Location & market entry
Compare Serbia and Bulgaria, shape the launch plan, and choose the right route for your long-term presence.
- Location assessment
- Entity or EOR path
- Launch budget and timeline
Engineering hubs · Balkans · EU
Build the team.
Keep the advantage.
We build and operate dedicated engineering teams in the Balkans for European and US product companies - from talent access and hiring to legal setup, office space, and local operations.
5–50hirees, built to scale
End-to-endlocal operations
BOTbuild, operate, transfer
44.8° N20.5° E
Ready for your next team
Your team. Your culture. Your IP.
- Web & cloud
- Mobile
- AI / ML
- Data
- Embedded
01 The proposition
Not outsourced capacity.
Your engineering organisation.
Every engineer joins your roadmap, tools, and culture. They use your company identity, work under your leadership, and build IP that belongs to you from day one.
Alongside local operations - from the first market brief and talent search to a fully operating hub - Gamayun provides technical leadership and support to reinforce engineering standards, delivery quality and practical execution.
02 Full-service local support
Everything your hub needs
to get moving and keep moving.
One local operating partner to turn an expansion plan into a working engineering hub - without asking your leaders to become experts in a new country.
Talent strategy & recruitment
Turn your team design into a focused search through regional talent networks, technical screening, and a clear hiring process.
- Role and salary mapping
- Candidate sourcing
- Interview coordination
Employment & people operations
Give each new hire a dependable local employment experience, from offer through onboarding and ongoing support.
- Contracts and benefits
- Onboarding and HR support
- Employee relations
Legal, payroll & finance
Coordinate the local work that keeps the hub compliant, paid, and properly administered as it grows.
- Legal and entity coordination
- Payroll and accounting
- Compliance administration
Office space & equipment
Find and set up the right workspace, then manage the practical details that make it ready for the team.
- Office search and setup
- Equipment procurement
- Local vendor coordination
Ongoing hub operations
Keep the local platform running while your engineering leaders focus on product, technical standards, and culture.
- Workplace operations
- Ongoing hiring and retention
- Transparent local reporting
03 Why the Balkans
A region built for
ambitious engineering.
Technical depth, a durable talent pipeline and practical operating economics make the Balkans a strong base for dedicated product and platform teams.
01
Technical depth
Experienced engineers work across the product, platform and connected systems disciplines that modern companies need to keep moving.
- Web, cloud and mobile
- Data, AI and ML
- DevOps, security and quality
02
University-backed talent
Strong technical colleges and universities create a steady local pipeline of exceptional engineering talent with rigorous foundations.
- Computer science and engineering
- Applied mathematics and data
- Early-career and specialist talent
03
Built for collaboration
European workday overlap, strong English communication and close cultural proximity support tight collaboration with distributed teams.
- Real-time working hours
- Direct team integration
- Europe-first operating mindset
04
Economics that endure
Competitive total employment and operating costs let companies invest in stable, high-quality teams without compromising on standards.
- Practical cost-to-capability balance
- Room to invest for the long term
- Clear, transparent cost structure
The opportunity: build a dedicated team where skills, supply, proximity and economics can compound over time.
04 Enterprise-ready operations
Local execution.
Global governance.
An engineering hub is more than a team. It is a local operating environment that needs clear ownership, documented controls and dependable reporting.
A controlled local operating layer
One accountable partner for the work around your team.
Gamayun coordinates local employment, payroll, vendors and workplace operations within the standards your legal, finance, people and security teams set.
You retain:product direction · engineering leadership · policies · IP ownership · regulatory accountability
Auditable local controls
Documented local processes and reporting give finance, HR and internal audit a clearer view of how the hub operates.
Defined accountability
Clear operating responsibilities, escalation paths and vendor coordination reduce ambiguity across the local environment.
Data and security safeguards
Local operations can follow your access, privacy and incident-management requirements from the outset.
Control without overhead
Your central teams set the bar. We maintain the operational discipline needed to meet it locally.
