Vetted LATAM talent · Your time zone · 40–60% lower cost
Build a world-class
dev team in
your time zone, for less.
We build dedicated nearshore software teams from Latin America — vetted engineers, designers, and tech leads who work your hours, speak fluent English, and integrate into your team like full-time hires. At 40–60% lower cost.
You interview and approve every hire. We handle payroll, equipment, and compliance.
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
🇻🇪 Venezuela
Your nearshore team
All online now
MR
María R. 🇨🇴
Senior Full-Stack Engineer · React + Node
9:41
DT
Diego T. 🇲🇽
Product Designer · UI/UX
9:41
VC
Valentina C. 🇦🇷
DevOps Engineer · AWS + K8s
9:41
JM
Javier M. 🇨🇷
QA Automation · Cypress + Playwright
9:41
Working hours overlap
7+ hrs/day
EST 8am
12pm
5pm
2–4 wkTo onboard
55%Cost saving
1–3 hrTZ difference
Why nearshore
Offshore saves money but costs you time. Nearshore gives you both.
For years, U.S. companies had two bad options: hire expensive local engineers, or hire cheap offshore teams 12 time zones away and accept the 24-hour feedback loops, the 3am calls, and the "we'll fix it tomorrow" that becomes next week.
Latin America changed that math. A senior engineer in Bogotá or Mexico City works the same hours as your team in New York or Austin — same standups, same Slack threads, same real-time problem solving — at a fraction of the cost of a U.S. hire.
You're not outsourcing to a black box. You're extending your team with people who happen to live a few hundred miles south.
Traditional offshore
8–12 hour time zone difference
Asynchronous, 24-hour feedback loops
Late-night or early-morning calls
Anonymous resources, high turnover
Cultural and communication gaps
Nearshore with Alturia
1–3 hour difference, 7+ hours of overlap
Real-time collaboration, same workday
Meetings during normal business hours
Named teammates you interview and keep
Fluent English, U.S.-aligned work culture
Why companies choose nearshore
Same workday. Senior talent.
Same workday. Senior talent.
Half the cost.
The reasons U.S. companies are moving development to Latin America instead of traditional offshore destinations.
Time Zone Alignment
LATAM is 1–3 hours from U.S. time zones — meaning 7+ hours of daily overlap. Your nearshore team joins the same standups, responds in the same workday, and collaborates in real time. No more waiting until tomorrow for an answer.
40–60% Cost Savings
A senior LATAM engineer costs a fraction of an equivalent U.S. hire — not because of lower quality, but because of regional cost of living. You get the same caliber of talent and reinvest the difference into building more.
Pre-Vetted Talent
Every engineer passes technical assessments, English fluency screening, and culture-fit interviews before you ever see them. You only spend time interviewing candidates who've already cleared a high bar.
Speed to Hire
From requirements to onboarded engineers in 2–4 weeks, versus 2–4 months for traditional U.S. hiring. Because we source from a pre-vetted network, you can be reviewing qualified candidates within days.
Zero Employment Overhead
We handle contracts, payroll, benefits, equipment, and international compliance. You get the productivity of a team without becoming an expert in Latin American employment law or running global HR.
Retention Guarantee
We manage retention and performance, and if someone isn't the right fit, we replace them — fast. You're never stuck with a bad hire or left scrambling when a key engineer leaves.
Roles we staff
Every role your engineering
Every role your engineering
org actually needs.
From individual contributors to full pods. We staff the specific roles and seniority levels your roadmap requires.
Full-Stack Engineers
ReactNode.jsTypeScriptNext.jsPython
Frontend Engineers
ReactVueTailwindAngular
Backend Engineers
NodePythonGoJava.NET
Product Designers (UI/UX)
FigmaDesign systemsPrototyping
DevOps & Cloud Engineers
AWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CD
QA & Automation Engineers
CypressPlaywrightSeleniumJest
Mobile Engineers
React NativeSwiftKotlinFlutter
Data & AI Engineers
PythonSQLML/AIAirflow
Tech Leads & PMs
ArchitectureAgile/ScrumTeam lead
How it works
From requirements to onboarded
From requirements to onboarded
engineers in weeks, not months.
A transparent process where you stay in control of every hire — without the overhead of managing international employment.
1
Define your team requirements
We start with a discovery call to understand your stack, your team culture, the roles you need, and the seniority levels — plus the actual outcomes you're hiring for, not just the job titles. We help you scope the team if you're not sure exactly what you need.
Days 1–2
2
We source and vet candidates
We source from our existing network of pre-vetted Latin American engineers and run technical assessments, English fluency checks, and culture-fit interviews. You only see candidates who've already passed our screening — no resume spam.
Week 1
3
You interview and approve
You interview the shortlist directly and make the final call. We never assign people to your team without your approval — you're hiring teammates you'll work with every day, not renting anonymous resources from a pool.
Week 2
4
We onboard and integrate
We handle contracts, equipment, payroll, and compliance. Your new team members join your Slack, your standups, your sprint board, and your tools — operating as part of your team from day one, not as an external vendor at arm's length.
