Since the late 2000s brought better internet connection to the global South, a growing number of remote workers in regions like Latin America are emerging every year.
To meet the demand, dozens of companies have materialized to help you find talented, affordable programmers from these often-overlooked regions.
Before you rush in to sign on to a service, you should know that not all nearshoring companies provide exactly the same service. Though many seem similar on the surface and source developers with the same skills from the same countries, they can often possess drastically different:
- Company cultures
- Vetting processes
- Employee training
- Talent specializations
- Payment structures and more
We’re going to walk you through seven of the best nearshore software development companies and tell you a bit about:
- Where they source developers
- What types of projects they specialize in
- Where they’re based
- And their top clients today
Read on to get up-to-date on the top nearshoring operations in the Americas.
Content Overview
Try TECLA For Affordable and Talented Devs in LATAM
If you’re interested in nearshoring or building a team of highly skilled Latin American developers, then you’ll want to check out TECLA first.
An Overview of TECLA
TECLA began as a development agency founded in Peru back in 2012 by Peruvian-American Gino Ferrand.
Gino grew a reputation for having connections to skilled developers based in Latin America and began helping friends and contacts source them out of Peru.
Since then, TECLA has grown through word of mouth to become a leading nearshore outsourcing business building teams of talented developers in Latin America for world-class businesses in the US and Canada.
TECLA today has one of the most elite networks of talent from hubs like Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Costa Rica – with more countries added every year.
TECLA’s Strengths and Specializations
TECLA offers a white-glove talent matching service where talent acquisition specialists help each client select programmers from its curated and triple-vetted network. It also establishes a real on-the-ground presence within each country it operates to make sure clients are truly getting the best talent at the best rates possible.
TECLA’s developers can specialize in:
- Frontend development
- Backend development
- Full-stack development
- DevOps & Infrastructure
- Blockchain
- AI
- And just about any common programming task you can think of.
They not only source the best talent but also make sure your teams are performing at the highest levels.
TECLA offers three different levels of service depending on what your business needs.
- Fully-managed development – TECLA takes on clients’ development projects in-house as an outsourced agency.
- Agile nearshoring teams – You work with TECLA’s fully agile nearshore teams managed collaboratively.
- Staff Augmentation –TECLA helps you vet and hire developers from Latin America directly into your team.
Tecla's Other specializations:
- TECLA can function as an Employer of Record and completely handle payroll, benefits, compliance, and much more.
- Month-to-month agreements with no long-term commitments
- 7-day risk-free period
- 90-day replace-at-any-time policy
- No payment is required until your team starts working
TECLA’s key projects and clients
- Mercedes-Benz
- Drift
- HomeLight
- Major League Soccer (MLS)
- Article.
- Hipcamp ($1.46B valuation, hired rail developers)
Try BairesDev if You Want to Source From LATAM or Worldwide
If you are a very large business aiming to hire in LATAM, and are open to hiring from any part of the world, you may want to check out BairesDev.
Overview of BairesDev
BairesDev was Founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2009 by programmers Nacho De Marco and Paul Azorin. On its website, it states its mission is to connect the top one percent of Latin American developers with companies needing top-quality software solutions.
Today, BairesDev is based out of California and claims to have completed over 1,200 projects for 500 plus different companies to date. They’ve also expanded their team to 4,000 professionals distributed in over 50 countries. This is part of a larger shift of focus to a more global audience. Now they’ve begun sourcing developers and clients from around the world.
BairesDev’s Strengths and Specializations.
Like TECLA, BairesDev offers three levels of service:
- Staff Augmentation - Their software developers work as part of your team.
- Dedicated Teams - Their software teams work within your organization.
- Software Outsourcing - They take on projects as an outsourced development agency.
BairesDev categorize their specializations for programming into:
- Custom development
- QA and Testing
- AI and Data Science
- Mobile App Development
- UX/UI design
- Platform and Infrastructure
It is unclear from their website or research on the internet if BairesDev is able to be an employer of record for clients.
