Hire once, hope it sticks
Treat recruiting as a one-off. When it doesn’t work (and it often doesn’t), you start from zero. No continuity, no retention programme, no career investment.
About Talzy
The Employment Operations Partner building European engineering teams
Talzy sources, vets, and employs dedicated software engineers in Central & Eastern Europe - building long-term teams for growth-stage product companies worldwide. Not outsourcing. Not an EOR. A new category: the operator that owns the whole employment stack so you can own the work.
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What is Talzy?
An operator, not an agency, an employer, not a marketplace
Talzy is an Employment Operations Partner (EOP)— a full-service partner that sources engineers in Central & Eastern Europe, employs them under local contracts in their home country, and runs long-term career and retention programmes on your behalf.
- One monthly invoiceSalary, employer tax, workspace, Talzy fee - one bill.
- No recruitment feeSalary at-cost. No markup. No hidden line items.
- Direct relationshipEngineers dedicated to your company, long-term.
- No lock-inGraduate to your own entity when you are ready.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Riga, Latvia
- Active markets
- LV · LT · PL
- Expanding 2026
- RO · MD
- Active network
- 450+ engineers
- Nationalities
- 12+
Why we built Talzy
Three ways companies try to build European teams. One way that actually works.
Outsource to an agency
Accept the 80–100% markup, the rotation, and the distance from your product. The engineers never really become yours.
Stop at an EOR
Platforms like Deel or Remote handle the legal wrapper. You still have to source, vet, onboard, retain, and build local community yourself. Half the job.
Talzy is the fourth option. Built by operators who have run every side of the problem inside their own company.
One operator. Long-term. Transparent.
Founders
Built by operators who have actually done this.
Talzy is founded and run by two operators with a decade of experience building European teams and running employment infrastructure at scale.
Ģirts Lediņš
Founder & CEO
Ģirts is a co-founder of Codnity, a Latvia-based software development company. Years of running Codnity - hiring and vetting engineers, managing client delivery across Europe and North America, and navigating the operational side of European tech talent - is what made Talzy inevitable. Talzy was designed from the inside by someone who has actually run the hire. Not a consultant view. An operator view.
Company buildingEngineering hiringClient deliveryCultural fit
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Iluta Škapare-Viļuma
Founder & COO
Iluta started her career as a project manager - orchestrating engineering timelines, unblocking teams, and owning the invisible operational details that decide whether a project ships or stalls. That instinct for operations is exactly what Talzy runs on. She leads employment, payroll, compliance, workspace, and retention across every active market - making the hiring infrastructure work legally and humanely at scale.
Project deliveryHR & operationsComplianceRetention programmes
Connect on LinkedInWhat our partners say
Built on long-term alignment, not just contracts.
Talzy didn’t just find us a developer - they built us a team member. The difference in retention and engagement compared to what we tried before is night and day.
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Annija ElrokaCEO, Way17
We tried two EOR platforms before Talzy. The difference is that Talzy actually helps you find the right person - and then takes care of everything after. It’s a completely different product.
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Phillip ScholtesCEO, Priority1
Three weeks from first call to our engineer sitting at a desk in Riga, fully equipped and ready to ship. That’s faster than any internal hire we’ve ever done.
MK
Māris KalniņšCTO, Stackflow
The numbers
Specific, verifiable, updated quarterly.
450+
Engineers in the active network
12+
Nationalities represented
80+
Tech stacks covered
100%
Fully employed, legally compliant
3
Active markets (LV · LT · PL)
2–3wk
Weeks from brief to engineer-at-desk
Where we are
Five markets. Three active, two expanding.
Every market has a real office with peers, events, and local infrastructure - not a shell entity. Talzy enters markets only after the workspace and employment backbone is ready.
Riga
Latvia
HQ · Active
Central Riga - exact address on request
Vilnius
Lithuania
Active
Central Vilnius - exact address on request
Warsaw
Poland
Active
Central Warsaw - exact address on request
Bucharest
Romania
Expanding · 2026
Market entry in progress
Chișinău
Moldova
Planned · 2026
Feasibility complete
How we got here
Milestones to date.
