Nearshore InsurTech Staff Augmentation

3 days  to a first shortlist
Up to 60% less than US cost
98% talent retention
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Build your insurtech team

Tecla places vetted Latin American engineers into US insurtech teams, across underwriting, claims, and policy software. Under our EOR, with the vetting and management handled.

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See the insurtech teams that build with us, what they say about us, and how a hire comes together.

The engineers behind insurtech products

Tecla staffs engineers who have built insurtech software in production, across underwriting, claims, and policy systems, and know the regulated edge cases insurance runs on.

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The sector is scaling fast. The US insurtech market is growing about 25% a year, much of it AI-driven, and the teams building it are hiring the same engineers everyone wants.

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Tecla brings them on in your time zone and in place within weeks. That is how the insurtech companies below built their teams.

InsurTech teams that build with Tecla

InsurTech / PropTech SaaS
12 hires
100% retention

OneClick Code

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From teams that scaled with Tecla

What hiring through Tecla looks like for software teams.

InsurTech / PropTech SaaS

OneClick Code

“Over time, Tecla became a trusted hiring partner, helping OneClick Code build a stable and scalable engineering team that remains actively engaged.”

12 technical hires, 100% retention, all still active, partnership running since February 2024.

Cloud SaaS

Shelterluv

“Tecla connected us with an engineer whose skills and working style align closely with what our team needs.”

Integration work stalled for years finally shipped, with a smaller backlog.

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Why it tends to be a smooth fit

In your time zone

GlobeHemisphereWest

Engineers work with your team in real time, standups, reviews, and releases, not async handoffs.

Regulated-ready

ShieldCheck

Engineers have built under the data, audit, and compliance requirements insurance carries. Each is employed under Tecla’s EOR, so payroll and compliance are handled.

Fits fast

Lightning

A shortlist in as few as 3 days and a full-cycle hire in about 3 weeks, so the roadmap keeps moving.

Low risk to try

SealCheck

Every hire carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, though it is rarely called on. Retention runs 98%, and the engineers who learn your product stay for years.

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Of applicants accepted
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Less than US cost
98%
Talent retention
90-day
Replacement guarantee

Staff augmentation, in-house, or outsourcing

Three ways to add insurtech engineering capacity. Here is how they differ, and where staff augmentation fits.

Staff augmentation

Tecla
  • Vetted engineers join your team
  • You direct the work and roadmap
  • Employed under Tecla’s EOR
  • Scale up or down in weeks
  • You keep IP and continuity
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In-house hiring

Direct
  • You own recruiting and HR
  • Full control, full overhead
  • Hiring cycles run months
  • Payroll and benefits on you
  • Hard to scale down

Outsourcing

Vendor-led
  • Vendor owns a defined scope
  • You track outcomes, not the team
  • Less control over the day to day
  • Good for a self-contained project
  • Team leaves when the project ends

When staff augmentation fits an insurtech team: you have the roadmap and the standards, and you need vetted engineers who integrate fast, work your hours, and stay with the product, without the hiring cycle or the overhead of a full-time headcount.

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Hire insurtech developers and designers

Tecla staffs the modern stack, plus the data, mobile, and design roles insurtech runs on.

Roles

Backend Developer
Frontend Developers
Full Stack Developers
Data Engineers
Machine Learning Engineer
QA Developers
Nearshore UX Designers

How hiring works

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Share the role

Tell us the role, stack, and any compliance needs through your dashboard.

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Review a shortlist

A shortlist of candidates who have cleared Tecla’s vetting, in as few as 3 days.

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Interview

Meet the ones you like. You make the call, we coordinate everything.

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They join your team

Employed under Tecla’s EOR, working in your time zone from day one.

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Frequently asked questions

What is nearshore staff augmentation for insurtech?

Nearshore staff augmentation for insurtech 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.

How much does it cost to hire a nearshore insurtech developer through Tecla?

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.

What roles can I staff for an insurtech team?

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.

Do Tecla’s engineers have insurtech or insurance software experience?

Many do. Tecla has staffed engineering for insurtech 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.

How fast can I hire nearshore insurtech developers?

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.

How is nearshore staff augmentation different from outsourcing for insurtech?

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.

Nearshore staff augmentation or in-house hiring: which is right for an insurtech 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 insurtech engineers in weeks, employed under Tecla’s EOR, who scale up or down with the roadmap.

What time zone do Tecla’s nearshore engineers work in?

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.

How do you handle regulated insurance data with a nearshore engineer?

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.

What happens if a nearshore insurtech hire doesn’t work out?

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.
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