Would you hire a software engineer who uses AI to write 70% of their code?
They use tools like Claude Code, Cursor and GitHub Copilot every day.
They deliver features faster, automate repetitive tasks and spend more time solving problems than writing code from scratch.
But here’s the question.
If they’re not writing most of the code themselves, does that make them a less capable engineer?
Or are they simply making better use of the tools available to them?
Of course, there’s a difference between generating code and actually understanding it.
An engineer still needs to make architectural decisions, identify mistakes, understand security implications and take responsibility for what goes into production.
At iFindTech, we think the interesting question isn’t how much code an engineer writes themselves.
It’s how well they understand what they’re building.
Would heavy reliance on AI coding tools concern you when hiring an engineer?
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They’re looking for an experienced Fullstack Developer to help build and scale their product.
💻 Tech stack: Python, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis and LLM technologies (RAG, AI agents).
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Imagine you’re a fintech company hiring a Senior Software Engineer.
You have two candidates.
One has spent eight years working in financial services.
The other has spent eight years building complex, high-traffic platforms in gaming.
Both are technically strong.
One understands your industry, its regulations and its challenges.
The other brings fresh perspectives, different approaches and experience solving problems your team might never have encountered.
Who would you hire?
At iFindTech, we regularly see how industry experience can influence hiring decisions.
And sometimes, it’s absolutely essential.
But other times, companies could be overlooking exceptional engineers simply because they’ve built great technology in a different sector.
Is industry experience a genuine requirement, or just a preference?
AI can match your CV to a job description in seconds.
But should you actually take the job?
That’s a very different question.
AI can identify that you know React, TypeScript, AWS and Kubernetes.
It doesn’t necessarily know that you’re leaving because you want more technical ownership.
Or that you never want to work in consultancy again.
Or that becoming an Engineering Manager would actually take you further away from what you enjoy.
Or that you’d accept an office-based role for an exceptional company, despite telling everyone you want remote.
These are the conversations we have every day.
We absolutely use AI to help identify opportunities and make better matches.
But careers aren’t keyword searches.
The better we understand the person behind the profile, the better companies and opportunities we can put in front of them.
AI can help find the opportunity.
We help work out whether it’s actually worth taking.
AI will replace some recruitment activity.
We think that’s a good thing.
Hours spent manually searching databases?
Automate it.
Writing the first version of a job advert?
Use AI.
Mapping hundreds of companies?
AI.
Analysing market data?
Absolutely.
But convincing an exceptional engineer to consider a company they’ve never heard of?
Understanding why somebody earning 900k NOK might move for 850k NOK?
Telling a client that the “perfect candidate” they’ve described probably doesn’t exist?
Managing two competing offers when both sides think they have all the leverage?
That’s recruitment.
We’re embracing AI because it gives our recruiters more time to do the parts of the job that actually require recruiters.
Less administration.
More conversations.
Better information.
Better hiring.
A big Happy Birthday to Charlie Sullivan! 🎉
Wishing you a fantastic day from all of us at iFindTech.
Hopefully you’ll allow yourself a cheat day today, C-Sul! 😂🍻
The best career moves don’t always happen when you’re actively looking.
A great piece of candidate feedback for Owen Butler after taking the time to understand what really mattered and introducing an opportunity that matched both technically and culturally. Three months in, and they’re still really happy with the move.
Recruitment done properly is about finding the right fit, not just filling a role.
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Five CVs doesn’t necessarily mean five options.
Sometimes we’d rather send two.
Two people we’ve spoken to properly.
Two people who understand the opportunity.
Two people whose motivations make sense.
Two people who we’d genuinely be comfortable putting our name behind.
Technology makes it increasingly easy to produce enormous candidate lists.
That’s not necessarily progress.
Our job isn’t to give clients more profiles to review.
It’s to reduce the noise between “we need someone” and “we’ve found them.”
That’s a very different objective.
🚀 Fullstack Engineer – Stockholm (Hybrid)
We’re working with an exciting company in Stockholm looking for a talented Fullstack Engineer to join their growing team.
You’ll be working with React, TypeScript, Next.js, Go and/or Python, building scalable applications, developing internal tools and taking ownership of projects from concept through to production.
If you’re an experienced Fullstack Engineer looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
📩 owen.butler@ifindtech.com
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