Like we’ve said in a previously post, there’s an exceptional group of highly qualified engineers hidden in other countries outside US that we like to describe as Engineers Without Borders.

EWB are incredible (and forgotten) professionals from countries like Brazil, Chile and Argentina that have a great education, speak multiple languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English, etc), are consistently and constantly striving to elevate their career and break through the ceiling that they --more often than not-- have already reached in their home countries.

These Engineers are thirsty for bigger challenges and are willing to cross both borders and time zones to become an integral part of promising companies that will afford them the experiences they so long for. Companies like yours.

And the good news is: they’re still in a hidden pool -- little explored by your competitors.

Among those incredible EWB are the Brazilians!

There’s an entire hidden pool of highly qualified and innovative Engineers in there still waiting to be explored. And today I would like to talk about them.





"(...) Brazilians are famous for innovating around inefficiencies, and their own attitudes tell a different story than the dire headlines of the business press"

(Conrad Egusa & David Carter at TechCrunch’s post about the Startup Ecosystem in Brazil.)





Beyond Asia and Eastern Europe

CEOs and CTOs -- from american companies particularly -- that just got enough cash stream to beggin expanding their core team with incredible new Engineers, tend to look to Asia and Eastern Europe when they can’t find enough qualified people in US to join their fast expanding crew. But not so much to Brazil.

And that’s how you can take advantage of that scenario and get ahead of your neighbors when it comes to hiring the best Engineers to your team. Instead of battling for the same Engineers, you have the chance to take a not so much explored road and find the next team member - that sees eye-to-eye with your vision - in other networks, like Brazil!





São Paulo, Rio, Belo Horizonte and Florianopólis: Pay attention to them!

Brazil is the largest Startup Ecosystem in Latin America. It has the biggest city in the continent (São Paulo) attracting hundreds of new and well established companies - such as Google and Facebook - as well as other cities like Rio, Belo Horizonte and Florianópolis that are leading Brazil’s tech scenario and luring the most talented Engineers in the country to work for their tech companies. Engineers with great education, multiple languages skills and striving to elevate their career.

Having Engineers with that kind of quality plus a growing tech scenario and the big companies validating the country’s value, Brazil started to draw attention of international companies willing to hire remote and in site Brazilian Engineers.

Booking.com, Kayak, ArchTouch… They’ve all already noticed the pros of having Brazilian Engineers in their teams and are taking advantage of the almost not touched pool of highly qualified Engineers you can find in there.





Why you should also be diving in that pool

Brazilians are extremely creative . They have a unique problem solving perspective directly resulting from having grown up in a different culture - and your fast growing company could use it in its favor.

. They have a unique problem solving perspective directly resulting from having grown up in a different culture - and your fast growing company could use it in its favor. Mostly of them are fluent in multiple languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English) and they become a key asset in the scalability and growth of your company in new emerging markets.

(Portuguese, Spanish, English) and they become a key asset in the scalability and growth of your company in new emerging markets. These individuals are bold and loyal . They’re literally crossing borders and time zones to be part of a new team if necessary - they are as excited as you about the opportunity to achieve both personal and professional goals as part of a growing company. They are in this for the long run.

. They’re literally crossing borders and time zones to be part of a new team if necessary - they are as excited as you about the opportunity to achieve both personal and professional goals as part of a growing company. They are in this for the long run. If you’re hiring remote Engineers, the time zone difference is not so bad. And even if you think it might be a problem, mostly of the Brazilian Engineers are more than willing to have a flexible working schedule to adjust to the rest of the team.





Getting into the Brazilian network

To start hiring the Brazilian Engineers, first you need to get into their network. Just like in your home country, in this new one you also need to know some key tech people in order to get referrals of candidates who will truly make a difference in your team. You need the help of trustworthy people. After all, you want to go straight to the highly qualified people and don’t waste time and money looking for unsatisfactory candidates, right?

You can achieve that by either scanning your current professional network to find out if anyone has an open at the Brazilian network to introduce you to; or use platforms like Code:Nations’ to receive applications of top candidates referred by tech influencers of their network.

Either way, remember that to succeed in any international hire, more than making sure that the new team’s addition has incredible coding skills, it’s fundamental to have a cultural fit and preset a working dynamics (read more about it in here) that works for both sides - so no false expectations will be destroyed when the work begins.

Feel free to also download my White Paper: Building a Tech Team Outside of Silicon Valley That Really Works

If you have any questions about the logistics of finding and hiring Brazilian Engineers, or would like to share your experiences with the global workforce community, please leave comments below or email me directly at: kris.varela@codenation.com.br | I look forward to furthering the dialogue!