AUTHOR

Alex Kugell

Co-Founder of Trio
With over 10 years of experience in software outsourcing, Alex has assisted in building high-performance teams before co-founding Trio with his partner Daniel. Today he enjoys helping people hire the best software developers from Latin America and writing great content on how to do that!

ALL POSTS BY

Alex Kugell

Professional consultant versus an agency building representing the choice between staff augmentation and a development agency for fintech teams
14 min read

Staff Augmentation vs Agency vs Consultancy for Fintech: Which Model Fits Your Team?

Fintech companies typically choose between three external engagement models:  Each suits a different phase of product maturity and a different internal capability...

Two globes connected by Trio location pins representing nearshore versus offshore fintech development partnerships
15 min read

Nearshore vs Offshore for Fintech: Cost, Compliance, and Collaboration Compared

Nearshore fintech development generally means that a North American company uses LATAM teams that share US time zones, making real-time collaboration and...

Hand holding a miniature house with question mark and plus sign representing the decision between in-house hiring and staff augmentation for fintech
15 min read

In-House vs Staff Augmentation for Fintech: A Cost and Speed Breakdown

Fintech leaders understand the struggle to put together a team that understands payment rails, regulatory requirements, and data sensitivity without pushing burn...

Trio vs Arc comparison: fintech engineering partner versus AI talent marketplace
16 min read

Trio vs. Arc: Finding Vetted Fintech Developers

If you are looking into ways to increase engineering capacity for a fintech product, Arc has probably come up as an option....

Product engineer vs software engineer comparison: two developers side by side
15 min read

Product Engineer vs Software Engineer: Core Differences Explained

Companies often confuse product engineers with software engineers. But the reality is that, while there may be some overlap in skillset, they...

Trio vs Upwork: finding vetted fintech developers comparison
18 min read

Trio vs. Upwork: Finding Vetted Fintech Developers

Upwork comes up in almost every conversation about hiring freelance developers. The platform has built a name around its marketplace model that...

Trio vs Toptal: finding a toptal alternative for fintech hiring
17 min read

Trio vs. Toptal: A Toptal Alternative for Fintech

Toptal gets mentioned in a lot of hiring conversations. It has a strong brand, a well-known vetting process that allows it to...

Robot coding at dual monitors with shield icon, symbolizing security-first culture in fintech engineering
16 min read

9 Steps to Build a Security-First Culture in Fintech Engineering Teams

In fintech, security can unravel for a variety of different reasons. For example, a contractor might receive broad production access to move...

7 engineering principles for building resilient fintech solutions: architecture, observability, and automation
20 min read

7 Engineering Principles for Building Resilient FinTech Solutions: Architecture, Observability, and Automation

Building financial technology that actually holds up under pressure has quietly become one of the hardest jobs in engineering. To build resilient...

Schedule a Call

Let’s Build Tomorrow’s FinTech, Today.

Whether you’re scaling your platform or launching something new, we’ll help you move fast, and build right.