Nearshore Fintech Staff Augmentation

Nearshore staff augmentation for proptech is a way to add vetted Latin American engineers to your own team, in the same time zone, instead of outsourcing the work or hiring locally. They integrate into your standups, codebase, and release cycle, and Tecla employs them under its EOR, so you direct the work while we handle employment and compliance.

Tecla’s nearshore rates are all-inclusive and run significantly below the US market, up to 60% less than an equivalent US hire at the same seniority. The rate depends on the role, seniority, and stack. You get a scoped rate up front and pay only after you hire, with vetting, compliance, benefits, and equipment included.

Tecla staffs backend, frontend, and full-stack engineers, along with data, integration, AI/ML, and QA engineers and UX designers for underwriting, claims, and policy software. Every candidate clears a 4-layer vetting with an engineer-to-engineer technical assessment before reaching your shortlist.

Many do. Tecla has staffed engineering for proptech companies, including OneClick Code, a SaaS platform for insurance claims and roofing-code verification, where Tecla built a 12-person nearshore team with 100% retention. Every candidate also clears a technical assessment, so they ramp on your product quickly, even without prior work in your exact niche.

Most clients see a vetted shortlist in as few as 3 days and a fully onboarded engineer in about 3 weeks, because Tecla runs the vetting before candidates reach your shortlist.

With staff augmentation, vetted engineers join your team and you direct the work and the roadmap. With outsourcing, a vendor takes a defined scope and owns delivery while you track outcomes. Staff augmentation keeps you in control of the product and the team.

In-house hiring gives you full ownership but runs on month-long recruiting cycles and carries payroll, benefits, and overhead. Staff augmentation gives you vetted proptech engineers in weeks, employed under Tecla’s EOR, who scale up or down with the roadmap.

Tecla's engineers work with your team in your time zone, in real time. They join standups, reviews, and Slack live, so a release never waits on an overnight handoff. Research in Organization Science of 12,000+ employees found each added hour of time-zone distance cuts a team's synchronous communication by about 11%, which is why the overlap matters more than the lowest rate.

Each engineer is employed under Tecla’s EOR with IP assignment in place, and they work in your tools and systems under the access and data controls you set. You keep ownership of your environment, data, and compliance policies throughout.

Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, so Tecla replaces the engineer at no additional cost within that window. With a fewer-than-1% acceptance rate and high retention, replacements are rare.