Hire · Full Stack Developer · Latin America
Hire a Full Stack Developer in Latin America
I'm Nixon Marrasquin, a senior full stack developer in Ecuador. Hire one engineer to own the whole product, React and Next.js on the front, Node and NestJS with PostgreSQL on the back, and the deploy in between. GMT-5, USD, no agency markup.
One person owns the whole product
The slowest part of most projects is the seam between frontend and backend teams. Remove it. I take a feature from data model to shipped UI, so decisions are fast and nothing gets lost in translation between contractors.
- Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, React Query
- Backend: NestJS, Node, GraphQL, REST, PostgreSQL
- Infra: Vercel, Docker, CI/CD and environment setup
- Auth, payments, dashboards and third-party integrations
Why Latin America beats offshore for US teams
The point of nearshore is that you actually work together. LATAM shares your business day; offshore doesn't. You keep senior quality and lower cost without living on async.
- Real-time overlap with US and Canadian hours, not a 12-hour gap
- Senior engineers at roughly 40-60% of a comparable US hire
- Strong English and a Western working culture
- Ecuador is dollarized: USD contracts, zero FX risk
Real shipped work, front to back
Not prototypes, production systems serving thousands of users daily, where I built both the API and the interface on top of it.
- Nelson GO, Semillapp, Siglo 21, DeWallet + dashboards
- Schema design, APIs, business logic and polished UIs
- 3+ years, 15+ projects delivered end to end
How we'd work together
I slot into your team as a contractor and adapt to your stack and process, so onboarding is measured in days, not weeks.
- Your repo, conventions, Git and PR workflow from day one
- Standard contractor agreement with full IP assignment
- Full-time, ongoing contract, or a scoped end-to-end build
Frequently Asked Questions
What founders and hiring managers ask about a full stack hire.
What does 'full stack' actually mean for you?
I own a feature from the database schema and API all the way to a polished, fast UI, plus the deploy. Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind. Backend: NestJS, Node, GraphQL/REST, PostgreSQL. Infra: Vercel, Docker, CI. You get one person accountable for the whole path, not a frontend and a backend contractor pointing at each other.
Why hire a full stack developer in Latin America specifically?
LATAM gives US and Canadian teams real-time overlap instead of a 10-12 hour offshore gap, senior engineers at a fraction of US cost, and strong English. I'm in Ecuador, which is on permanent GMT-5 (US Eastern) and uses the US dollar, so hours line up and billing is in USD.
Is one full stack developer enough, or do I need a team?
For MVPs, internal tools, dashboards and most SMB and startup products, one senior full stack developer ships faster than a fragmented team because there's no hand-off overhead. When a project grows, I can help you scope and onboard more people into a codebase that was built to be extended.
What have you actually shipped end to end?
Production apps used by thousands of people: Nelson GO, Semillapp, Siglo 21 and DeWallet, plus their dashboards and APIs. 3+ years and 15+ delivered projects, front to back.
What's your English level and how do you communicate?
Native Spanish, B2 English. I run standups, code reviews, PRs and docs in English and handle async communication cleanly across Slack, Linear/Jira and Git.
Full-time, contract, or per project?
All three. Full-time remote roles, ongoing contracts, and scoped end-to-end builds. Standard contractor agreement with full IP assignment, and I can usually start within a week or two.
Let's talk
Need one engineer who can own the whole stack?
Tell me about the product or role and I'll reply within minutes with fit, availability and a realistic plan. Email is fastest.