How a top tier European banking group chose We Are META to scale tech hiring without slowing down
The story behind 64 hires, 15 to 30 day time to hire, and 14 consultants internalised on demand.
12 pages PDF, includes data from Eurostat, OECD, EF EPI, SmartRecruiters, AICEP and the Tech Talent Trends Report 2026 (Landing.Jobs & Damia)
What's inside
- Why Portugal keeps winning international tech hubs, in three numbers
- How 15 to 30 days compares with the market median for tech roles
- What the data says about the squeeze on senior talent
- What the client’s Team Manager says about working with We Are META
- Where the partnership goes next
In 2022, one placement changed the shape of a partnership. A Ukrainian software developer, newly arrived in Portugal as a war refugee, was presented as the perfect candidate and joined a top-tier European banking group’s technology hub through We Are META. Twelve months later, the client permanently integrated him into their own team, confirming a spot-on hire.
That first hire defined a well-oiled partnership. The client now counts 64 consultants placed through We Are META (as of September 2026), time to hire down to 15 to 30 days (below market median), and 14 people permanently integrated on-demand, so far.
The tech talent we provide to this client
Fullstack Developers
Java (leading backend in Portugal) + Angular
QA Engineers
With Selenium leading QA automation
Data Specialists
PowerCenter and PowerBI
And so much more.