Dedicated by designIntegrated from day one
05 Engineering focus
Specialists for the
work that compounds.
We focus on durable product and platform teams - not interchangeable project resources. Every search is shaped by your stack, domain, and engineering bar.
Web & cloud platforms
Frontend, backend, full-stack, DevOps, SRE, platform and security engineering.
Mobile product engineering
iOS, Android, cross-platform, mobile infrastructure, and quality engineering.
AI & applied machine learning
ML engineering, LLM applications, MLOps, computer vision, and evaluation.
Data engineering
Data platforms, pipelines, analytics engineering, warehousing, and governance.
Embedded & connected systems
Embedded software, IoT, edge systems, test automation, and device-cloud integration.
06 Two markets, one partner
The right location depends
on what you are building.
We help you decide with role-level talent mapping, operating requirements, and a clear view of trade-offs.
Serbia
RSBelgrade · Novi Sad · Niš
A strong choice for product companies seeking experienced engineering talent, close collaboration, and a flexible route from first hires to a dedicated local operation.
- Deep regional engineering networks
- Strong English and European workday overlap
- Practical path from EOR to owned entity
Bulgaria
BGSofia · Plovdiv
An EU-based option with an established technology sector - well suited to companies prioritising EU procurement alignment and access to a broader regional talent market.
- EU member-state operating environment
- Established international R&D footprint
- Strong base for multi-country growth
07 A practical launch
Move with intent,
not overhead.
We start operations and recruitment in parallel, so legal setup does not become a reason to delay the team.
Illustrative plan. Timing varies by roles, location, and operating model.- Weeks 01–02
Decision brief
Location recommendation, talent map, costs, risks, and launch plan.
- Weeks 02–04
Market launch
Employer story, search strategy, operating setup, and first candidate pipeline.
- Weeks 04–12
Founding hires
First engineers onboarded around your technical bar and team design.
- Month 03+
Scale with control
Ongoing hiring and local operations with transparent reporting.
09 Built for trust
Clear where it
matters most.
No hidden talent margin
Salaries, employment costs, workspace, and operating fees are separated and visible.
No vendor-shaped team
You set the technical bar, interview the finalists, and lead the engineering work.
No lock-in by design
The structure is created for continuity, including a route to direct ownership.
No country learning curve
We coordinate local employment, finance, legal, workplace, and people operations.
10 Common questions
The details
buyers ask first.
Staff augmentation is available when it suits an immediate need, but it is not the full Gamayun model. We help you choose a location, recruit a dedicated team, establish the local operating structure and provide technical support as the hub grows. Your company retains product direction, the working relationship and ownership of IP.
Not necessarily. Depending on the country and long-term plan, the team can begin through an employer-of-record or provider-held structure while a dedicated entity is evaluated or established.
The model is flexible. Your technical leaders can manage the engineers directly, or focus on high-level outcomes while Gamayun provides day-to-day engineering management, technical leadership and local operations support.
Usually a coherent product or platform pod of roughly five to twelve people, with a clear mission and enough seniority to operate independently. The exact shape should follow the work - not a preset bench.
Yes. Under a Build–Operate–Transfer model, the transfer path is designed and agreed before launch, covering the team, processes, vendors and, where applicable, the local entity.
Founder & CEOBelgrade · Serbia
11 A note from the founder
The work around the work
matters.
“A strong international team needs more than great engineers. It needs shared standards, clear communication and local operations that let people focus on doing their best work.”
Dejan Stosic has spent his career working with US and European enterprises as a senior engineer and engineering manager. He has built systems, led teams and worked across the practical realities of international delivery.
That experience shapes Gamayun: an engineering-led partner that understands both the technical work and the employment, legal and operational coordination required to make a cross-border team work well.
Dejan StosicFounder & CEO, Gamayun
12 Start with a decision brief
Tell us what you
need to build.
Share the roles, timing, and target team size. We will outline the strongest location, a practical operating model, and the questions worth answering next.