Hire top talent across
Latin America.
At the speed of AI.
Senior LatAm talent, sourced by AI and
vetted by humans. Built to stay.
Lifetime replacement · 97% retention · 325+ companies
Talent from leading companies Talent from leading companies
Senior LatAm
talent that works
as part of your team
Built for US companies past the
early-stage scramble.
Senior operators, engineers, and managers
who are ready to own the work from day one.
Fluent English, aligned to your hours, and
built for the long term.
We source, vet, and place full-time talent
in as little as 14 days. You manage the person
and the work. We handle payroll, compliance,
and everything else behind the scenes.
Built for US companies past theearly-stage scramble.
Senior operators, engineers, andmanagers who are ready to own thework from day one. Fluent English,aligned to your hours, and builtfor the long term.
We source, vet, and place full-timetalent in as little as 14 days. Youmanage the person and the work.We handle payroll, compliance, andeverything else behind the scenes.
Opus places nearshore hires in 14 days on average, while SHRM’s hiring research puts typical US time-to-fill at over a month. 97% of Opus placements stay at least one year, working US business hours in full timezone overlap. Harvard Business Review finds well-run distributed teams can outperform co-located ones.
“Shocking how quickly we got candidates. Even more shocking at how qualified they were. Two hours of my time, total.”
Read the full storyWhat teams say after the first hire
How a hire happens,
end-to-end
From your first call with us to your new hire’s first day, here’s the full flow.
Discovery call
A 20-minute call with your hiring manager. We leave with a role profile and scorecard built around what a strong hire looks like six months in.
Start hiringWhy teams choose Opus
over other alternatives
Compare the hiring model, vetting,
onboarding and contract terms
for the role you need.
| Opus AI sourcing with a
human vetting layer | Talent networks Freelance and full-time
options, including Toptal | Outsourcing firms Engineering services
including BairesDev | DIY Hiring Hiring on your own | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to Onboard | 14 days Shortlist in five | Confirm start date Matching and onboarding
are different steps | Agree a timeline Role and engagement
affect the schedule | Your search schedule Allow time for sourcing
and interviews |
| Quality bar | 8-layer vetting Skills, English, communication,
references and role fit | Provider screening Ask what is assessed
for your role | Provider screening Review the assessment
and team-matching process | Your assessment You choose the sourcing
and vetting process |
| AI-ready talent | Certified before
day one 6-module AI certification | Verify AI skills Request relevant work
or training evidence | Verify AI skills Ask how assigned talent
uses your tools | Your assessment Define the AI skills
you need |
| How the team is run | Dedicated, full-time Contracts and payroll run
by Opus, embedded in your team | Freelance or full-time Confirm employment
and management terms | Staff or project support Team management depends
on the service | You arrange employment Choose payroll and
compliance support |
| What you pay | One flat monthly rate Talent, payroll and
compliance in one rate | Request a full quote Compare talent rates
and service fees | Request a full quote Confirm service scope
and billing model | Salary and hiring costs Budget for benefits
and recruiting support |
| Day one readiness | Custom playbook Built with your hiring
manager | Agree onboarding scope Confirm who prepares
the hire for your team | Agree onboarding scope Define access, training
and management | Your onboarding plan Prepare access, goals
and team introductions |
| If the fit goes wrong | Lifetime
replacement Fresh search at no cost | Review trial terms Confirm any replacement
or refund remedy | Review replacement terms Confirm the remedy
and covered period | Your hiring process Agree any recruiter
replacement terms |
| Retention at one year | 97% One-year retention
reported by Opus | Ask for cohort data Use the same period
and retention definition | Ask for cohort data Distinguish team retention
from provider employment | Track your hires Measure retention for
a defined cohort |
Want the line-by-line cost against a US hire? See the math in the cost calculator →
Who this is for
Built for $60-180K roles.
Not a VA shop.
Senior operators, engineers, finance and customer leads who run the work, not task-takers you have to script. If your next hire is a $6-an-hour assistant, we’ll save you the call: that’s not what we do.
You hire confidently. We carry the risk.
The Opus Lifetime Guarantee: if a hire ever stops working out, we replace them free. No cap, no clock. We can back it because 97% of placements are still in the seat a year later.
Start hiringHow our system works behind the scenes
The system most firms don’t have. The depth most don’t bother with.
637,000 candidate profiles to search
Your search starts with our candidate database.
We screen candidates against your role, reviewing
English, work history, and skills. The strongest
matches go through eight-layer vetting before
they reach your shortlist.
