Hungary
Hungary's tech scene is anchored in Budapest, with a strong engineering culture and a history of producing world-class mathematicians and physicists. A growing SaaS and fintech layer has emerged. The roles skew developer tools, fraud and security, and enterprise software, backed by deep technical talent at low cost.
Open Positions307 jobs in Hungary
Where Hungary’s tech talent studies
The Budapest University of Technology and Economics has a storied engineering legacy (holography inventor Dennis Gabor studied there), and Eotvos Lorand University granted von Neumann his doctorate. Together they anchor Hungary's technical talent.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Dennis GaborNobel laureate, inventor of holography
- Leo SzilardPhysicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction
Eotvos Lorand University
- John von NeumannMathematician and computing pioneer, doctorate here
Corvinus University of Budapest
University of Szeged
- Albert Szent-GyorgyiNobel laureate who first isolated vitamin C
Unicorn startups in Hungary
Hungary's private unicorn bench is small, led by the fraud-prevention platform SEON and the mobile CI/CD company Bitrise. A thin roster, but built on the deep engineering talent Budapest is known for.
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Tech jobs in Hungary: common questions
How many tech jobs are open in Hungary right now?
Feeny is tracking about 307 open tech roles in Hungary, from roughly 58 companies hiring. Each listing is pulled from a company's careers page, so it reflects a live opening. Nearly all of it runs through Budapest, the country's clear tech center. Filter by discipline to focus the search.
Which cities in Hungary have the most tech jobs?
Budapest is essentially the entire market. The city carries a strong engineering culture, rooted in a national history of world-class mathematicians and physicists, and that's where the roles sit. A scattering shows up elsewhere, but across the 1 Hungarian cities we index Budapest dominates. Working in Hungarian tech means working in Budapest.
What companies are hiring for tech roles in Hungary?
Hungary's technical depth has fed a growing SaaS and fintech layer, with fraud and security tech emerging as a genuine local strength. The talent pool is why serious engineering happens here despite the smaller startup scene. The hiring leans toward enterprise software and security-adjacent products. Feeny lists roles from about 58 companies, so the current openings are the ones to look at directly.
What kinds of tech roles are common in Hungary?
The work skews developer tools, fraud and security, and enterprise software. Hungary's mathematical tradition shows up in demand for engineers comfortable with hard, algorithm-heavy problems, which is part of why fraud and security tech took root here. Enterprise and backend roles form the steady base. The foreign-hiring pipeline is smaller than in Poland, but the technical bar is real.
What is it like to work in tech in Hungary?
Budapest gives you a low cost of living against a deep engineering culture, which makes local salaries stretch. The city itself is a genuine draw, and the tech community is tight-knit given its size. English works in most tech teams, with Hungarian useful for daily life. The honest trade is scale: fewer employers and a smaller startup scene mean less room to job-hop than in a bigger market.
Can international candidates get a work visa to work in tech in Hungary?
The EU Blue Card and a national work permit cover non-EU hires. EU citizens can work without a permit. The foreign-hiring pipeline is smaller here than in some neighbors, so expect fewer employers set up to sponsor, but the routes themselves are standard. Confirm the employer's willingness to sponsor early in the process.
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