The modern IT industry operates under its own set of rules, including the need for global projects from diverse fields (e-commerce, automotive, blockchain, fintech, and telehealth) to combine technical expertise, high standards of adaptation, innovative implementation, clear communication, and motivation. Developers in Romania have managed to create a truly unique environment that stimulates the development of global projects to completely new levels. In this article, we propose to consider the key factors of such success.
1. Strong Educational Foundation and Deep Technical Base
Romania is famous for its rather strong STEM education. After all, more than 30 top universities with engineering specializations in the country graduate thousands of qualified specialists literally every year. In addition, the curriculum is quite demanding, starting from elementary school. Romanian developers quite often acquire high-quality practical skills (from hardware to programming) thanks to regular participation in various hackathons and technical circles. What does this mean? The strict security requirements and financial regulations inherent in many fintech projects are 100 percent fulfilled by Romanian engineers. At the same time, it helps local IT specialists create a solid mathematical foundation and form logical thinking. All these factors are critically important for the development of risk assessment algorithms, cryptographic modules, and analytical platforms.
2. High English and Cultural Compatibility
It is an undeniable fact that Romania demonstrates a very high level of English proficiency. Real figures confirm this, as the country holds an honorable 12th place in CEE according to the Global English Proficiency Index, and even more so among IT professionals. All this forms an excellent basis for transparent communication with customers from the United States, Great Britain, and the EU. Areas such as telehealth often require detailed requirements or various official regulatory documents, making clear communication the key to success.
It is worth noting that, purely naturally, Romanian developers have a cool cultural compatibility with Western clients, demonstrating responsibility, flexibility, and an orientation towards long-term team cooperation.
3. Experience and Technology Mix
There are over 200,000 IT professionals in Romania (as of 2024), up significantly from ~140,000 in 2020. Popular technologies used in the daily workflow of local professionals include:
- JavaScript
- Java
- C++
- Python
All of these technologies are key in the fields of fintech, e-commerce, embedded systems, and machine learning. In addition, developers in Romania are also proficient in cloud, DevOps, data analytics, and IoT. After all, all of these are also critically important in embedded systems, the automotive industry, as well as in integrated solutions for e-commerce or Fintech platforms.
4. Competitive Conditions and Developed Infrastructure
IT engineers working in Romania usually have a price tag 20−45% lower than that of specialists from the West. However, the quality of services does not suffer from this. The entire infrastructure is as modern as possible, with fast internet (in numbers, it is 11th in the world in terms of fixed broadband speed) and wide-scale 5G coverage. Accordingly, this provides the opportunity for projects with e-commerce, telehealth, and real-time embedded systems to quickly deploy and work reliably.
Application Examples in Key Industries
Fintech
It is no secret that Romanian teams are powerful in the analytical context. They have significant experience with Python, Java, and Data Analytics. This is, in fact, a must-have for creating:
- trading systems
- APIs
- risk management algorithms
A high level of professional education and proficiency in English greatly helps to most successfully implement the requirements of regulators and clients.
E-commerce
The basis of modern e-commerce platforms is JavaScript, Java and Python, which is why it is quite easy for Romanian specialists to implement the integration of payment gateways, CRM, logistics API, and scale solutions in the cloud using DevOps.
Embedded Systems / Automotive Industry
In this context, factors such as:
- working with firmware
- deep knowledge of IoT
- knowledge of C++
- application of real-time systems
Engineers in Romania have experience with all these technologies and skillfully work with hardware, implementing integrated platforms with high performance.
Healthcare / Telemedicine
The telehealth sector is mostly subject to strict official data security regulations (including HIPAA). This is where Romanian developers come into the picture, as they are able to:
- Do data analytics (a native example is a patient monitoring system)
- Implement cloud-secure architectures
- Ensure transparent communication with international clients
Blockchain
In blockchain, popular programming languages include JavaScript, Python, and C++. Romanian developers can create smart contracts, wallet services, or analytical panels using their mathematical foundation and technological base.
Harmonious Mention of N-IX
The N-iX company, although Ukrainian, is actively expanding its presence in Romania, having opened a new office in Bucharest, which functions as a technology hub — for close cooperation with local IT specialists and the implementation of global projects. It is the combination of Ukrainian cultivated expertise with the technical potential of Romanian developers that allows us to implement innovative solutions in fintech, embedded, healthcare, e-commerce, and blockchain even more effectively. Such a combination of two complementary IT ecosystems is an example of synergy that inspires global projects.
Conclusion
Summing up all of the above, we can confidently say that in recent years, there has been a clear trend of increasing the influence of Romanian developers in global technology projects. They manage to implement this thanks to the so-called cocktail of deep education, high level of English proficiency, modern infrastructure, competitive conditions, and real practical skills. The participation of Romanian developers in various business areas (fintech, blockchain, e-commerce, telehealth, or embedded systems) consistently guarantees innovation, reliability, and effective collaboration with international clients and industry leaders on global landscapes. And integration with companies such as N-iX only strengthens this potential, creating a real technological synthesis.