins in the labor market (40% of specialists work in the capital) and transport connectivity with Russia and the world (night train, UTair, WizzAir, UIA).
As elsewhere, dating and personal recommendations are the most effective way.
If you decide to build a team yourself, a good option is to start with the local ones. director. He already knows local realities and has a potential list of employees from among friends and colleagues.
LinkedIn
When your friends are “finished,” you can take on LinkedIn . Every second Ukrainian developer is registered on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, candidates rarely respond, the “1 answer to 10 messages” statistics is considered to be quite good. If you do not have a strong brand like Yandex or Google, it will be even lower.
In addition to jobs.dou.ua there is hh.ua , work.ua and rabota.ua . Unlike Russia, HH is not a market leader at all, at least in IT.
Honestly, to search for developers, working sites generally do not work well - good programmers simply do not “reach” them, but there are a lot of mediocre experts without industry experience and knowledge of English.
djinni.co is the “vacancy in reverse”. Instead of revising vacancies in search of interesting developers describe their experience and wishes for work and salary, and companies offer suitable vacancies.
The service is trying to solve the problem of low efficiency LinkedIn and this is partly possible. "Partly" because there are fewer candidates there than on LinkedIn or other sites.
Meilru regularly comes to the Kharkov Polytechnic. Yandex arranges its "subbotniki". Facebook was doing a big hackathon in the winter and participated in the recent Startup Weekend in Kiev.
With a smaller budget, you can do something small, but very targeted, such as PaymentWall Girl's party or Windows Phone hackathon . Or support some of the popular events .
90% of Ukrainian development companies design employees as SPD (analogue of the Russian IP). There are few exceptions: international companies, such as Yandex, eBay (Magento) or companies targeting the local market, with "ridiculous" salaries.
The reason is simple - the price. Registration “according to the Labor Code” and with the work book will cost 47% of the expenditures on the payroll fund (payroll fund). SPD pays 5% VAT plus a fixed contribution to the Pension Fund (about $ 700 / year).
Making "in the state" can be a competitive advantage, for many specialists the fact of "white" salary is important. If you are willing to incur 2x payroll costs.
Demand exceeds supply. In search of a single developer, it takes from 2 weeks (if lucky) to 3 months (high requirements, narrow specialists). You can speed up the search through outsourcing companies or a recruiting agency, both options are not cheap.
PS If there are more questions - ask in the comments, we will answer necessarily.
We decided to create a small FAQ for those who are looking for developers in Ukraine or are considering opening an office here.
How much is
On the salaries of developers was a separate post . In a nutshell, a good salary is considered - $ 2500-4000. Fork salaries in the city, technology and experience can be estimated by our salary widget .
Outsourcing or own team
Should I bother with finding people, if you can go to a company that is engaged in IT aorsourcing?
')
The advantages of creating your own team: 100% control over the process, loyalty, long-term perspective and of course the price. Cons: a lot of time to start. For short projects (2-6) months, it may be more profitable to “overpay” to an outsourcing company, but to gain time.
City: Kiev or not Kiev
There are five leading cities: Kiev, Lviv, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa. In other cities, the labor market is too small, I would not consider them if there are no special reasons (grandmother in Kherson, for example).
Kiev is 20-30% more expensive than Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk wages and the cost of renting an office, but Odessa and Lviv are not much cheaper. But Kiev wins in the labor market (40% of specialists work in the capital) and transport connectivity with Russia and the world (night train, UTair, WizzAir, UIA).
Where to looking for
As elsewhere, dating and personal recommendations are the most effective way.
If you decide to build a team yourself, a good option is to start with the local ones. director. He already knows local realities and has a potential list of employees from among friends and colleagues.
When your friends are “finished,” you can take on LinkedIn . Every second Ukrainian developer is registered on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, candidates rarely respond, the “1 answer to 10 messages” statistics is considered to be quite good. If you do not have a strong brand like Yandex or Google, it will be even lower.
Work sites
In addition to jobs.dou.ua there is hh.ua , work.ua and rabota.ua . Unlike Russia, HH is not a market leader at all, at least in IT.
Honestly, to search for developers, working sites generally do not work well - good programmers simply do not “reach” them, but there are a lot of mediocre experts without industry experience and knowledge of English.
djinni.co
djinni.co is the “vacancy in reverse”. Instead of revising vacancies in search of interesting developers describe their experience and wishes for work and salary, and companies offer suitable vacancies.
The service is trying to solve the problem of low efficiency LinkedIn and this is partly possible. "Partly" because there are fewer candidates there than on LinkedIn or other sites.
activity
Meilru regularly comes to the Kharkov Polytechnic. Yandex arranges its "subbotniki". Facebook was doing a big hackathon in the winter and participated in the recent Startup Weekend in Kiev.
With a smaller budget, you can do something small, but very targeted, such as PaymentWall Girl's party or Windows Phone hackathon . Or support some of the popular events .
Taxes
90% of Ukrainian development companies design employees as SPD (analogue of the Russian IP). There are few exceptions: international companies, such as Yandex, eBay (Magento) or companies targeting the local market, with "ridiculous" salaries.
The reason is simple - the price. Registration “according to the Labor Code” and with the work book will cost 47% of the expenditures on the payroll fund (payroll fund). SPD pays 5% VAT plus a fixed contribution to the Pension Fund (about $ 700 / year).
Making "in the state" can be a competitive advantage, for many specialists the fact of "white" salary is important. If you are willing to incur 2x payroll costs.
Timing
Demand exceeds supply. In search of a single developer, it takes from 2 weeks (if lucky) to 3 months (high requirements, narrow specialists). You can speed up the search through outsourcing companies or a recruiting agency, both options are not cheap.
PS If there are more questions - ask in the comments, we will answer necessarily.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/178199/
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