--- title: 'Tech & AI jobs in Portugal' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/location/portugal' type: 'location' --- # Tech & AI jobs in Portugal > Portugal punched above its size in tech after Lisbon started hosting the Web Summit and a wave of remote workers and founders arrived, drawn by low costs and quality of life. Talkdesk and OutSystems became global software companies, and Feedzai anchors a real AI-and-fraud cluster in Coimbra. The roles skew enterprise software and developer tools. - **Open roles:** 747 - **Hiring companies:** 122 - **Region type:** country - **Timezone:** Europe/Lisbon - **Population:** 10,400,000 - **Cost of living:** well below the US average, a major draw for remote workers and startups. - **Climate:** Mild Mediterranean, with warm dry summers and cool wet winters. Lisbon gets over 2,800 hours of sun a year. - **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/portugal ## Cities in Portugal - [Lisbon](https://feeny.ai/location/portugal/lisbon) — 396 jobs - [Porto](https://feeny.ai/location/portugal/porto) — 62 jobs ## Top companies hiring in Portugal - [ComparaJá](https://feeny.ai/companies/comparaj) — 55 open roles - [Glintt Global](https://feeny.ai/companies/glintt-global) — 32 open roles - [Feedzai](https://feeny.ai/companies/feedzai) — 21 open roles - [Bounce](https://feeny.ai/companies/bounce) — 11 open roles - [Aghanim](https://feeny.ai/companies/aghanim) — 14 open roles - [Powerdot](https://feeny.ai/companies/powerdot) — 12 open roles - [Salsify](https://feeny.ai/companies/salsify) — 9 open roles - [Thought Machine](https://feeny.ai/companies/thought-machine) — 16 open roles - [Dashlane](https://feeny.ai/companies/dashlane) — 10 open roles - [Pleo](https://feeny.ai/companies/pleo) — 15 open roles - [Riskified](https://feeny.ai/companies/riskified) — 10 open roles - [VML/WPPEnterprise Solutions ](https://feeny.ai/companies/vml-wppenterprise-solutions) — 21 open roles ## Top Universities **Where Portugal's tech talent studies** The University of Lisbon and University of Porto anchor the country's engineering talent, and NOVA University produced UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Together they feed Lisbon's growing software scene. - **University of Lisbon** (Lisbon · 30,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Antonio Egas Moniz, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa - **University of Porto** (Porto · 28,000 undergrads) - **NOVA University Lisbon** (Lisbon · 20,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Antonio Guterres - **Universidade Catolica Portuguesa** (Lisbon · 12,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Pedro Passos Coelho - **University of Coimbra** (Coimbra · 20,000 undergrads) ## Top Unicorns **Unicorn startups in Portugal** Portugal's unicorns are enterprise-software led: contact centers at Talkdesk, low-code at OutSystems, global HR at Remote, and fraud detection at Feedzai. A tight bench, but one built on genuinely global B2B products. - **[Talkdesk](https://feeny.ai/companies/talkdesk)** — $10B · Cloud contact-center software with AI CX tools - **OutSystems** — $9.5B · Low-code application development platform - **[Remote](https://feeny.ai/companies/remote-referral-board)** — $3B · Global HR platform for hiring, payroll & compliance - **[Feedzai](https://feeny.ai/companies/feedzai)** — $1.5B · AI-powered fraud detection for banks & payments ## FAQ **Tech jobs in Portugal: common questions** ### How many tech jobs are open in Portugal right now? Feeny lists about 747 open tech roles in Portugal from 122 companies. Every listing comes straight from a company's own careers page and updates as roles open and close, so you're looking at what's genuinely hiring, not a snapshot from months ago. Portugal's tech market grew fast off the back of the remote-work wave, and the count reflects that momentum. Lisbon does most of the heavy lifting, with Porto and Coimbra adding real weight. ### Which cities in Portugal have the most tech jobs? Lisbon dominates, and it's not close. Across 2 listed cities, the capital holds the bulk of the roles after it drew a wave of founders and remote workers who came for low costs and stayed for the quality of life. Porto is the clear second city with a growing engineering base of its own. Coimbra matters out of proportion to its size thanks to Feedzai anchoring an AI-and-fraud cluster there. ### What companies are hiring for tech roles in Portugal? The companies that put Portugal on the map are the ones that went global from Lisbon. Talkdesk built a contact-center software business worth billions, and OutSystems turned low-code app development into a global platform. Feedzai runs an AI-and-fraud-detection cluster out of Coimbra that hires deep engineering talent. Around these anchors sit a wide field of SaaS and remote-first product companies drawn by the talent pool and the cost base. ### What kinds of tech roles are common in Portugal? The work skews toward SaaS, backend engineering, and AI, with a strong seam of fraud-and-risk work thanks to Feedzai. Remote-friendly product roles are unusually common here, a direct legacy of the remote-worker wave that reshaped Lisbon. Talkdesk and OutSystems keep demand high for platform and product engineers who can build software sold worldwide. If you want to work on genuinely global products without paying Amsterdam or Berlin rent, this is the trade. ### What is it like to work in tech in Portugal? Lisbon became one of Europe's favorite places to be a remote tech worker, and it shows in the mix of nationalities on most teams. The cost of living is lower than the big Northern European hubs, though Lisbon has climbed sharply as demand rose, so the bargain isn't what it was five years ago. The scene is young, international, and English-friendly, with the sun and the sea as a genuine part of the pitch. The honest catch is that local salaries often sit below what the same role pays in London or Berlin. ### Can international candidates get a work visa to work in tech in Portugal? Portugal is unusually welcoming, which is a big part of why the scene grew so fast. The D8 Digital Nomad visa lets remote workers relocate legally, a dedicated startup visa supports founders, and the EU Blue Card covers skilled non-EU hires with a job offer. EU citizens can move and work freely. Between those routes, Portugal has become one of Europe's most straightforward countries to relocate to as a tech worker. --- _Source: https://feeny.ai/location/portugal_