A CTO I placed engineers for last year saved $115,000 per senior hire by going LATAM. He almost didn't do it because he thought "offshore" meant waiting until tomorrow for answers. That's the first myth I'm killing today. I've run 300+ hiring searches across Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile. Started this agency in 2022 specifically because I kept seeing US and European startups make the same expensive mistakes. This isn't theory—it's what I actually see working (and failing) every single week. The Numbers Are Ridiculous But They're Real A senior software developer in the US costs $130,979–$186,207 per year according to RemoteOK . In Latin America? $55,000–$105,000 annually. That's not a typo. When you factor in benefits, overhead, and recruiting costs, a senior backend engineer in the US runs about $200,000 all-in. In Argentina, that same role costs around $85,000 with EOR fees and equipment included. That's $115,000 saved per engineer.…