Custom software development in Austin, with a nearshore team
iTech Dev Corp builds custom product for Austin companies from a Texas entity, with an engineering team in Monterrey in the same time zone and contracts under U.S. law. But Austin has more development shops per square mile than anywhere else in the state: if you want the cheapest team, you will find it, and if you want the biggest name, that too. What we can defend is the model: a closed budget in writing before we build, deliverables every two weeks, and the code yours from the first commit.
What reaches us from Austin
Austin does not reach us the same way San Antonio or Houston does. Here the typical project is product —an MVP that has to ship, a platform that stopped scaling, an in-house team that needs hands— and the buyer is usually technical. That changes the conversation: nobody needs an API explained, but architecture decisions have to hold up in front of someone who will review them.
The three problems we see most
The MVP that never ships
Six months, three contractors and no version a real user has touched. It is almost always unclosed scope, not missing hands.
The platform that stopped scaling
It worked with a hundred customers and falls over at a thousand. Before rewriting, measure where it breaks: often it is three queries.
You need hands, not a project
Your team knows what to build and is short on people. That is staff augmentation, not a project shop — and it is priced differently.
Questions we get in Texas
¿Por qué contratar nearshore desde Austin, si aquí hay talento?
Porque el talento de Austin es caro y está peleado. La razón honesta para traer un equipo de Monterrey no es que sea mejor, es que cuesta una fracción y trabaja en tu mismo horario, sin el desfase de un equipo en otro continente. Si tu proyecto necesita presencia diaria en tu oficina, esta no es la respuesta correcta y te lo decimos en la primera llamada.
¿Cómo cierran el alcance antes de cobrar?
Con un diagnóstico pagado y acreditable: analizamos la operación o el producto y entregamos arquitectura, alcance y el número por escrito. Si avanzas, se descuenta. Lo hacemos así porque un presupuesto cerrado sin analizar es una adivinanza, y quien te lo dé sin ver tu sistema te lo va a corregir después.
¿El código es nuestro?
Sí, desde el primer commit: repositorio, documentación y accesos a tu nombre, con la propiedad intelectual asignada bajo ley de EE.UU. porque el contrato lo firma la entidad de Texas. Si algún día cambias de proveedor, te llevas todo sin renegociar nada.