// about

A boutique, on purpose.

ALANDRA started from a simple idea: tech companies don't need more CVs, they need someone who understands the role and finds the right person. So we stay small, specialised and close to both sides — a vertically integrated firm where our recruitment team and our own AI CRM follow each person from the first call to well beyond the hire.

// founders

Meet the founders.

You always deal with a founder, from first call to hire.

co-founder · search & delivery

Catarina Gomes

Five-plus years in talent acquisition and IT recruitment. Catarina leads search, candidate assessment and delivery on every mandate, and knows the engineering, data and cloud communities up close.

  • IT Recruiter, Ankix
  • Talent Acquisition Specialist, SIBS
  • HR, ULS Estuário do Tejo
  • Consultant, Michael Page

co-founder · clients & partnerships

Vasco Veras

Vasco leads client relationships: understanding hiring needs, scoping each search and making sure every process runs as agreed. He brings the rigour of investment banking to how we run mandates.

  • Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley (London)
  • Graduate Talent Program, UBS (Zurich)
  • MSc Finance, Imperial College London
  • BSc Economics, Nova SBE

// principles

How we want to be known.

01specialisation

Depth before breadth

We'd rather turn down a role outside our field than deliver mediocre work.

02connection

People, not profiles

A great hire is a great connection between a person, a team and a career moment.

03integrity

Candour on both sides

We tell companies what the market says and candidates what the role really is.

// why lisbon

A base built for global hiring.

Lisbon is one of Europe's fastest-growing tech hubs, on a time zone that works with both coasts. It's the right place to connect companies and specialists wherever they are.

// next step

Hard role to fill? Give us 30 minutes.

A no-strings conversation to understand the role, the market and whether we're the right partner. If we're not, we'll tell you.