How much does it cost to hire a developer in Latin America?

We place engineers at $1,800 to $3,000 a month full time, depending on stack and seniority. The equivalent hire in the United States runs roughly $118,000 to $135,000 a year. Specialist and senior engineers cost more in both markets.

Do Latin American developers work US hours?

Yes. Most of the region is within one to three hours of United States business hours, so an engineer joins your standup live rather than reading it the next day. That is the practical difference from an offshore team.

Can I hire one developer, or do I need a whole team?

One is fine. We place single engineers into existing teams as often as we build a squad. The screening is the same either way.

Who owns the code my nearshore developer writes?

You do, provided the agreement assigns it. Intellectual property assignment is a standard clause in the contracts we set up, and it is one of the things worth checking before a first commit rather than after.

Hire Software Developers from Latin America

We place engineers in Latin America at $1,800 to $3,000 a month depending on stack and seniority, against $118,000 to $135,000 a year for the same person hired in the United States. Unlike an offshore team, they are online for your standup, your code review and the incident that starts at 3pm.

Engineering is the role where the time zone matters most, because the work is a conversation. A blocked pull request that waits until tomorrow morning costs more than the rate difference it saved. This page covers what we place, how to judge a candidate, and what the pay actually looks like.

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The engineering roles we place most

Full-stack and back-end product engineers on JavaScript and TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET and Go.
Front-end engineers on React, Next.js, Vue and Angular, including the ones who can hold a design system together.
Mobile engineers on React Native, Flutter, Swift and Kotlin.
Data engineers and analysts building pipelines and the reporting layer on top of them.
DevOps and platform engineers on Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Azure, plus the on-call rotation that comes with it.

What it costs against a US hire

What we actually place this role at: $1,800 to $3,000 a month, full time, depending on stack and seniority.

The table below is our salary benchmark for the role, used across the salary guide and the calculators. Full-time yearly cost. Senior and specialist engineers sit above these figures on both sides of the comparison.

Role	US salary	Through Remote Hero	You save
Developer	$118,000	$28,800	$89,200 (76%)
Software Engineer	$120,000	$43,200	$76,800 (64%)
Front-end Developer	$115,000	$48,000	$67,000 (58%)
Back-end Developer	$120,000	$50,000	$70,000 (58%)
Full-stack Developer	$130,000	$55,000	$75,000 (58%)
Mobile Developer	$125,000	$52,000	$73,000 (58%)
DevOps Engineer	$130,000	$45,600	$84,400 (65%)
Data Engineer	$135,000	$56,000	$79,000 (59%)

Developer

US salary: $118,000
Through Remote Hero: $28,800
You save: $89,200

Software Engineer

US salary: $120,000
Through Remote Hero: $43,200
You save: $76,800

Front-end Developer

US salary: $115,000
Through Remote Hero: $48,000
You save: $67,000

Back-end Developer

US salary: $120,000
Through Remote Hero: $50,000
You save: $70,000

Full-stack Developer

US salary: $130,000
Through Remote Hero: $55,000
You save: $75,000

Mobile Developer

US salary: $125,000
Through Remote Hero: $52,000
You save: $73,000

DevOps Engineer

US salary: $130,000
Through Remote Hero: $45,600
You save: $84,400

Data Engineer

US salary: $135,000
Through Remote Hero: $56,000
You save: $79,000

Figures are yearly full-time estimates as of August 2026 and move with seniority and country. The full dataset for all 99 roles is in the salary guide.

How to judge a nearshore engineer

Ask them to read code, not just write it
Most of the job is understanding somebody else's work. A candidate who can walk through an unfamiliar file and say what is wrong with it will be productive in week two rather than month two.
Test the English on a technical disagreement
Ordering coffee in English and pushing back on an architecture decision in English are different skills. Put a real trade-off in front of them on a call and see whether they can hold a position.
Check what they have owned, not just used
A resume listing nine frameworks usually means nine tutorials. Ask which system they were paged for at night. That is the one they actually know.
Decide seniority before you look at rates
The cheapest engineer who needs constant review is not cheap. Price the role at the seniority the work needs, then take the savings on that number.

How hiring a software developers works here

1
One 15-minute call
You describe the role, the hours you need covered and the tools. We tell you honestly whether nearshore fits it.
2
Vetted shortlist in 2-4 weeks
Skills, spoken English and background checked before anyone reaches you. You run the interviews.
3
One agreement, and they start
You sign a Master Services Agreement with us. We engage and pay the professional; they work as part of your team, month to month.

Plan for about a two-week ramp once they start, and own that part: training, context, clear expectations and access to your systems. We stay involved after the placement, so if something goes wrong on either side we mediate rather than leaving you to it.

The full breakdown is on how it works, and the pricing for each service sits on our services.

Questions we get about this role

How much does it cost to hire a developer in Latin America?: We place engineers at $1,800 to $3,000 a month full time, depending on stack and seniority. The equivalent hire in the United States runs roughly $118,000 to $135,000 a year. Specialist and senior engineers cost more in both markets.
Do Latin American developers work US hours?: Yes. Most of the region is within one to three hours of United States business hours, so an engineer joins your standup live rather than reading it the next day. That is the practical difference from an offshore team.
Can I hire one developer, or do I need a whole team?: One is fine. We place single engineers into existing teams as often as we build a squad. The screening is the same either way.
Who owns the code my nearshore developer writes?: You do, provided the agreement assigns it. Intellectual property assignment is a standard clause in the contracts we set up, and it is one of the things worth checking before a first commit rather than after.

Other roles we place, and the pages behind the numbers on this one.

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