building suriname's ai tech hub

Together we build Suriname's AI & Tech Hub.

World-class AI and engineering, delivered from Paramaribo. We partner with companies that need serious, AI-amplified software, and we hire and train the local talent to build it.

paramaribo · suriname · 2026
two ways in

One hub. Two invitations.

A regional engineering hub only works if both sides show up: companies with real work, and people ready to build it.

for companies

Work with us.

Ship faster with an embedded squad that delivers to an international bar: cloud, data and backend engineering, sourced and run from the region. Closer time zone, closer language, no offshore guesswork.

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for talent

Build your career.

Senior roles on international work, plus a training academy in AI, Data and Platform engineering. Grow into the engineer you want to be, at home, not abroad.

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what we do

Advise. Build. Staff. Train.

01

Digital transformation

It starts with a company scan and assessment: where you are on cloud, data and AI, and where the value is. From there, a clear roadmap, then the squad to deliver it. Strategy that ends in shipped software, not a slide deck.

  • Company scan & assessment
  • Cloud & modernization roadmaps
  • Data & AI adoption
  • Legacy system migration
02

Engineering delivery

Embedded squads that own outcomes for international clients: architecture, cloud and data, shipped to a global standard from Paramaribo.

  • Embedded squads
  • Cloud & DevOps
  • Data & backend
03

Talent & hiring

We find and hire Suriname's senior engineers: bilingual, agent-amplified, and ready to deliver for clients abroad without leaving home.

  • Senior eng hiring
  • Bilingual NL / EN
  • Founding team seats
04

Training academy

A structured program that turns strong graduates into shippable engineers across three tracks, so the talent pool grows with us.

  • AI engineering
  • Data engineering
  • Platform engineering
the human side

It starts with people.

From the academy classroom to the delivery squad, this is what building Suriname's tech hub looks like up close.

Trainees in the TechStaq academy in Paramaribo learning about AI
// academy: learning AI, hands-on
Surinamese and Dutch engineers at a screen discussing a delivery roadmap
// squad: shaping the roadmap
TechStaq engineers working through a real use case with a customer
// delivery: a real customer use case
voices

Why we're building this.

TechStaq is people first. The technology only matters because of who it lifts up.

// AI that amplifies people
“AI isn't about replacing intelligence. It's about reducing the busywork so people can focus on connecting and solving.”
Joost JoostCo-founder · CEO & CTO
// people first
“Transforming tech and data teams is rarely about the technology, it's about the team. Change how people work and own things end to end, and the impact becomes real.”
Pritham PrithamCo-founder · COO & CDO
the mission

We're assembling Suriname's founding engineering squad, and the academy that keeps it growing.

14
open roles in the founding squad
7
disciplines, devops to data & ai
3
academy tracks growing new seniors
12
weeks from launch to a full squad
open roles

Fourteen seats. Seven disciplines.

View all roles & process

Data Software Engineer

×2

Scalable data pipelines and ETL on a modern stack: the delivery backbone.

AWS · AIRFLOW · PYTHON · ETL · SPARK · SQL · DOCKER

DevOps Engineer

×2

Design and run scalable, secure cloud & DevOps platforms.

AWS · KUBERNETES · TERRAFORM · CI/CD · DOCKER · HELM · GITHUB ACTIONS · LINUX

.NET Backend Developer

×2

Backend services in modern microservices architectures.

C# · ASP.NET CORE · POSTGRESQL · REST APIS · ENTITY FRAMEWORK · DOCKER · AZURE

Data Scientist

×2

ML models and analytics that turn data into decisions.

SAGEMAKER · PYTHON · ML · PANDAS · SCIKIT-LEARN · PYTORCH · MLFLOW

BI Analyst

×2

The bridge between business and data: requirements to insight.

SQL · DATA PROFILING · REQUIREMENTS · POWER BI · DBT · DASHBOARDS · DATA MODELLING

AI Engineer

×2

Ship AI features that hold up in production: agents, retrieval and evaluation.

PYTHON · LLMS · RAG · AGENTS · LANGCHAIN · VECTOR DBS · EVALS · PROMPT ENGINEERING

Data Engineer

×2

Own the data platform: warehousing, modelling and transformation on a modern stack.

AWS · SPARK · DBT · SQL · SNOWFLAKE · AIRFLOW · PYTHON · KAFKA
// all 14 vacancies

Read the full roles & process →

Senior · bilingual · agent-amplified
training academy

Grow your own seniors.

Not enough senior engineers in the market? We make them. Three tracks take strong graduates, many from AdeKUS & PTC internships, and turn them into engineers who ship.

track 01

AI Engineering

Building and directing AI systems: agents, RAG, evaluation and the practice of shipping AI features that hold up in production.

track 02

Data Engineering

Pipelines, warehousing and ETL on a modern cloud stack: the backbone every client engagement depends on.

track 03

Platform Engineering

Cloud, DevOps and the delivery platform: infrastructure as code, CI/CD and the reliability practice that keeps squads fast.

Internships that convert. We partner with universities to bring students in, train them, and keep the best, building Suriname's senior bench from the ground up.

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social sustainability

Building talent. Creating access.

A strong tech ecosystem only works when opportunity is shared. For us, sustainability means careers that last and skills that stay in Suriname.

Through the TechStaq Opportunity Fund, we support talented young people who have the ambition to grow in technology but lack the resources, network or funding to get there, helping youth from underrepresented and lower-income backgrounds build careers in AI, data and platform engineering.

01

Scholarships

Full or partial support for tuition, certifications, exam fees, laptops and internet, so cost is never the reason talent stalls.

02

Academy seats

A reserved share of every TechStaq Academy cohort goes to young people with less access to tech education.

03

Mentorship

Every participant is paired with an engineer, data specialist or AI professional inside TechStaq.

04

Internship to job

Not just training, but a guided path into internships, junior roles and real project experience.

05

Community workshops

Free intro sessions on AI, data, software engineering and digital skills for secondary students, students and young professionals.

our commitment

Starting in 2026, TechStaq commits to supporting at least 10 young people per year through scholarships, academy access, mentorship and internships.

why join

Why the best will join.

01

An international bar, at home

The same engineering standard as a global firm, without leaving Suriname.

02

International clients

Real work for Dutch and EU clients, delivered from Paramaribo.

03

AI agents on day one

Direct a fleet of AI agents on every engagement: amplify, not grind.

04

A ground-floor seat

Founding team: you shape the culture, you don't inherit it.

05

Backed by experience

An experienced international engineering team behind you: Netherlands and Suriname.

06

Pay that holds its value

Competitive, inflation-proof compensation: your pay keeps its worth over time.

the process

Five stages. Eight weeks.

Thorough, not slow. Every stage earns its place, and every candidate leaves a fan.

// week 1

Apply

Role-specific. No endless forms.

// week 2

Screen

Recruiter + lead. 30 minutes.

// weeks 3–4

Technical

A real problem, not trivia.

// weeks 5–6

Meet team

Meet the team and the client you'll build for.

// weeks 7–8

Offer

Fast, fair, transparent.

the principle

We're not waiting for the work to come to Suriname. We're building the place that does the work, and training the people who will.

techstaq · principle 01
talk to us

Come build it.

for companies

Do you experience challenges in your digital transformation?

Tell us where you're stuck. We'll come back with how a hub squad would deliver a solution that fits the purpose.

for candidates

Want to build with us?

Apply to a role or to the academy. Fast, transparent, human. Eight weeks, apply to offer.