Nearshore Development Teams in Poland
Not a few extra developers. A whole team. Tech lead, engineers, QA, maybe a designer. A squad that takes ownership of your project in Krakow, Poland.
Inuits assembles dedicated nearshore teams that work exclusively on your product, in CET timezone, using your processes. Poland ranks #3 globally on HackerRank. Krakow has 43,600+ IT specialists. Your team costs 30-40% below Western European and US rates.
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Why do companies build nearshore teams in Krakow, Poland?
Krakow offers 43,600+ IT specialists, CET timezone, and EU data protection.
Krakow is the largest tech hub in Central and Eastern Europe's strongest IT market. Poland has 600,000+ IT professionals, 15,000+ CS graduates per year, and R&D centers for Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM. English proficiency ranks 15th globally.
Team assembly takes 4-8 weeks. You interview every person. You approve every hire. Once in place, they work your hours, attend your meetings, deliver to your standards.
The Inuits management layer is thin on purpose. We handle HR, payroll, office space, and Polish employment law. You handle the technical direction. No project managers inserted between you and your team unless you ask.
When should you choose a nearshore team over staff augmentation?
Nearshoring fits long-term product ownership. Augmentation fits capacity spikes.
Staff augmentation adds capacity to your existing team. Nearshoring gives you a self-contained unit that owns architecture decisions and delivers a working product.
Typical scenarios: a US SaaS company spinning up a new product line. A European fintech building a mobile team while the core team focuses on platform. A scale-up with funding to grow fast and no time for local hiring.
What does a typical Inuits nearshore team look like?
Teams of 3-40+ with tech leads, covering the full product development lifecycle.
3–5 people
Tech lead + 2–3 developers + QA
Focused feature build, an MVP, or a specific integration project.
6–12 people
Project manager + tech lead + 4–8 developers + 1–2 QA + optional designer/DevOps
Building and maintaining a full product.
12–40+ people
Multiple squads, dedicated management, embedded into your engineering org
Long-term platform development or a full technology department.
"Microsoft's data center investment is a vote of confidence in Poland's talented workforce and its potential as a hub for AI innovation in Europe."
Brad Smith
President at Microsoft
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