Staffing and VDC provider scaling engineering teams across India and the US
Cortex is a 15-year-old offshoring and staffing firm specializing in Virtual Development Centers (VDCs) for enterprise tech operations. The tech stack reveals heavy reliance on legacy enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Siebel) alongside modern cloud and data infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Kafka, Databricks), suggesting they're modernizing client environments while managing long-tail legacy migrations. Hiring is engineering-heavy (59 open roles) with senior-skewed seniority distribution, indicating either high client demand for experienced delivery or difficulty retaining mid-level staff.
Notable leadership hires: Tech Lead, Delivery Head
Cortex helps mid-market and enterprise clients build and operate technology centers in India and the US through managed staffing, outsourcing, and captive-center models. Their core offering—the Virtual Development Center—guides companies through setup, staffing, and operational scaling with structured engagement models (BOT, BOM, managed captive) and targets 90-day time-to-operations. The project portfolio spans ServiceNow implementations, SAP integrations, real-time data pipelines, and custom portal development, serving clients in healthcare, finance, and enterprise software. With 51–200 employees across India and the US, Cortex operates as a provider of both strategic consulting and delivery execution for workforce and technology operations.
A flagship service where Cortex helps companies establish a captive technology center in India or the US, manage hiring and operations, and start working within 90 days. Available as BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer), BOM (Build-Operate-Maintain), or Managed Captive engagement.
Top tools include .NET Core, AWS, GCP, SAP HANA, ServiceNow, Oracle, Kafka, Databricks, Angular, Python, and TestRail. Legacy enterprise systems (ABAP, Siebel CRM, Oracle BI) are heavily used, indicating focus on client modernization projects.
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