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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"Full-stack" means different things in different shops. If you're on the JavaScript end-to-end path, a MERN Stack Developer is the standard profile. PHP-centric stacks tend to hire a LAMP Stack Developer or a Laravel Developer. Teams on Python typically pick a Django Developer, while Ruby shops bring in a Ruby On Rails Developer. For concurrency-heavy backends, an Elixir Developer is increasingly common, and Java-enterprise teams still hire a Vaadin Developer for internal tools.
A Full-Stack Developer ships features end-to-end: API design, database modeling, business logic, and the UI that consumes it. On a small team they own a feature from ticket to production. On a larger team they bridge front-end and back-end specialists, often owning integration code, internal tooling, and the parts no one else wants to touch. The job rewards generalists who can context-switch without losing depth.
U.S. Full-Stack engineers are some of the most expensive software hires. The average U.S. Full-Stack salary is $9,700 per month compared with an average Latin American salary of $3,000 per month, creating potential savings of up to 69%. LatAm produces strong full-stack engineers from countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia, many trained at universities with serious CS programs and several years of remote U.S.-team experience.
Yes, and most modern engineering teams already do. South contracts the developer locally, handles compliance and payroll, and bills you monthly. The engineer joins your GitHub, Linear, Slack, and on-call rotation just like a domestic hire. Time-zone alignment is the unlock: pair programming, real-time code review, and same-day deploys all work without the async delay you get hiring in EMEA or APAC.
Strong fundamentals in one front-end framework (React, Vue, or Angular) and one back-end language (Node, Python, Ruby, Go, or PHP), plus relational database fluency. The signal you want is judgment, not just syntax: when do they reach for a queue vs. a cron, when do they build a SPA vs. SSR, when do they stop refactoring. Pair-program a small task in the interview if you can; the difference between top and middle engineers is most visible there.
Stack-dependent, but the modern default is React or Next.js on the front, Node.js or Python on the back, PostgreSQL for data, Redis for cache, Docker and Kubernetes for deploy, and AWS or GCP for hosting. Add Git, GitHub Actions, and one error monitor (Sentry or Datadog). For mobile-adjacent teams, React Native or Flutter exposure is a plus.
A Back-End Developer goes deeper on systems: database design, distributed systems, performance, scale. A Front-End Developer goes deeper on UI craft: design systems, accessibility, animation, performance budgets. A Full-Stack Developer goes broader at the cost of depth. For early-stage teams shipping fast, Full-Stack wins. For teams with scaling problems or design-heavy products, hire specialists.
South vets LatAm engineers through technical interviews, take-home tasks, and paired live coding. You see a shortlist in seven to ten days, run your own interviews, and onboard in two to three weeks. South handles the contract, monthly payments, and offers 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.
