Base Labs Hire Great Talent | Tech Headhunting Services

We headhunt the top 1% of engineers from LATAM with technical certainty

We handle sourcing, vetting, and onboarding, so you can build faster with the right talent.

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Based on your real needs

We align on the culture and seniority you need.

Top 1% selection

We screen 100+ candidates to deliver only the best.

Hands on selection process

Live coding, technical interviews, and real-world validation.

Long-term retention

Engineers hired for long-term fit and impact.

Hire long-term players spotted for impact

We source, vet, and match LATAM developers to fit your needs.

Find the top 1%

We identify the top LATAM engineers through our human-led vetting process.

Rigorous vetting process

In house process led by a human with 5 steps to identify the best talent

We find them fast

In as little as two weeks we can send vetted candidates your way

Receive a clear candidate profile

Every finalist is delivered with clear technical insights, not just a CV.

-50% lower cost

High-quality engineering talent from LATAM that make long-term growth sustainable.

A true partner

We interpret and evaluate your vision to find the talent you need for the long term

Explore our vetting process

Our 5-step, human led vetting process

We validate real-world performance and deliver hire-ready candidate profiles.

Initial screening

Top 17% pass

We filter for role fit, communication, and fundamentals.

Scouting of hundreds of applicants per role.

We review and proof their CV and experience.

In their first interview one of our recruiters evaluates culture, communication, and technical fundamentals.

Coding Challenge

Top 5% pass

Carefully designed tests to validate their stack and seniority.

We design a personalized coding challenge based on the role.

When reading their submission we look for problem-solving skills, best practices and style.

Live Code Review

Top 3% pass

A live technical session led by senior engineers.

Our senior engineers run a live, in-depth coding session.

We validate real problem-solving ability and technical decision-making.

The session helps detect AI-generated work and confirms candidates can perform under pressure.

Reference Checks

Top 2% confirm

We confirm performance, reliability, and teamwork.

We speak directly with references from previous teams.

We validate day-to-day collaboration, ownership, and reliability beyond technical skills.

Ready to hire

Top 1% hired

Receive a complete and easy to read candidate profile with our recommendation to make the decision as easy as possible.

Recorded live coding session and technical evaluation, focused on real-world performance.

Clear hiring context and recommendations, including strengths, risks, and ideal role fit.

We tailor our vetting process to your needs and match the right profile.

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Meet your next engineer

Matched to your stack by an experienced technical hiring team.

Andrés R.

Junior Data Engineer (Analytics & Pipelines)

Databricks

DBT

SQL

Building and maintaining data pipelines in Databricks

B2 English

Camila R.

Mid-Level Frontend Engineer (Vue 3)

Typescript

Node

TailwindCSS

Build interfaces and internal tools for the pharma industry

B2 English

Alejandro T.

Full Stack development

Postgress

Express

React

Node

Build e-commerce products

B2 English

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We find engineers no matter the stack

Our custom coding challenges validate seniority beyond the CV

Frontend Frameworks

Backend & Languages

Databases

Enterprise & ERP Systems

Frontend Frameworks

Modern UI engineering and scalable frontend architecture.

Vue

React

Angular

Backbone.js

Tailwind

Shadcn

Backend & Languages

APIs, business logic, scalability, and secure backend systems.

Javascript

Node

Typescript

Express

Jave

.NET

Python

C+/C++

Databases

Data modeling, performance, migrations, and reliability in production.

Postgres

Firebase

Cassandra

SQL

MongoDB

Redis

Typesense

Enterprise & ERP Systems

Integrations, compliance workflows, and enterprise-grade platforms.

Microsoft Dynamics

Netsuite

Power BI

Tableau

Power Plataform

Data Engineering

Pipelines, orchestration, and analytics foundations built to scale.

Databricks

DBT

Databricks

QA & Testing

Automated testing, coverage, reliability, and release confidence.

Jest

Seenium

Cypress

JMeter

Cloud Plataforms

Cloud infrastructure, security, deployment, and cost-efficient scaling.

AWS

GCP

Azure

DevOps

CI/CD, monitoring, observability, and operational stability.

Grafana

Datdog

Kibana

Prometheus

Don’t see your stack here?

We tailor our vetting process to your needs and match the right profile.

Discuss your tech stack

Headhunting built
for long-term fit

Permanent hires validated through engineering-led vetting—so you build your team with confidence.

Services

CV Screen and candidate sourcing

Soft skills and culture fit interview

Single Invoice

Technical interviews

Live code reviews to detect AI submissions

Candidate analysis and report

Psychometric, identity and reference validation

Who decides wage and benefits

Engineer Change Guarantee

Pricing

Frequency of payment

Headhunting

Client

3 Months

2x gross monthly salary

One time fee with hire

More output. Less overhead.

Get the best talent without the long-term cost and risk of full-time hires.

Hiring a US-based
engineer

$110,000 / year

Median US company cost for an engineer

Hiring the same role in LATAM
with Base Labs

-50% lower cost

LATAM salary, one-time headhunting fee

Percentages vary by role, stack, and seniority level*

Why hire long-term
engineering talent in LATAM

Stronger retention, better long-term ROI and teams built to grow with your company.

High ownership, strong delivery, hard working

Engineers used to distributed teams, deadlines, and high expectations, consistent delivery you can depend on.

Higher retention for permanent roles

LATAM engineers tend to value long-term growth, stability and belonging, resulting in stronger commitment and lower turnover for full-time hires.

Better long-term ROI than US-based hiring

More efficient compensation structures allow you to invest in seniortalent while optimizing total cost of ownership over the life of the role.

Easier integration into internal teams

Shared work culture, communication styles and time zone alignmentmake LATAM developers feel like true members of your internal team.

Experience building and owning real products

LATAM senior developers often come from high-impact roles in scalingproducts, complex architectures and mission-critical systems.

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Scale your team with confidence

Trusted by companies that need speed, quality, and predictable execution.

LATAM engineers feel like a true part of the company. When we need to grow, we don’t start from zero — the pipeline and process are already in place.

Co-Founder & Technical Lead Puul

We had bad experiences with rushed hires in the past. With Base Labs, the technical vetting was rigorous — live code reviews, clear expectations, and no surprises once engineers joined the team.

Director of Engineering Peyreylongue

We needed to increase development capacity fast without building HR and legal operations in every country. Base Labs enabled us to scale with nearshore developers while handling payroll, compliance, and contracts.

Director of Engineering Renterra

The process was structured and transparent. Having a technical counterpart on the Base Labs side made profile reviews and decisions faster and much more confident.

VP of Technology Ave

They understood our architecture, bottlenecks, and seniority expectations from day one. The engineers we brought in were productive quickly, with minimal ramp-up in our stack and workflows.

Engineering Manager Wine.com

With Base Labs, we stopped spending months filtering candidates. In under two weeks, senior developers were embedded in our team, fully aligned with the technical level and ownership we needed.

Head of Engineering Renterra