BairesDev’s Key Projects and Clients.
- Rolls Royce
- Square
- Chime
- Adobe
Try Turing For Developers for AI, LLM, or Cloud Projects
If you’re specifically looking to outsource work for specific projects in cloud computing or AI, you may want to check out Turing.
Overview of Turing
Turing’s website says it helps leading AI, tech, and enterprise companies improve LLM performance for complex cognitive capabilities and build custom genAI products and applications.
Its founder, India-born Jonathan Siddharth spent much of his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley tech startups. Many in the founding team are also Indian in originwith notable careers in Silicon Valley. They also have executives from IBM, Lyft, and ZipRecruiter.
In 2023 they hired a Meta (Facebook) VP of Engineering, David Wei, to run all engineering operations at Turing (he’s listed as head of R&D on his LinkedIn).
Turing's most recent private fundraising round was oversubscribed and valued the company at $1.1 billion.
It is unclear exactly where Turing.com hires but there’s evidence it hires worldwide and frequently in India. They say that they require all developers to be within 4 hours of Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Turing’s Strengths and Specializations.
As mentioned before, Turing specializes in AI and LLM projects, specifically:
- Custom Software Development
- Mobile App Development Outsourcing
- Web Development Outsourcing
- DevOps Outsourcing
- E-commerce Solutions
- Software QA and Testing
Turing launched a feature called Turing Teams in 2022 – a service where the company helps build out project teams in around two weeks as opposed to several months.
Turing also boasts a two-week free trial and the ability to match anyone with talent operating in a time zone within four hours of their own. They claim to be able to start onboarding in four days.
Turing offers three types of broad services:
- Custom engineering – Turing works as an outsourced development agency for specific products.
- LLM training and enhancement – Turing will help your business build and train language learning models (LLMs)
- On-demand talent – Turing will help you connect and hire talent from around the world.
It seems these days Turing is moving towards more of a managed marketplace model for their talent. Developers around the world can sign on, complete placement tests, and then get listed on their platform where they can be matched to clients.
It’s unclear if Turing is able to be an employer of record for its talent.
Turing Key Projects and Clients.
- Dell
- Pepsi
- Volvo
- Disney
- Rivian
Check Out Toptal For Highly-Skilled Devs in America and Europe
If you’re not too picky about developer price and experience is your top priority, you may want to check out Toptal.
Overview of Toptal
Toptal was founded in 2010 by Taso Du Val and made headlines for raising money from well-known investors like Andreessen Horowitz.
According to its website, Toptal is a marketplace for top developers, engineers, programmers, coders, architects, and consultants. They service 140-plus countries and claim an active workforce of more than 7,000 people mostly from the Americas and Europe.
According to news sources, Toptal has been on an acquisition spree in recent years. Recently they acquired an IT project outsourcing business called VironIT as well as a marketing talent network called Growth Collective – both announced within three months of the other.
Toptal’s Strengths and Specializations.
Unlike competitors, Toptal focuses only on hiring outsourced employees for your team. They do not offer an outsourced development agency option.
Toptal seems to mostly help clients source contractors for specific projects for specific time frames. However, they claim they can help you move these contractors into full-time positions.
Toptal seems to be a more upmarket offering. We saw one Reddit post claiming a $95/hour quote.
As for specializations, Toptal claims to source developers for just about every category or language in existence and claims to be able to get you a hire within 48 hours.
Toptal’s Key Projects and Clients.
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Bridgestone
- University of Southern California
- Microsoft
- Motorola
- Zendesk
Check Out Arc.dev For Developers Who Are Active Online
If you want to access developers around the world who are active in the online developer community, you should check out Arc.dev.
Overview of Arc.dev
Arc.dev was launched in 2019 by the team behind Codementor, an online education platform for software developers. Its investors include Techstars, 500 Startups, and WI Harper.
Arc has two major features businesses can use:
- its smart remote job search engine
- its managed developer community.
To find employees, Arc crawls job boards and other sites for its database. They also source from their list of experts they’ve established through Codementor as well as top posters on popular forums like Stack Overflow.
