Teros finds senior engineers in Uruguay and Argentina who work your hours, join your standups, and stay for years. You run the interviews and own the team. We handle sourcing, vetting, local employment, payroll, and compliance.
“We started working with Teros during a critical phase of growth and they've consistently delivered. The engineers are thoughtful, pragmatic, and operate with real ownership. They ramp fast and contribute meaningfully. Teros is not a vendor for us. They are a core part of Honeyjar.”
“Teros has been a strong partner as we've scaled our engineering organization. The team brings senior-level judgment, moves quickly, and integrates seamlessly. They care about architecture, security, and long-term maintainability, not just shipping fast. It's rare to find a partner that feels like an extension of your team this quickly.”
“Teros helped us add senior engineering capacity quickly and responsibly. The team ramped fast, operated with ownership, and raised the technical bar. Highly recommend.”
Built by engineers. Run by people who get it.
Teros has been connecting Bay Area startups with senior engineering talent across Latin America since 2013. We have spent years building engineering teams ourselves, so we know what a strong hire looks like before the first interview.
We are named after the tero, the iconic Uruguayan bird, and our focus is intentionally regional. We recruit only from the Rio de la Plata region, Uruguay and Argentina, where technical depth, English proficiency, and real-time collaboration with U.S. teams come together. Instead of flooding your inbox, we vet against your specific needs and introduce a small shortlist.
Co-founded Teros in 2013. Bootstrapped woOw to 150 people, founded Piio (acquired by Swell Commerce), and serves as CTO at Alien Giraffe.
17 years in engineering and team leadership, most recently Engineering Manager at XOPS. Stanford Ignite alumnus.
Leads technical recruiting. Previously at hireLander and Capicua, with a psychology degree that sharpens how she reads long-term fit.
Keeps the recruiting process running smoothly, bringing the rigor and follow-through of her first career in clinical care.
Senior engineers for the products you are building now
Teros engineers work inside your team on your roadmap. Here is the kind of work they own every day for U.S. startups and growth-stage companies.
Customer-facing products, multi-tenant architecture, APIs, and the internal tools that keep a SaaS business moving.
LLM integrations, retrieval and vector search, and agent workflows, built by engineers who already ship with AI coding agents.
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, observability, and cloud cost control across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Pipelines, warehouses, and dashboards that turn product data into decisions, plus the ML models that sit on top.
Native and cross-platform iOS and Android apps that share a backend and a release rhythm with your web product.
DevSecOps practices, access controls, and audit-ready systems for teams selling into healthcare, finance, and enterprise.
We help U.S.-based companies hire software engineering talent across Latin America
Every placement is senior and full-time. Our engineers are benchmarked against the L4 and L5 bar at top Bay Area companies.
LLM integrations, data pipelines, and automation.
Frameworks, APIs, databases, cloud services, and distributed systems.
CI/CD, infrastructure, reliability, and observability.
Leaders who run delivery and grow the people around them.
Modern JavaScript frameworks and interfaces people enjoy using.
Comfortable owning a feature from database to UI.
iOS, Android, and cross-platform development.
UX and UI talent, a particular strength of the Buenos Aires market.
Automated test suites that let you release with confidence.
Hands-on engineers who set direction and mentor others.
Engineers who understand your domain
We match engineers who have worked on the problems your industry deals with.
Multi-tenant platforms, integrations, and APIs, built by engineers who know how subscription products grow.
Engineers who treat patient data, privacy rules, and compliance as part of the job, not an afterthought.
Payments, ledgers, and risk systems where correctness, security, and audit trails matter on every commit.
High-traffic storefronts, checkout, and performance work. Our founder built one of Uruguay's first eCommerce companies.
Don’t see your industry listed? Contact us and walk us through your needs.
From first engineer to scaling team
Since 2013 we have supported startups from pre-founding to late-stage success. The way we help changes with your stage.
