Right Balance

Right Balance is a technical recruiting firm based in Mexico that sources and vets engineers for U.S. and Canadian tech leaders. Founded by Alex Tamoykin, a former CTO with 19+ years in tech, the company operates as a staff augmentation and direct hiring platform. It maintains a network of 152,000+ engineers globally, with current team strength of 52 people and plans to reach 75 by year-end. The company's value proposition hinges on speed and quality: rather than wait months for hiring, leaders get vetted candidates fast through a technical interview process informed by Google and Amazon methodologies.

Services and capabilities

Right Balance offers three main engagement models. Staff augmentation places engineers into client teams on flexible terms, sourcing from Latin America and Eastern Europe. Direct hires fill permanent roles in the U.S., Canada, and other markets. Executive recruiting places technology leaders seeking new opportunities.

The vetting process includes resume review by a technical person, coding assessments, architecture assessments, and cultural fit evaluation. Once placed, engineers receive monthly coaching, quarterly performance feedback, and English tutoring if needed. Right Balance also manages payroll and administrative overhead so clients can focus on execution.

Capabilities span the full stack: frontend engineers (React, Angular), backend engineers (Node.js, Django, FastAPI, Spring, .NET), DevOps (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform), QA (manual and automation), data engineers, data scientists, AI and ML engineers, product managers, project managers, and product designers.

Notable work

Emotive (a Series B startup that raised $50M) needed to scale with senior frontend, backend, DevOps, and QA engineers. Right Balance sourced 10+ high-caliber engineers from Latin America and Eastern Europe in under five months. Engineers hired had experience in Django, React, automated QA, and AWS DevOps. Oleg Pylnev, CTO at Emotive (ex-SpaceX, Honest Company), noted: "Their pipeline has been amazing" and credited Right Balance with helping the team scale while maintaining a high bar.

Octane, a Series D fintech operating under SOC II Type II compliance requirements, needed to ramp senior fullstack engineers rapidly. After vetting over 2,000 candidates and interviewing 200+, Right Balance secured 15 senior engineers from Latin America in less than five months—hitting Octane's hiring targets six months ahead of schedule. Murali Vajjiravel, CTO at Octane (ex-Amazon, Microsoft), said Right Balance "surpassed our expectations by an order of magnitude."

FatTail hired 20+ engineers from Latin America on an aggressive timeline, though case study details are not fully specified in available materials.

How they work

Right Balance integrates with a client's hiring workflow rather than operating in isolation. For each role, the company sources candidates, conducts technical interviews (live coding, architecture review, culture fit) before presenting them, then manages offers and onboarding. Clients have final say on hire decisions. The process emphasizes speed: candidates presented are already vetted, so hiring teams can interview and decide the same day, allowing Right Balance to extend offers ahead of competing recruiters.

Engagement is flexible and low-margin—the company positions itself as a long-term partner rather than a transactional vendor. No specific pricing is disclosed on the website.

Team and credentials

Alex Tamoykin, CEO, is a coder since elementary school with dual degrees in Computer Software and Hardware, 19+ years in industry, and prior experience leading engineering at AwesomenessTV (acquired by DreamWorks for $100M). He has consulted for post-Series B startups including Tala ($204M funding) and Fair ($2.1B funding).

Hugo Ponce (Senior Engineering Manager) brings 20+ years across Honeywell, HP, and other firms. Ruben Escarzaga (Head of Innovation) has 20+ years in IT spanning coding (Java, JS, PHP) and business operations.

The team includes talent acquisition specialists (Nadia Banda, Simrat Gill), engineers (Josue Zavala, team leads with expertise in .NET, SQL, NoSQL, Angular, React, Node.js, Django, Rails, Python, Kubernetes, Terraform), and operations staff. Combined team experience totals 117 years. No ISO, SOC 2, or partner certifications are mentioned on the site.