Hiring engineers in Brazil, explained for U.S. teams
Costs, contracts, time zones, payment rails, interviews — written from the studio floor, updated as the market moves. Em portugues
How to Audit a Vendor's Screening Before You Buy
Every vendor calls its screening rigorous. Five questions, sent in one email, that separate a real funnel from a resume forwarding service.
October 12, 2026How to Hire Engineers Abroad With No Legal Entity
Three ways to add engineers in another country when your company has no entity there, what each actually costs and takes, and how to pick without a four-month detour.
October 12, 2026What Goes in a PJ Contract With a Brazilian Developer
The clauses that belong in a service contract with a Brazilian PJ developer, the ones that quietly raise reclassification risk, and why the invoice matters as much as the contract.
October 12, 2026Switching Nearshore Vendors Without Losing Engineers
Keep the engineer, change the supplier. The five clauses to read, the order that makes the notice period your overlap, and when staying is cheaper.
October 11, 2026When a 90-Day Guarantee Is Worse Than 30
A ninety-day replacement window can be worth less than thirty. What decides it: which day the clock starts, what the term locks you into, and what it never covers.
October 10, 2026What "Senior" Means in Brazil vs the U.S.
Brazilian titles run júnior, pleno, sênior — and the ladder usually stops there. Here is how to read the level off a CV without over- or under-rating it.
September 25, 2026Security When Your Engineer Works Abroad
Country is the wrong variable. Here is the access model, the device question and the audit trail that actually decide whether a remote contractor is a risk.
September 24, 2026Can You Convert a Nearshore Contractor Into an Employee?
Four options: keep the contract, use an employer of record, open a Brazilian entity, or sponsor a visa. What each really costs and how long it takes.
September 23, 2026Code Review With Only Four Hours of Overlap
Pacific-time teams get four to five hours with Brazil. That is enough — if review stops being a conversation and starts being a written artifact.
September 23, 2026Why Brazilian Engineers Leave, and What Keeps Them
Senior engineers rarely leave over rate alone. They leave when the work flattens, the hours drift and nobody says where they stand. What the client controls.
September 22, 2026Ending a Contract With a Brazilian Engineer
No severance, no local entity, no drama — if the contract was written properly. Here is what actually applies when a nearshore engagement ends.
September 22, 2026When a Nearshore Hire Does Not Work Out
Most bad engagements are visible in week two and get raised in month three. Here are the early signals, and what a replacement guarantee should actually say.
September 22, 2026Fractional vs Full-Time Nearshore Engineers: When Each Wins
Fractional fits work with a finish line; dedicated fits work with a roadmap. Where the line sits, what part-time really costs, and how to tell early.
September 21, 2026What a Nearshore Engineering Budget Really Costs
The monthly rate is the easy number. Here is the rest of the first-year budget for a nearshore squad, including the lines teams forget until month three.
September 21, 2026The Hiring Brief That Gets You Candidates in Days
A good brief is one page and answers six questions. Here is what to put in it, what to leave out, and why vague briefs cost you two weeks.
September 21, 2026How to Interview Brazilian Engineers (What Changes)
The technical bar does not change. What changes is how seniority is signalled, how candidates describe their own work, and which of your screens stop working.
September 20, 2026Do You File a 1099 for a Developer in Brazil?
Short answer: usually no. Payments to a foreign company for work performed abroad are not 1099 territory. Here is the paperwork that does apply.
September 19, 2026What "PJ" Means When You Hire a Brazilian Developer
Most senior Brazilian engineers invoice through their own company, called PJ. Here is what that means for a U.S. buyer, and where the real risk sits.
September 18, 2026Brazilian Public Holidays in 2027: A Planning Guide
Brazil has 12 national holidays in 2027, four of them moveable. Here are the dates, which ones actually stop work, and how to plan sprints around them.
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