ABOUT MELOS TECHNOLOGIES
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An engineering company built around how product teams actually work.

Founded in Addis Ababa in 2021. Today we give product companies across Europe and North America the senior engineering capacity they cannot hire fast enough locally. Under a secure EU contract from Warsaw, in your time zone, with senior engineers who stay.

2021
Year Founded
50+
Shipped Products
92%+
Annual Retention
MELOS engineers collaborating at workstation
SENIOR-ONLY TALENT POOL

Top 2% vetted software engineers, architects, and AI researchers.

GLOBAL OPERATING ARCHITECTURE

The Dual-Hub Advantage: European Law + African Talent.

Most offshore engineering models fail because of misaligned legal jurisdictions, conflicting time zones, and high churn. We designed MELOS to overcome every structural failure of traditional outsourcing.

Warsaw European Financial and Corporate Center
WARSAW, POLAND • EU HQ

European Legal & Governance Entity

All client agreements are executed under European Union commercial law through our registered corporate vehicle in Warsaw, Poland.

100% GDPR, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 data compliance
Euro (EUR) billing with straightforward reverse-charge VAT
Ironclad IP assignment directly to your corporate entity
Modern Addis Ababa Engineering Hub campus
ADDIS ABABA • DELIVERY HUB

Elite Engineering Delivery Hub

Operating on UTC+3 (overlapping 100% with European work hours), our Addis Ababa tech hub houses 2,000+ vetted senior engineers, data scientists, and architects.

Full CET/CEST working hours overlap (zero midnight handoffs)
Senior-only talent with 6+ years average software experience
Salaried career engineers with continuous learning sponsorship
CHRONOLOGY OF GROWTH

Our Journey: From First Pod to Global Scale.

A timeline of disciplined execution, client trust, and relentless focus on software engineering craft.

2021

Founded in Addis Ababa

Assembled our first cohort of senior architects, setting out to prove that world-class software engineering can be delivered from East Africa.

2023

EU Entity in Warsaw

Incorporated our European legal vehicle in Warsaw, Poland, providing European clients with GDPR compliance, Euro invoicing, and EU dispute governance.

2024

Applied AI Division

Launched specialized Generative AI, RAG architecture, and fine-tuning practices, helping fast-growing tech companies deploy autonomous agents.

2025 – 2026

50+ Products Shipped

Expanded to 2,000+ vetted talent pool, partnering with ClickUp, Apadua, AutoBridge, Rebill, and leading venture-backed tech platforms worldwide.

Ready to partner with senior engineers who stay?

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