- 2023Founded in RigaĢirts and Iluta launch Talzy after years of running Codnity.
- 2024First placementsThe active engineer network takes shape across Latvia.
- 2024Lithuania liveVilnius office opens - second active market.
- 2025Poland liveWarsaw office opens - third active market.
- 2026Expanding southRomania and Moldova entering in 2026.
How we operate
Six principles that shape every decision.
Explicit values, not marketing copy. These are the rules the founders defend when a call is hard - and how we decide who to hire, which clients to take, and when to say no.
Radical transparency
Salaries at-cost, fees published openly, no hidden line items. Engineers and clients see the same numbers.
Long-term orientation
We optimise for engineers and clients staying for years - not for billable hours this quarter. It changes every decision.
Selective, not massive
We would rather say no and match you later than ship a weak shortlist to fill the pipeline.
Direct relationships
You own the relationship with the engineer. Talzy handles the employment scaffolding - not the work conversation.
Real offices, real community
Remote-first work does not have to mean isolation. Every market has a workspace, peers, and a culture worth showing up for.
Graduation, not lock-in
Our best outcome is you graduating to your own local entity at 30+ engineers - with us handing over cleanly. No exit penalties.
FAQ
Questions about Talzy as a company
What is Talzy?
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Talzy is an Employment Operations Partner (EOP) that sources, vets, employs, and operates dedicated software engineering teams in Central & Eastern Europe for growth-stage product companies. We handle talent sourcing, legal employment, workspace, and long-term retention - you own the engineer relationship and direct the work.
Who founded Talzy, and when?
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Talzy was founded in 2023 in Riga, Latvia, by Ģirts Lediņš (CEO) and Iluta Škapare-Viļuma (COO). Ģirts is also a co-founder of Codnity, a Latvia-based software development company he has operated for over a decade. Iluta leads Talzy's operations and compliance across all three active markets.
What makes the Talzy founders qualified to run this?
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Ģirts has spent the last decade running Codnity - sourcing engineers, vetting them, employing them under Latvian law, managing culture, handling retention. Iluta leads the operational side - HR, payroll, compliance, workspace - across every active market. You are not hiring a recruiter with a database or a compliance platform with no context. You are hiring operators who have run the full hiring-to-retention loop.
Where is Talzy based?
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Talzy's headquarters is in Riga, Latvia. We have active offices in Riga, Vilnius (Lithuania), and Warsaw (Poland). Expansion into Romania and Moldova is planned for 2026. Every market has a real workspace with peers and events - not a shell entity.
Is Talzy a recruitment agency?
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No. A recruitment agency ends the relationship at placement. Talzy is the legal employer of each engineer, handles payroll and compliance, provides workspace and community, and stays in the relationship long-term - including career development and salary advocacy. The business model is a monthly fee, not a one-time placement fee.
How is Talzy different from Deel or Remote?
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Deel and Remote are Employer-of-Record platforms - they handle the legal employment wrapper but you bring your own candidate. Talzy sources and vets engineers as part of the service, operates physical workspaces in every market, and runs long-term retention programmes. We're a full-service partner, not a compliance tool.
How large is the Talzy engineer network?
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Our active vetted network is 450+ engineers across 12+ nationalities and 80+ tech stacks - the pool we source from when you brief us on a role. We update these figures quarterly.
Who are Talzy’s clients?
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Growth-stage product companies, primarily in North America and Western Europe, hiring dedicated engineering teams of 1–30+ people. Typical clients are Series A through Series C product businesses building long-term in-house technical capacity - not project-based agencies.
How can I contact Talzy or the founders?
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The fastest path is the Get Started form on talzy.com. For press, partnership, or direct founder inquiries, email hello@talzy.com - replies are typically within one business day. LinkedIn profiles for both founders are linked on this page.
Want to work with us - or for us?
Two ways in. If you are hiring, tell us the role. If you are an engineer, tell us what you are looking for. Either way, we reply fast.