Technology Consulting · Portugal
Europe's talent gap,
solved from both sides.
Zelo Algoritmico builds offshore engineering teams for European companies — and guides skilled non‑EU professionals into their first job in Portugal. One network in Lisbon, pointed in two directions.
Two doors, one network
Who we work with.
You need engineers, not a nine‑month hiring cycle.
We place pre‑evaluated Web, Mobile, QA, DevOps and ERP specialists into your team — contracted through our Portugal‑registered entity, working your hours, invoiced in euros with IVA.
- Pre‑screened profiles, tailored to each open role
- 60‑day replacement guarantee on every placement
- One point of contact for the whole engagement
You have the skills. You are missing the introduction.
Our Rota programme takes skilled non‑EU technologists from “I want to work in Portugal” to a signed Portuguese contract and a residence permit — through our own network here, not a job portal.
- An honest assessment before you spend anything
- Warm referrals into Portuguese companies we know
- Interview prep, offer review, visa and arrival
Capability
What we staff.
Six disciplines we recruit for, assess in‑house, and support after onboarding.
Quality Assurance & Test Automation
Our home discipline. Manual and automation engineers who arrive fluent in your stack.
- Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Robot Framework
- API and performance testing
- CI/CD test integration
Web & Mobile Development
Product engineers who ship, not just code — comfortable in an existing codebase from week one.
- React, Angular, Vue, Node
- Java, .NET, Python, PHP
- iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter
DevOps & Cloud
Pipeline, platform and reliability engineering for teams that need to ship faster than they hire.
- GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
- Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- AWS, Azure, GCP
ERP & NetSuite
Functional and technical specialists across the record‑to‑report, order‑to‑cash and procure‑to‑pay cycles.
- Functional consultants (O2C, P2P, R2R)
- SuiteScript, APIs, workflow automation
- Data migration and BAU support
Dedicated Squads
A whole cross‑functional pod — not individuals you have to assemble yourself.
- Lead, engineers, QA, delivery support
- Your ceremonies, your board, your definition of done
- Scales up or down by quarter
Managed QA Practice
For companies with no QA function at all: we design the practice and then run it.
- Test strategy and tooling selection
- Automation framework built from scratch
- Coverage and defect reporting you can act on
Flagship programme
Rota.
Portuguese for route. Because the thing standing between a good engineer and a career in Portugal is almost never talent — it is not knowing the road, and not knowing anyone on it.
One country, done properly. Most services aimed at non‑EU professionals promise you “a job in Europe” while having relationships in no particular market. We are in Lisbon, we hire here ourselves, and we introduce you to people we actually know.
- An honest assessment first. Before anything is committed we read your profile, your CV and your situation, and tell you whether Portugal is realistic for you right now — including, sometimes, that it is not yet, and what would change that.
- Your profile moves through people. We share it directly with hiring contacts inside Portuguese companies, attached to a specific open role. A warm referral gets read the same afternoon; a portal application competes with three hundred.
- Our own clients see you first. When one of the European companies we staff opens a role you fit, you go forward for it — and in that case the client pays and the programme costs you nothing.
- Weighted to the back end. You pay a small amount to begin and the larger part only after real work is delivered. Demanding thousands up front on a promise is what the scams in this market do.
How hiring works with us
Three steps, minimal effort on your side.
We shortlist
We share pre‑evaluated, technically screened profiles tailored to each required position — so you only review candidates who already meet your standard.
You choose
You interview the shortlist and select the people who best match your expectations, ensuring full alignment on skills, experience and fit.
They start
Selected resources begin onboarding in roughly four weeks, depending on notice periods. We support the entire transition.
Selected engagements
Wins.
A quality bar that could not slip
Need — An experienced Test Automation Engineer for an ongoing aviation software programme with strict quality and delivery demands.
Solution — A dedicated automation specialist aligned to their existing tools and processes, integrated directly into the client's QA team.
Impact — Coverage sustained through a fixed release calendar with no additional local headcount.
Speed against a hard deadline
Need — Automation test engineers at short notice for AI‑driven recruitment applications, against high local hiring costs and a tight deadline.
Solution — Offshore engineers experienced in Selenium, Cypress, API testing and CI/CD, working Agile with the client's team on a six‑month engagement.
Impact — Costs down roughly 45%, hiring 4–5 weeks faster, coverage and reliability up — engagement extended.
Client names withheld under mutual NDA. Figures are outcomes reported by the client at the end of the engagement.
Tell us which side of the gap you are on.
Whether you are hiring or you are trying to get hired, the first conversation is thirty minutes and costs nothing.