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360° Vetting (English/Soft Skills/Tech Skills)
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White-glove talent matching from a vetted network
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Management of equipment, benefits, and more
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Full compliance, Tecla is your Employer of Record
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Hybrid Options (Fully Remote and Hybrid)
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Background & reference checks
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Tecla's Talent Community

2014
Maya Patel
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LLMs
MLOps

Maya Patel

US

Head of AI

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
Maya has spent the last decade leading AI teams in the Bay Area, with experience scaling ML infrastructure at two AI-first startups, one acquired in 2022. Her work spans LLM fine-tuning, retrieval systems, and bringing AI features from research to production at scale. She's especially passionate about helping engineering teams cross the gap between AI experimentation and durable production systems, and mentors AI engineers throughout the San Francisco community.
2012
Javier Marsicano
Android SDK
Java
Kotlin

Javier Marsicano

AR

Android Developer

From 
Argentina
 
 
 Years of Experience
Javier has over a decade of experience building Android applications, with recent work focused on integrating AI into mobile products. He has shipped on-device ML models, LLM-powered assistants, and AI-driven personalization features for consumer apps across Latin America and the US. Based in Argentina's growing AI engineering community, he brings a strong architectural foundation to teams shipping AI-forward mobile experiences.
2015
David Kim
PyTorch
Python
Spark
Kubernetes

David Kim

US

Senior ML Engineer

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
David is a senior ML engineer with a decade of experience building production machine learning systems for fintech and enterprise SaaS companies in New York. He specializes in real-time recommendation engines, fraud detection models, and the data pipelines that power them. His recent work has focused on integrating LLM-based agents into existing ML stacks, and he contributes to several open-source ML infrastructure projects.
2008
Leonardo Santos
React
Node.js
Rails

Leonardo Santos

BR

React Developer

From 
Brazil
 
 
 Years of Experience
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Federal University of Amazonas. Co-founder of Neemu, acquired by Linx in 2015. Leonardo is a tech lead and self-described generalist whose recent work has centered on building AI-powered web applications, integrating LLMs into React frontends, and architecting agent-driven user experiences. He is constantly learning and curious about emerging AI tools and trends. Fluent in English and Portuguese. Passionate about teamwork and mentoring junior engineers as they grow into AI-forward roles.
2017
Sarah Ortiz
Python
LangChain
OpenAI API
Pinecone

Sarah Ortiz

US

Senior LLM Engineer

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
Sarah is an LLM engineer based in Austin with deep experience shipping agentic AI applications, RAG systems, and conversational AI products. She came to LLM engineering from a traditional NLP background and has built production AI features for companies in healthcare, legal tech, and developer tools. She's known for pragmatic architecture choices and getting AI products from prototype to scale quickly.
2009
Mario Sepúlveda
Python
Django
React
JQuery

Mario Sepúlveda

CO

Senior Python Developer

From 
Colombia
 
 
 Years of Experience
Mario is a seasoned full-stack developer with more than 15 years of expertise, specializing in Python and Django for AI and ML backends, alongside a robust command of modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, and JQuery. His recent focus has been on scalable AI infrastructure, LLM integration layers, and data pipelines that power production AI applications. His experience driving open-source business solutions has been instrumental for a diverse range of AI-driven companies.
Mario's collaborative work with international teams, particularly in the U.S., has sharpened his ability to navigate cross-cultural dynamics and maintain fluent, effective communication in English, making him a valuable asset in any global project.
2014
Maya Patel
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LLMs
MLOps

Maya Patel

US

Head of AI

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
Maya has spent the last decade leading AI teams in the Bay Area, with experience scaling ML infrastructure at two AI-first startups, one acquired in 2022. Her work spans LLM fine-tuning, retrieval systems, and bringing AI features from research to production at scale. She's especially passionate about helping engineering teams cross the gap between AI experimentation and durable production systems, and mentors AI engineers throughout the San Francisco community.
2012
Javier Marsicano
Android SDK
Java
Kotlin

Javier Marsicano

AR

Android Developer

From 
Argentina
 
 
 Years of Experience
Javier has over a decade of experience building Android applications, with recent work focused on integrating AI into mobile products. He has shipped on-device ML models, LLM-powered assistants, and AI-driven personalization features for consumer apps across Latin America and the US. Based in Argentina's growing AI engineering community, he brings a strong architectural foundation to teams shipping AI-forward mobile experiences.
2015
David Kim
PyTorch
Python
Spark
Kubernetes

