For Madrid & Spain Companies
Madrid's enterprise tech and
Iberian fintech companies are
discovering India's engineering depth.
Engineering, AI, and leadership talent. Placed right.
For Madrid and Spanish companies hiring in India, BBVA, Santander technology, Telefonica, and Cabify have built Madrid into Spain's largest enterprise technology hub. Madrid companies building India teams typically need enterprise engineering with financial domain, telco infrastructure engineers, or leadership for their Iberian-market-specific products. All three have strong India talent counterparts. See how US companies hire in India.
COMPANIES WE HAVE PLACED FOR
The searches that failed before us
had three things in common.
Most Madrid teams that reach Talhive have already tried. Posted on LinkedIn and got applications with no signal. Used a contingent agency and got volume CVs with no technical depth. Tried to run the search without anyone who understands India's notice periods, competing offers, and motivation structures. Talhive exists for teams that need the search done once, done right, by a partner who owns the outcome end to end.
Job-board posts do not reach engineers who are not actively looking but would move for the right mandate.
Offer-stage dropouts are a motivation problem, not a compensation one. The process never surfaced what matters.
60 to 90 day notice periods mean counteroffers land after your process ends. Without a retention strategy, the candidate walks.
3 Principal AI Engineers, Writesonic
A prior agency and six months of inbound had produced zero hires. Talhive identified that the real talent pool for production LLM roles sat inside platform teams at Google and Amazon, not among self-labelled AI engineers on LinkedIn. We rebuilt the sourcing thesis around deployment evidence and closed all three within 6 weeks.
Roles we place for Madrid companies.
BFSI domain engineers for BBVA, Santander, and Iberian fintech
Spanish banking technology transformation creates engineers who understand both financial domain and digital product engineering. India's BFSI tech alumni in Mumbai and Bengaluru are the natural India sourcing target. View role profile
Network software and digital services platform engineers for Telefonica ecosystem
Telefonica's digital engineering layer creates telco infrastructure mandates. India's telecom engineering community, concentrated in Bengaluru and NCR, has the BSS/OSS, network software, and digital platform depth these mandates require. View role profile
India engineering lead for Madrid company GCC entry
Madrid companies making their first India hire need a strong India lead who can build a credible employer narrative in a market where Spanish tech brands are not widely known. Retained search, leadership-first. View role profile
Brief to signed offer. 6 weeks.
India vs Madrid salary benchmarks.
2026 cash salary benchmarks at funded product companies across the EU. Not IT services rates. Total compensation with ESOPs adds 15 to 40%.
The India GCC Hiring Playbook: compensation, cities, and models compared →
Three hiring models for Madrid companies.
We help you choose the right one.
Senior and leadership hires where a mis-hire costs 6 months
One search partner, defined timeline, technically evaluated shortlist. 4 to 8 weeks to signed offer. Fee: 20 to 25% of first-year CTC. How retained search works →
1 to 15 engineers, no entity, you manage the team
The EOR handles payroll and compliance in India. You own the work. 2 to 4 weeks after candidate identified. EOR vs entity →
20+ engineers, long-term presence, full control
Register a subsidiary. Full HR, payroll, benefits. 3 to 6 months setup. Makes economic sense after the team model is proven at scale.
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Engineering leadership, BFSI domain engineers, telco infrastructure specialists. Employer narrative design included.
Banking tech or telco GCC from zero. City analysis, employer brand, leadership-first sequence.
Scale hiring for Madrid companies with multiple concurrent India roles. CET-aligned reporting.
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Frequently asked questions.
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Resources for Madrid companies hiring in India.
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Retained vs Contingent: When Each Model Works
The data on outcomes for senior India hires.
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City comparison for global companies.
India Team Build
Managing India Notice Periods Without Losing the Hire
Why offers slip at 60 to 90 days.
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India engineering team.
If you are a Madrid or Spanish company hiring in India, share the mandate. Talhive will build the employer narrative alongside the search.
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