Founders without a recruiting team get a hands-on partner who knows what strong engineering looks like.
Hire your first senior engineers, or a technical lead to build around, without burning runway on a long search.
Fresh funding and a roadmap to hit. Add senior capacity in weeks with a model that pays off within months.
Scale existing teams with engineers who plug into your process, tools, and technical leadership from day one.
The stacks modern product teams run on
If your stack is not listed here, ask. Our network covers far more than this list.
You own the team. We run everything else.
Most options make you choose between doing the work yourself or giving up control of your team. Teros is built so you do not have to.
| Teros | Self-serve EOR platforms | Traditional agencies | Offshore vendors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who finds and vets candidates | Teros sources and vets | You do | The agency | The vendor |
| Who owns the team | You | You | The agency | The vendor |
| Payroll, contracts, compliance | Handled by Teros | Platform tools you operate | Handled by the agency | Handled by the vendor |
| Time-zone overlap | Full day with Eastern, about 5 hours with Pacific | Depends on who you find | Varies | Often a 10 to 12 hour gap |
| Seniority | Senior engineers only | Whoever you hire | Mixed levels | Often junior-heavy benches |
| Pre-vetted talent pool | 5,000+ engineers | None | Limited | Internal bench |
| Local presence | Uruguay and Argentina | None | Varies | Varies |
| Replacement guarantee | 3 months | None | Varies | Varies |
From first call to first commit
You stay in control of every hiring decision. We take on the searching, screening, and paperwork.
Role, stack, seniority, compensation range, team structure, and what success looks like.
We vet engineers against your requirements, not a generic checklist.
A short list of one to three strong profiles, usually within 48 hours.
Your interview process, your decision. We coordinate the logistics.
We handle local employment, payroll, equipment, and onboarding. They join your standups.
Teros engineers use your tools, join your rituals, and weigh in on product decisions like any U.S.-based colleague. Because most of our placements stay three to five years, the knowledge they build stays with your team.
Teros offers three primary ways to build your LATAM engineering team, depending on your stage, hiring needs, and preferred level of operational support:
Need specialized engineering support without making a permanent hire?
Our Hours in Reserve option gives you access to experienced specialists for a set number of hours each month, with fast resource allocation and no placement fee. It is designed for high-impact, limited duration work where flexibility matters.
You pay a flat hourly rate and reserve the level of support your team needs.
Want to hire high-quality LATAM engineers while Teros handles the operational complexity?
Through our Employer of Record model, Teros recruits and supports engineers in Uruguay and Argentina while managing compliant contracts, payroll administration, local support, and related operational needs.
Your engineers work directly with your team and contribute to your product, processes, and goals. You retain day-to-day ownership of the working relationship while Teros provides the infrastructure needed to support near-shore hiring. Ideal for Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A companies building long-term engineering capacity.
Need to hire engineers directly in the United States market?
Teros can source and vet qualified U.S.-based engineering candidates for full-time roles or contract-to-hire opportunities. We identify candidates who match your technical requirements, seniority needs, compensation range, and team structure, then introduce you to the people who best fit your search.
Ideal for companies that want dedicated recruiting support while hiring engineers directly through their own employment structure.
Why we focus on the Rio de la Plata region
We go deep in two markets instead of thin across many. That is how we know the engineers, the universities, and the companies they come from.
Our home base and the country our name comes from. A compact, highly connected tech community with strong English, a deep pool of senior software engineers, and a long track record working with U.S. product teams.
We recruit in Buenos Aires, across the river from Montevideo. It is one of the largest engineering markets in Latin America and a standout for product designers alongside senior engineers.
Real-time collaboration during your workday. No overnight handoffs.
Senior engineers with years of work on U.S. products and teams.
Bay Area quality at compensation that makes sense for a growing company.
Shared culture and communication style help hires stick for years.
Tell us what kind of engineer you need. We will have qualified candidates from Uruguay and Argentina in front of you within 48 hours.
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