In 2023, Gabriel Benmergui founded Silver.dev with a clear conviction: Latin American talent deserved better than the traditional recruiting experience. As a career Staff Engineer with hiring manager experience, he recognized that most talent agencies treated recruiting as a volume game, prioritizing speed over quality and transactions over relationships. This insight sparked the creation of Silver.dev - a technical recruiting partner built by engineers, for engineers.
What started as a simple idea to connect LatAm developers with the best startups worldwide has evolved into something more meaningful. Silver.dev doesn't just fill roles; it builds long-term teams by focusing on senior engineers only, providing clear economics from day one, and optimizing for retention rather than short-term labor arbitrage. The company's approach goes beyond traditional recruiting, offering technical advisory services for founders and engineering leaders, English coaching for developers, and a thriving Slack community for seasoned engineers across Argentina. With headquarters in San Francisco and a strong presence in Buenos Aires, Silver.dev represents a new model of technical recruiting - one that understands engineering culture because it was built from within it.