When traffic, data and complexity grow, your backend is where it breaks, or holds. We place senior backend engineers across Latin America who design APIs and data systems that don’t buckle.
APIs, services and data models that hold up as traffic and complexity grow, no panic rewrite at Series A.
The hardest thing to assess in an interview, and the thing we screen hardest for.
Observability, security and data integrity owned properly, not bolted on later.
Senior Backend Engineers
LatAm produced the backend engineers behind Nubank, dLocal and MercadoPago, places where backend reliability is existential and downtime costs millions.
3-5 people who fit the exact role, not a résumé dump.
Every backend engineer passes a system-design interview and live coding against realistic scaling scenarios, so you see how they handle load before you hire.
Not a fit? We replace at no cost.
Operators who’ve made this hire, not account managers.
We start with a 30-minute call. You tell me the role, the stack, and what “great” looks like. No charge, no obligation.
We screen against the role-specific bar and send 3-5 people in days, not a résumé dump.
Meet your favorites. We coordinate everything. Most clients hire within ~3 weeks of the first call.
We handle contracts and payroll via Talent Management (COR). Not a fit in 90 days? We replace at no cost.
Engineers who’ve owned services in production at scale, can make system-design decisions independently, and mentor others. Not just years, demonstrated depth.
Depends on your stack and team. Node.js if you’re TypeScript-heavy and want one language across the stack; Python for data-heavy or ML-adjacent backends. We screen for both and will advise on the call.
Hire backend when your hard problems are data, scale and APIs. If you need someone across the model + UI too, see full-stack / AI engineers.
Yes, many come from LatAm fintechs where reliability is existential. We match that pedigree to your needs.
Most senior backend engineers we place are comfortable with cloud (AWS/GCP), CI/CD and infra. Tell us your setup and we’ll match accordingly.
Either. Start with direct-hire, or let us run payroll and compliance via Talent Management (COR).
A system-design interview plus live coding against a realistic load scenario, not abstract whiteboard trivia.
Typically 50% below US comp for equivalent seniority. See the Compensation Report for current ranges by country.
“Tell me where your backend is straining, whether latency, scale or data, and I’ll send people who’ve fixed exactly that.” Calvin, CEO of Awana