Challenges
On this page, we expose the most common challenges technology-based companies face when scaling up their Dev teams. Additionally, we present our solutions to these.
Real feedback
What Tech Leaders Are Saying
These challenges have been extracted from a survey of CTOs, VPs, Heads and Directors of Technology who work with software development teams on a daily basis.
Dealing with effective communication due to time zone differences.
VP, Analytics Engineering
Pharmaceuticals · 10,000+ Employees
NY
Our Solution
Our dedicated teams are located in Colombia, this means we are able to work on the USA time zones.
It's hard to find quality talent internationally.
VP, Analytics Engineering
Pharmaceuticals · 10,000+ Employees
NY
Our Solution
We have a constantly growing database of candidates, we have direct contact with the best universities in the country to meet students and graduates first hand. Thus, in a maximum of 3 weeks our partners can interview the selected candidates.
It's hard to retain quality talent internationally.
Chief Technology Officer
Financial Services · 51-200 Employees
New York, NY
Our Solution
We align ourselves internally to understand and generate working conditions based on the desires and needs of our talents.
Identifying developers with the right skill set and experience can be time-consuming and competitive.
DevOps Director
Financial Services · 10,000+ Employees
Canada
Our Solution
We count on multiple DBs to get candidates with different skills. Once we have a set of candidates that have expectations we can meet, we take them into our recruitment pipeline to assess them.
Working with developers from different cultural backgrounds sometimes leads to differences in work styles.
VP of IT Security & Architecture
Retail · 1,001-5,000 Employees
California
Our Solution
In Colombia we have a very strong cultural affinity with the USA, because of our geographic proximity and demographic mix we share many values and ways of working, you will love working with Colombians.
A challenge of distributed teams is the aspect of maintaining quality and consistency across all projects.
VP Head of Enterprise Integration Engineering and Services
Financial Services · 5K-10K Employees
Minnesota
Our Solution
Our teams align with our partners' methodologies, and we suggest improvements when needed. If partners choose to adopt our methods, we assist with implementation across teams. To eliminate operational variability and manual reporting, we developed a standardized execution framework supported by our internal project management platform. This allows continuous oversight of progress, priorities, and quality across all projects.
Budget is a big challenge.
IT Director
Retail · 501-1,000 Employees
Canada
Our Solution
Since the cost of living in Colombia is much lower than in the USA, if you hire in Colombia you will get a better price than if you hire directly in the USA.
The process of sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding the right talent can be time-consuming and may lead to delays in project timelines.
Senior DevOps Manager
Banking · 10,000+ Employees
Canada
Our Solution
We manage this process entirely for our partners. This means that we only present candidates who have passed through all the stages of our recruitment pipeline.
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