Talent
Recruitment
We search the whole Bulgarian market, and our own engineers interview each candidate. A shortlist you can interview straight away reaches your inbox within days. The hiring decision stays with you.
Technical recruitment, verified by engineers.Technical recruitment,
verified by
engineers.
One of our engineers interviews every candidate before you see them. Expect a shortlist within days.Truly is a technical recruitment company run by engineers. We find candidates across Bulgaria, and one of our own engineers interviews each of them before they reach you. You get a shortlist you can start interviewing within days, and the hiring decision stays with you.
How recruitment works
- 1BriefYouRoles, stack, seniority and team culture
- 2SourceTrulyWe search the Bulgarian market for people who really fit
- 3VerifyEngineersA 1:1 technical interview with one of our engineers
- 4You hireYour callOnly verified candidates reach you. Offers are your call
Hire on your own payroll or through ours, whichever suits you.
How recruitment works
- 1BriefYouRoles, stack, seniority and team culture
- 2SourceTrulyWe search the Bulgarian market for people who really fit
- 3VerifyEngineersA 1:1 technical interview with one of our engineers
- 4You hireYour callOnly verified candidates reach you. Offers are your call
100%
Verified by engineers
1:1
Technical interview per candidate
60k+
Engineers in market
2×
Screened by a recruiter and an engineer
What we handle
Recruitment verified by engineers, plus everything that comes after.
Recruitment is what we do best: one of our engineers interviews every candidate before you meet them. If you want more than a shortlist, we can also employ the team for you and run payroll, compliance and people ops.
People
Dedicated team
Engineers who work only for you. They use your tools, join your meetings and follow your roadmap like any other team member.
Payroll
Local payments
Salaries are paid in local currency, on time, every month. We deal with taxes, social contributions and filings.
Ops
Accounting & compliance
Invoicing, reporting and local filings are done for you, in line with Bulgarian and EU rules.
Legal
One contract
One agreement covers hiring, payments, compliance and people ops. You deal with one company, get one invoice and have one person to call.
HR
People ops
Onboarding, equipment and everyday support, so the team feels part of a local company and wants to stay.
How it works
Hire top talent or run a whole team in Bulgaria, without setting up a company there.
Truly is your local partner in Bulgaria. We start with engineer-verified recruitment and, when you need it, take over payroll, compliance and people ops for dedicated teams across Central and Southeast Europe.
- 01
Tell us who you need
Send us the roles, the seniority and the kind of team you're building. Within a day we know how that maps to the Bulgarian market.
- 02
Meet candidates we've already interviewed
Every candidate has a 1:1 technical interview with one of our engineers before you hear about them. That's the difference from matching keywords on a CV. A short shortlist reaches your inbox within days, and you interview and choose as you like.
- 03
Hire directly, or let us run it
Put them on your own payroll, or let us handle contracts, payroll, compliance and people ops as your dedicated team partner.
Talent brief
Tell us who you need.
Tell us which roles are open. Our engineers find and interview the candidates, and you get a shortlist within days. You make the hire.
- Interviewed by our engineers
- Shortlist within days
- You decide who to hire
Home market
Your EU base starts in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is our home market and, in our experience, the quickest way to build a team in Europe. Local compliance is already in place, so you can hire, pay and manage people from day one.
Verified by engineers
Our engineers check every shortlist against your stack, seniority and team culture. You never get a pile of unfiltered CVs.
EU member state
Stable regulation, IP protection and full access to the single market.
Senior talent pool
Experienced engineers, product leads and operators who are used to shipping.
UTC+2
Your working day overlaps with UK and Western European teams.
30–50% lower cost
Compared with the fully loaded cost of hiring in Western Europe.
English-first teams
Remote-ready people who already work with global product companies.
Local ops included
Truly handles payroll, accounting, contracts and entity support.
AI & machine learning
From AI research to the stack that ships it.
LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning and ML infrastructure. These engineers already work with the tools your research team uses every day.
AI & machine learning
From AI research to the stack that ships it.
LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning and ML infrastructure. These engineers already work with the tools your research team uses every day.
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