Software Development Recruitment
Placing the software engineers, technical leads, and development managers who build and maintain the systems Irish businesses rely on.
What These Roles Mean for Irish Business
Software development talent is in consistent demand across Ireland. Whether you are a product company building your own platform, a financial services firm modernising legacy systems, or an enterprise running digital transformation, you need developers who can actually deliver.
The challenge in software recruitment is not finding people with the right skills on paper. It is finding people who can work effectively in your team, at your pace, with your stack, and in your culture. That distinction is what separates a useful hire from an expensive mistake.
We focus on quality over volume. We do not send every available CV. We send people who are worth your time.
What We Do
We place software development professionals across Irish businesses from startups building their first engineering team to established enterprises scaling their development capability.
We work across a wide range of languages, frameworks, and platforms. We place technical specialists and technical leaders including engineering managers and Heads of Engineering.
We focus on experienced professionals, typically those with four or more years of relevant experience, who can make an immediate contribution and integrate effectively into an existing team.
Roles We Place
- Senior Software Engineer
- Software Architect
- Technical Lead
- Engineering Manager
- Head of Engineering
- Backend Engineer
- Frontend Engineer
- Senior Full Stack Developer
- Mobile Developer
- Senior QA Engineer
How We Work
We take a brief that goes beyond the technology stack. What does the team look like? What are you building? What does the engineering culture value? What has not worked in previous hires?
Those answers shape the search. They also help us have honest conversations with candidates about whether the role is genuinely right for them, which means fewer withdrawals and fewer failed probations
We do not work at volume. We invest time in every search and every candidate relationship. That is the only way to deliver the quality of shortlist our clients expect.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, but the most in demand engineers in Ireland are not browsing job boards. They are in roles, being looked after, and waiting for the right opportunity to find them.
Our network gives us access to those people. We also work hard on the way we present your opportunity so that it is genuinely compelling to someone who does not need to move.
The most common complaint we hear is being sent irrelevant CVs by agencies that do not understand the technology. We do not operate that way.
We take time to understand the stack, the team, and the culture before we go to market. If we cannot find the right person, we say so. We do not fill your inbox with candidates just to show activity.
For experienced permanent hires, notice periods usually mean four to eight weeks from offer to start. If you need someone sooner, we can also look at senior contractors with the right profile.
The earlier you start the conversation, the more options you have.
Yes. Most software development roles in Ireland are now hybrid or remote friendly. We place into both models and we are clear with candidates from the start about the working arrangement so there are no surprises after offer.
Software development is a broad discipline and salary ranges across it are wide, largely because the figure depends on the technology stack, the seniority of the candidate, and whether you are competing with large multinational tech employers for the same person.
At the senior level, which is where Star Recruitment focuses, an experienced software engineer at an Irish mid-market company will typically earn a permanent salary in the range of €80,000 to €120,000 plus.
At Lead or Principal Engineer level, where the individual is setting technical direction and mentoring a broader team, salaries of €110,000 to €150,000 are achievable, particularly in product companies or regulated industries such as financial services or health technology.
On the contractor side, senior software engineers in Ireland are typically working on day rates of €500 to €850. The strongest candidates, particularly those with experience in cloud environments, AI integration, or development with a security focus, are commanding rates towards the upper end of that range and beyond.
What moves the figure most is the technology stack and the degree to which your role competes directly with what a large multinational tech employer would offer. If you want an honest view of what the market expects for your specific role, call us and we will take it from there.