Nearshore Staff 
Augmentation 
in LATAM

Accelerate your growth with top nearshore talent, on-demand.

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Why Top Companies Trust Tecla

The best companies in the world rely on us for all of their nearshore
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Scale your team on-demand with our efficient and cost-saving staffing solution. We'll handle everything.

We've had great results with Tecla's developer nearshore staff augmentation. Our partnership has allowed us to drastically increase the pace of our development process and try new things more efficiently. This is crucial for us as we continue to grow. They were very helpful in ensuring that the right software developers joined our team.

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Deep & far-ranging expertise

Our network of 40,000+ elite IT professionals are specialists in today’s top technologies and trends. No matter your industry, we have far-ranging expertise to meet the specifications of your project’s tech stack. Our nearshore staff augmentation services let you take full control of your team – whether you’re developing on tried-and-true languages such as JavaScript and Python, or high-demand ones such as Node.js, Ruby on Rails, React and more.

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Industry-best hiring strategies specific to you

Choosing nearshore staff augmentation with Tecla ensures you will navigate your next tech project under your own terms. Our top recruiters not only connect you to world-class talent, but also refine a hiring strategy specific to your needs. In this way, your business can scale up impressive teams that result in more cost savings, greater productivity and reduced lead time on projects.

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Transparent, quick & secure

Tecla is a talent solution partner you can trust. We pride ourselves in having full cost transparency into our staff augmentation services, so you understand what you’re paying for, as well as how much your team is getting paid. And while the quality of talent matches is our priority, you’ll start receiving potential candidates in record time – within only a few days. We won’t lock you into contracts either, as our services are on-demand and don’t require long-term commitments.

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The Benefits of Nearshore Staff Augmentation

Get high impact results in record time

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Get 100% integrated team members for any kind of project of any size and scope. Our nearshore staff augmentation services connect you with first-rate developers and seamlessly incorporates them into your existing house teams.

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We strongly believe that our talent becomes your talent. With Tecla’s staff augmentation model, you can foster relationships with your new hires and power your short and long-term software development goals - whether you simply need more man-hours or are looking to hire directly in the future.

Why Latin America Dominates Nearshore Staff Augmentation

Latin America offers 4-6 hours of timezone overlap with US teams. Your developers work 9-6 your time, join standups, respond to Slack before lunch, and fix bugs before they become weekend emergencies.

Region Senior Dev Cost/mo Timezone Overlap Collaboration Mode
Latin America $5,500–7,000 4–6 hours Real-time
San Francisco (US) $12,000+ Full Real-time
Eastern Europe $6,500–9,000 2–3 hours Partial
Asia $3,500–5,000 0–1 hours Async only

The cost difference isn't about paying for lesser talent. A senior React developer in Buenos Aires costs half what they do in Austin, not because they're worth less, but because rent and groceries cost less. Same skill, different economy.

IT Staff Augmentation: Beyond General Development

Most companies start with developers, then realize they need broader IT expertise. IT staff augmentation covers the full technical spectrum, DevOps engineers managing infrastructure, data engineers building pipelines, security specialists hardening systems, and QA automation engineers catching bugs before production.

The difference between software developers and IT specialists is focus. Developers ship features. IT professionals keep systems running, data flowing, and infrastructure scaling. Most teams need both, just at different stages.

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When IT Staff Augmentation Makes Sense

You need IT staff augmentation when your bottleneck isn't writing code, it's deploying it, scaling it, securing it, or testing it.

If your engineering team ships features but your deployment process takes three days and breaks half the time, you need a DevOps engineer. If your data team runs SQL queries manually every morning because nobody built proper ETL pipelines, you need a data engineer. If your QA process is "click through the app and hope nothing breaks," you need a QA automation engineer.
IT staff augmentation fills the gaps that slow down your developers or create technical debt your team will regret six months from now.

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IT Staff Augmentation vs. Managed Services

IT staff augmentation means hiring specialists who join your team and report to your managers. Managed services means outsourcing an entire function to a third party who owns it end-to-end.
If you want a DevOps engineer to join your platform team, attend standups, and integrate with your workflows, that's staff augmentation. If you want someone to manage your entire AWS infrastructure and you never think about it again, that's managed services.

Staff augmentation gives you control and integration. Managed services give you hands-off operation. Most companies use both for different parts of their stack.

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Scaling IT Teams Without Hiring Headcount

IT staff augmentation lets you add expertise without permanent headcount. You need a security engineer for six months to pass SOC 2 compliance, then you're done. You need a data engineer to build your analytics infrastructure, then you need them part-time for maintenance.

Hiring full-time IT specialists for temporary needs creates overhead. Staff augmentation scales the team up when you need it and scales it back down when the project finishes. No severance, no layoffs, no awkward "we don't need you anymore" conversations.

You keep the talent for as long as the work demands it, then you move on.

