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For product & technology leaders

We make nearshore feel like nextdoor.

You shouldn't have to choose between hiring slowly and outsourcing control. Zaga places senior engineers, designers, and product managers from Latin America: AI-fluent people who embed with your team, in your time zone, and feel right next door.

They don't just fill roles. They become part of how your product gets built.

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4.9/5
Clutch rating
49
Client teams built
366
People placed
3.8 yrs
Avg client relationship
The problem

Traditional outsourcing gives you capacity. It costs you proximity.

Every product team hits the same wall: the roadmap grows faster than the team.

The obvious answer is to look outside. The traditional model just trades one problem for another.

  • People who never truly learn your product
  • Knowledge that disappears every few months
  • Communication that feels distant
  • Another vendor your leaders have to manage

You needed more capacity. What you got was more distance.

Our belief

Great products happen when people feel close.

Not necessarily in the same office. But close enough to collaborate naturally. Close enough to understand the product. Close enough to make decisions. Close enough to care.

"Next door" isn't geography. It's experience.

Why Zaga

Nearshore by location. Next door by experience.

Traditional outsourcing hides people behind a wall. With Zaga, you work with the person directly. They don't work alongside your team. They become part of it.

  • They join your standups
  • They adapt to your engineering culture
  • They learn your architecture
  • They build relationships across your team
  • They own outcomes — not tickets
Context compounds

The longer an engineer stays, the more valuable they become.

They accumulate context — your product, your customers, your team — instead of resetting every engagement.

That's why our average client relationship lasts about four years, in an industry built for months.

That's what happens when contractors become teammates.

Engineer at home office doing a code review on a video call
Hybrid team meeting — US team in conference room, LATAM colleagues on screen
The culture behind the promise

One team, across the Americas.

Zaga spans eight countries, from Canada to Argentina. Most of us have never shared an office. And yet the day-to-day feels close: one culture, real friendships, people who show up for each other.

Feeling next door isn't something we turn on for clients. It's how we work with each other, every day.

You can't give clients a closeness you don't have. The way we work with each other is the way we'll work with you.

The difference

It's staff augmentation. It just doesn't feel like it.

Companies go outside for two reasons: cost, and talent they can't hire fast enough at home. The traditional way solves both at arm's length. Zaga solves both like we're one of you, with capacity that stays, learns, and compounds.

Traditional outsourcing
  • External contractors
  • Short-term engagements
  • One more vendor to manage
  • Knowledge walks away
  • Different time zones
  • Capacity disappears when the contract ends
Zaga
  • Embedded teammates
  • Long-term partnerships
  • An extension of your product team
  • Product knowledge compounds
  • Same workday, same standups
  • Capacity that grows with your company
AI fluency

Everyone we place works AI-fluently. It's our vetting bar, not a perk.

AI made producing code, screens, and specs cheap. It's even good at finding mistakes. What it can't do is decide what's worth building, or be trusted to judge its own work. Our people use it for what it's good at, and stay in charge of the rest.

Before AI produces anything, our people decide
What's worth buildingand just as often, what isn't
How it should workAI can suggest, a person decides
What "done" looks likeclear, checkable work, never a hunch

Then AI does the production

After it does, our people make sure it's right
They answer for it"the AI wrote it" is never an excuse
They check what matters mosthigh-risk changes get extra scrutiny
They stay sharphands-on daily, catching what AI gets wrong
Zaga AI Lab

AI tooling changes monthly. Our AI Lab keeps everyone current, so the habits your team inherits are the ones that work today.

When AI projects fail, it's usually the same mistake: letting AI make the decisions. We hire and train against exactly that.

Read our full engineering point of view →
How it works

Three steps to people who feel like part of your team.

1

Understand your company

We start with your product, architecture, roadmap, and culture.

Not just a job description.

2

Match the right people

AI-assisted sourcing narrows the field. Our senior team makes the final call on fit.

You interview the person. Not a résumé.

"Genuinely impressed by the level of rigor and accountability Zaga applies before presenting candidates."

— Recruiting industry partner
3

Build together

In weeks they're contributing to your roadmap. In months they're part of your team.

In time, they're the people your team relies on most.

What we staff

Whole teams for product development, not just seats to fill.

