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Webstarted CEO Javier Caruso knows plenty about remote workers.
He knows even more about saving money for U.S. clients by harnessing the efficiency of remote workers in Latin America.
And he puts all of this together at Webstarted.
Up and running before the pandemic forced a global pivot to remote work, Webstarted emphasizes the software engineering talent in Latin America as it helps companies build teams of remote employees. The majority of Webstarted’s U.S. clients are startups taken on during any funding series. The company also works extensively with venture capital firms.
“I create teams,” Javier said. “This is what I love to do.”
Working with Webstarted to outsource software engineering to workers in Latin America can save U.S. companies money in multiple ways:
- Labor costs in Latin America are typically lower than in the U.S.
- Latin American time zones are aligned with U.S. time zones, so expenditures on night shifts or other scheduling arrangements are unnecessary.
- Many Latin American countries encourage investment and the hiring of native employees through tax incentives; a streamlined regulatory system; and lower operating costs.
Latin American software engineers have extensive experience working in a wide range of programming languages and technologies. Many of these engineers have also worked with international clients, so their global reach would be an asset for any U.S. company in need of a remote team.
Ways in which Webstarted maintains its cost-effectiveness, which the company passes on to customers, also include:
- An emphasis on hiring in-house recruiters.
- Training recruiters in the Webstarted Academy, a training space for junior talent.
- Constantly refining the company’s internal Software as a Service platform.
- Ramping up investment in the sales department.
- Prioritizing feedback from companies and software engineers so protocols can be constantly updated and workflows are streamlined with consistency.
Webstarted’s growth has also been driven by client referrals, which represent another way to pass on savings to customers, by reducing the costs associated with expanding sales teams.
“We’ll have a client and that client will refer us to another client,” Javier said, “and that is how we have been working for the past three years.”
The trend of outsourcing software engineering from the U.S. to Latin America is linking a high-caliber workforce with a strong technical background to companies in need of expertise in software engineering.
A 2022 article on bizlatin.hub detailed how dramatic the shift to remote workers in Latin America has become.
Three of four respondents to a survey on business trends in the Americas said they had either started outsourcing in Latin America during the pandemic; or increased the amount of work they were outsourcing during the greatest health crisis in generations.
Javier said that, before the pandemic, resistance to remote workers was strong. But as the pandemic forced a shift to an out-of-office workforce, and companies trimmed IT departments, the cost-effectiveness of remote teams came into focus. Javier had already been working in the remote sector for years, and as an individual had helped many companies find remote workers.
As the need for remote teams increased, Javier launched Webstarted and turned his focus to Latin America because of the cost reduction benefits.
Driving Webstarted’s strategy is WebstartedHR, which links companies, candidates, recruiters and agencies. As demand for the company’s services increases, WebstartedHR allows for quick pivots as Javier and his team scale up with an expanded recruitment team.
With 41,000 employee candidates, 93 percent of whom are based in Latin America, Webstarted helps clients with:
- Recruiting
- Hiring
- Administration
- Paperwork
- Screening
- NDAs
- Hardware/software
- Billing
Webstarted with its WebstartedHR product takes on these responsibilities and harnesses the power of Latin American software engineers. U.S. companies can, in turn, pay more attention to the most critical piece of their operation—their product.
Another key component of Webstarted’s vision is the assistance it provides software engineers looking to secure remote work with U.S. companies. As part of its offerings, Webstarted makes certain that remote workers are ready to roll with remote-ready, home office environments.
Webstarted success stories include:
- Assisting a known software security firm in the hiring of more than a dozen candidates over the past three years.
- Working with a luxury watch company to fill its entire slate of open software positions in a matter of weeks.
“We help startups put together their own distributed team of professionals, with the attitude and talent to be productive and efficient,” Javier said. “We make sure that each member of your remote team has the best environment, the discipline, tools and enthusiasm to be efficient and meet goals on a regular basis.”
He added, “We care about people. We know people. We work fast and accurately.”Are you in need of a strategic and reliable partner to help build teams of remote workers? Would you like to learn more about the Latin American remote software engineer workforce? Visit webstarted.com and the Webstarted LinkedIn page to learn more.
