To hire developers in Split, teams can recruit from Croatia's rising coastal tech scene or add offshore engineers from India via staff augmentation when local supply runs short. Split blends a growing software community with a strong tourism economy and appeal for remote work. Pitch N Hire helps Split employers recruit locally and build offshore teams without a new entity.
Split is Croatia's second-largest city and the leading technology hub on the Dalmatian coast, where a young software-services and product community has grown alongside a dominant tourism economy. Its quality of life has made it a magnet for remote workers and distributed teams, and a cluster of local software and maritime-technology companies gives the city genuine engineering substance. The scene is smaller than Zagreb's but expanding, with demand rising faster than local supply.
Split's talent centres on web and product engineering — JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, .NET and mobile — with pockets of maritime and embedded software reflecting the coastal economy, supported by the University of Split's engineering faculties. Many developers work remotely for foreign employers, which lifts expectations and thins local availability, so companies scaling teams in Split frequently reach beyond the city with offshore support.
Split developer pay generally sits a little below Zagreb's but is rising with demand, quoted in euros — senior engineers often in the region of EUR 35,000–65,000 gross per year. Employers protecting scarce coastal specialists or scaling delivery quickly frequently blend local Split hires with offshore India-based engineers sourced through PNH to keep blended costs competitive.
For Split's product and services companies, PNH builds an offshore India-based engineering pod, vetted for the required stack and overlapping working hours with CET for daily collaboration. Employment and compliance run through PNH's Employer of Record, so a Split team can scale delivery without straining a smaller coastal talent pool or losing people to remote foreign employers.
Split has become one of the Adriatic's most popular bases for remote developers and distributed teams, and its University of Split has strengthened local engineering pipelines as the city's software scene has grown beyond its tourism roots.
Split your roles into those that must be on-site in Split and those an offshore engineer can own. Pitch N Hire can recruit the local roles and augment the rest with vetted India-based talent.
Write a clear brief — stack, seniority, and the outcomes each hire must deliver — so sourcing is targeted and every shortlisted candidate is genuinely qualified for your Split team.
PNH sources from its India talent pool for augmentation, or runs local recruitment for Split roles, screening every candidate with structured interviews and skills assessments.
You interview your shortlist with structured scorecards and make every hiring decision — PNH surfaces qualified people; you choose who joins.
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record and onboarded into your tools and sprints, so your Split team gains capacity in weeks — then scales up or down as needed.
Whether you recruit locally or build an offshore team, Pitch N Hire helps Split companies hire across the full engineering stack and the roles around it:
Matched shortlists from a pre-vetted India talent pool in days — far quicker than a local Split permanent hire.
You interview and choose every person; PNH surfaces qualified candidates and handles the operational load.
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record — payroll, tax and compliance taken care of.
Building part of your Split team offshore keeps comparable seniority at a lower total cost.
Recruit for on-site roles and augment with offshore engineers — one partner for both motions.
The ATS and interview software keep sourcing, interviewing and decisions joined-up as you scale.
Staffing and recruitment services, the applicant tracking software, and hiring resources — all in one place.
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