From the people who shape a product to the people who ship and run it. Start with one specialist, or a full cross-functional team.

Product & Design
  • Product Managers & Owners
  • Product & Delivery Strategists
  • UI/UX & Product Designers
  • Business Analysts
Engineering
  • Full-Stack Engineers
  • Front-End Engineers
  • Back-End Engineers
  • Mobile Engineers
  • Tech Architects
Quality & Delivery
  • QA Automation & Manual
  • QA Strategists
  • Project & Delivery Managers
  • Technical Project Managers
Platform & Data
  • DevOps & Cloud
  • Data Engineers & Analysts
  • System & DB Administrators
  • Machine Learning Engineers

We match to your stack, not ours. Everyone we place, in every role, meets the same AI-fluency bar.

Why clients stay

The proof isn't just how many. It's how long.

The best measure of this model isn't the number of people we've placed. It's how long clients choose to keep them.

3.8 yrs
Our average client relationship, in an industry built for months
7+ yrs
Our longest partnership, still active and still evolving
366
People embedded across 49 client teams since 2014
Zaga · Senior Backend Developer
"One of the most thoughtful engineers I've worked with in years — a fantastic engineer with a constant drive toward producing results."
— Senior Engineering Manager Client
Zaga · Backend Developer
"He blew me away with his thoroughness — producing documentation without even being asked. That places him at the top compared to his peers."
— Senior Engineering Manager Client
Zaga · Full-Stack Developer
"He consistently takes initiative to make our codebase stronger. His work was not only technically sound but demonstrated real leadership and ownership."
— Principal Engineer, AI Client
Zaga · Project Manager
"A rare ability to keep the team honest without making them feel managed — and he's leaned hard into AI, giving us tighter, more effective planning across the board."
— VP of Product Client
Zaga · Scrum Master
"He helped both teams become high performing — a great asset to our team."
— VP of Product Client
Zaga · Database Administrator
"Outstanding job on the DB optimization work — it's captured the attention of the executive team in all the right ways."
— Senior Director of Engineering Client
Zaga · Backend Developer
"The client sees you as the go-to example of someone who truly knows the product — they called you a treasure. That says everything."
— Client feedback, relayed
Zaga · Frontend Developer
"He really led the frontend work — a very good communicator and an excellent tech lead. It's a great combination."
— Client lead
Zaga · Product Designer
"An excellent job in our Vision Workshop — really bold and beautiful mocks that push our direction. Very proud of her work."
— Director of Product Design Client
Zaga · Frontend Developer
"We are very fortunate to have him on the team — his communication is consistently clear and timely, and his professionalism shines."
— VP of Product & Technology Client
Zaga · Engineering pair
"Outstanding work on the checkout release — they worked closely with multiple stakeholders and their dedication truly paid off. I couldn't be prouder."
— VP of Product & Technology Client
Zaga · Senior Product Designer
"I just saw his first design! I love it."
— VP, Technology Delivery Client
Zaga · Engineering pair
"They made our first-ever mobile-only ticketing process work flawlessly — proving it can be a game-changer for our partners and members."
— Client lead
Zaga · Engineering Team Lead
"Your stable, consistent, and reliable approach — and your positive, effective leadership — is a huge asset to the team."
— Client lead
Zaga · AEM Developer
"His 'let's do it and make it work' mindset — the way he owns things like they're his own — makes a huge difference every single day."
— AEM Delivery Manager Client
Zaga · Engineer
"Plans are solid and always seem to pan out — don't know what we would do without their understated, amazing work."
— Leadership team Client
Zaga · Engineer
"An innovator — always looking for ways to improve the process and the tools, not just the end-product. Never hesitates to help or unblock a teammate."
— Leadership team Client
Zaga · Product Designer
"Your collaborative attitude and willingness to help have made a significant impact on the success of our team."
— Leadership team Client
Zaga · Full-Stack Developer
"Really great to see them taking ownership of this project."
— Client leadership
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Every six months we ask the managers our people work for how it's going. The answer we hear most isn't about output: our people get treated as some of the most important members of the team.

Your next hire shouldn't feel like outsourcing. It should feel like your team just got stronger.

One senior engineer, a designer, or a full embedded team. Tell us what you're building and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit — including when we're not.

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