Tips for Finding Engineers for Early Stage Startups

Tim engineer solid and quality is one of the main keys of a technology company. Without reducing the important role of the team in other parts, the engineering team is an important breath of a technology company. Names like Go-Jek, Grab, Tokopedia, Bukalapak and other popular startups in Indonesia definitely have a solid team. They are built and developed with their respective cultures to bring growth and innovation.

Team building engineer is not an easy matter. Especially if the startup is still in its early stages and requires a lot of effort. Recruit developer is a crucial action. One mistake can propel the shipwreck faster, before it even sets sail.

The following are preparations for recruiting engineer or developer. Not only to get the best, but to get what suits your needs.

Looking while looking inside

It is common knowledge that many companies complain about quality developer or engineer in Indonesia. The reason that is often raised is the higher education curriculum that is still not in accordance with the needs of the industry. As a new company, looking for engineer with qualified quality is a matter of meeting the needs of the company. Not only about salary, but also about the team.

So before looking for and filtering the quality of existing candidates, it would be nice to look inside. How will the business be able to manage this talent well. Make sure the business has a good culture to learn and grow. Don't let them succeed in getting the best candidates, they feel in vain because their careers are not developing. What can the company offer to get competent talent.

Job vacancies

Now there are many channels of job vacancies that can be used to find talent. However, in the case of a new startup, there are several alternatives that can be done. One way is through community.

In Indonesia community developer, programmer or engineer has grown a lot. Many meetup events, gatherings or talk shows are organized by and for participants developer. Forums or groups on social media are also one of the most widely used channels for communities to communicate.

Founders or co-founders who have a technical background can immediately enter and join the community. In this community founders can look for candidates engineer or develop. So it's not just a matter of skills, The founder can immediately see how the candidate's personality is.

Another highly recommended method is to hide job openings in a place where only the truly technical can see. For example, hiding job vacancies in a custom HTTP header or writing them in the javascript console log. This method will usually screen those who use the product as well as those who are technically concerned with how the product is built.

Write code

To guarantee the quality of the engineer from wherever he applies for registration testing it by writing code is an obligation. Give them a problem and let them solve it in one to two hours.

In addition to providing cases to solve, testing potential developers can be done by: pairing code or simulate working with an existing team of engineers. Apart from knowing to what extent skill the candidate, pairing code also has a function to find out style or how the candidate uses tools which exists.

- Sumber: Inc, Go-Jek Engineer Blog