latam developers delivery and operations

What does this nearshore delivery hub cover?

Use this hub to plan how a Latin American developer will work inside your team. It covers the gap between choosing a candidate and giving that person useful work: account access, shared hours, review ownership and a clear first assignment.

Before you hire LatAm developers, write down who will answer technical questions and approve completed work. Ask the provider to confirm its responsibilities separately. Your engineering lead needs to know where to take a blocked task; your operations team needs a contact for payroll or leave questions.

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Bring the role, expected working hours and reporting line to the hiring conversation.

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Which entries should you read first?

Choose the guide that answers the decision in front of you.

• Plan onboarding for days 30, 60 and 90. Start here if you have selected a finalist. Assign setup tasks, choose a small first piece of work and agree on what progress looks like at each review.
• Check time-zone overlap. Read this before promising meeting hours. Bogotá stays at UTC-5 without daylight saving time, so its relationship to US Eastern time changes during the year. Check the hire's city and your team's seasonal schedule. IANA time-zone data.
• Set IP, security and device responsibilities. Use this before granting access. Agree on device ownership, account permissions and the process for removing access when someone leaves. Send contract questions to your legal team.
• Review compliance responsibilities. Read this while comparing hiring arrangements. Ask who handles local payroll and benefits, who approves leave and which obligations remain with your company.
• Decide how a managed team will work. Start here if you need several people working toward a shared outcome. Confirm who owns the backlog, reviews code and accepts completed work before choosing the arrangement.
• Plan the move from one hire to a team. Use this when the first hire is working well and demand is growing. Check management capacity and review queues before adding headcount.

If interviews are still underway, use the English and communication assessment guide alongside these delivery checks. Ask each candidate to explain work in the format your team uses, such as a pull request or written handoff.

For a first LatAm developer, finish with a written start plan. Include the manager's name, agreed hours, access owner and first task. Share it with the hire so unresolved questions have an owner before work begins.

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