IT Jobs in Poland: Searching Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław and Gdańsk
Looking for IT jobs in Poland usually means running two searches at once: remote roles you can do while living in Poland, and local roles in cities like Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław and Gdańsk. They show up in different places and are described differently. This guide covers how postings mention Poland, why spelling matters in filters, what "B2B" means in an offer, and what to check if you're moving there.
Two searches, not one
Poland is in the EU, so on paper it sits inside most "Europe" and "EMEA" remote postings. In practice, remote roles and local roles behave differently:
- Remote roles open to Europe. A company based elsewhere hires you to work from Poland, usually as an employee through a local entity or an employer-of-record provider, or as a contractor. The question is whether Poland is on their list of hiring countries.
- Local roles in Polish cities. On-site or hybrid jobs at Polish companies, software houses and the Polish offices of international firms. These rarely appear in a "remote" search at all, because the location line says "Warsaw" or "Kraków", not "Remote".
If you only search one way, you miss the other half. Most people living in Poland are better served by searching both.
How postings mention Poland
Location lines have no standard format. These are the kinds of strings you'll see, and how to read them:
| Location line | What it usually means |
|---|---|
| Warsaw, Poland | On-site or hybrid in Warsaw unless the description says otherwise |
| Kraków / Krakow | The same city, spelled two ways |
| Poland (Hybrid) | Hybrid, often with a specific office named in the description |
| Remote - Poland | Remote, but you need to live in Poland, usually for payroll reasons |
| Remote - EMEA / Europe | Promising; check the list of countries they can hire in |
| Wrocław, Gdańsk or Remote | Remote is an option, likely within Poland |
The spelling point matters more than it looks. Polish city names have letters like ł, ó and ń, and companies write them both ways: Kraków and Krakow, Wrocław and Wroclaw, Gdańsk and Gdansk. Some also use the Polish name Warszawa instead of Warsaw. If you filter by city, add both spellings, or you'll quietly miss postings.
For more on reading remote location lines, see remote IT jobs open to Europe and our explainer on what EMEA means in job postings.
B2B or employment contract
Polish tech offers often come in one of two forms, and some postings list a rate for each:
- Employment contract (umowa o pracę). You're an employee. The employer handles tax withholding and social contributions, and you get statutory paid leave and employment protections.
- B2B. You run your own business, usually as a sole trader, and invoice the company monthly. You handle your own tax, contributions and accounting, and paid time off is whatever you negotiate.
There are other contract types too, but these two are the ones you'll meet most in tech postings. A B2B rate and an employment salary for the same role are not directly comparable, because of the costs and protections involved on each side. Which works better depends on your situation, your residence status and rules that change over time. Before you compare offers or sign anything, talk to an accountant who works with Polish tax. We cover the general difference in contractor vs employee for remote jobs.
If you're relocating to Poland
Whether you can take a local job depends on your citizenship and residence status. EU citizens and non-EU citizens are in very different positions, and for non-EU citizens the route usually involves some form of work and residence permission. The rules differ by case and change, so we won't summarise them here. Check official Polish government sources and ask the employer directly.
Useful questions for the first call:
- Have you hired people from my country before?
- Do you support work permit or residence paperwork, and who covers the cost?
- Is the offer an employment contract, B2B, or my choice?
- Can I start remotely before I move, or do I need to be in Poland on day one?
If sponsorship and relocation are central for you, read how to find jobs with visa sponsorship before you start applying.
Setting up the search
A setup that works for most people in or moving to Poland:
- Pick two or three adjacent titles. Backend and Full-Stack, or Product Manager and Product Owner. Titles vary between companies more than roles do.
- Use a Europe or EMEA remote filter for remote roles, and read the country list in each posting.
- Add your cities, in both spellings. Warsaw, Warszawa, Kraków, Krakow, and so on. If you'd consider Poznań or Łódź, add those too.
- Check the contract type early. If a posting says B2B only and you need an employment contract, or the other way round, you can skip it quickly.
- Apply soon after the posting appears. Local roles in a single city tend to draw a smaller pool than fully remote ones, but early applications still get more attention; see why applying in the first 24 hours matters.
On job boards
Polish job boards such as Just Join IT, No Fluff Jobs and Pracuj.pl, LinkedIn, and company career pages all have a place. Local boards are good for Polish companies and software houses; company career pages are where international firms post first. Whatever you use, check whether its location filter treats "Poland" as a country or only matches exact city names.
A quick checklist per posting
- Is it remote, hybrid or on-site, and in which city?
- If remote: is Poland on the list of hiring countries?
- Employment contract, B2B, or both?
- Is Polish required, or is the working language English?
- Currency of pay: PLN, EUR or something else?
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