Your own engineering team in Málaga — owned by you, built with us.

OwnShore is a service for Northern European tech companies that have decided their engineering footprint should be a long-term asset, not a recurring expense. We help you establish your own Spanish entity in Málaga, hire your own developers into it, and run the operational layer that makes it work. You hold the entity. We run the playbook.

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The point in the scale curve where renting stops making sense

 Engineering hiring in Munich, Zurich, Copenhagen, or Amsterdam has hit a ceiling: four to six months for a senior hire, salary inflation outrunning your model, and a candidate pool that shrinks every quarter.

Most companies in this position consider two options: hire harder locally, or outsource to a nearshore vendor.

We propose a third one.

If your roadmap places you in Southern Europe for the next five years anyway — for talent, for cost, or for both — the question isn’t whether to be in Málaga. It’s whether to be there as a buyer of services, or as an employer in your own right.

OwnShore is the path for companies that have decided to be the employer.  

What OwnShore is

A service from rindus to your Spanish subsidiary. Four parts:

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Spanish entity formation

Sociedad Limitada, registered office, payroll infrastructure, social security registration, and full compliance with Spanish labour law.

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Recruiting

We identify and present candidates your entity hires directly, on its own contracts. 

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Operational and back-office services

Office, HR administration, payroll administration, vendor management, and ongoing operational guidance. 

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Independence

rindus does not take equity in your entity, does not employ its workforce, and does not direct its work.

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Spanish entity formation

Sociedad Limitada, registered office, payroll infrastructure, social security registration, and full compliance with Spanish labour law.

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Recruiting

We identify and present candidates your entity hires directly, on its own contracts. 

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Operational and back-office services

Office, HR administration, payroll administration, vendor management, and ongoing operational guidance. 

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Independence

rindus does not take equity in your entity, does not employ its workforce, and does not direct its work.

Why Málaga,
and why now

Málaga is no longer a compromise location. Google, Vodafone, Accenture, and Fujitsu run tech operations here. The universities of Málaga and Granada output thousands of engineers per year, the international community is deep and growing, and quality of life drives retention.

The economics: a 15-person engineering team in your own entity costs roughly 50% less in total employer cost than the equivalent team in Zurich — and the infrastructure is a permanent asset on your balance sheet, not a recurring vendor fee.  

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“If rindus runs it, do we lose control of our team?”

In the OwnShore model there is no team to hand over. Your entity hires its own developers, on its own contracts, under its own management chain. rindus is the external services provider to your entity — not a workforce supplier inside it. You have full visibility because the entity is yours and the employment relationships sit inside it.

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We’ve done this before

 A leading German fintech, one of Europe’s largest energy storage companies, and a German automotive data company have each established their own Spanish entity in Málaga with rindus supporting the legal and operational setup. Each entity has built its own engineering capacity, hiring directly into its own contracts.

rindus has been building software operations in Málaga for over a decade. We didn’t arrive when it became fashionable. We’ve been part of building what Málaga is today.  

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Talk to us about your situation

OwnShore isn’t a configurable product. The right answer depends on your scale, your roadmap, and your CFO’s appetite. Send a short note about where you are today and we’ll come back with a frank read.

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