Silver.dev vs BairesDev

If you’re hiring engineers in LatAm, the vendor you pick changes the incentives. Here’s a clear breakdown of how we approach quality — and how large, high-volume vendors often operate.

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CategorySilver.devBairesDev
PositioningBoutique, quality-firstHigh-volume delivery
Pricing mechanicsMarket + ~20–30%Higher markup (often 40–60%+)
IncentivesPay talent well → retention & performanceMarkup pressure can reduce talent pay
Screening depthCoding + system design + AI interviewsMore automation, faster throughput
Transparency
Portfolio signalName-brand startupsMixed / broad client base

Notes: the BairesDev column reflects common patterns of large staffing vendors (high volume + markup-driven economics). If you have a specific proposal, the best comparison is bill rate vs talent pay, replacement policy, and buy-out terms.

Quality over Quantity: 50%+ global pass-rate

We do coding, system design and AI fluency interviews to assess talent. 64% of our candidates pass our client technical interviews globally.

Our model: market rates + clear markup

We charge market rates plus a clearmarkup. The point is to keep incentives clean: pay the talent what it takes to retain them, and keep our economics transparent.

If you want to sanity-check portfolio quality, browse placements and open roles.

Screening: why we do real interviews

Hiring engineers is not a keyword-matching problem. We run structured interviews (coding + system design, and AI-related evaluation where relevant) so you’re not stuck in a “try & fire” loop.

The goal isn’t to slow things down — it’s to increase the probability that the first few candidates are actually strong.

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