Nearshore Staff Augmentation Services

Nearshore staff augmentation is the practice of expanding your engineering team with developers from nearby countries. For US companies, that means Latin America: Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and elsewhere in the region.

These engineers work your hours, integrate into your team, and take direction from your leads. They join your standups, work in your sprint process, and report to whoever runs engineering at your company.

Because LatAm engineers are in the same time zone or one to two hours off, real-time collaboration is the standard way of working, and every iteration cycle runs at full speed.

Yes, the engineers you hire in LatAm will be in your time zone or only one to two hours off, which means your 9 am standup stays at 9 am and your Slack messages get answered during your workday. 

Working with a team 12 hours away creates a real operational cost: every iteration cycle slows down, QA runs without coverage during your business day, and your team is always waiting on someone who is either just waking up or already done for the day. 

LatAm engineers are online when your team is, and that changes how fast your team can move.

LatAm engineers are proficient in the full range of modern software development stacks, and Near screens explicitly for your specific requirements before you see a resume. 

This includes front-end frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular; back-end languages including Python, Go, Node.js, Java, and C#; cloud and DevOps tools including AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker; mobile development in iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter; and data and ML tooling including Spark, dbt, Snowflake, PyTorch, and TensorFlow. 

Near also screens for AI fluency: engineers who are comfortable building with LLMs and using tools like Cursor and Claude Code as part of their daily workflow, which is an increasing requirement from the engineering teams we work with.

Yes. The developers Near places are full-time team members who operate inside your workflow: your standups, your sprint planning, your PR review process, your ticketing system. 

You set the schedule, the priorities, and the process. Near’s job is to find the right engineer, get them onboarded, and make sure they’re set up for a long-term fit. After that, the relationship is entirely between you and your hire.

Near evaluates English fluency through live video interviews, because there is no reliable substitute for a real conversation. We assess comfort with technical vocabulary, the ability to explain complex code clearly, and how the candidate performs when asked an unplanned question. 

You also receive a video introduction for every candidate before your first call, so you can hear how they communicate before investing time in an interview. Every developer you see has cleared this bar. If we have doubts about their English, they don’t reach your shortlist.

LatAm software engineers typically earn between $4,500 and $8,500 per month depending on seniority and specialty, compared to $115,000 to $220,000 per year for equivalent US-based roles. Even with Near’s service fee included, the total cost of a LatAm hire is still up to 50% less than a comparable US hire.

Near charges a monthly fee as a percentage of the hire’s salary for clients using the staffing model, which covers payroll management, compliance, and ongoing HR support. You’ll get specific figures on your discovery call. 

You pay nothing upfront: the entire search, shortlisting, and interview process happens before any fee is due.

You receive your first vetted shortlist, including video introductions, in under five days from kickoff. Most Near clients hire within three weeks of their first discovery call. 

The speed comes from our network of over 160,000 pre-vetted LatAm candidates and a dedicated recruiter who calibrates to your specific stack, seniority level, and team culture before sourcing begins. If your first shortlist needs adjustment after calibration feedback, turnaround on the next round is fast.

LatAm engineers hired through Near have strong retention rates. They’re placed as full-time employees with competitive compensation and a team they’re genuinely part of. 

Near’s 97% placement success rate reflects upfront vetting that filters for long-term fit: we rule out candidates looking for short-term engagements or quick salary bumps, and we check specifically for the ownership orientation that correlates with people who stay. 

If a placement doesn’t work out within 180 days, Near provides a replacement at no additional charge.

Near can handle payroll, compliance, and the full employment infrastructure for your LatAm hires: employment contracts, salary disbursement, tax compliance, and benefits administration. You direct the day-to-day work.

If your company already has payroll and compliance infrastructure in place through an EOR platform, Near also offers a direct-hire model where you own the employment relationship entirely.

Your discovery call is the right place to walk through which model fits your situation.