Alta Marea

We deploy, seniorAI-enhanced engineers, fast.

Recruiting is a bottleneck. While staffing agencies deliver resumes, we deliver velocity that protects your IP and runway. Our AI-enhanced engineers adapt perfectly to your coding guidelines, documentation, and development processes from Day 1.

Inc 5.000 company

$200,000

generated in revenue

2.5M ARR business

Pending invoices recovered

$250,000

60 hrs/month of back-office work eliminated

Companies we've worked with
Cuseum
Nexus Labor Group
Caribe Relax
Donde Rita
Concejo de la Estrella
Amalga
Milloway Pipeworks
Tradesman
Dilo
Novicosta
Jungle Snacks
Cuseum
Nexus Labor Group
Caribe Relax
Donde Rita
Concejo de la Estrella
Amalga
Milloway Pipeworks
Tradesman
Dilo
Novicosta
Jungle Snacks
The staffing problem

One size fits none

Bench roulette

Staffing agencies rotate whoever's available. You never know who you're actually getting, or if they'll still be there next sprint.

Bench roulette

Slow, expensive ramp

A US hiring pipeline takes weeks to months and costs more than double our fully-loaded rate, before the engineer writes a line of code.

Slow, expensive ramp

No one owns the outcome

Staffing rents you hours. Nobody on the other end is accountable for what actually ships.

No one owns the outcome
Studio, not staffing

Built around your codebase, your workflows, your team

Your codebase
Your workflows
Your team
How we work

Three steps, no long-term lock-in

Step 1

Trial Pod

  • · Senior engineer, full-time, 2 weeks
  • · Real, shippable work in your codebase
  • · Fixed-price, no long-term commitment
Trial Pod
Senior engineer, full-time, 2 weeks
Real, shippable work in your codebase
Fixed-price, no long-term commitment

Step 2

Embed & Ship

  • · Convert to a dedicated senior engineer
  • · Month-to-month, no lock-in
  • · Full US business-hours overlap
Embed & Ship
Convert to a dedicated senior engineer
Month-to-month, no lock-in
Full US business-hours overlap

Step 3

Scale or Wrap

  • · Add pod members as scope grows
  • · Or wrap cleanly, no lock-in
  • · You decide, every month
Scale or Wrap
Add pod members as scope grows
Or wrap cleanly, no lock-in
You decide, every month
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Something else. Alta Marea is a software studio: you get senior engineers embedded in your product as a pod, not a name pulled off a staffing bench. We own the outcome, not just the headcount.

It stays entirely yours. Every engagement starts with a signed NDA and IP assignment, so all code and data we touch is your property from day one: never shared, resold, or used to train external models. Access is scoped to your own systems and revoked the moment an engagement ends, so you're always in control.

If the work does not meet the standard we agreed on, you do not pay the full engagement. We build every project against clear deliverables defined upfront, and if we fall short, we make it right or adjust the invoice. We take on the risk so you don't have to.

Days, not months. Our engineers are senior-level and AI-enhanced, so they ramp into your stack, tooling, and workflows faster than a traditional hire. Most teams see their first pull request within the first week.

Yes. Every engagement is month-to-month with no long-term lock-in. Add engineers when scope grows, scale back when it shrinks, or wrap up cleanly when the project is done. You decide every month.

Tell us how your business runs.

We'll show you where automation or an engineering pod pays for itself.

Or book a time directly