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Hire C developers who handle memory like it matters
Firmware, drivers, operating system components and the libraries everything else is built on. A dedicated C developer from Latin America who works your hours, debugs at the lowest level and writes code your team can maintain.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a C developer?
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
Dedicated to your codebase
One C developer who learns your code, your conventions and your roadmap. Not a freelancer who closes a ticket and moves on.
Same hours as your team
Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so code review, standups and production issues get handled live.
Searched against your stack
C standard, target hardware, toolchain and the operating system you run come from your brief, and each profile is checked against them before you see it.
Replacement guarantee
24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. If the fit is wrong, the guarantee covers the replacement search.
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
TECH STACK
The C stack we screen for
Language
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Standard C
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Pointers and manual memory management
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Bit manipulation and data layout
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The C preprocessor, used with restraint
Platforms
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Embedded microcontrollers
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Linux user space and kernel modules
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Real-time operating systems
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POSIX APIs
Toolchain
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GCC and Clang
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Make and CMake
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Cross-compilation
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Static analysis
Debugging
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GDB and hardware debuggers
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Valgrind and sanitizers
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Unit tests for C
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Logic analyzers and serial logs
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 skills to look for in a C developer
C gives the developer every tool and no safety net. These are the skills that decide whether your low-level code is reliable or a source of crashes nobody can reproduce.
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Memory discipline
Clear ownership of every allocation, bounds checked on every buffer, and no use after free or double free.
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Debugging at the lowest level
Uses a debugger, core dumps, sanitizers and Valgrind to find the root cause, not the line where the crash happened to show up.
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Knows the hardware
Reads datasheets, handles registers, interrupts and timing, and understands what the compiler does with volatile.
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Toolchain fluency
Comfortable with compilers, linkers, build systems and cross-compilation for the targets you ship.
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Undefined behavior avoided
Knows the common sources of undefined behavior in C and writes code that does not depend on luck or one compiler.
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Readable C
Small functions, consistent naming, clear error returns and macros only where nothing else works.
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Tests where possible
Unit tests for logic that can run off-target, and a repeatable way to test on real hardware.
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AI as a tool, reviewed
Uses coding assistants for boilerplate, and reviews every generated line for memory and bounds errors before it merges.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire C developers
C code sits underneath everything else, so a defect there is expensive to find and worse to leave alone. This guide covers what a C developer does, how to scope the role, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated C developer is the wrong hire.
What does a C developer do?
Writes and maintains software in C: firmware for devices, drivers, operating system components, performance-critical libraries and the low-level parts of larger systems.
Day to day that means writing and reviewing code, debugging problems that only show up on real hardware or under load, and keeping the build working across targets.
C or C++: which do you need?
C is a small language with manual memory management and no classes. C++ adds classes, templates, a large standard library and automatic resource management. Many embedded and kernel projects use C only.
Hire for the language your codebase uses. A C++ developer may write C that looks like C++, and a C developer may need time with modern C++ features. For C++ work, see our C++ developers page.
Embedded, systems or libraries?
Embedded work needs someone comfortable with hardware, datasheets and debug probes. Systems work on Linux or another operating system needs someone who knows its interfaces. Library work needs clean APIs and portability.
Put the target, the operating system if any and the toolchain in the brief. It is the single change that makes the shortlist most relevant.
Debugging and reliability
The hardest C bugs appear far from their cause: memory corruption, race conditions with interrupts or timing problems on real hardware.
Ask the candidate about the hardest bug they fixed. You want to hear about a method, the tools they used and how they proved the fix, not a lucky guess.
What to test in a C developer interview
Give a small task close to your real work: parse a buffer of bytes into a structure, with bounds checks, error returns and a test. Read how they handle lengths, ownership and failure.
Then show a function with a subtle memory problem, such as a missing length check or a pointer returned to a local variable, and ask what is wrong. A strong answer finds it quickly and explains how to prevent it.
Red flags in C developer candidates
Unchecked buffers. Copying into a buffer without checking the length is how security holes and crashes start.
Warnings ignored. A candidate who compiles with warnings off, or ignores them, is ignoring the compiler's help.
Printf as the only debugger. If they have never used a debugger, sanitizers or Valgrind, hard bugs will take a long time.
Clever over clear. Dense macros and pointer tricks nobody else can read make the code expensive to maintain.
Generated code they cannot explain. Ask them to walk through code they wrote with an AI assistant. If they cannot say who owns each allocation, nobody has reviewed it.
When should you not hire a dedicated C developer?
When the low-level code is small and stable, and occasional changes are enough. A full-time C developer will not have enough to do.
It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side can review code or set priorities. A single developer with no technical lead and no product owner tends to build what is interesting instead of what the business needs.
How much does it cost to hire a C developer?
It depends on seniority, the scope of the work 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 of 20% to 30% of first-year base salary and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.
Why hire a C developer in Latin America?
Overlap. Development runs on code review, standups and incidents, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so those happen in real time instead of overnight.
The second reason is communication. Your developer writes pull request descriptions, technical notes and status updates in English, and we screen English live on a call.
How does CloudTask hire for this role?
You send the target hardware or operating system, the toolchain and the kind of work 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.
What is the difference between a C developer and a C++ developer?
Can a C developer work on embedded hardware?
How fast can a C developer 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.