Here at velv, we are known for our quality and not the quantity. And that’s the aim we are always going for. Our nearshore services in Portugal are amongst the best in Europe, mostly because of the engineering culture that velv has created, since it was founded by engineers and people that really understand the full scope of software development and nearshore services. We understand the struggles, the challenges but also the end goals and the paths to excel in delivering projects through dedicated teams. Not only we are able to attract the best engineers but more importantly, they stay with us. Even in this volatile area of information technology, our talent retention rate is high. We are proud of that, which gives our clients and partners the confidence to ramp up their teams with us, because they identify themselves with us and because their (our) teams stay with them.

With our international expansion moving forward, we’ve noticed that in a very natural way, Velv’s approach to the talent market was always different and with us, talent does not have a passport. We are a team with people from all over the world, from Argentina to India, from Brasil to Canada, or even Morocco, Netherlands and Belgium. We are ever more global, and we cherish this multicultural way of ours, by including everyone no matter race, religion, sex orientation or gender.

As for our teams, more directly, we are creating channels and sub-communities with platforms so they can explore and add more value to the company but more importantly, to add value to each and every single person that joins the team. The employee experience is very important for us, and we believe that joining velv is much more than starting a new job or a new team, is actually doing other things that our people believe, love or represent.

Our strategy seems simple but it’s really quite complex to implement: Keep an engineering culture, aligned with the values of the company whilst respecting every single individual that composes our already big team of software experts, developing projects from Portugal, to the world. And the ingredients for our engineering culture, well, that is a secret that only by working with us you’ll discover :)

Written by Nuno Godinho, CIO of Velv