About Silicon Development
A staffing model built from the failures of every other one
Silicon Development embeds vetted nearshore engineers into US product teams operating in SOC 2, HIPAA, and other regulated environments. Founded in 2018 by an engineering leader who had been on the other side of the relationship — hiring nearshore teams, managing outsourced projects, and feeling the friction of every staffing model firsthand.
The Observation
The industry's model wasn't built for how product teams actually work
Resume-and-run staffing
The staffing firms sent resumes that did not match the role. They collected a placement fee and moved on. If the engineer was not the right fit, you started over — and so did they.
Offshore coordination tax
The offshore teams created more coordination overhead than output. Ten-to-twelve-hour time zone gaps, misaligned engineering rhythms, and cultural friction turned what should have been added capacity into a management burden.
Dev shops that take over and go dark
The dev shops wanted to own everything — their architecture, their standards, their timeline — and showed you the work only at milestone reveals. And the talent marketplaces left the hardest part entirely to the buyer: vetting, matching, and managing the ongoing relationship.
Unverifiable "top 1%" claims
Meanwhile, everyone in the space claimed "top 1% talent" with no verifiable process behind the number. The pattern was clear: the industry had optimized for volume and speed, not for whether an engineer would actually work inside your team.
The Response
Silicon Development was built to work differently
The model is straightforward: source engineers from Latin America, vet them deeply for the specific role, embed them directly into the client's product team, and stay involved for the life of the engagement.
No separate delivery units. No management layers. No translation layers. Just vetted engineers who work inside your team, in your time zone, on your priorities.
Where We Operate
Headquartered in Austin. Operating across Latin America.
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
US-based leadership. The decisions, the client relationships, and the quality standard all run through Austin.
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mexico City
Mexico
Medellín
Colombia
São Paulo
Brazil
How We Operate
Non-negotiables
You always see the people and the work
Whether engineers embed in your team or a Silicon Development team runs delivery end to end, the engineers are named, the work is visible weekly, and nothing sits behind a translation layer. No anonymous pods, ever.
Vetting is the product
Technical depth, communication quality, problem-solving approach, and environment fit are all evaluated before an introduction is made.
You keep control
Your roadmap, your architecture, your engineering standards. Silicon Development adds capacity without adding management overhead.
Continuous, not transactional
If the fit needs adjustment, if the role evolves, or if you need to scale — the support is continuous for the life of the engagement.
Want to see if the model fits?
Share the role, the team context, and your timeline. We'll tell you honestly whether this is the right approach.