Nearshore · Guadalajara, Mexico
Nearshore software development in Mexico, in your time zone
Sythera Labs is a product studio in Guadalajara, Mexico. We build custom software, customer portals and websites for US companies, in English, during your working day.
We also build and run our own products, so we are not a staffing agency placing developers on your team. You get one team that owns the outcome, from the first call to the monthly maintenance after launch.
What nearshore means in practice
Nearshore means working with a team in a nearby country instead of one twelve hours away. Guadalajara is on Central Standard Time all year, so our working day overlaps with every US time zone. A question you send at 10 a.m. gets answered the same morning, not overnight.
It also means fewer things lost in translation. Our team is bilingual, we work with US clients already, and calls, documentation and code reviews happen in English.
What we build
- Custom systems and internal tools: operations dashboards, order and inventory tracking, workflow tools that replace shared spreadsheets.
- Customer portals: status, documents and requests your customers can handle themselves.
- Websites and booking flows: marketing sites that also take bookings, quotes or payments.
- MVPs: the first working version of a new product, ready for real users.
- AI integration: adding AI to an existing workflow where it removes real work.
How this differs from staff augmentation
Many nearshore vendors sell hours: they place developers in your team and you manage them. That model works if you already have a technical lead, a backlog and a process.
We work the other way around. You bring the business problem, and we take responsibility for scoping, design, build, launch and upkeep. If you do need technical leadership on your side, we offer that separately as a fractional CTO retainer.
A process you can see into
No surprises and no black boxes. You see everything, approve everything and own it at every stage.
- Discover: an intro call, a requirements brief, and a scope with a timeline estimate.
- Design: wireframes and a clickable prototype you approve before any code is written.
- Build: short cycles, weekly check-ins and a staging environment where you watch real progress.
- Launch and run: we go live together, then keep it running on a monthly care plan with a quarterly roadmap review on the Partner tier.
We stay after launch
Software that nobody maintains becomes a liability within a year. Every build we deliver moves onto a care plan: hosting, maintenance, security updates and a set number of hours for changes each month, with a defined response time. Care plans for US clients are billed in US dollars.
The team that built your system is the team that maintains it, so you never have to explain your business again to someone new.
Useful if your business touches Mexico
For companies with operations, customers or suppliers in Mexico, a team on the ground is more than a cost decision. We build bilingual products, we know how Mexican businesses invoice and pay, and our own hotel software, Suitera, issues Mexican CFDI tax invoices in production.
Work for a US company
Select Group is a US group of four companies in storage, trailers, transportation and construction. We built all four websites and a custom CMS for their construction company, and we continue as their technical partner.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone do you work in?
Guadalajara is on Central Standard Time (UTC−6) all year. Our working day overlaps with Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific business hours.
Do you work in English?
Yes. We are a bilingual team. Calls, written updates, documentation and code are in English for US clients.
Do you offer staff augmentation?
No. We take on projects and ongoing partnerships where we own delivery. If you need senior technical leadership inside your company, our fractional CTO retainer covers that.
How do you price projects?
After the discovery call you receive a requirements brief with scope and a timeline estimate, so you decide based on a concrete proposal. Ongoing maintenance is a fixed monthly care plan billed in USD.
Who owns what you build?
You do. Our process is built around you seeing, approving and owning the work at every stage.
How do we start?
Book a 30-minute call. The first conversation is free, and we will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.
Tell us what you need built
Book a 30-minute call during your working day. The first conversation is free.
Prefer email? We reply within one business day: info@sytheralabs.com