Case Study: Remitly scales its LATAM engineering team with Tecla

Remitly hires 5 AI engineers with Tecla in 8 weeks

Remitly, a global fintech company specializing in international money transfers, faced the challenge of scaling its engineering capacity by building a new hub in Latin America. They needed to find high-caliber software engineers who could integrate seamlessly into their teams and contribute to complex backend systems without slowing down development. To meet this challenge, they partnered with the vendor Tecla for AI talent placement services.

Tecla provided an embedded staff augmentation solution, sourcing and placing Software Development Engineers aligned with Remitly's tech stack and time zones. As a result of this partnership, Tecla successfully hired five engineers with 100% retention. The process was highly efficient, with an average of just eight weeks from kickoff to signed hire, allowing Remitly to rapidly and durably build its regional engineering presence.

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