Your Own Offshore AI Development

1. Is it cheaper to offshore AI development?

Yes, and with Alcor, you can save from 40% to 70% while scaling your company at the same time. Here’s what makes it possible: the difference in salaries & taxes and the 360-degree Alcor’s software R&D accelerator model. 

In the US, a senior AI developer earns up to $132,000 a year, while an offshore AI engineer from Latin America and Eastern Europe makes $61,200 and $76,500, respectively. The regional taxation policies also offer tax reduction policies—like in Mexico and Colombia—and lower tax rates. Lastly, Alcor’s approach goes beyond finding coders. We get you a team that’s yours from day one—cut costs by not paying buy-out fees!

2. What are the average salary rates of offshore AI developers?

An offshore middle AI engineer in Mexico and Colombia would earn $50,400-$74,400, while their senior counterparts get $48,000-$72,000. In Poland and Romania, for instance, these numbers would be $68,400-$92,400 and $66,000-$90,000, respectively. Overall, US tech companies can save up to 60% on salaries in Latin America and up to 53% on tech wages in Eastern Europe.

3. Which hard and soft skills to consider when looking to hire offshore artificial intelligence developers?

The typical hard skills for AI programmers include top-level expertise in Python, Java, R, and C++, statistics, AI models, algorithms, frameworks, and big data technologies. As for the necessary soft skills, they cover critical and big-picture thinking, problem-solving, time management and communication skills, and teamwork.

4. What are the pitfalls of offshore artificial intelligence development?

The main pitfalls are an unsuitable location and an ineffective cooperation model. Regarding locations, consider not only the number of AI developers and general expertise but also the country’s infrastructure, educational potential, infrastructure, governance, tax incentives for R&D projects, and salaries. In terms of cooperation, beware of models where you communicate with your AI developers through a third party. This will only result in lower product loyalty and work engagement. Instead, opt for models where your offshore coders are part of the team from day one.

5. What are the benefits of building an offshore Web development center with Alcor?

Alcor is not just a regular provider of remote tech devs. We’re much more: your tech recruitment and EOR in one place! Our Employer of Record solution takes your mind off accounting & payroll, taxes, and legal matters, plus 100% compliance and our shared experience in navigating new labor markets. With tech recruitment, you build an offshore team for AI according to your requirements: 15% of Alcor’s vacancies are closed from the first CV, so you won’t wait long. 

If you want to pump it up, opt for our R&D services: full operational support, office lease, and equipment procurement. All that comes with the guarantee to hire from 0 to 100 programmers in a year and a 3-month warranty for free candidate substitution. Worried we’d miss the deadlines? We hire free of charge in that case!

6. How fast can Alcor build an offshore AI development company?

We pride ourselves on expeditious recruitment—stellar quality within tight timeframes. Alcor’s average time to hire offshore artificial intelligence developers is 2-6 weeks, with the time-to-hire for team leads and C-level managers extending to 5-8 weeks and 6-9 weeks, accordingly. In just 1 day of our cooperation, you’ll get blind CVS. In the next 5 days, we’ll start sending you pre-vetted CVs. Then, we promise 5 AI developers within a month and 100 within a year.

7. Can you headhunt C-level management?

That’s an ace up our sleeve. We’ve access to an internal network of 253,000+ of pre-vetted candidates! That’s why C-level management positions, such as CTO, CIO, CMO, CFO, and others, come to our recruiters as easy as pie. Our clients attest: we hired the Head of R&D for Sift, an online fraud detection firm, from the second CV. Other successful cases include the Director of Engineering for Dotmatics and the Deployment Lead for Ledger.

8. What about payroll, accounting, and office lease?

If you hire offshore artificial intelligence developers with Alcor, there’s no need to establish your legal entity in a target location. With our comprehensive EoR support, we take care of all the nuts and bolts for your remote tech development team. It includes the employment of software engineers, monthly payroll management, tax payments, compliance with all local laws, and even more. With our turnkey solution, rest assured—we guarantee 100% compliance while handling all the paperwork.

9. What else does Alcor’s offshore Web center development include?

On top of an R&D office with full operational support at its highest? Depends on your request!

Let us tell you about Dotmatics, a US scientific software company aiming to hire 30+ devs within a year. The tech stack varied: Node.js, Java, React, JavaScript, AWS, and Cypress. We filled most roles with the 1st candidate, and not only that—we presented such a top-tier Back-End Developer that he joined the team as a Full Stack Java Engineer. Result? 30 skilled devs in a fully compliant R&D with back-office support in a year!

Bonus: we even help devise stock option plans for your new employees, just as we did for ThredUP and Sift. 

Alcor shines bright among other offshore AI development providers: in 2024, we got a 99% client retention rate. Coming from industries like cryptocurrency, online fraud detection, machine learning software, etc., they agree on one thing—Alcor’s service is wow. We’ve worked with Sift, Ledger, People.ai, Tonic Health, and counting. You’re welcome to join!