David Kim

US

Senior ML Engineer

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
David is a senior ML engineer with a decade of experience building production machine learning systems for fintech and enterprise SaaS companies in New York. He specializes in real-time recommendation engines, fraud detection models, and the data pipelines that power them. His recent work has focused on integrating LLM-based agents into existing ML stacks, and he contributes to several open-source ML infrastructure projects.
2008
Leonardo Santos
React
Node.js
Rails

Leonardo Santos

BR

React Developer

From 
Brazil
 
 
 Years of Experience
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Federal University of Amazonas. Co-founder of Neemu, acquired by Linx in 2015. Leonardo is a tech lead and self-described generalist whose recent work has centered on building AI-powered web applications, integrating LLMs into React frontends, and architecting agent-driven user experiences. He is constantly learning and curious about emerging AI tools and trends. Fluent in English and Portuguese. Passionate about teamwork and mentoring junior engineers as they grow into AI-forward roles.
2017
Sarah Ortiz
Python
LangChain
OpenAI API
Pinecone

Sarah Ortiz

US

Senior LLM Engineer

From 
 
 
 Years of Experience
Sarah is an LLM engineer based in Austin with deep experience shipping agentic AI applications, RAG systems, and conversational AI products. She came to LLM engineering from a traditional NLP background and has built production AI features for companies in healthcare, legal tech, and developer tools. She's known for pragmatic architecture choices and getting AI products from prototype to scale quickly.
2009
Mario Sepúlveda
Python
Django
React
JQuery

Mario Sepúlveda

CO

Senior Python Developer

From 
Colombia
 
 
 Years of Experience
Mario is a seasoned full-stack developer with more than 15 years of expertise, specializing in Python and Django for AI and ML backends, alongside a robust command of modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, and JQuery. His recent focus has been on scalable AI infrastructure, LLM integration layers, and data pipelines that power production AI applications. His experience driving open-source business solutions has been instrumental for a diverse range of AI-driven companies.
Mario's collaborative work with international teams, particularly in the U.S., has sharpened his ability to navigate cross-cultural dynamics and maintain fluent, effective communication in English, making him a valuable asset in any global project.
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Only the very best vetted talent from 18+ countries in Latin America.
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Experts in AI/ML, full-stack web development, mobile, QA, data science, and more.
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Extensive vetting process for English, soft skills, technical skills, and references.
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Build entire agile teams (Tecla Pods) or hire experts to augment your team.
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Familiar with fast-paced environments and remote work.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tecla?
Tecla is a nearshore staffing company helping world-class teams in the U.S. work with the very best bilingual and vetted talent in Latin America. Having over a decade of experience in the region, we’ve built a rigorously screened talent network with over 50,000 developers, designers, marketers, sales professionals, and others. To date, more than 1,000 companies have chosen to work with us, enabling them to grow their teams with efficiency and effectiveness.
Is Tecla a U.S.-based company?
Yes, we are a U.S. company with offices in Seattle, Dallas, Argentina, Colombia, Peru and other countries in Latin America. We are truly the closest nearshore partner you can find. Our Founder started Tecla ten years ago, and has lived in the U.S. for the past 22 years after moving from Lima, Peru.
Are we locked-in to long-term contracts?
Not at all. We focus on working long-term and on projects that have at least a 6-month duration, but we don’t lock you into any specific duration. All of our contracts are month-to-month.
Do I pay anything to start a search or to start building a team?
No, you only pay once you’ve hired someone. There are no placement fees, search fees, or any set up fees. We bill only on performance.
What is included as part of your monthly rate?
Our clients pay one simple monthly rate which includes everything from talent costs to HR, admin, legal, Tecla acting as the employer of record for your team, equipment management, success management, and much more. Remember, you don’t pay anything until you’ve hired someone.
What type of talent can I hire?
For more information on the types of profiles in our network, head to Our Talent page. We have built nearshore teams for all sorts of roles and departments including developers, designers, QA testers, data scientists, marketers, SDRs, recruiters, and much more.
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