Tech recruiting

Tech recruiters for Latin America: engineers, data and AI.

Tessera Partners recruits senior software engineers, engineering managers and data and AI specialists in Latin America. We hire for US, European and international companies, including engineers already working abroad. You see a first qualified shortlist in 21 days, and every placement carries a 90 day replacement guarantee.

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When companies call us

Tech hiring in Latin America is competitive. The best engineers already have options, often from US companies hiring remotely.

Senior engineers who are not applying

Your posts attract junior profiles. The senior backend or platform engineers you need are employed and not reading job boards.

A first engineering manager in the region

You have five engineers in Latin America and need a manager who can lead them and work closely with your CTO.

Data and AI roles with real production experience

You need data engineers or machine learning engineers who have shipped models and pipelines, not only finished courses.

Candidates keep accepting other offers

You lose finalists to US remote offers. You need a clear pitch, a faster process and a realistic salary band.

Your assessment process scares people away

Long take-home tests drop strong candidates. You want an assessment that is fair, short and still reliable.

A team that works in English all day

Code reviews, design documents and incidents are in English. Engineers must write and explain clearly, not only code.

Roles we fill

Seniority	Example roles	Typical search length
Senior engineer	Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer, Mobile Engineer, Platform Engineer	Shortlist in 21 days
Staff and lead	Staff Engineer, Tech Lead, Solutions Architect	Shortlist in 21 days
Engineering management	Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, VP Engineering	Shortlist in 21 days
Data and AI	Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, ML Engineer, AI Trainer	Shortlist in 21 days

We run the full process with you and present senior talent as fast as we can, with a first qualified shortlist in 21 days.

How the search works

Intake

A working call, then a structured intake. We test the real need and agree a signed role brief with you.

Search, days 1 to 21

We start with our network, references and trusted connections, then curated talent pools. Job boards only when they add signal.

Shortlist by day 21

Three to five candidates, each with a written 5-Lens dossier and our recruiter's view.

Interviews and offer

We run scheduling, interview preparation, debriefs, references and offer support.

Follow-through to day 90

Regular check-ins with you and the hire through day 90, backed by the replacement guarantee.

How we evaluate candidates

Technical depth is assessed together with your engineers or a technical screening partner. Our five lenses cover what a coding test does not.

Craft. Systems the candidate built and maintained in production, with scale and trade-offs explained in the candidate's own words and confirmed by references.
Context. Experience at your stage: early product with little process, or a scaling platform with on call duties and compliance.
Communication. Code review comments, design documents and incident write-ups in English. We ask for a short written explanation of a past technical decision.
Cultural Fluency. How the engineer disagrees in a review, escalates a blocker and works with product managers in another country.
Drive. Why the candidate would choose you over other remote offers, including the technology, the team and the growth path.

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Fees and guarantee

Our fee is 10% of the hire's first year base salary, with a 750 EUR start fee deducted from the final invoice. Every placement carries a 90 day replacement guarantee at no extra fee.

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Why Tessera Partners

Versus EOR providers

An employer of record can employ your engineer in Argentina, Brazil or Mexico. It does not source or assess engineers. We do, and we work with the EOR you choose.

Versus generalist agencies

Generalist agencies forward CVs that match a stack. We check production experience, written English and motivation before you spend engineering time on interviews.

Versus in-house recruiting

Your engineers are busy shipping. We take the sourcing, first screens and closing work off their plate, and keep them for the interviews that matter.

Market notes

Argentina and São Paulo run on UTC-3 all year. Argentina does not use daylight saving time (timeanddate), and Brazil ended it in 2019 (Decree 9.772/2019). Colombia is on UTC-5 (timeanddate) and Mexico City on UTC-6 (timeanddate). That gives US teams a full shared working day.
Contractor or employee is a legal question, not a preference. In the US, the IRS looks at behavioral control, financial control and the relationship (IRS guidance). Local rules apply in the hire's country too. Tessera Partners does not give legal or payroll advice.
English level varies widely by country and city. The EF English Proficiency Index ranks countries every year; we test English on the actual work instead of relying on country averages.
Each country has its own labor code. Brazil's CLT defines an employee by continuous, paid and subordinate work (CLT, article 3). Argentina's labor law presumes an employment contract when someone provides services (Law 20,744, article 23).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to hire a senior engineer through you?

Our fee is 10% of the hire's first year base salary. A 750 EUR start fee confirms the search and is deducted from the final invoice. The final invoice is issued when you sign with the candidate and is due within 7 days. Every placement includes the 90 day replacement guarantee at no additional cost.

How fast can you find senior engineers?

You see a first qualified shortlist within 21 days of the signed role brief. Strong engineers often have several processes running, so we agree a short interview plan with you before the search starts. Fast feedback after each round is the biggest factor in closing.

Take-home test or live assessment?

Both can work. Take-home tests show real code but lose busy senior candidates if they take more than a few hours. Live sessions are shorter but stressful for some people. We help you design a short, paid or time-boxed exercise, or a live review of past code.

What does the 90 day guarantee cover?

If an engineer we placed does not work out within 90 days, we run a replacement search at no additional fee. We stay in touch with the engineering manager and the hire in that period, so onboarding issues are raised early.

Can engineers work remotely from Latin America?

Yes. Most engineers we place work remotely for US or European teams, with full overlap for US time zones. We also recruit for hybrid roles in Latin American tech hubs and for engineers willing to relocate. The setup is agreed in the role brief.

Do the engineers speak English?

All candidates on our shortlists work in English. We test it with a written explanation of a technical decision and a live conversation. Many also speak Spanish or Portuguese, which helps when the team supports customers in Latin America, Spain or Portugal.