Week 2–3
5
Scale up or down as needed
Add engineers as you grow, or adjust team composition as priorities shift. No long-term lock-in — you scale the team to match your actual roadmap, ramping up for a big release or trimming during a quiet quarter.
Ongoing
6
Ongoing support and retention
We handle retention, performance check-ins, and replacement if someone isn't the right fit. You get the benefits of a high-performing team without the overhead of managing international employment, benefits, or HR compliance.
Continuous
Cost comparison — Senior Engineer
U.S.-based hire$12,500/mo
Nearshore (LATAM)$5,600/mo
You save ~$83,000 per engineer, per year
What we handle for you
Contracts & legal compliance per country
Payroll & benefits in local currency
Equipment & setup for every hire
Retention & replacement if needed
Results
What happens when you stop
What happens when you stop
fighting for U.S. talent alone.
Real outcomes from companies that scaled their engineering with nearshore teams.
SaaS Startup · Full Team
Series A startup that couldn't hire fast enough in San Francisco
Burning runway on recruiter fees and 3-month hiring cycles for engineers they kept losing to FAANG offers. We built a 5-person nearshore pod — 3 engineers, 1 designer, 1 QA — in 3 weeks.
5Hires in 3 weeks
58%Lower cost
2×Dev velocity
Digital Agency · Staff Augmentation
Agency turning down projects because they couldn't staff them
Winning more work than their team could deliver, but couldn't justify full-time U.S. hires for variable demand. We added 4 nearshore engineers they scale up and down by project.
+40%Capacity
0Projects turned down
7 hrsDaily overlap
E-commerce · Dedicated Team
Growing brand with a 2-person in-house team drowning in tickets
Their internal devs spent all day firefighting instead of building. We added a dedicated nearshore team to own the platform roadmap while the in-house team focused on strategy.
3Engineers added
4 wkTo full speed
52%Cost saving
Results from our team's work — including projects prior to Alturia. Every engagement is different; we give honest, specific projections based on your roles, stack, and timeline after a free consultation.
FAQ
Everything you should know about nearshore before you commit.
The questions U.S. companies ask us most — about cost, English fluency, the difference from offshore, and how the process actually works.
Build my teamWhat is nearshore software development?
Nearshore software development is when a U.S. company hires developers in nearby countries — typically Latin America — instead of locally or in distant offshore locations like Asia. The key advantage is time zone alignment: LATAM developers work the same hours as U.S. teams, enabling real-time collaboration, while costing 40–60% less than U.S.-based hires. It combines the cost savings of offshore with the convenience of the same workday.
How much does it cost to hire a nearshore developer?
A nearshore developer in Latin America typically costs $30–$75 per hour depending on seniority, or roughly $4,000–$10,000 per month for a full-time engineer. That's 40–60% less than the equivalent U.S.-based developer ($90–$180/hour). The savings come from lower regional cost of living — not lower quality. Senior LATAM engineers are often equivalent to senior U.S. engineers in skill.
What's the difference between nearshore and offshore?
Nearshore means hiring in nearby countries within a similar time zone — for U.S. companies, that's Latin America (1–3 hours difference). Offshore means distant regions like India or Southeast Asia (8–12 hours difference). The main trade-off is collaboration: nearshore teams work in your time zone for real-time meetings and faster iteration, while offshore is often cheaper but requires asynchronous communication that slows feedback loops.
How long does it take to build a nearshore team?
Building a nearshore team with Alturia typically takes 2–4 weeks from initial requirements to onboarded engineers — compared to 2–4 months for traditional U.S. hiring. Because we source from a pre-vetted talent network, we can present qualified candidates within days. The timeline depends on the seniority and specialization required; niche roles take slightly longer than common full-stack positions.
Do nearshore developers speak English well?
Yes. Every engineer we place is screened for professional English fluency — written and spoken — as a non-negotiable requirement. Latin America has a large pool of developers with strong English, particularly in Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, and Costa Rica, where English is widely used in the tech industry. We never place an engineer who can't communicate clearly and confidently with your team.
What makes Alturia different from other nearshore agencies?
We treat nearshore engineers as teammates, not resources. You interview and approve every hire — we never assign anonymous developers. We handle all employment, payroll, equipment, and compliance so you don't manage international HR. We don't lock you into long contracts. And because we're also a digital agency, we understand the work your engineers are doing — we're not just a staffing middleman, we speak the same technical language as your team.
The full picture
Need the work done, not just
Need the work done, not just
the people to do it?
If you'd rather hand off a whole project than build a team, these are the ways we deliver directly.
Web Development
Don't want to manage a team at all? Hand us the project. We build fast, conversion-optimized websites and web apps end to end — with the same nearshore talent, but fully managed by us.
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AI & Automation
Need AI systems and automations built? Our nearshore engineers specialize in chatbots, workflow automation, and AI integrations — delivered as a managed project or as part of your dedicated team.
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SEO
Building the product is half the battle — getting found is the other half. Our marketing team handles the SEO, GEO, and AEO strategy that brings users to whatever your engineers ship.
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