
How a HealthTech Startup Hired 7 LatAm Senior Engineers Without Adding Recruiting Headcount During Hypergrowth
TL;DR
A healthtech startup was growing too fast for a two-person recruiting team to keep up. Hire With Near helped them hire 7 senior engineers in Latin America in 14 days on average, despite an 8-step hiring process, while saving $323,000 in annual payroll.
The Challenge
The company is a fast-growing healthtech startup scaling quickly as demand for its product climb.
They needed engineers who could automate manual workflows, harden backend systems, improve deployment reliability, strengthen QA, and support mobile and frontend performance as the product scaled.
However, they were trying to scale quickly with only two internal recruiters while running an 8-step interview process that included deep technical screens, coding assessments, and culture-fit interviews.
They knew they couldn't risk rushing the hiring process and wasting months on bad fits.
Like most fast-scaling teams, the company faced a familiar set of concerns about how to efficiently fill their candidate pipeline:
Concerns vs. What Actually Happened
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The Engineers Who Met the Bar
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Results
Hire With Near took on the sourcing, screening, and coordination work so the company's internal team could stay focused on evaluating talent and making the right calls. As a result, they quickly hired 7 engineers to keep pace with their growth.
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What’s Next
The company will keep growing, and their hiring will have to continue to move at the same speed without compromising on their standards.
Their experience shows that companies don't have to choose between speed, quality, and the cost savings that come with hiring engineers in Latin America. With the right recruiting partner, you can have all three.
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Hire With Near by the numbers
Highlights:
- Built QA from scratch, standardizing testing across 5 teams and 30+ engineers
- Cut regression issues 40% with automated test coverage across mobile, web, and APIs
- Reduced release validation from 1–2 days to same day
Experience:
15+ years in tech, including 12+ years in QA and test automation across companies including a fintech unicorn and a major media company. Specialized in mobile, web, and API testing, supporting multiple squads in high-scale environments.
Highlights:
- Led a team of 4 to ship and scale a mobile app used by tens of thousands
- Improved app stability 30% by reducing crash rates
- Delivered core product features end to end, lifting adoption and release speed
Experience:
10+ years in software development across startups and global SaaS companies. Specialized in mobile development with React Native, leading teams and delivering production-ready apps end-to-end.
Highlights:
- Built CI/CD pipelines enabling multiple daily deployments across teams
- Cut infrastructure costs 30% through cloud optimization
- Migrated 20+ services to Kubernetes for better scalability and reliability
Experience:
12+ years in DevOps and cloud infrastructure across global tech companies. Specialized in Kubernetes, CI/CD, and large-scale cloud migrations, supporting high-growth engineering teams.
"Will working with an agency actually save us time?"
Yes. Hire With Near owned sourcing, screening, and candidate follow-up across every role, so the two-person recruiting team spent its time on decisions instead of pipeline. The company hired 7 engineers across backend, DevOps, QA, mobile, frontend, process, and staff-level roles.

"Will bringing in an agency just create more work for us to manage?"
No. Hire With Near's recruiters ran a shared candidate tracker, capturing stage, comp, and feedback in one place. The company could see who to advance, pass on, or revisit at a glance, with no added coordination load.

“Can Hire With Near’s candidates pass our assessment process?”
Yes. The company kept its full 8-step process, including deep technical screens, coding assessments, and culture-fit interviews, and still averaged 14 days to hire. The bar never dropped to hit the speed.

"How do we know the candidates will thrive in a fast-moving environment, not just look good on paper?"
Hire With Near screened for the traits that decide success on a high-growth team: ownership, adaptability, and fast problem-solving. Every engineer the company hired had a track record of delivering in fast-moving environments.

- 7 hires placed
- $323K saved annually vs. US salaries (33%)
- 14 days average time-to-hire
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