A fraction of a US hire's fully-loaded cost.
$3,500 2-week trial
A fixed-scope, 2-week engagement to see a senior engineer ship in your codebase before committing to an ongoing pod.
- ✓ Senior engineer, full-time for 2 weeks
- ✓ Real, shippable output in your codebase
- ✓ No long-term commitment
$7,000 /month per engineer
A dedicated senior engineer embedded in your product on an ongoing basis, at a fraction of a US hire's fully-loaded cost.
- ✓ Senior-only, no bench substitution
- ✓ US business-hours overlap
- ✓ Month-to-month, no long-term lock-in
| US Senior Engineer | Alta Marea Senior Engineer | |
|---|---|---|
| Fully-loaded cost / year | ~$190,000 | $84,000 ($7,000/month) |
| Recruiting / time-to-hire | Weeks to months | No recruiting overhead on your side |
| Seniority | Varies by hire | Senior-only, no bench substitution |
Based on a ~$190,000/year illustrative US average fully-loaded senior engineer cost, Alta Marea runs about 56% lower.
Common questions about pricing
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 it's a fit, you move to the ongoing Senior Engineer tier at $7,000/month per engineer, month-to-month, no long-term lock-in. If it's not a fit, you walk away with whatever shipped in those two weeks.
A dedicated senior engineer, full-time, embedded in your codebase, with no recruiting, onboarding, or benefits administration on your side.
Both. Nearshore Engineering Pods are our ongoing, embedded model, and New Feature Development, QA & Testing, and Debugging & Troubleshooting cover scoped, one-off engineering needs. Every engagement is staffed with the same senior-only bar.
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