DACH engineering hiring, with evidence for your decision.
Recruo runs the search and agreed technical and soft-skill selection for your DACH team. Meet role-specific finalists with expectations and availability confirmed. Standard: 18% total, with $2,000 credited at launch.
Scope the search
Agree the role, working setup and budget before sourcing.
A focused brief helps both teams assess the same requirements.
Start with the responsibility
Define the product outcome, technical ownership and support available. We turn those requirements into a search and assessment brief before approaching candidates.
Confirm the engagement model
Record the hiring entity, actual work location and intended employee, contractor or EOR arrangement. Review the relevant country requirements before agreeing terms and a start date.
Compare complete budgets
Employee salary and annual B2B contract value are different cost bases. Include employer contributions, benefits, leave, equipment, provider fees and recruitment fees in your own comparison.
How we support your search
Relevant engineering experience, assessed for your team.
Active sourcing and technical evidence, with the practical requirements agreed for your team.
Recruiter-reviewed evidence
Meet finalists who have passed the technical and soft-skill stages agreed for your role. Review the assessment evidence and remaining questions; your team makes the hiring decision.
A clear 18% total fee
Standard is 18% of the first-year salary. A $2,000 launch payment is credited toward that total; the balance is due when your hire starts. For B2B engagements, agree the annual fee basis before launch.
Working hours agreed individually
Confirm core collaboration hours, interview availability, onsite needs and any on-call expectations for each candidate. Nearby timezones do not establish someone’s working schedule.
Location and work-authorisation fit
Agree where the engineer will physically work and whether relocation or visits are essential. Confirm the applicable work-authorisation route; Germany, Austria and Switzerland need separate review.
Contracting requirements scoped early
Review employment status, payroll and any worker-leasing requirements with qualified advisers for the actual arrangement. A foreign registered business or an EOR label does not establish compliance by itself.
Job-related communication assessment
Define the language needed for product work, design discussions and customer contact. Assess communication and collaboration through relevant examples, rather than inferring them from nationality or previous employers.
Illustrative Standard fee
What an 18% placement fee means.
The $2,000 launch payment is included in the total fee; the balance is due when your hire starts. Agree the payment currency and conversion before launch. A 90-day replacement guarantee applies under the agreed terms. Compensation, employer costs and any EOR fees are separate.
DACH-specific FAQ
Planning your DACH search.
How should we assess employment status for a German engagement?+
Review the contract, actual working practices and work location with qualified advisers before agreeing the arrangement. B2B contracting and employment through an EOR require different assessments. A company registered overseas does not, by itself, settle whether the arrangement is valid.
What about worker-leasing requirements?+
Confirm which entity employs or contracts with the engineer, who directs the work, and whether the proposed structure needs a worker-leasing assessment or authorisation. Ask the provider and your advisers for the applicable documentation. We do not present an EOR or overseas-contracting label as an automatic exemption.
How do we review candidate data handling?+
Agree the data-processing roles, candidate notices, hosting, retention, access and transfer terms for the actual workflow. Request the applicable documentation and any data-processing agreement before using the service. Human review of assessment evidence supports oversight; it does not certify the whole process.
Does using Recruo make our hiring process AI Act compliant?+
A recruitment service alone does not establish compliance for your organisation. Assess the system, intended use, applicable rules and responsibilities with your legal and data-protection teams. Recruo supplies assessment evidence with recruiter review; agree the required documentation, notices and oversight for the deployment.
What are the VAT (Umsatzsteuer) implications for cross-border B2B?+
VAT treatment depends on the supplier, customer and place-of-supply rules for the actual service. Have your finance team confirm invoicing and any reverse-charge treatment with its tax adviser; no universal zero-tax outcome is promised.
When will we meet the first finalist?+
The search runs for 60 calendar days from the agreed launch date. If no qualifying finalist is introduced by the end of business day 15, you can stop the search and receive a full $2,000 refund. Finalists have passed all agreed technical and soft-skill stages, with interest, compensation expectations and availability confirmed. If that milestone is met but no hire starts, the launch payment covers the work and no remaining fee is due.
What about Betriebsrat involvement and co-determination?+
Participation and employment obligations depend on the structure, work location and degree of integration into the business. Confirm the intended B2B or EOR setup and any employee-representation requirements with your legal advisers before onboarding.
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$2,000 to launch
Fully credited toward the 18% Standard fee
90-day guarantee
One replacement search under agreed conditions
Human review
Recruiters review the screening evidence