In a nutshell
"Is CodersLink legit?" is a fair question and a searchable one, and the results it returns include a 2024 bankruptcy headline, a handful of directory profiles with stale data, and reviews for an unrelated company with a similar name. This post answers the question the way a buyer's General Counsel would check it: legal entities, what can be verified from public record, who the clients are, who runs the company, how an engagement is structured legally, the year we restructured, and the things we do not claim. Check the links; that is the point of them.
Who is CodersLink, legally?
CodersLink operates through two entities: CodersLink LLC, in San Antonio, Texas, and CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V., in Monterrey, Mexico. It was founded in 2015 by Jesús Salas, has operated for eleven years, and describes itself as a Mexico-specialized Engineering Capacity Partner. It is not a marketplace and not a recruitment agency.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| US entity | CodersLink LLC, San Antonio, Texas — the contracting party for most US clients |
| Mexican entity | CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V., Monterrey, Nuevo León — the entity that engages engineers in Mexico and holds the Mexican registrations, including REPSE, for engagements contracted with it |
| Founded | 2015; eleven years in Mexico |
| Founder and CEO | Jesús Salas, a Mexican engineer who studied at UTSA and started the company in San Antonio after being turned down for sponsorship by roughly two hundred employers |
| Services | Staff Augmentation · MESHubs (Mexico Engineering Shared Hubs, build-operate-transfer) · Nearshore RPO; EOR and Direct Hire as mechanisms inside them |
| Scale | 1,050+ engineers placed with 150+ companies; a community of 45,000 engineers of whom about 300 hold the Top 1% Standard at any one time |
| Recognition | Clutch Global Leader Award, Spring 2024; Best Place To Code, recognised by SourceForge; selected for Google's Latino Founders Fund, 2022 |
The founder story is public and worth thirty seconds: the founder profile at DivInc and the 2020 Hello Alice profile both cover the visa rejections that led to a company built around bringing US work to engineers in Mexico rather than the other way round. It explains the Mexico-only focus better than any positioning line.
What can you verify about CodersLink without talking to us?
Ten published case studies with named clients and numbers; a Clutch profile with a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 12 verified reviews, the most recent dated September 2024; a public salary report built on 10,246 verified respondents; and a list of clients we have permission to name, including Pinterest, Zapier, Udemy, Q2, S&P Global and Paystand.
- Case studies you can read. Particle: a 19-role engineering team built in under 120 days with 97% retention at twelve months. Q2: 57 technology professionals integrated in under nine months. NetProtect: a Guadalajara team grown from 6 to 40 and transferred to the client's own payroll. Pinterest: 22 engineers in twelve months through Nearshore RPO. Also Irys, One Inc, Rackspace and Paystand.
- Clients we are permitted to name. Pinterest, Zapier, Udemy, Q2, S&P Global, Paystand, Particle, NetProtect, Rackspace, Minted, DB Schenker, Humble Bundle, Supernus, Modern Climate, BetterRX, Trade Technologies, Irys, One Inc and Oportun. If a directory lists a client that is not on this list, we did not put it there.
- Reviews, as read. Clutch: 4.7 out of 5 from 12 verified reviews, latest September 2024. Glassdoor: 4.0 out of 5 from 38 employee reviews, 77% would recommend. G2: no reviews. We discuss what those numbers do and do not tell you in CodersLink review 2026.
- Data you can download. The Mexico Tech Salaries Report 2026: 10,246 verified respondents across 36 roles and 32 states, cited by other vendors' own benchmarks.
- Recognition, dated. Clutch Global Leader, Spring 2024; we do not claim a 2025 or 2026 award. Best Place To Code, recognised by SourceForge. Selected for Google's Latino Founders Fund in 2022, which is a programme we were selected for, not a client relationship: Google is not a client and we do not say it is.
What happened to CodersLink in 2024?
In March 2024 CodersLink used a Chapter 11 reorganisation to restructure debt taken on during the peso appreciation; the plan was confirmed in September 2024 and the company returned to growth. The filing was public record and was reported in the trade press at the time; we would rather you read it here, with the outcome attached, than find the headline without it.
Eleven years in any market includes a bad year, and 2024 was ours. What a buyer should take from it is the operating record since: the engagements described above continued through the reorganisation, the company came out of it in September 2024, and it has grown since. What we will not do is publish figures about the company's financial position, before or after; any number you find on a data aggregator was not supplied by us and we neither confirm nor correct it. If stability is the question behind the question, ask for a reference call with a current client and ask them how 2024 felt from their side.
How is a CodersLink engagement structured legally?