The company claims to so far have aggregated 54,000 developer openings from 13,000 companies.
Arc.dev’s Strengths and Specializations
Arc claims to be able to help you hire a full-time developer within 14 days.
Arc has two tiers of service:
- A curated matchmaking service (similar to Upwork but with stricter standards) for hourly or part-time roles. This has two plans:
a. A three-month minimum subscription plan ($999 per month) that lets you match with their candidate pool and interview yourself.
b. An “unlimited tier” with an unspecified price where they say they’ll custom-source your talent and give you one of their recruiters to help you.
2. Permanent full-time roles. Arc works on a fee-per-hire basis based on annual salary, with a three-month guarantee. If you don’t like your developer in the first three months they’ll match you with another free of charge (though you’ll still pay the normal fee).
For contract/freelance roles, two payment options are available (quoted from the Arc.dev website):
- Retainer: You specify the minimum number of hours per week and weeks you will need the developer, and Arc will invoice you the fixed amount weekly unless otherwise agreed upon.
- Hourly: The developer will log hours every day, and we will invoice you weekly. The developer’s availability might change from week to week.
In terms of types of developers, Arc claims to be able to source talent in almost any specialization or language.
Arc.dev sources developers specifically from:
- USA
- Mexico
- Canada
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Colombia
- The Philippines
- India
- Malaysia
Arc.dev’s Key Projects and Clients.
- Spotify
- Hims
- HubSpot
- FiveStars
If You’re Interested in Generative AI Nearshoring, Try HatchWorks
If you’re looking to hire a developer for AI-specific projects based in Latin America, you may want to give HatchWorks a try.
Overview of HatchWorks
Founded in 2016 by founder Brandon Powell and based in Atlanta, Georgia, HatchWorks says they are the alternative to companies that over promise but under deliver.
They’ve since expanded to Chicago, situated headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica, and in 2023, opened local offices in Medellin and Bogota, Colombia.
In 2024, they received a large amount of venture funding from J. Schwan’s The Second Round.
HatchWorks’ Strengths and Specializations
HatchWorks says they offer three types of high-level services:
- Nearshore hiring – They help you source software developers from Latin America for your team.
- AI-powered software development – They help your business use AI to streamline processes within your business.
- Gen-AI product development – HatchWorks says they will help your team figure out how to use generative AI throughout your operations. They don’t specify exactly how they do this.
For nearsohore workers, HatchWorks claims to currently hire from:
- Mexico
- Peru
- Costa-Rica
- Brazil
- Colombia
HatchWorks’ Key Projects and Clients
- PWC
- CarIQ
- Carter’s
- AT&T
- Anthem
- Honey-Baked Ham
How to Know Which Nearshore Software Developer is Best For You
As you can see, there are a ton of different providers out there with different specializations. But if you just need a general full-stack or frontend developer and aren’t particularly sure which country to source from, where do you go?
Our advice – try to work with the business that gives you vetted talent at the most transparent prices. And look for one that will work with you to find what you specifically need instead of ramming the highest priced developer they can find into your team.
That’s the kind of service we offer with TECLA's nearshore staff augmentation service. We give you personalized help connecting your business to our carefully vetted and trained nearshore developers.
And we don’t just source talent. We also provide:
- Seamless Onboarding: TECLA's expertise ensures that the onboarding process is smooth, reducing the time from hiring to productivity.
- Legal and Payment Handling: Our staff augmentation service takes care of the nitty-gritty in hiring, legal, and payments, letting you stay focused on your main operations without getting tangled up in administrative hassles.
- Deep Market Understanding: With a profound knowledge of the Latin American talent market, TECLA offers insights and guidance, ensuring you can make informed decisions and tap into LATAM’s rich talent pool.
Ready to start working with highly skilled developers right away? Get an instant quote on our website or fill out our easy form (it’ll only take five minutes) telling us who you’d like to hire. We’ll get back to you immediately and let you know how we can help!
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