Your custom software team, 30 minutes from San Diego
Your custom software team, 30 minutes from San Diego
DevChefs is a custom software development team based in Tijuana, working in the same time zone as San Diego, with in-person visits as simple as crossing the border. No 12-hour delays, no midnight standups.
Why San Diego companies hire nearshore development in Tijuana
Hiring locally in San Diego means competing for senior talent against the same Southern California tech companies, with salaries and hiring timelines that stretch for months. Offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe solves the cost problem but breaks real-time communication: your team wakes up as ours is heading to bed.
Tijuana sits 17 miles from San Diego, across San Ysidro, the busiest land border crossing in the world. We work in the same Pacific time zone, with a bilingual team that understands both US business context and technical delivery. If you need a face-to-face meeting, it's a 30-minute drive, not a flight.
The Tijuana-San Diego corridor, in numbers
What hiring locally vs. nearshore actually costs
No invented savings percentages. These are the most recent published numbers for software development in San Diego vs. Tijuana:
57-61%
real engineering payroll savings: a 5-person team (full-stack, AI, DevOps, cloud, PM) runs $280,800-$370,800/yr in Tijuana vs. $714,000-$859,200/yr in the Bay Area
Alcor Solutions$40-80/hr
nearshore developer rate in Mexico by seniority: $40-60/hr mid-level, $60-80/hr senior
Alcor SolutionsWe'll be upfront: we don't have a San Diego office
We're not going to pretend we have a local San Diego presence, because we don't — and we don't need one for this to work. Our team works from Tijuana, crosses the border when a project needs an in-person meeting, and operates on your schedule every business day. We'd rather be honest about the model than sell an address that isn't real.
What we build for companies like yours
Custom software development, AI agents, web and mobile applications — the same team already working with clients in Mexico and the United States.
Let's talk about your project
Free initial technical assessment. Response in under 24 hours.