Engineers who recruit engineers.

An Athens-based search firm placing software, data, and platform engineers across Greece, Cyprus, and the EU. Founded in 2018 by two engineers who left agency-land for good.

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Five ways we work, all retained.

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"Five ways we work, all retained."

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"Each engagement is engineer-led, scoped before kick-off, and priced on outcome — not on activity."

Cards (5)

– **Retained Search** — A two-consultant search team for one role. 25% fee, 90-day replacement guarantee, weekly written updates. From €18,000.

Embedded Recruiting

One of our consultants in your Slack and your ATS for 3 to 6 months. Daily standups, full pipeline ownership. From €14,500/month.

Employer Branding

Career site rewrite, JD rewrites for the engineering org, Glassdoor strategy. 6-week sprint, fixed fee. From €11,000.

Compensation Benchmarking

A custom salary band study against 240 Greek and EU comparables, delivered as a 24-page PDF. From €4,800.

We left agency life on the same day.

Twenty-four open roles, updated Monday 09:00.

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"Twenty-four open roles, updated Monday 09:00."

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"All published with salary, location, and the name of the consultant running the search."

Six featured role cards

– **Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Workable, Athens** — €58–72k + equity. Lead by Henrik Lindqvist.

iOS Engineer, Persado, Athens / Hybrid

€52–68k. Lead by Maria Kondylaki.

Site Reliability Engineer, Wolt Greece, Athens

€60–82k + on-call. Lead by Marco Bianchi.

Engineering Manager (Platform), Skroutz, Athens

€95–125k + equity. Lead by Stavros Antonopoulos.

The numbers, last twelve months.

412
Retained searches closed (2018–2025)
84%
Retention at the 18-month mark

From the Journal.

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"From the Journal."

Posts (3)

– **Hiring Notes — "Why we turned down the Tier-1 mandate this April"** (Apr 22, 2026, by Stavros) — A scaleup with 200M raised asked us to fill four backend roles in six weeks at a band 22% below market. Here is why we said no.

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"Read the Journal" → /journal/

The fortnightly off-market list.

4-6 senior roles, never posted publicly. For engineers only — no recruiters, no inbound salespeople, no agency tourists.

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"Five engagement models. All retained, all engineer-led, all priced on outcome."

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– **Retained Search** — 25% fee, 90-day guarantee, 2 dedicated consultants (icon: target)

Embedded Recruiting

3-6 month placement, daily standups, your ATS (icon: users)

Employer Branding

Career site, JD rewrites, Glassdoor strategy (icon: megaphone)

Compensation Benchmarking

Custom band study against 240 Greek/EU comparables (icon: chart)

Hiring Diagnostics

4-week audit of your funnel and rejection patterns (icon: stethoscope)

What Our Clients Say

“They pushed back on the brief — politely, with reasons. The work that came out of that conversation was considerably better than what I had originally asked for.”
Alexandros Karagianni
Athens
“We needed something that worked, not something that looked good on a presentation slide. TalentBridge delivered both.”
Robert H.
Berlin
“Three agencies pitched. TalentBridge was the only one that asked the right questions before proposing anything. The result reflected that.”
Ioanna Lampridis
Thessaloniki
“The project ran on time, on budget, and the work held up under real conditions. I cannot ask for more than that.”
Marco F.
Milan