Flat teams. Written decisions.
Senior engineers who work the way Nordic teams already do.
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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.
Nordic companies outsource software development to Central Europe for senior engineers at lower cost, in the same or a neighbouring time zone. Yarify is a senior team in Prague on CET, the same time zone as Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen and one hour behind Helsinki. GDPR applies across the EU and, through the EEA Agreement, in Norway. Industry surveys put senior Central European rates at about $60–80 an hour versus $110–160 in Western and Northern Europe. We work in English, directly with your engineers.
The Nordics to Prague, in four pictures
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Same or +1 hour
CET; Finland is one ahead
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Written first
Decisions in tickets and docs
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No middle layer
You talk to engineers
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Below onshore cost
Senior, without recruiting
Built for async, low-hierarchy teams
Nordic engineering teams tend to be flat and to work asynchronously: decisions in writing, short meetings, engineers trusted to own their work. An outsourcing partner with account managers and status calls fits that badly.
We work the same way. No account manager between you and the code. Pull requests with context, decisions written in the ticket, and a demo when something is ready to see.
Time-zone overlap from Prague
Prague runs on CET and switches to summer time on the same dates as the whole region.
| Country | Time zone | Overlap with Prague | Data protection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | CET | Full day | GDPR (EU) |
| Denmark | CET | Full day | GDPR (EU) |
| Norway | CET | Full day | GDPR via the EEA Agreement |
| Finland | EET, one hour ahead | Almost the full day | GDPR (EU) |
Recruiting a senior in the Nordics 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.
What Nordic companies hire us for
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A team that owns a product area
Seniors with a lead, on a monthly price. See dedicated development team.
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SaaS features and platforms
Multi-tenant products that scale. See SaaS development.
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Mobile apps
One React Native or Flutter codebase for both stores. See mobile app development.
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Cloud and DevOps
CI/CD and infrastructure as code in EU regions. See DevOps services.
What to check with any vendor
General points to raise with your own legal and data advisors. Not legal advice.
- A data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR) is signed before personal data is shared
- Personal data, backups and logs stay in EU or EEA regions
- IP is assigned to your company in writing
- Code lives in your repository and deploys to your cloud accounts
- You talk directly to the engineers doing the work
- Notice period and handover duties are written down
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 Nordic office.
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Questions buyers ask us
Why do Nordic companies outsource software development to Central Europe?
Senior engineers at a lower cost than onshore, the same or a neighbouring time zone, GDPR on both sides, and a short flight for workshops, without waiting months for a hard-to-fill hire.
Is outsourcing to Prague GDPR compliant for a Norwegian company?
Norway applies the GDPR through the EEA Agreement, so data can be shared with an EU processor under a data processing agreement, with no third-country transfer. Your DPO confirms the details.
What is the time difference with Finland?
Helsinki is one hour ahead of Prague. A 9:00 stand-up in Helsinki is 8:00 in Prague, so you share almost the whole working day.
Do we talk to engineers or to a project manager?
To engineers. The person on your first call is someone who would do the work. There is no account manager layer.
How is a Nordic 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; Norwegian clients are invoiced without Czech VAT. Confirm the treatment with your accountant.
How much cheaper than hiring in Stockholm or Oslo?
Industry surveys put senior Central European rates at about $60–80 an hour, against $110–160 in Western and Northern Europe, before recruiting time and employer costs. We do not publish rates; you get a fixed or monthly quote after a free call.
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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Dedicated development team
A dedicated development team of 2–4 senior engineers working on your product. Monthly billing, cancel with 2 weeks’ notice, 100% of code and IP is yours.
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SaaS development
SaaS products built on solid foundations: multi-tenancy, Stripe subscriptions, auth and roles, admin dashboards and product analytics. Fixed quote for the first version.
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Mobile app development
iOS and Android apps from one React Native or Flutter codebase. A senior team takes it from scope to App Store review, at a fixed price or as a monthly team.
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Nearshore vs offshore
Nearshore or offshore software development? Rates by region, time-zone overlap, legal and communication trade-offs, an illustrative total-cost example and a decision checklist.
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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.
Your hours. Your way of working. Senior engineers.
Book a free 30-minute call with a senior engineer in Prague and get a fixed or monthly quote.