Tecla

Review

★8.6/10

🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, Brazil·50 - 249 employees·Reviewed Jul 2026

Nearshore tech staffing firm connecting companies with top Brazilian engineering talent.

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Best For

US and European companies hiring Brazilian engineers, Staffing for cybersecurity and healthcare

Hourly Rate

$25-49/hr

50% below the $75/hr median for software agencies in Brazil

Min. Project

$25K+

Industries

Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Technology

Clients

About Tecla

Tecla is a São Paulo-based staffing and software development firm focused on placing pre-vetted Brazilian engineers with North American and European companies. Active across 13 industries and 12 cities in Brazil, the firm covers cybersecurity, healthcare, and general software development. Clients consistently highlight the speed of hiring and the quality of time-zone-aligned candidates delivered.

Who Tecla Is Best For

Tecla is best suited for companies outside Brazil that need to hire Brazilian engineering talent on a nearshore basis. Their strength is time-zone alignment with North American clients and a screening process that consistently produces high-quality placements. A good fit for teams prioritizing fast, reliable staff augmentation over a traditional outsourcing model.

Why Choose Tecla

Fast candidate sourcing

Time-zone-aligned talent

Strong cultural fit screening

Broad industry coverage

Consistent client satisfaction

Things to Consider

Primarily staffing-focused, not build-to-own development

Custom software is only 10% of services

Limited portfolio of standalone software projects

$25K minimum project size

Tecla Services

IT Staff AugmentationCustom Software DevelopmentStaffingCybersecurity StaffingHealthcare Tech Staffing

Selected Work

Scaling a global fintech workforce through LATAM talent.

Remitly

Full-time AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and technical talent.

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Scaling Salesforce capacity at the pace of an open-innovation platform.

Wellspring

Full-time AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and technical talent.

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Building an AI governance company with distributed LATAM engineering.

Credo AI

Full-time AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and technical talent.

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