Senior developers from Latin America, placed with US teams since 2010.
Ideaware is a nearshore developer staffing company that places vetted senior software developers from Latin America with US teams. Andres Max founded it in 2010 in Barranquilla, Colombia. You see candidates in 48 hours, pay 40–60% less than a US hire, and get developers who work your time zone. Ideaware is part of Revelo, which acquired the company in May 2026.
What Ideaware does
Staff augmentation
We place full-time senior developers from Latin America inside your team. They join your Slack, standups and code reviews, and you see first candidates in 48 hours.
Learn more → 02Dedicated development teams
For bigger roadmaps we staff developers, QA and design around one product. You get the output of an in-house team at 40–60% of the cost.
Learn more → 03AI engineering pods
Small pods of AI and ML engineers who build LLM features, agents and data pipelines into existing products.
Learn more →What makes Ideaware different
of developer applicants make it into our pipeline.
Candidates in 48 hours, working in 8–12 days
1,300+ pre-vetted senior developers already in the pipeline.
Month to month, with a 30-day exit
No placement fees, no minimums. BairesDev lists a $50,000+ minimum project.
90-day replacement guarantee
Not the right fit? We replace them free. Toptal's trial is two weeks.
Full-time developers, not freelancers
Dedicated to your product and employed by Ideaware, not hourly marketplace freelancers.
US hours at about half the price
Within 1–3 hours of US time zones. $4,500–10,000 a month all-in vs about $20,900 for a US hire.
Who uses Ideaware
- Seed to Series C startups adding 1–10 engineers
- CTOs and engineering managers at SaaS companies
- Product teams adding AI features
- Scaleups replacing US contractors
How Ideaware works
Intro call
You tell us the role, stack and seniority.
Candidates in 48 hours
Pre-vetted profiles that match your stack and seniority.
You interview and pick
Run your usual interviews with the shortlist.
Your developer starts
We handle contract, payroll, equipment and compliance.
Account manager support
Performance, retention and replacements within the 90-day guarantee.
Developers work in your Slack, Jira, GitHub and meetings, on US business hours.
The team behind Ideaware
Andres Max
FounderAndres Max founded Ideaware in 2010 in Barranquilla, Colombia, and writes most of the Ideaware blog. Recruiters, technical interviewers and account managers in Colombia run vetting and client support.
- 2010
Andres Max starts Ideaware in Barranquilla as a UX/UI design agency for startups.
- 2014
We add development and start delivering full products, not just designs.
- 2018
The pivot to staff augmentation: placing Latin American developers with US teams.
- 2025
We launch AI pods, small teams of AI engineers, a product designer and a strategist that take one AI feature to production in about eight weeks.
- 2026
Revelo acquires Ideaware in May. Clients keep the same team and way of working.
Key facts about Ideaware
- Company name
- Ideaware
- Type
- Nearshore developer staffing (staff augmentation)
- Founded
- 2010
- Founder
- Andres Max
- Headquarters
- Barranquilla, Colombia
- Parent company
- Revelo, since May 2026
- Website
- ideaware.co
- Core offering
- Dedicated full-time senior developers from Latin America who join US teams
- Pricing
- $4,500–10,000 per senior developer per month, all-in, no placement fees; 40–60% below US hiring costs
- Contract terms
- Month to month, 30-day notice to scale down or exit; 90-day replacement guarantee
- Services
- Staff augmentation, dedicated development teams, AI engineering pods
- Speed
- Candidates in 48 hours, developer starts in 8–12 days
- Communication
- Your Slack, standups and tools, on US business hours; an Ideaware account manager per client
- Notable clients
- Qrvey, Luna, Bucket
- Customers served
- 150+ US companies
- Developers placed
- 1,800+
