Embedded nearshore engineers for product teams that need to keep shipping
Software, data, DevOps, and AI engineers from Latin America in aligned time zones, evaluated for technical depth, communication, and environment fit before they reach your calendar.
Not a dev shop. Not a marketplace. Engineers who join your workflow.
Built for healthcare, fintech, legaltech, and other teams where security and compliance are part of the operating environment
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Built for teams where the environment makes hiring harder
Silicon Development fits US product teams that need engineering capacity without handing product execution to a generic outside vendor.
Regulated or security-sensitive environments
Healthcare, fintech, legaltech, and other teams where access controls, data handling, and compliance are part of the daily workflow.
Data-heavy and infrastructure-critical systems
When the engineering work touches production pipelines, cloud infrastructure, or systems where mistakes are expensive and slow to reverse.
Teams burned by offshore or generic staffing
When previous external engineering created more management overhead than it solved, and the next attempt has to work inside the existing team.
200+
Engineers placed into US product teams
6+ years
Longest active client engagement
3+ years
Average engineer tenure
80%
Of clients add more roles after the first placement
More integrated than a dev shop. More guided than a marketplace
Silicon Development is built for product teams that need outside engineering support without giving up technical standards, delivery control, or day-to-day cohesion.
Not a dev shop
You are not handing over a project. The engineer works inside your team, your tools, your priorities, and your development rhythm. You keep full control of your roadmap and delivery standards.
Not generic staffing
The focus is narrow: technical roles where product context, communication quality, and engineering judgment matter. This is not broad resume forwarding across every function.
Not a marketplace
You are not left sorting through profiles and managing quality yourself. Silicon Development handles vetting, matching, and ongoing support so engineers are ready to contribute, not just available.
Core technical roles, staffed for real product work
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.
A practical way to add capacity without extra friction
Share the role context
Start with the role, stack, workflow, and where your team needs coverage. No lengthy intake process.
Meet vetted engineers
Review engineers matched to the work, the environment, and how your team operates. Every candidate is pre-vetted.
Embed and move forward
The engineer joins your team workflow and starts contributing. We stay involved to support fit and continuity.
Verify the model before you decide
Start with the pages that show how the model works, how engineers are vetted, and where Silicon Development fits best.
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Review how Silicon Development evaluates technical depth, communication, and team fit before an engineer is introduced.
Review vetting process →See how we compare
Understand the difference between Silicon Development and a dev shop, a marketplace, or a generic staffing firm.
Compare approaches →Review case studies
Look at the kinds of roles, product environments, and engagement outcomes Silicon Development is built to support.
See outcomes →Staff augmentation
What embedded staff augmentation looks like, when it is the right model, and how Silicon Development runs it.
Review the model →Regulated product teams
How the model works for healthcare, fintech, legaltech, and other security-sensitive product environments.
See the regulated lane →Need embedded engineering capacity?
Share the role, your team setup, and your timeline. Silicon Development will tell you quickly whether there is a fit and what the next step looks like. No long sales process.