Your search starts with our candidatedatabase. We screen candidates againstyour role, reviewing English, work history,and skills. The strongest matches gothrough eight-layer vetting before theyreach your shortlist.
- Mexico City Mexico
- Bogotá Colombia
- Santiago Chile
- São Paulo Brazil
- Buenos Aires Argentina
The 8-layer vetting
Skills, English fluency, communication, accent clarity,
references, role fit, culture fit, and drive. Every Opus
candidate passes an 8-layer vetting process, on every
search, regardless of role. The vetted talent you
interview has already passed the bar.
Skills, English fluency, communication,accent clarity, references, role fit,culture fit, and drive. Every Opuscandidate passes an 8-layer vettingprocess, on every search, regardlessof role. The vetted talent you interviewhas already passed the bar.
AI-fluent, before
day one
Every Opus placement clears our internal AI certification
before joining your team. Six modules covering prompt
engineering, tool fluency across ChatGPT, Claude, and
Cursor, and AI-augmented workflows. Your hire shows up
fluent in the tools your team already runs on, the tools
76% of developers are already using or planning to use.
Every Opus placement clears our internalAI certification before joining your team.Six modules covering promptengineering, tool fluency acrossChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor, and AI-augmented workflows. Your hire showsup fluent in the tools your team alreadyruns on, the tools 76% of developersare already using or planning to use.
One rate.
Everything
handled
Talent, payroll, international compliance, and the lifetime
replacement guarantee. All on one monthly rate. No new
vendors to add, contracts to manage or payroll to set up. We
stay long after the offer letter.
Talent, payroll, international compliance,and the lifetime replacement guarantee.All on one monthly rate. No new vendorsto add, contracts to manage or payroll toset up. We stay long after the offer letter.
We have every position you’d
need to hire
Browse the roles we cover. Filter by category to see your shortlist.
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Quito, EC Marta S.
Customer Onboarding Lead
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CDMX, MX Alodia P.
Operations Manager
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Santiago, CL Lucía J.
Executive Assistant
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Medellín, CO Alejandro O.
Full-Stack Engineer
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CDMX, MX Valentina R.
Growth Marketing Manager
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CDMX, MX Mateo P.
Sales Operations Manager
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Santiago, CL Daniela R.
Controller
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Buenos Aires, AR Paula G.
Customer Success Lead
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Santiago, CL Diana M.
Operations Manager
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Bogotá, CO Mariana O.
Executive Assistant
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Medellín, CO Sofía P.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
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Bogotá, CO Diego A.
Performance Marketing Lead
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Buenos Aires, AR Gabriela V.
Sales Ops Manager
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Lima, PE Isabella B.
Finance Manager
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Santiago, CL Mariano F.
Head of Customer Experience
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São Paulo, BR Marco L.
Program Manager
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CDMX, MX Diego M.
C-suite EA
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Buenos Aires, AR Javier N.
Backend Engineer
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Santiago, CL Lucía M.
Lifecycle Marketing Manager
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CDMX, MX Mariana C.
Revenue Operations Lead
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Bogotá, CO Alejandro M.
Accounting Manager
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Bogotá, CO Camila R.
Customer Success Manager
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Quito, EC Fausto H.
Senior Operations Manager
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Buenos Aires, AR Valentina S.
Executive Assistant
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Santiago, CL Santiago D.
DevOps Engineer
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Lima, PE Marta V.
Senior Growth Marketer
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Lima, PE Javier R.
RevOps Manager
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Lima, PE Sofía R.
Senior Accountant
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What teams ask before
working with us
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Will their English be strong enough for our team?
Yes. Every candidate clears a live English call with our team before they reach your inbox. We screen for fluency, accent clarity, and how they handle real conversation under pressure.
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What is Opus?
Opus is a US nearshore recruiting firm that places full-time professionals from Latin America. Opus serves United States companies seeking senior talent with dependable timezone overlap and fluent English. First, Opus defines the role and builds a scorecard during a 20-minute client call. Second, Opus screens hundreds of profiles and applies an 8-layer vetting process to strong matches. Third, Opus delivers 3 vetted candidates within 5 days, each prepared for client interviews. Selected hires reach onboarding in about 14 days and work alongside existing teams. Opus handles payroll, local benefits, international compliance, contracts, taxes, and time tracking for every placement. Every placement completes a 6-module AI certification covering ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and practical workflows. Opus reports 97% one-year retention, and more than 325 companies have hired through Opus. Every hire carries a lifetime replacement guarantee with no cap and no time limit.
