Why Choose Staff Augmentation in Colombia
โฆwhen you can get your own software development center in 2 months?
Basically the same, but better:
- 10+ elite engineers in Colombia in 2 months, 100+ in a year
- Up to 40% cost savings
- No-entity compliant employment
- Fully managed back-office: payroll, benefits and more
- No buy-out costs or hidden fees
- Your direct management and corporate culture
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
Poland
Romania
Ukraine
BulgariaStaff Augmentation Can’t Compare to Your Own Development Team in Colombia
Can an IT Staff Augmentation Provider in Colombia Guarantee You..?
2.5 years
average tenure of developers
Cultural alignment
with your company values
Pricing transparency
no hidden or buy-out fees
Legal & compliance
and other needed operational support
Exceptional dedication
itโs literally your own team
Long-term partnership
shared responsibility & commitmentKey Things about Staff Augmentation in Colombia
Advantages
Staff augmentation in Colombia is a gainful short-term solution because:
- you engage top-tier engineers in Colombia in your project through an IT outstaffing partner without the need to set up your own legal entity
- thereโs no need for hiring: itโs a quick temporary fix to supplement your team capacity
- with team extension in Colombia, you can replace developers on the fly and maintain control over team management
Challenges
However, beware of offshore staff augmentation pitfalls:
- when it comes to tech teamโs augmentation in Colombia as a model, remote software developers donโt see you as their real employer, but rather as another passing client; as a result, they are not as loyal to your product as in-house or R&D devs
- if you decide to hire the tech gems in your team, you will have to buy them out from your software team augmentation vendor in Colombia
- the staff augmentation model poses IP rights risks and may cause data security issues due to the data shared with the third party
- with no onboarding envisioned in team augmentation services in Colombia, integrating the augmented team within your in-house squad is no mean feat; besides, work culture mismatch is still likely
Comparison with alternatives
To sum up, IT staff augmentation in Colombia is ideal for short-term projects, especially if you donโt require perfect team loyalty and donโt mind delegating some control to your provider. Besides, you should already have a small in-house team to augment it. In this regard, outsourcing is more suitable for non-tech companies with no development teams onboard, although it does lose to staff augmentation regarding client involvement.ย
Managed services and a dedicated team are comparably long-term, although managed services, unlike team augmentation in Colombia, are focused on consulting and demonstrate higher loyalty levels. A dedicated team has the same client-control approach as staff augmentation services in Colombia but is more suitable for long-term projects and provides moderately dedicated software engineering specialists.ย
Another viable alternative to IT team augmentation in Colombia that is long-term, offers a flexible budget, is tailored only to your product, and comes with full client control and dedication is a software R&D center.
What is software R&D center
Your own R&D center is a one-stop-shop turnkey solution for hiring from 0 to 100 programmers within a year in Colombia.ย
Your software R&D in Colombia starts with IT recruitment, and we hold to it to rigorous standards:
- 15% chance of closing the vacancy from the first CV
- 2-6 weeks to close a vacancy
- 8 CVs to get to 1 accepted offer
- 80% of candidates are approved by clients
- 98.6% of our hires pass probationย
- 2.5 years โ the average tenure of our hires
- 3-month warranty to substitute a candidate
Alcorโs full-cycle IT recruitment in Latin America and Eastern Europe is sleek and smooth: we consult you on the tech hiring market in Colombia, draw up ideal candidate profiles, promote your employerโs brand in software engineering communities, and follow with recruiting well-matched candidates. Your feedback is worth its weight in gold, so we invite you to all tech assessments & interviews and send out hiring updates every week.ย
Also, we provide Employer of Record services that cover accounting, payroll, legal & compliance. Need operational support? Alcorโs R&D all-in-one approach has multiple cherries on top: we take care of your offshore or nearshore office lease, equipment procurement, IT infrastructure setup, and even WFH support โ all operations managed.
Better than a Third-Party Team Augmentation in Colombia
Alcor is an all-in-one place to establish and run a turnkey software R&D center:
- Employer of Record support โ no need to set up your legal entity
- From 0 to 100+ software developers in one key talent pool
- Establish your corporate culture with your own team. No intermediary
- No buy-out or other hidden fees
Own R&D Center vs Staff Augmentation in Colombia
Own R&D Center
- Maximized cost savings Your own R&D team is 40% cheaper than an augmented software team. Because you get no buy-out fees & markups.
- Long-term commitment Product development and a sense of ownership attract top developers as bees to honey. Hence, more loyalty.
- Your team from day one You get your team of offshore developers for ideation, innovation, and growthโwithout intermediaries.
- Intellectual property under control With direct agreements, you fully own your product and its source code, keeping unique expertise in-house.
- Easy investment attraction Establishing your own R&D center with a dedicated development team will enhance your appeal to investors.
Staff Augmentation
- Hefty buy-out fees Want to keep an external team in-house? Get ready for sky-high buyoutsโjust one dev can cost you tens of thousands of dollars.
- Temporary fix Vendor’s software engineers are contract-loyal and wonโt go the extra mile for your productโs long-term success.
- Provider-centric teams An augmented team in Colombia will report only to your vendor, treating you as the โsecondaryโ employer.
- Shared intellectual property You share your IP with developers that come and go to other projects. As a result, the source code is never between you & the team only.
- Barrier to investment attraction Attracting investors is hard when your product is built by augmented developers who will eventually leave your team.
Companies Scaling with Alcor
Alcor is a reliable partner that meets our hiring needs. We finally hired experienced software engineers in Eastern Europe with strong tech skills and business acumen. Account Managers are awesome!
With Alcor’s all-in-one solution, we got a software R&D office with 15 senior PHP devs and a compliant operational coverage. I really appreciated their transparent pricing structure and deep expertise.
We interviewed a lot of EoR platforms and companies, but Alcor was the only one that provides a combo package of EoR and Recruting offerings. Alcor helped us build a full stack team in 1.5 month.
We wanted to switch from our outsourcing provider, and Alcor has become really game-changing for us. Within a mere 6 months, we got a fully-fledged team of 30 engineers in our own R&D office.
Alcorโs R&D solution eclipses full-cycle recruitment, EOR service, and operational support for our offshore team. Their ‘all-in-one place’ approach is far more cost-effective than I could’ve imagined.
I value their commitment to going the extra mile. We evolved from an outstaff project into an independent company, and Alcor’s support was crucial. They hired and ondoarded 15+ professionals for us.
Thanks to Alcor, we hired four engineers and a designer that strengthened our team. Beside stellar recruitment, Alcor flawlessly handled our payroll. Their approach was seamless and swift.
Alcor closed our 4 QA positions in a month and more than doubled the team in a year! We chose Alcor because of their communication style, cost, scope of services, and ideas to help us be successful.
FAQ
Is it beneficial to use staff augmentation services in Colombia?
You will benefit from staff augmentation services in Latin America and Eastern Europe if you seek to boost your teamโs tech expertise for lower costs. However, this model is short-lived, so if youโre looking for long-term product-based models, consider other options, such as a software R&D center.
What are the common challenges or pitfalls of using IT team extension in Colombia?
The main flaws of IT staff augmentation lie in cooperation through a third party. Since software engineers work for your provider, they may see your project as a passing one and not feel loyal to your particular task. Besides, youโre less engaged in their management and will have to pay buyout fees should you decide to hire them.
What are the alternatives to IT staff augmentation?
A software R&D center is your all-in-one solution to hire Silicon Valley-caliber tech professionals, manage payroll & accounting, navigate legal & compliance, get equipment procurement, and lease an office with your reliable provider like Alcor. Other models include software outsourcing, managed services, and a dedicated team.