In Staff Augmentation, MESHubs and EOR the engineer's contract is with CodersLink, not with you, and the classification decision is ours to make and ours to carry. In Nearshore RPO and Direct Hire you employ by design. Intellectual property is handled by a present assignment of IP to you, worldwide and perpetual, in the engagement contract. Engineers on Staff Augmentation engage through a Mexican contractor structure that CodersLink designed and carries, with an engineer-care package on top.
| Service | Who holds the engineer's contract | Who decides classification | What the engineer receives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Augmentation | CodersLink, in Mexico | CodersLink | Private major medical with dental and vision, paid time off, paid mexican holidays, a home-office allowance, an end-of-engagement bonus and performance reviews |
| MESHubs | CodersLink, in Mexico, until transfer to your entity | CodersLink | Hub payroll, benefits and HR run by CodersLink; transferred with the team |
| EOR | CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V., where you contract with that entity | CodersLink | Employment under Mexican law |
| Nearshore RPO | You, by design | You | Your employment terms |
| Direct Hire | You, by design | You | Your employment terms |
"Contractor" in this industry usually signals a marketplace arrangement with no benefits and nobody accountable for the person. Here it does not: we run an engineer-care function, not a payroll function, and the retention figures that result are 15% voluntary turnover and an 18–24 month average tenure. Where a client contracts directly with CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V., that entity holds the relevant Mexican registrations, including REPSE. We do not describe CodersLink LLC as REPSE-registered, because it is not the registered entity, and we do not describe CodersLink as "the employer of record" across the board, because EOR is one mechanism among five services. The full set of diligence questions, answered about us first, is in the comparison hub.
What does CodersLink not claim?
We do not hold, and do not claim, SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar certifications; several competitors do, and if a certification is a procurement requirement, they are the better fit. Security, confidentiality and IP obligations are set out in the engagement contract. We do not claim Google or Amazon as clients, a shortlist measured in hours, or a pool described as vetted without a stated methodology.
The list is worth stating because stale copies of our own older pages, and directory profiles built from them, still carry figures we have retired. The current commitments are: three vetted profiles in five business days, tiered as three to five business days for a standard role, five to ten for a specialised one, ten to fifteen for a scarce or niche profile; a community of 45,000 engineers with about 300 holding the Top 1% Standard at any one time, never "45,000 vetted engineers"; and unlimited free replacements on Staff Augmentation, with a 90-day warranty on Direct Hire and RPO only. If a page, ours or anyone else's, says something different, this post is the current version.
Is CodersLink the same company as CodersData?
No. Searches for "CodersLink scam" surface complaint reviews for an unrelated company called CodersData. CodersLink has no connection to it. On the engineer side, CodersLink never charges engineers anything: representation, vetting and placement are free for the professional, and our fee is paid by the employer and never deducted from the engineer's pay.
Two further points of confusion we see in search results. Some directories list our founding year as 2016 and our talent pool as "20,000" or "15,000"; the correct figures are 2015 and the 45,000-plus-300 pair above. Some describe us as an "employer of record" or a "marketplace"; the table above says which service uses which mechanism, and none of them is a marketplace.
Where does CodersLink fit, and where does it not?
CodersLink fits a growth-stage engineering organisation that has chosen Mexico and intends to keep the same engineers for years. It does not fit a six-week project, a four-country transformation with a 200-engineer statement of work, or a procurement that requires onshore badges or a certification we do not hold. The comparison hub says so in the same words.
If you are evaluating a specific alternative, the side-by-side pages are the fastest route: CodersLink vs BairesDev for the outsourcing-scale version of the trade-off, CodersLink vs Turing for the talent-cloud version. The employers FAQ covers the questions this post does not.
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Frequently asked questions
Is CodersLink legit?
Yes. CodersLink has operated since 2015 through CodersLink LLC in San Antonio and CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V. in Monterrey, has ten published case studies with named clients including Pinterest, Q2, Particle and Paystand, holds a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 12 verified reviews on Clutch, and publishes the Mexico Tech Salaries Report used as a benchmark by other vendors.
Is CodersLink a scam?
No. Complaint reviews that surface for that query belong to an unrelated company called CodersData. CodersLink never charges engineers, and its fee is paid by the employer and never deducted from the engineer's pay.
Did CodersLink go bankrupt?
In March 2024 CodersLink used a Chapter 11 reorganisation to restructure debt taken on during the peso appreciation; the plan was confirmed in September 2024 and the company returned to growth. Client engagements continued through the reorganisation.
Who owns the engineer's contract with CodersLink?
In Staff Augmentation, MESHubs and EOR, CodersLink holds the engineer's contract in Mexico and carries the classification decision. In Nearshore RPO and Direct Hire the client employs by design. IP is assigned to the client by a present assignment, worldwide and perpetual.
Where is CodersLink located?
San Antonio, Texas (CodersLink LLC) and Monterrey, Nuevo León (CodersLink MX S.A. de C.V.). Engineers work remotely from across Mexico, with seven to eight hours of daily overlap with US time zones.
Is CodersLink certified under SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
No, and we do not claim to be. If a certification is a procurement requirement, several competitors hold one and are the better fit. Security, confidentiality and IP obligations are set out in the engagement contract.
Sources and dating
Every competitor term above was read on the vendor's own site on 5 September 2026 unless marked third-party. "Does not publish" means we could not find the term stated publicly; it does not mean the term does not exist. Vendors change terms; re-check before you sign. This article is general information, not legal, tax or immigration advice.
- Clutch — CodersLink profile
- Glassdoor — CodersLink reviews
- DivInc — founder spotlight, Jesús "Tito" Salas
- Hello Alice — founder profile (June 2020)
- Best Place To Code (SourceForge) — CodersLink LLC
- Nearshore Americas — report on the March 2024 Chapter 11 filing
- CodersLink — Mexico Tech Salaries Report 2026
- CodersLink — diligence questions, comparison hub
Written by Carlos A. Vázquez. Part of the CodersLink vs the market series. Reviewed quarterly.
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