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We’ve been burned by offshore before. What’s different here?
Start with the work you need done and the problems with your last arrangement. Opus builds a role profile and scorecard with your hiring manager, screens candidates against that brief, and sends three finalists with profiles, scorecards and references. You choose whom to interview and make the hiring decision. Before day one, we build an onboarding playbook covering systems, workflows, people and the first 90 days. The hire works full-time with your team while Opus handles employment administration. Compare providers on those deliverables, the agreed working hours and the replacement terms. A country or a resume alone will not tell you whether the next person fits the job.
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How fast can we start hiring?
The discovery call takes 20 minutes and produces a role profile and scorecard. Opus delivers three vetted candidates in five days; average onboarding takes about 14 days. The shortlist includes candidate profiles, scorecards and references so your hiring manager can compare the same evidence before interviewing. You decide which finalists to meet and whom to hire. To prepare, identify the manager, the work the hire will own and the hours needed for meetings or customer coverage. Have the people making the decision available for interviews. Confirm the proposed start date during the search; an individual candidate's availability and your interview schedule can affect it.
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What roles can you fill?
We place senior hires across operations, finance, engineering, marketing, customer support, and executive support, full-time and embedded into your team. If you’re hiring for a role that requires a specific industry background or technical skill set, the discovery call is the fastest way to confirm fit.
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How does pricing work?
Opus quotes one all-in monthly rate per hire, covering talent, payroll, international compliance and placement support. The rate depends on the role and seniority and is shared on the first 20-minute call. Compare the same scope across quotes: working hours, responsibilities, benefits, equipment, onboarding and replacement terms. For a local hire, include the employer costs beyond salary. For a recruiting service, separate any one-time placement fee from ongoing employment costs. The cost calculator is a starting estimate; review its assumptions against the role you need. Your written quote should make clear which costs are included and which remain with your company.
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What if the hire isn’t a fit?
Opus provides lifetime replacement with no cap and no time limit. If a placement does not work out, we restart the search at no replacement charge and send a new shortlist of three vetted candidates in five days. If the placement fails, revisit the role profile, schedule and responsibilities before restarting the search. Compare a replacement guarantee with a trial or refund on its own terms. Ask what remedy is offered, how long the coverage lasts and what your agreement requires when requesting it.
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Do nearshore hires actually stay?
Opus reports that 97% of placements remain with the same company after one year. That is a one-year retention measure, so compare it with the same period and population when reviewing another provider's claim. Ask how recent hires are treated and whether the figure covers the roles you plan to hire. Retention also depends on the job someone joins: clear responsibilities, a manager who can give feedback and an onboarding plan matter after selection. Opus prepares an onboarding playbook with your hiring manager and provides lifetime replacement with no cap or time limit. Read the measurement definitions alongside the guarantee terms.
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Who handles payroll, taxes, and compliance?
Opus does. One partner runs the contracts, payroll, benefits, and cross-border compliance for you, all on our side. You don’t need to open a foreign entity, register as an employer abroad, or manage international contractor paperwork. One monthly rate covers the placement and the legal layer around it.
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How is this different from a staffing firm or a recruiter?
Recruiting and staffing services use different arrangements. A placement service may find a person your company then employs; staff augmentation may supply someone through an ongoing service agreement. Some providers offer both. Opus recruits a dedicated full-time teammate and handles contracts, payroll, benefits and international compliance for one monthly rate. You manage the person's day-to-day work. Our process includes the role scorecard, a vetted shortlist, client interviews and an onboarding playbook, followed by employment support and lifetime replacement. Compare the actual contract, not the provider's label: who employs the person, who directs the work, what the fee covers and what happens if the placement ends.
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Can you show an example of an Opus placement?
Landry Mechanical started with an Opus customer service hire in late June 2025. Within four weeks, the placement was handling evening shifts alone. By December, Landry had six Opus placements across dispatch, administration, accounts receivable and permit coordination. The published case study describes the shifts Landry had struggled to fill, the first hire's ramp and the decision to add more people. For a similar search, use that account to frame specific questions: which hours need coverage, what training is available, and what work should the person handle independently after the first month? Ask for customer evidence that matches the responsibilities of your own opening.
Read the Landry Mechanical case study →
The next A-player on your
team. In 14 days.
Walk us through the role and what you need. We’ll take it from there.
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