Developers, PMs, designers, AI evaluators. Every hire is pre-vetted, in your timezone, and backed by a 3-month replacement guarantee. Tell me the role and I'll send a shortlist of Latin American talent who've done exactly that.
What we place
Awana isn't a marketplace and isn't a job board. We source, vet, and match one role at a time. Here's what we've placed most.
AI, backend, frontend, founding, full-stack. Senior, English-fluent, in your timezone.
See engineering roles →Ship production AI, RAG, agents, RLHF, model evals. The team behind the model.
See AI roles →Startup-tempo PMs who ship, not manage. Bilingual, US-market fluent, roadmap-first.
See PM roles →Product designers, UX/UI, brand and marketing designers. Systems-thinkers who ship.
See design roles →The people who make the machine run. From CS to RevOps analysts to office ops leads.
See ops roles →Every role is different. Tell us what you need — most searches we run have never been searched before.
Start a custom search →The LatAm advantage
Latin American talent has quietly become one of the best hiring markets on earth. Same working hours as the US. Near-native English. Senior operators trained at Nubank, Rappi, MercadoLibre, Kavak, and every US-headquartered startup with a LatAm office. And salaries roughly 60% below equivalent US rates.
Compared to offshore hiring in India or Eastern Europe, the timezone alone changes everything. Your LatAm hire joins your morning stand-up, attends afternoon meetings, ships in your sprint. No handoffs, no delays, no 6am syncs. You get a real teammate, not a queue.
Compared to hiring in the US, you get the same seniority for a fraction of the cost. That's not because the talent is cheaper — it's because the cost of living is. Senior developers in Bogotá or Guadalajara live comfortably on rates that would barely cover rent in San Francisco.
Awana has placed 200+ LatAm hires with US startups over the last 5 years. We know what works, what breaks, and how to build a team that scales.
The process
30 minutes. You tell me the role, the stack, and what great looks like. I tell you if we can help — and if not, who can.
We source from our vetted LatAm talent network, then screen for skills, communication, and startup-fit. 1 in ~50 sourced makes the shortlist.
You get 3-5 pre-vetted candidates with videos, code samples, and honest notes on strengths and gaps. No filler.
You interview. We handle logistics, references, offer support. Most hires close within 2 weeks of the shortlist.
The guarantee
Every LatAm placement carries a 3-month replacement guarantee. 94% of our hires stay past the window. The 6% that don't? We source a replacement, usually within 2 weeks, because we already know your team.
Common questions
Ready to hire?
Thirty minutes. No obligation. If we can't help, we'll point you to someone who can.
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