Nearshore talent
Nearshore software development in Costa Rica.
Nearshore software development in Costa Rica is building and maintaining software with an engineering team based in Costa Rica that works the same hours as your team in the US. IDEACTIVO provides front-end, back-end, architecture, DevOps and QA engineers who join your workflow or deliver complete projects, with design and UX in the same house.
What we build
- Websites and enterprise platforms: multisite and multiregion builds with thousands of pages, including Adobe Experience Manager.
- Web apps and digital products: customer portals, internal tools and products that keep evolving after launch.
- E-commerce: online stores, payment and catalog integrations, and the content operations behind them.
- Integrations and APIs: connections between your CRM, analytics, marketing automation and third-party platforms.
- AI features and automation: AI agents, workflows and data automation built into your product or operation.
- Support and maintenance: ongoing improvements, updates and monitoring for platforms already in production.
Who is on the team
You add only the profiles you need, one at a time or as a full squad.
- Front-end engineers: accessible, fast interfaces built from your design system.
- Back-end engineers: services, APIs, data models and integrations.
- Solution and software architects: technical direction, code review and decisions that hold up at scale.
- DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and automated deployments.
- QA with automation: functional and regression testing, plus automated checks for SEO, AEO and accessibility.
- UX/UI designers: research, flows and interfaces, so design and development move at the same pace.
How we work with your team
The same nearshore models as the rest of our services, applied to engineering.
- Staff augmentation: engineers who join your stand-ups, sprints and code reviews, under your technical lead.
- Dedicated team: a squad that works only on your product, with its own lead and shared goals.
- Project basis: we deliver a defined scope from start to finish, then support it in production.
Learn more about our nearshore agency in Costa Rica and the creative and media teams that complement engineering.
Who it's for
For product companies, enterprises and agencies in the US and Latin America that need engineering capacity without hiring every role locally.
It also fits teams that inherited a platform from another vendor and need people who can understand it, stabilize it and keep it moving. We work in English and Spanish, in real time with your team.
Nearshore software development FAQ
What is nearshore software development?
Nearshore software development means working with engineers in a nearby country with overlapping hours, instead of one in a distant time zone. With IDEACTIVO, your engineering team is based in Costa Rica, works the same hours as the US, joins your meetings in real time and communicates in English and Spanish.
Why develop software in Costa Rica?
According to CINDE, more than 300 high-tech companies and 41 Fortune 500 companies operate in Costa Rica, which is Latin America's top per capita exporter of knowledge-intensive and IT services. For US companies, it means an experienced engineering talent pool in the same working hours, a short flight away.
Can a nearshore team take over an existing platform?
Yes. IDEACTIVO can take over a website or platform built by another vendor. We start by reviewing the code, the infrastructure and the pending work, then propose a plan to stabilize it before adding new features. It is a common starting point for enterprise platforms with years of history.
Do you handle design and QA too?
Yes. IDEACTIVO has UX/UI designers and QA engineers on the same team as developers, so design, development and testing move together. Our QA includes test automation and automated checks for SEO, answer engine optimization (AEO) and accessibility, so quality issues are caught before every release.