About Alcor
Alcor is a Software R&D Center partner, helping US and European late-stage tech product companies build and scale engineering teams across Latin America and Eastern Europe. With 9+ years in tech recruitment, Employer of Record and Contractor of Record, and full-cycle team operations, Alcor combines deep regional market knowledge with an end-to-end hiring and compliance model, built for long-term team ownership – not short-term staffing.
Main expertise
- Building fully owned, in-house engineering teams and Software R&D Centers;
- Sourcing hard-to-find tech talent, including niche stacks, senior engineers, and AI/ML specialists;
- Employer of Record and Contractor of Record compliance across Latin America and Eastern Europe;
- End-to-end operational support: recruitment, legal, payroll, and benefits administration;
- Client relationship management – a dedicated Customer Operations Specialist for every team;
- Latin American and Eastern European IT labor markets: salary benchmarks, talent pools, and hiring trends.
Founded in Ukraine in 2017, Alcor has since expanded across Latin America and Eastern Europe, building engineering teams for late-stage tech product companies. Among the companies Alcor has supported are Backstory (ex-People.ai), Sift, BigCommerce, EGYM, Ledger, Pindrop, ThredUp, Dotmatics, PX, Teladoc Health, and others.