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Hire a software architect who keeps your codebase ready for what comes next
System structure, service boundaries, technical decisions and the standards your developers build to. A dedicated software architect from Latin America who works your hours and stays close enough to the code to see the consequences.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a software architect?
You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.
Post the role
5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.
Review your matches
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.
Interview and hire
We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.
WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK
What you get with every hire
Decisions with an owner
A dedicated architect who lives with the consequences of the design. Not a one-time review that leaves your team with a document and no one to ask.
Same day as your developers
Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so design reviews, pull request discussions and technical decisions happen live.
Checked against your stack
Your languages, frameworks, data stores and cloud. Each search is sourced against the codebase and the problems you describe.
Replacement guarantee
24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. Architecture work cannot wait for a second search, so the guarantee covers the case where the fit is wrong.
WHY CLOUDTASK
Staffing with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
24 months
replacement guarantee
on Managed Staffing
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
PRICING MODEL
Managed Staffing.
Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.
Pay
One all-in monthly rate
Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.
In the monthly rate
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Matching coordination
- Worker payments
- Compliance and employment administration
- Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
- Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
- Time and activity tracking, on by default
- Performance escalation
- 24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
- Health benefits available on request
- Equipment benefits available on request
Stays with you
- The work itself
- Priorities and direction
- Who you hire
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchPRICING MODEL
Direct Hire.
Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.
Pay
20% to 30%
Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.
In the fee
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Shortlist of matched candidates
- Interview coordination
- Offer support
- 6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.
Yours when they accept
- Employment and payroll
- Compliance and employment administration
- Ongoing management
- Time and activity tracking
- Health benefits and equipment benefits
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchHow CloudTask compares
Run the numbers. We did.
The same role, three ways to fill it.
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| US Direct Hire | Staffing Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Interview | 48 hours | 3 to 6 weeks | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Payroll & Compliance | Included on Managed Staffing | You manage | Included in rate |
| Vetting Process | Human + AI verified | You screen | Recruiter screened |
| Candidate spam | Screened out before you see a profile | Common | Low |
| Tool Verification | Verified per candidate | Self-reported | Rarely verified |
| Free Replacements | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire | None | Variable |
Testimonials
Trusted by teams that hire with us
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LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify -
At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
SKILLS
Top capabilities to look for in a software architect
A title says someone has been around long enough. These are the capabilities that decide whether your codebase gets easier or harder to change over the next two years.
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Structure and boundaries
Deciding how the system is split into modules or services, where the boundaries go and what each part is allowed to know about the others.
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Still writes code
An architect who no longer reads or writes code makes decisions the team cannot implement. The best ones pair, review pull requests and build prototypes.
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Decision records
Writing down why a choice was made, what was rejected and under which conditions it should be revisited, so the next engineer does not repeat the debate.
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Scalability and performance
Knowing where the system will struggle as users, data and teams grow, and fixing the real bottleneck instead of redesigning everything.
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Managing technical debt
Telling apart debt that slows the team every week from debt that can wait, and making a case for paying it down in terms the business accepts.
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Security and reliability
Authentication, data handling, failure modes and recovery considered in the design, not patched on after an incident.
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Leading without authority
Getting developers and product to agree on standards through reviews, examples and explanation, rather than rules nobody follows.
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AI where it saves a step
Exploring options, drafting design documents and reviewing code faster. Useful for speed, never a substitute for owning the decision.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire a software architect
The first page of results for this search includes a long debate about whether hiring a software architect makes sense at all. This guide answers that honestly: what the role does, when it pays off, when it does not, and how to test for it.
What does a software architect do?
Shapes the structure of a software system: how it is divided into components, how they communicate, which technologies are used and which standards the team follows. Then makes sure those decisions hold up as the code changes.
In practice that means design reviews, decision records, prototypes to test risky choices, pull request reviews on critical areas and a lot of explaining to developers and product managers.
Does it make sense to hire a software architect?
It does when several developers or teams work on the same system and design decisions start to collide: duplicated patterns, services that know too much about each other, changes that break things far away.
It also makes sense before a major change, such as splitting a monolith, a new platform or a large integration, when a wrong early decision is expensive to undo.
When should you not hire a dedicated software architect?
When you have a small team on one application and a senior engineer who already makes good design decisions. A separate architect will add process without adding much value; give that engineer the time and the mandate instead.
It is also the wrong hire when you need one architecture review. A short software architecture consulting engagement fits a single review better than a full-time role.
Software architect or solutions architect?
A software architect focuses on the inside of an application: code structure, patterns and technical standards. A solutions architect works across systems, connecting applications, vendors and data to solve a business need.
If your problem is a codebase that is getting harder to change, you want a software architect. If it is how several systems fit together, see our solutions architects page.
Will AI replace software architects?
AI tools can already suggest designs and draft documents, and can answer questions about patterns. What they do not do is weigh your team, your budget, your deadlines and your history, and then own the decision when it turns out to be wrong.
That judgment is the job. A good architect uses AI to explore options faster and still decides.
What should I test in the interview?
Ask them to describe a system they designed and one decision they would now make differently. You want to hear the constraints at the time, what changed and what it cost to fix.
Then give a real problem from your codebase and ask for a proposal. Listen for questions about your team and your constraints before any diagram, and check that they can read and discuss your actual code.
Red flags in software architect candidates
No decision they would change. Ask about a design they would now make differently. A candidate who has none either did not stay long enough to see the consequences or will not admit a mistake, and you need someone who can do both.
A diagram before any question. Given a real problem from your codebase, a strong architect asks about your team and your constraints first. Drawing a solution straight away means the design fits their last job, not yours.
Far from the code. Ask them to read and discuss a piece of your actual code. An architect who cannot, or who no longer reviews pull requests, will make decisions your team cannot implement.
Redesign as the answer to everything. When you describe a slow part of the system, listen for whether they look for the real bottleneck or propose rebuilding the whole thing. The second is expensive and rarely the fix.
Standards by decree. Ask how they got a team to adopt a standard. If the answer is a rule they imposed rather than reviews, examples and explanation, expect rules nobody follows.
How much does it cost to hire a software architect?
It depends on seniority, your stack, the size of the system, the language requirement and the country the person works from, and any single number describes one scenario and calls it a price.
What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.
Why hire a software architect in Latin America?
Overlap. Architecture is decided in conversation with your developers and product team, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so reviews and decisions happen live.
The second reason is communication. An architect has to explain trade-offs in writing and in meetings in English every day, and we screen that live on a call rather than inferring it from a profile.
How does CloudTask hire for this role?
You send the stack, the state of the system, the kind of decisions you need owned and the hours you need covered. We source against that brief and come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and checked against the stack you named.
You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
FAQ
The fine print, in plain terms.
Does a software architect still write code?
Can ChatGPT be an architect?
How fast can a software architect start?
What is the $299 for?
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Who is the legal employer?
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
What happens if the person does not work out?
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
Ready to hire?
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.