Hire Blockchain Developers in Latin America

Fill out the form, then book the intake call and describe the chains you deploy to, the contracts or dapp features the developer will own, the seniority you need and your budget. NBS screens every candidate in four stages: a resume and portfolio review, a B2-or-higher CEFR English assessment, a role-specific technical work sample, and a behavioral interview with reference and background checks. You interview your first candidates within 3 business days of the intake call and choose your hire.

Senior blockchain engineers in Latin America cost 40 to 60 percent below US rates, and mid-level roles save 50 to 70 percent. A direct hire placement carries a one-time fee, and nearshore staff augmentation uses a fixed monthly fee that covers employment, payroll, benefits, compliance and monthly invoicing. NBS quotes its fee on the intake call.

Hire nearshore when your blockchain developer works with a US team, because all 12 NBS countries sit within 2 hours of US Eastern time and India and the Philippines run about 9.5 to 13 hours ahead. A nearshore developer fixes an audit finding the same afternoon your auditor flags it, while an offshore developer picks it up overnight and your team reviews the fix a day later. Every hire comes with a free replacement within 90 days.

A nearshore blockchain developer works from Latin America as part of your US team on US hours. They join your standups, review smart contract pull requests the same day and run testnet and mainnet deploys while your engineers are online to approve them.

Look for a company with recruiters in each country it hires from, a technical work sample in its screening, Employer of Record coverage and a replacement guarantee. NBS has recruiters in every country it hires from and screens blockchain candidates in four stages, including a role-specific technical work sample. NBS also provides Employer of Record coverage in all 12 markets, so compliance is included, and every hire comes with a free replacement within 90 days.

Yes, NBS recruits Solidity and EVM developers in Latin America, and Hardhat, Truffle and Ganache are standard tools in that work. Developers use Ganache to run a local Ethereum chain, and they use Hardhat or Truffle to compile, test and deploy Solidity contracts to testnets and mainnet.

You can hire from 12 LatAm countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua in North and Central America, and Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in South America. NBS has local recruiters in each, and each country has a hiring guide on this site.

Yes, NBS offers nearshore staff augmentation for a fixed monthly fee and Employer of Record coverage in all 12 markets. It also offers direct hire placements with a one-time fee and Recruitment as a Service for high-volume hiring teams.

NBS recruits blockchain developers and blockchain engineers for Solidity and EVM, Rust and Solana, Hyperledger Fabric, Web3 front ends with Ethers.js and Web3.js, smart contract security, DeFi and Layer 2 work.

Interview your first candidates within 3 business days of the intake call.

Yes, developers work US hours. All 12 countries sit within 2 hours of US Eastern time all year.

Mexico City and Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) run 2 hours behind US Eastern during US daylight time and 1 hour behind the rest of the year. Colombia, Peru and Ecuador run 1 hour behind during US daylight time and level with US Eastern the rest of the year.

Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil (Brasília time) run 1 hour ahead during US daylight time and 2 hours ahead the rest of the year. Mainland Chile also changes its clocks: it runs level with US Eastern from early April to early September, 1 hour ahead in the weeks around that, and 2 hours ahead from early November to mid-March.

A hybrid blockchain developer writes on-chain smart contracts and the off-chain code that connects them to APIs and backend services. You can hire a remote hybrid blockchain developer from LatAm through NBS as a direct hire or through nearshore staff augmentation.

Hire a nearshore blockchain developer for ongoing work on your team; a freelance blockchain developer usually takes project-based work. NBS places nearshore blockchain developers through direct hire or nearshore staff augmentation. NBS provides a free replacement within 90 days if a hire does not work out.

NBS helps you handle local labor law compliance and payroll. As Employer of Record for nearshore staff augmentation, NBS covers employment, payroll, benefits, compliance and monthly invoicing. Employer of Record coverage spans all 12 markets.

NBS replaces your hire free within 90 days if the hire does not work out, and the replacement rate is under 2 percent. A dedicated account manager manages the relationship, and NBS checks in at 30, 60, and 90 days.