A train ride from Vienna.
Senior engineers next door, on your hours, under the same EU rules.
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Senior engineers
No juniors. No middlemen.
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Fixed price
Overruns are on us.
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Live in weeks
Weekly demos on staging.
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You own the code
100% of the IP, day one.
Austrian companies outsource software development to neighbouring Czechia to add senior engineers in a market where IT firms cover only part of their hiring demand. Yarify is a senior team in Prague on CET, the same time zone as Vienna, Graz and Linz, and a direct train ride from Vienna. Contracts are under EU law, personal data stays under GDPR, and industry surveys put senior Central European rates at about $60–80 an hour versus $110–160 in Western Europe. We work in English.
Austria to Prague, in four pictures
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Same time zone
CET, the whole working day
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Next door
Direct trains from Vienna
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EU law, GDPR
No transfer question
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Below onshore cost
Senior, without recruiting
Austria is short of exactly these people
Austrian IT companies say they can fill only about 70% of their demand for skilled staff, with the biggest gaps in software engineering and web development, according to FH Technikum Wien. Each open senior role is a feature that waits.
Prague is the nearest large engineering city to Vienna outside Austria. The same clock, the same EU rules, and a team that can start in weeks instead of after a search and a notice period.
Recruiting a senior in Austria vs starting with us
Hiring a developer
- Job post & sourcing
- Interviews
- Notice period
- Onboarding
- Building
Yarify
- Call + fixed quote
- Building + weekly demos
- Live. Iterating with users.
Illustrative timeline. In-house hiring usually spends months on sourcing, interviews and notice periods before the first commit.
Austria vs Prague, side by side
Senior hourly market rates from industry surveys. Not our price list.
| Factor | Hiring in Austria | Senior team in Prague |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | CET | CET |
| Legal framework | Austrian and EU law | EU law, Czech company |
| Data protection | GDPR | GDPR, data kept in the EU |
| Senior rate (Western Europe band) | $110–160/h | $60–80/h (CEE band) |
| Getting there | — | Direct train or a short flight from Vienna |
| Working language | German or English | English |
Rate bands from vendor-published 2026 surveys, approximate. More in software developer rates.
What Austrian companies hire us for
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Seniors in your team
Engineers who join your stand-ups and repo. See staff augmentation.
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Web applications
Customer portals and internal tools in Next.js and React. See web app development.
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A product at a fixed price
A written scope, one price, weekly demos. See MVP development.
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A stalled project taken over
An audit first, then a fixed price for the fixes. See software rescue.
What to check with any vendor
General points to raise with your own legal and data advisors. Not legal advice.
- Austria regulates labour leasing (AÜG); your lawyer confirms whether your engagement is a service contract or leasing
- A data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR) is signed before personal data is shared
- Personal data, backups and logs stay in EU regions
- IP and usage rights are assigned to your company in writing
- Code lives in your repository and deploys to your cloud accounts
- Notice period and handover duties are written down
How we work with Austrian teams
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Free call · Day one
Thirty minutes in English with the engineer who would do the work.
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Scope or team plan · Week 1
A fixed price for fixed scope, or a monthly price for engineers in your team.
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Work in your tools
Your GitLab or GitHub, Jira, and Slack or Teams.
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Meet in person
Vienna to Prague is a direct train, so workshops and kick-offs in person are easy to plan.
Your code. Your cloud. Two weeks' notice.
Teams and augmentation bill monthly and end with 2 weeks' notice. On fixed-scope MVP and rescue work, overruns on our estimate are ours. You own 100% of the code and IP from day one. We are based in Prague; there is no Austrian office.
Nearshore development in EuropeRelated guides
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Germany
Software development outsourcing for companies in Germany: a senior team in Prague on the same clock, EU law and GDPR on both sides, and senior engineers below German onshore cost.
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Switzerland
Software development outsourcing for Swiss companies: a senior team in Prague on Zurich time, with mutual EU–Swiss data adequacy and a service contract structured for Swiss rules.
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Augmentation vs dedicated team
Staff augmentation or a dedicated development team? Who manages the work, who owns delivery, monthly costs and a clear rule for choosing, with an illustrative example.
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Developer rates by country
Hourly software developer rates by country and seniority in 2026: US, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, with monthly costs and freelance benchmarks.
Questions buyers ask us
Why do Austrian companies outsource software development to Czechia?
It is next door: the same time zone, EU law and GDPR, a direct train from Vienna, and senior engineers at Central European rather than Austrian onshore cost, without waiting on a hard-to-fill hire.
Does the Austrian AÜG apply?
The AÜG covers labour leasing, where a client directs leased workers like its own staff. A fixed-scope project or a managed team delivering agreed work can be structured differently. Your lawyer confirms the classification of your engagement.
Is a Prague team GDPR compliant for an Austrian company?
Both countries are in the EU, so GDPR applies on both sides and there is no third-country transfer. We sign a data processing agreement and keep personal data in EU regions.
Do you work in German?
We work in English: calls, code, pull requests and documentation. If your project needs German content or documents, plan for that on your side.
How is an Austrian client invoiced?
You contract with Yarify s.r.o., a Czech company. EU business clients with a VAT ID are generally invoiced under the reverse-charge mechanism. Confirm the treatment with your accountant.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. Vienna and Prague are connected by direct trains and short flights, so in-person kick-offs and workshops are practical. Day-to-day work runs remotely in your tools.
Keep reading
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Europe
Nearshore software development from Central Europe for UK, DACH, Nordic and US companies: working-hours overlap, EU contracts and senior engineers at lower cost than onshore.
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Germany
Software development outsourcing for companies in Germany: a senior team in Prague on the same clock, EU law and GDPR on both sides, and senior engineers below German onshore cost.
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Switzerland
Software development outsourcing for Swiss companies: a senior team in Prague on Zurich time, with mutual EU–Swiss data adequacy and a service contract structured for Swiss rules.
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Staff augmentation
Senior engineers embedded in your existing team: your repo, your standups, your tracker. Monthly billing, 2 weeks’ notice, and every line of code is yours.
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Web app development
Fast, SEO-ready web applications in Next.js and React: customer-facing apps, sales platforms and portals, with performance and search built into the architecture.
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Developer rates by country
Hourly software developer rates by country and seniority in 2026: US, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, with monthly costs and freelance benchmarks.
Next door. Same clock. Senior engineers.
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