Role-fit screening
Review relevant experience, communication, English readiness, and alignment with the position before client interviews.
Developer recruiting
Hire Latin American developers. Build with your team.
Add engineering capacity with remote professionals aligned with your stack, seniority, and working hours.
We source and screen developers across frontend, backend, full-stack, QA, DevOps, cloud, and data. Your engineering team leads the final technical assessment and hiring decision.
Recruiting for dedicated individual hires. You define the work, manage delivery, and choose the candidate who fits your team.
Find your next developer.
Share your stack, seniority, responsibilities, and required schedule. Our team will review your request and follow up within 1 business day.
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$500 to start the search. $3,000 upon successful placement. Developer compensation is separate from the placement fee.
Engineering capacity on your schedule
Why hire developers
from Latin America?
Cost-effective capacity
Explore compensation that can be lower than equivalent U.S. roles, depending on stack, seniority, scope, and market.
Live collaboration
Recruit around the overlap needed for standups, code reviews, planning, and everyday engineering decisions.
English-first interviews
Client interviews are conducted in English, with your team evaluating the technical requirements of the role.
One flat placement fee.
$500 to start. $3,000 upon successful placement. Standard 90-day replacement guarantee included.
Compensation is separate. No monthly recruiting retainers or salary markups.
$3,500
Explore the numbers
U.S. vs. LATAM
developer salary estimates.
Choose a role and seniority, then compare annual or monthly base salary estimates in USD.
Frontend Developer
Mid · Annual USD
Estimated base salary difference
58%Lower estimated base salary for the selected role and seniority.
Directional planning estimates from the supplied salary benchmarks, not guaranteed quotes or candidate availability. Actual compensation varies by stack, scope, experience, country, schedule, and hiring arrangement. These figures exclude recruiting fees, benefits, taxes, payroll administration, EOR costs, and other expenses.
Find the right specialty
Engineering roles we recruit.
Recruit individual developers and specialists around your product, infrastructure, and delivery needs.
Frontend Developers
React, Next.js, Vue, accessibility, design systems, and user-facing product development.
Backend Developers
Node, Python, Java, .NET, APIs, databases, and backend architecture.
Full-Stack Developers
Product development across frontend, backend, integrations, and delivery workflows.
QA and Automation Engineers
Manual QA, test automation, test planning, CI workflows, and release support.
DevOps and Cloud Engineers
AWS, GCP, Azure, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and reliability work.
Data and Analytics Engineers
Pipelines, BI, dashboards, data modeling, and analytics engineering.
A clear division of responsibility
We reduce the screening load.
Your team makes the technical call.
Define the required stack, responsibilities, and evaluation process before launching the search.
Stack and seniority review
Compare experience against the technologies, ownership, seniority, and schedule required for the position.
English and remote readiness
Screen English communication, responsiveness, remote-work experience, and required working-hour availability.
Relevant work review
Review employment history, project context, responsibilities, and available work samples before recommending candidates.
Technical interview and decision
Your engineering team evaluates coding ability, architecture judgment, and role-specific technical requirements.
Need a particular technical assessment? Share the interview stages and evaluation criteria during kickoff so the search can reflect your process. For a QA position, use our manual QA versus automation engineer guide to define the scope. Your engineering team validates the technical requirements before choosing a hire.
Set the search up well
What to include
in your developer hiring brief.
Stack and ownership
Separate must-have technologies from learnable skills. Define seniority, production responsibilities, and the first project the developer will own.
Working arrangement
Specify compensation, required working-hour overlap, and whether you need one specialist or several individual hires.
Technical assessment
Decide who will evaluate code quality, architecture, and problem solving. Make the interview stages clear before sourcing begins.
How it works
From engineering brief
to your next hire.
Most searches deliver a shortlist in 5 to 10 business days. Full hiring timelines typically take 2 to 3 weeks, depending on stack, seniority, candidate availability, and interview speed.
Tell us the role
Stack, seniority, responsibilities, schedule, and must-have experience.
We source and vet
Experience review, English screening, remote readiness, and role-fit checks.
You assess top matches
Interview candidates in English and complete your technical assessment.
Hire and onboard
Move forward with your selected developer, backed by a standard 90-day replacement guarantee.
The client perspective
Hear from HireLATAM clients.
These client stories describe a range of hiring needs. Each case study explains the role and business context behind the client's experience.
These clients discuss their experience hiring through HireLATAM across different business roles.
Boaz Rauchwerger, CEO, Boaz Power
Jason Adams, President, Signal Ventures LLC
Aaron Gianni, President, Larratt Bros Plumbing
Before you begin
Developer hiring FAQ.
Am I hiring a developer or outsourcing a development project?
HireLATAM recruits individual developers to work directly with your team under the arrangement you choose. You define the work, manage delivery, and make the final technical hiring decision. The placement fee covers recruiting, not developer compensation or a managed development project.
How much does it cost to hire a developer through HireLATAM?
The flat placement fee is $3,500 per successful hire. A $500 deposit starts the search, with $3,000 due upon successful placement. Compensation is separate. There are no monthly recruiting retainers or salary markups. A standard 90-day replacement guarantee is included, subject to agreed terms.
How fast can we hire?
Most clients receive a shortlist in 5 to 10 business days and complete hiring in 2 to 3 weeks, depending on stack, seniority, candidate availability, and interview speed.
What does vetted mean?
We screen for role fit, communication, English readiness, remote readiness, and relevant experience. Your engineering team evaluates coding ability and any role-specific technical requirements before making the final hiring decision.
Are client interviews in English?
Yes. Client interviews with developers are conducted in English.
What roles and stacks do you support?
Frontend, backend, full-stack, QA, automation, DevOps, cloud, data, and analytics engineering roles across common modern stacks. Share your specific requirements when scoping the search.
How does the replacement guarantee work?
The standard 90-day replacement guarantee provides replacement recruiting at no additional placement fee if the placement does not work out during the covered period, subject to agreed terms.
Which countries do candidates come from?
We source across Latin America, including Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and other countries. The search focuses on the required experience, English communication, schedule, and role fit.
Your next developer.
Aligned with your team.
Share your stack, responsibilities, and required experience. We’ll help define the search.
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