South helps growing companies find, hire, and pay top Latin American talent. Build high-performing teams in 21 days or less.
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Front-end hiring rarely stops at generalists. Depending on your framework stack, you may specifically need a Vue.js Developer, a Next.js Developer, or a TypeScript Developer for type-safe codebases. Legacy surfaces still call for an AngularJS Developer or a jQuery Developer, and design-heavy builds benefit from an HTML5 Developer or a Bootstrap Developer. For interactive, 3D, or WebGL experiences, a Three.js Developer is the right hire.
A Front-End Developer builds the UI users interact with: components, layouts, state management, animations, and the client-side performance that makes the difference between a fast app and a slow one. They translate Figma designs into production code, integrate with back-end APIs, instrument analytics, and own accessibility and cross-browser quality. Modern front-end is closer to systems engineering than it used to be: bundling, hydration, and rendering strategies all live here.
An average U.S. Front-End Developer earns $9,200 per month compared with an average Latin American salary of $3,000 per month, creating potential savings of up to 67%. LatAm has a deep pool of React, Vue, and Next.js engineers, many trained at strong universities and several years into remote work for U.S. teams.
Yes. South contracts the engineer locally, manages payroll and compliance, and bills monthly. Your developer joins GitHub, Slack, and Figma the same as a domestic hire. The time-zone overlap is critical for front-end work because pair-design, code review, and PM-engineer back-and-forth happen synchronously throughout the day.
Strong JavaScript and TypeScript fundamentals, deep experience in one framework (React is the safe bet, Vue and Angular for legacy or specific stacks), CSS skill that goes beyond Tailwind, and a real sense of UI craft. Look at their GitHub or a portfolio of shipped UI. The differentiator at the senior level is performance: do they know what causes a layout shift, when to memoize, and how to read a flame graph.
React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern CSS (Tailwind, CSS Modules, or styled-components). Add a state library (Zustand or Redux), a testing stack (Jest, Vitest, Playwright, or Cypress), bundlers (Vite or webpack), and Figma fluency. For SEO-heavy teams, SSR and SSG patterns in Next.js are non-negotiable.
A Front-End Developer goes deep on UI: design systems, performance budgets, accessibility, animation, and rendering strategies. A Full-Stack Developer is shallower on the UI side but owns the back-end too. Hire a Front-End specialist when you have a design-heavy product, a complex design system, or real performance requirements. Hire Full-Stack when feature throughput is the bottleneck.
South vets LatAm front-end engineers through code review of past work, technical interviews, and paid live tasks. You receive a shortlist within ten days, run your interviews, and onboard in two to three weeks. South handles contracting, payments, and a replacement guarantee. Schedule a free call here to get started!
The region has the perfect mix of everything you want in remote employees: English skills, shared time zones, hard-working, and depth of talent. They are already accustomed to working remotely for top US startups and Fortune 500 companies.
Absolutely! The US and Latin America have basically the same time zones. No Latin American city is more than two hours ahead of EST.
Every hire is sourced based on your exact needs. They will arrive ready to support your business right away. They can do basically any tasks done remotely, but we recommend starting them as support so your team has more bandwidth for high-value strategic tasks.
All types of roles - customer service, executive assistant, sales, accounting, email marketing, lead generation, content writers, operations, social media marketing, and more!
You can pay directly through us (most popular) or we can connect you with one of our payroll partners.
You don't have to deal with any American labor laws / taxes when hiring full-time remote contractors. They aren't US-based, so no visas or sponsorships to deal with either.
We recommend market pay which varies for each role. See our salary guide and success stories for some ideas.
Then, we have two different models:
Staffing (most popular) - We charge a small monthly fee for each employee's monthly salary to make the process hassle-free. The fee covers sourcing, recruiting, admin, payroll, compliance, ongoing support, and a free replacement if necessary at any point. There are no cancellation fees or minimum commitments. You only pay if you make a hire.
Headhunting - A one-time simple fee once we've found the perfect candidate. This comes with a 120-day replacement guarantee.
For both options, you only pay something if we find you someone great that you want to hire.
Yes, we only recruit for full-time and we strongly recommend full-time hiring if you can. Stability (full-time & long-term) is highly sought after abroad. The top caliber candidates are only looking for full-time work.
You're also going to spend time training and getting them up to speed on your processes. It would be a waste to do that over and over again with new people all the time.
We recommend training new hires on one thing at a time.
For example, once they get up to speed on lead generation, you can add the next role writing blog posts or whatever you'd like. You can definitely overlap roles until you have enough work for multiple people.
The cost of living is much less in Latin American countries. Many of our employees are able to own homes, raise families, provide for their parents, and have in-home help of their own with their salaries.
If you aren't happy with your hire in the first 120 days, we will work with you to conduct a second round of search for the same role for free.
Just email us at Hello@HireInSouth.com and we will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.
