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WHO IS NEXT JOB RECRUITMENT AGENCY?

Bulgarian IT Recruitment Agency

NextJob is one of Bulgaria’s leading IT Recruitment companies with a high HR satisfaction review index.

  • With fifteen years of experience in the IT recruitment industry, Next Job is built to help you hire the right developer to the right position at the right time.
  • We offer you team members with the qualities you want, and do not bulk send you unqualified leads.
  • Our proven 4-step process saves you time and gives you a high quality, tailor-made recruitment service which fulfils your business and recruitment needs.
  • What you get is a dedicated and experienced HR team with well-trained and highly driven recruiter professionals.
  • For Next Job, it is very important that you as the customer is satisfied with the work we do, therefore we offer you free replacement guarantee.

Want proof? We get new clients from referrals alone.

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Recruitment Services

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It recruitment and headhunting services

Do you need to hire one developer or a team of developers? Learn how we can help your product development or outsourcing company with your recruitment needs.

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Technology roles we place

Our team has a proven track record of sourcing and placing exceptional candidates across a range of IT positions. From developers and designers to project managers, and beyond.

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Testimonials

ivailo ivanov it company

“I have always found the service provided by Next Recruitment to be responsive and professional to both clients and their candidates. They are cost-effective and do not waste valuable time. I have no hesitation in recommending their service to other businesses and candidates.”

Ivailo Ivanov, BGO Software, Bulgaria

“Communicating with Radka has always been easy and friendly. She has helped us find a good number of quality employees during the last 10 years. The fact that we have worked with her for the last 10 years speaks for itself. Very professional and highly skilled HR specialist.”

Daniel Meuller , Endavo Media, Germany
Josh IT company

“WOW – I don’t really know what else to say. I run a full time web development company and this company blows me away. I wanted to thank you for all your hard work. We’re really looking forward to getting our new developers! I think you thought of everything and then some. ”

Josh Rogan, Backstreet IT, United Kingdom

Advantages of hiring in Bulgaria

Bulgaria offers unique advantages for hiring and outsourcing your IT development services, whether you’re an IT outsourcing or product development company:

  • 6 Advantages of hiring in Bulgaria, Sofia, Plovdiv – have an excellent reputation in science and education. This great country ranks 5th in the world of sciences and 11th in mathematics (World Bank and the Economist ranking).
  • Bulgaria is ranked as the eighth country globally and third in Europe in the “Global IT IQ Report” with 8,844 certified IT professionals.
  • Five thousand five hundred students graduate each year with a university-level IT education. Bulgarian students are ranked 2nd in the world in SAT scores.
  • Attractive geographical location – easy to reach from Europe.
  • Time difference of +/-2 hours within Europe.
  • EU membership since 2007.
  • English level – most IT professionals, have conversation-level knowledge of English.

Other companies

The advantageous conditions for outsourcing to Bulgaria have been identified by many International IT product development and IT outsourcing companies. Many have expanded their local Bulgarian departments during the last 15 years.
These include:

  • Hewlett Packard (HP) (5,000 people), CSC (600 people)
  • SAP Labs (500 people)
  • VMware (300 people)

Next Job Overview

Frequently asked questions

We specialize in placing all kinds of technology roles, software engineers, mobile developers, and fullstack developers across Bulgaria’s tech scene.

Beyond that, we regularly headhunt QA specialists, DevOps experts, and project managers.

We occasionally work with UI/UX designers as well, though these roles come up less frequently.

NextJob’s proven 4-step recruitment process is designed for speed and precision:

  1. Discovery Call – We learn about your project, product, team, and hiring needs.

  2. Talent Sourcing – We identify pre-vetted professionals from our extensive Bulgarian IT database and network.

  3. Technical Screening – Each candidate completes a technical skills and personality assessment.

Candidate Delivery – You receive 3–5 top-qualified candidates normally within 14 days. Unless they are freshly vetted, then we can deliver within 48 hours.

We know timing matters when you’re scaling your team and have commitments to meet.

Our typical turnaround is 14 days for a shortlist of 3–5 thoroughly vetted candidates.

In cases where we have pre-vetted talent from ongoing campaigns who match your requirements, we can move much faster—sometimes within 48 hours.

Our local network and candidate database make this speed possible without sacrificing quality.

Yes. Every placement through NextJob comes with a Free Replacement Guarantee.
If a hired candidate leaves or doesn’t meet expectations within the agreed period, we’ll find a replacement at no additional cost. In our 20 year history we have less than 10 replacements. That equals about 97-99% retention rate.

You’re getting the same quality of English-speaking developers at roughly half the cost—but there’s more to it than savings. Bulgaria has become one of Europe’s fastest-growing tech hubs, packed with highly skilled engineers who are fluent in English. As an EU member, the country offers legal stability, low corporate taxes, and an impressive cost-to-quality ratio. Companies like VMware, SAP, and IBM didn’t choose Bulgaria by accident—they recognized what we’ve known for years: it’s a smart tech destination.

Each candidate undergoes a two-layer evaluation before being presented to you:

  • Technical Screening – We assess coding skills, problem-solving ability, and real-world project experience.

Cultural Fit Interview – We ensure alignment with your company’s values, communication style, and work environment.
This process ensures that you only meet professionals who can contribute from day one.

Who are you looking for?

We can help with your IT recruitment needs in Bulgaria. To headhunt, interview, and
qualify the right candidates for your company — with our proven 4 step process.