Staff Augmentation for Every Tech Stack

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How to Get Started With Our Staff Augmentation in Latin America

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Create a job using our dashboard to share the most important details about the type of talent you are looking to hire.
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Review applicants hand-picked by our expert staffing team and decide which you want to interview.
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Use our dashboard to schedule interviews and bring candidates through your own in-house interviewing process.
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Once you’re ready to sign off on the right candidates, Tecla will handle legal, admin, and HR and get everything ready for your new team member to start working with you.
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What Top Nearshore Talent Looks Like

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Frequently Asked Questions About Nearshore Staff Augmentation

What is nearshore staff augmentation?

Nearshore staff augmentation is a way to take advantage of top tech talent without the headache of contracts, legal, payments and HR services. With Tecla you can interview and choose your favorite candidates from our hand-selected matches – and we’ll take care of the rest. What’s more, our staff augmentation model ensures you get fully integrated team members, so that you can quickly maximize a complete software development team.

What's the difference between IT staff augmentation and software staff augmentation?

IT staff augmentation covers the full spectrum of technical roles, DevOps engineers managing infrastructure, data engineers building pipelines, security specialists hardening systems, and QA testers catching bugs before production. Software staff augmentation focuses specifically on developers writing code. Most companies need both, just at different times.

If you're scaling infrastructure to handle 10x traffic, you need IT staff augmentation. If you're shipping a new feature, you need software developers. We provide both, matched to whatever your current bottleneck is.

How do staff augmentation services in Latin America compare to other regions?

Latin America offers 4-6 hours of timezone overlap with US teams, which Eastern Europe and Asia can't match. A senior developer in Colombia costs $5,500-7,000/month. The same role in Poland runs $6,500-9,000/month with only 2-3 hours of overlap. Asia might be $3,500-5,000/month, but you're working completely async.

The question isn't just cost, it's whether you need real-time collaboration. If your team runs daily standups, does code reviews in Slack, and ships features weekly, Latin America makes the math work.

What types of IT staff augmentation roles are most common?

The most requested roles beyond standard developers:

  • DevOps engineers: $6,000-8,500/month (AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD experience)
  • QA automation engineers: $4,500-6,500/month (Selenium, Cypress, load testing)
  • Data engineers: $6,500-9,000/month (Python, Airflow, ETL pipelines)
  • Security engineers: $7,000-10,000/month (penetration testing, compliance)

Companies usually start with developers, then add specialized IT roles once the core team is stable.

Can you mix staff augmentation with direct hiring?

Yes, and most companies do. Staff augmentation works for immediate needs, you need a React developer next week to ship a feature. Direct hiring works when you've validated the role and want permanent headcount.

We've had clients hire through staff augmentation, work with someone for 6-12 months, then convert them to a direct hire. We don't charge conversion fees because we optimize for long-term relationships, not short-term placement commissions.

How quickly can IT staff augmentation actually scale a team?

You interview pre-screened candidates within 5-7 days. If you move fast, someone starts within 2-3 weeks. Compare that to posting a local job, sorting 300 applications, scheduling interviews over 6 weeks, then waiting for notice periods.

The speed advantage isn't just the calendar time, it's that you're interviewing 3-5 strong candidates instead of 40 mediocre ones. Less time wasted, better signal-to-noise ratio.

What happens if a staff augmentation hire doesn't work out?

We offer a 90-day risk-free period on all hires. If it's not working, technical fit, communication issues, whatever, we replace them at no additional cost.

The bigger question is why it didn't work. Sometimes it's skill mismatch (which our vetting should catch). Sometimes it's expectation mismatch, the role needed someone more senior, or the team needed more hands-on management than they thought. We dig into that before the replacement to avoid repeating the same problem.

How does pricing work for different IT staff augmentation roles?

Pricing reflects seniority and specialization, not arbitrary markups:

  • Junior developers: $3,500-4,500/month
  • Mid-level developers: $4,500-6,000/month
  • Senior developers: $5,500-8,000/month
  • Specialized roles (ML engineers, blockchain, etc.): $7,000-10,000/month

We show you what the developer earns and what we charge. No hidden fees, no surprise increases after 90 days. The rate you see is the rate you pay.

No. We handle all legal, contracts, compliance, payroll, benefits, and tax obligations in the developer's country. You sign one agreement with us, they sign their employment agreement with us, and we manage everything in between.

You don't need a legal entity in Argentina or a payroll system in Colombia. That's the entire point of staff augmentation: you get the talent without the administrative complexity of international hiring.

Do staff augmentation services in Latin America require special legal setup?

No. We handle all legal, contracts, compliance, payroll, benefits, and tax obligations in the developer's country. You sign one agreement with us, they sign their employment agreement with us, and we manage everything in between.

You don't need a legal entity in Argentina or a payroll system in Colombia. That's the entire point of staff augmentation: you get the talent without the administrative complexity of international hiring.

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