An opinionated down-to-earth take on Engineering "Job" Market of Porto, Portugal

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Warning: values taken "grocery-shop calculator"-style from salaries found on glassdoor. Consider looking-into the values on Glassdoor and ask actual people that work for those companies, don't take anything for granted.

These are tipically the same from company to company, and each company has their own office-slavery -level-progression.

• Intern-to-Junior developer/software-engineer: < 10k € yearly
• Junior-to-Mid-level developer/software-engineer: 10k - 25k € yearly
• Mid/Senior-level developer/software-engineer: 25k - 45k € yearly (more or less)
• (RARE) "Big-boss" level developer/software-engineer/manager/architect: 45k - 60k € yearly (more or less)

Below is a list of the typical best tech companies to work with in Porto.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - Betting and Gambling - tech arm of PaddyPowerBetfair.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - Working with multiple projects. Some of them interesting, other no.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - Software systems for the BMW Group. Critical Group.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - A new German company settling in Porto. A rich/improved spreadsheet grip app!?

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - From Porto to the world. Focused in AI training and data enrichment.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - African equivalents of Amazon, OLX, Booking, and other.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - High-fashion online shop.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - Fraud Detection software.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - Call-center software.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - "Lean and self-organisation"-culturesque contractor, working for multiple projects.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - From Denmark to Porto. Sustainable energy solutions for the benefit of customers and the planet.

Official page - Glassdoor profile - Careers

TL;DR for dummies: - European Career oriented social networking site.

This list is very subjective/opinionated, not to be taken very seriously. Feel free to open issues or pull-requests. Main rule is to be respectful and down-to-earth, and point things out as they're usually talked in coffee-break conversations with close-friends.