Managed nearshore engineering for complex products
The engineering team behind your product
Senior Latin American engineers for products where a bad fit is expensive — embedded in your team, or building your product end to end, without the hiring grind or the overhead.
Trusted by engineering teams at
Vetted for your codebase, data rules, and review standards
Engineers work US hours
We handle employment, payroll, and compliance
Replace-or-credit if fit fails in 30 days
We run the whole talent operation
Finding, vetting, employing, and keeping senior engineers is a full operation. We run all of it, so adding engineering never means standing up recruiting, HR, and compliance to support it.
Sourcing & matching
Engineers shortlisted for your exact role and environment, not a keyword search.
Role-specific vetting
Screened for technical depth, communication, and how they handle sensitive data and code review.
Embed or build
Engineers join your team, or a managed Silicon Development team builds your product end to end.
Onboarding & ramp
Onboarding tied to your systems, access, and review process, with clear targets for getting to real contribution fast.
Ongoing fit management
We stay involved for the life of the engagement, so contribution and fit stay visible, not something you discover at a quarterly review.
Employment & continuity
We employ every engineer across Latin America and keep them: 3+ year average tenure.
200+
Engineers embedded into US product teams
6+ years
Longest active healthcare engagement
3+ years
Average engineer tenure per client engagement
80%
Of clients add roles after the first fit works
Why teams choose Silicon Development
Not a marketplace or a resume pile. The same vetted engineers and the same flat monthly model, whether they join your team or build the product for you.
You get the engineers, not the paperwork
Silicon Development employs every engineer across Latin America and handles contracts, payroll, compliance, and equipment. You direct the work; we carry the overhead, whether they embed in your team or deliver as one.
Vetted for your environment, not just a resume
Every engineer is screened for codebase maturity, data sensitivity, and review standards before they reach you, the same bar whether they join your team or build the product.
Flat monthly pricing, no surprises
A predictable monthly rate per engineer, the same whether they embed in your team or deliver as a team. No fixed bids, no change orders, no markup hidden in scope.
Roles we staff
Software Engineers
For product features, backend systems, integrations, and application work that needs to live inside your team's standards, codebase, and release process.
Data Engineers
For pipelines, warehousing, analytics infrastructure, and the data systems behind reporting, internal operations, and product intelligence.
DevOps Engineers
For infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, cloud operations, reliability, and the delivery systems that keep product teams moving.
AI Engineers
For LLM integrations, RAG systems, AI-powered features, and the inference infrastructure that turns AI capabilities into working product functionality.
Ready to talk through a role or a project?
A 30-minute fit call, no commitment. We'll tell you whether there's a fit and what the first step looks like.
From first call to shipped work
Two models, each with its own path. You pick the one that fits.
Staff augmentation
Engineers embedded in your team
- 1
Book a fit call
Start with the open role, the stack, the review loop, the data constraints, and what the delay is costing the team.
- 2
Map the operating environment
We document the workflow the engineer enters: data sensitivity, release process, communication load, and what early contribution should look like.
- 3
Review 2-3 matched engineers
A short list, each with the technical match, environment experience, communication profile, and ramp curve made explicit.
- 4
Embed with weekly fit management
The engineer joins your workflow, and we stay involved for the life of the engagement so contribution and fit stay visible the whole way.
Managed product delivery
We build the product for you
- 1
Book a fit call
Walk through what you want built, the constraints around it, and what done means for the first milestone.
- 2
Review the plan and the team
A milestone plan, the named vetted engineers proposed for the team, and a flat monthly team rate.
- 3
Build with weekly demos
The team builds in your repositories to agreed standards. You see working software every week.
- 4
Hand off or keep going
A documented handoff into your team, ongoing operation by Silicon Development, or a transition to embedded engineers.
When a wrong hire is expensive
A bad-fit engineer creates real delivery risk, not just an open seat. Silicon Development is strongest in regulated and data-sensitive product environments.
Healthcare & biotech
PHI, clinical data, and regulated reporting where mistakes are expensive.
Legal & fintech
Financial data, compliance workflows, and audit-sensitive systems.
Regulated SaaS
Production systems with real security, review, and uptime expectations.
Data & AI products
Pipelines, analytics, and AI features that have to become reliable software.
Questions teams ask
- What does Silicon Development do?
- We place senior Latin American engineers two ways: embedded in your team, or as a managed team that builds your product end to end. We handle sourcing, vetting, employment, and ongoing fit, and you keep product ownership.
- How is this different from a marketplace or a dev shop?
- A marketplace hands you a pool of profiles and leaves the vetting and management to you. A typical dev shop delivers through an anonymous pod behind a project wall. Silicon Development places named, individually vetted engineers who work to your standards, with weekly demos and your own repositories on delivery work. See how we compare →
- How do you vet engineers?
- Every engineer is screened for technical depth, communication clarity, secure data handling, and review maturity before they reach you, the same bar for embedded roles and delivery teams. Review the vetting →
- Who manages the engineers day to day?
- On staff augmentation, you do, the same way you manage any team member, with no management layer inserted. On managed product delivery, a senior Silicon Development lead runs delivery while you own product decisions and acceptance.
- How does pricing work?
- A flat monthly rate per engineer, the same economics whether they embed in your team or deliver as a team. No fixed bids, no change orders, and no markup hidden in scope.
- Can you work in regulated or security-sensitive environments?
- Yes. We scope the compliance, security, and data-access constraints up front and vet engineers for them. Healthcare, fintech, and legal teams are among our most common environments. Regulated product teams →
Have a critical role to fill — or a product to build?
Tell us about the open role or the product you need built, and the environment it has to live in. We'll tell you whether there's a fit and what the first step looks like.