When companies think about nearshoring and tech talent, the first thought is often developers. But the truth is, building a strong nearshore team isn’t just about recruiting talent for short term projects. It’s about making sure that the team is set up to succeed for the long haul. Companies should consider the long term investment that they are making in their technical talent so that they get the best payback on that investment.
That’s where AgilityFeat’s network makes the difference. Unlike other staffing or recruiting companies, we bring a holistic approach to your global talent expansion plans. We help you find the best talent on short timescales and at competitive rates, but we also ensure that you are thinking strategically about your global staffing by setting the stage for you to take ownership for that team in the future, if you choose.
In short, by leveraging our talent management expertise, the additional capabilities of our LATAM expert ecosystem, and our optional Build-Operate-Transfer model, your nearshore team is built on a strong, future-ready foundation.
An Ecosystem Built on 15 Years of LATAM Experience
For more than 15 years, we’ve been helping global companies recruit and lead engineering teams using highly skilled remote talent from across Latin America. Along the way, we’ve built a network of trusted relationships and proven processes that our clients benefit from immediately and for years to come.
We know how to integrate nearshore developers into your workflows. We’ve honed best practices for remote teamwork and collaboration from Maintaining a Unified Company Culture Across Borders to Best Practices for 1-1s with Your Nearshore Team to Managing Holidays Across Borders.
We also handle the heavy lifting of recruiting, contracting, payments, and ongoing management, allowing you to focus on innovation instead of operations. But that’s just the beginning of what our ecosystem provides.
Trusted Local Experts, Ready When You Need Them
Every country has its own legal, accounting, and compliance nuances. In typical staff augmentation contracts, including ours, you don’t need to worry about these things.
However, if you are a company who needs tighter control over their talent, or you work in industries where employment contracts must meet high compliance and security standards, these contractor-based staff augmentation contracts are not enough. You need to turn to direct employee relationships with your remote team.
Our unique combination of staff augmentation and Build-Operate-Transfer contracting is perfect for such scenarios. It allows you to get up and running with your team quickly while laying the foundation for longer term control by establishing your own Latin American tech subsidiary.
This is when we bring in our trusted local experts. These are professionals who have helped us to build our own subsidiaries in Panama and Colombia. They have deep experience helping other tech companies navigate the challenges of cross border payments and employment contracts. They can even connect with governments to explore incentives.
Complete Expansion Guidance for Your LATAM Subsidiary
Establishing a nearshore hub brings up complex questions: Where should we open an office? How do we handle invoicing between countries and subsidiaries in a way that is both compliant and minimizes our taxes? Our extended network includes site selection specialists, global tax advisors, and legal experts that guide you through compliance and cross-border strategy. Combined with our software team expertise, you get complete expansion guidance.
For larger expansion plans, our site selection partners bring deep experience with companies from manufacturing to IT services, analyzing real estate costs, hiring costs, and more. Some regions have incentives that will reduce your employment tax liabilities if you locate your business in a certain province. Or, they will reduce import taxes on your equipment, making it significantly less expensive to provide the computer equipment that your team needs.
We’ve seen this last example first-hand. We had a client whose new corporate policy required them to set up all laptops at their US corporate headquarters and did not realize the complexity and costs of shipping those laptops to their individual contractors in Brazil because of import taxes.
We help our clients to manage these costs through proactive plans for staffing and outfitting their teams. Our site selection partners can further help reduce these costs significantly, and our global tax advisors can help you to understand the best ways to invoice for teams and handle transfer pricing to minimize unexpected costs.
More Than Developers … A Lasting Ecosystem
When you build your team with AgilityFeat, you’re not just hiring nearshore developers. You’re plugging into an ecosystem that has been helping companies like yours succeed in Latin America for over 15 years. It’s not just about building a team, it’s about building one with the right foundation, backed by experience and trust.
The flexible path available through combining staff augmentation and BOT model contracts allows our clients to move fast to handle today’s needs, while paving the way for the future.
Your nearshore team deserves more than talent. It deserves a foundation built to last. Contact us to learn more about how to leverage our network to go beyond what typical recruiting or staffing firms can offer!
