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The 10 Most Coveted Professions by AI in Colombia

Bogotá (Colombia), February 2024. The exciting universe of artificial intelligence (AI) unfolds every day as a stage full of extraordinary professional opportunities. From automation to advanced decision-making, intelligent technologies are completely reshaping the way we live and work globally.

Indeed, Colombia is part of this revolution, offering multiple job opportunities in the development, maintenance, and improvement of these technologies. These jobs are not only on the rise but also redefine the traditional notion of labor, creating a new work paradigm.

It is worth noting that the scope of artificial neural networks goes beyond this labor transformation: it is a source of inspiration for young people to dive into STEM careers. Precisely, the motivation to enroll in software-related programs has been experiencing constant growth for the past couple of years, driven by the allure of actively participating in the creation and evolution of innovative technologies. Similarly, the possibility of contributing to change and being at the forefront of the tech revolution motivates these enthusiasts to explore a range of opportunities.

Colombia is part of this revolution offering multiple job possibilities in the development, maintenance, and enhancement of such technologies. These jobs are not only on the rise but also redefine the traditional notion of work, creating a new work paradigm.

It’s worth noting that the scope of artificial neural networks goes beyond labor transformation; it serves as an inspiration for young people to dive into STEM careers. Specifically, the motivation to enroll in software-related programs has been experiencing steady growth for the past couple of years, driven by the allure of actively participating in the creation and evolution of innovative technologies. Similarly, the opportunity to contribute to change and be at the forefront of the tech revolution motivates these enthusiasts to explore a range of educational alternatives linked to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Now, the job vacancies sought by Artificial Intelligence not only offer competitive salaries but also provide unparalleled benefits. From fostering mental well-being and maintaining a balance between personal and professional life to constant immersion in multicultural teams at large companies, the professional journey in this field unfolds as a fascinating path to success.

Within this environment, certain careers emerge as the most coveted by artificial intelligence. The demand is booming, and the opportunities are endless for those with experience as:

  1. Full Stack Developer
  2. DevOps Engineer
  3. Data Scientist
  4. Cybersecurity Expert
  5. Mobile Application Developer
  6. Machine Learning Engineer
  7. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Specialist
  8. Data Analyst
  9. Network Engineer
  10. Systems Architect

According to Diego Gamboa, Chief Technology Officer at the software consultancy firm Mismo, which currently has relevant job openings, “artificial intelligence reshapes the business landscape and initiates a significant transformation in the very essence of professionals by automating tasks, enhancing strategic decision-making, and opening new frontiers of innovation. This marks the beginning of an era where collaboration between humans and machines redefines the very concept of efficiency and business excellence.”

“This revolution is not simply about adapting to a new business environment; it propels a fundamental shift in skills, perspectives, and roles of individuals in the workforce, ushering in a new era of adaptability and vision in the evolution of careers,” explains the executive.

Those interested in applying for these opportunities should have a minimum English level of B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), demonstrate a motivation for constant learning, and cultivate soft skills such as effective communication and creative problem-solving. Adaptability and ethical data management are also indispensable.

There are several platforms that offer possibilities for those seeking jobs in these areas, with Mismo Remote Jobs being one of the prominent ones. In this space, applicants not only have access to job vacancies but also find guidance and support in their international job search.

Engineering

What is Quality Assurance and why it’s important

Let’s start with a little history.

Software testing arrived alongside its development just after the Second World War. The Computer scientist Tom Kimbul was credited with writing the first piece of software, which was developed on June 21st, 1948, at the University of Manchester in England; it was a software that performed mathematical calculations using a code instructions machine. 

By the 80s, almost 40 years later than the first written piece of software, the development teams looked beyond to improve their software by fixing the bugs that were found during the testing in a real-world environment. Those quality practices started with debugging, which was the main testing method at that time, and it has remained until now. 

After those debugging practices, development teams set the stages for a broader view of testing. For implementing methodologies where the development team worked on their code, and once the code was finished, the Quality team started the designed tests. This methodology was called: “Cascade.”

Alexander Yaroshko – Software tester and part of the uTest community, says: “In the 1990s, there was a transition from testing to a more comprehensive process called quality assurance, which covers the entire software development cycle and affects the processes of planning, design, creation, and execution of test cases, support for existing test cases and test environments”. Alexander Yaroshko. (2022, October 25th).

Why is software testing important?

Nowadays, software has become part of our lives even without thinking about it. We use software on an almost-minutely basis. Our computers, smartwatches, phone, and remote devices rely on software that works with few or no bugs, but how would we feel if the apps or devices don’t work as expected because of software failures? Or What would happen if some of the websites or applications take too long to load? Probably, we would look for other alternatives, right? That’s why quality assurance (QA) is an integral software project. QA takes care of ensuring that software works in the way it is supposed to perform. This umbrella term refers to many different methods or processes for testing the software, preventing bugs, verifying the product, and ensuring its high quality. 

Many companies have recognized the importance of paying attention to quality control processes that guarantee the quality of their products, being one of the main practices of QA, the “early testing.” which can uncover problems before a product goes to market, even in stages when the company is planning the software or designing the requirements. 

Late deliveries or software errors can damage a brand’s reputation, leading to frustrated clients or money losses. According to the website cloud tech, US software failures cost the economy USD 1.1 trillion in assets in 2016. What’s more unbelievable is that they impacted 4.4 billion customers. Siroky, D. (2020, April 2nd). 

As soon as the QA team is involved in the progress, development teams will receive feedback about each development stage and be able to address issues like

  • Architectural flows due to poor planning and analysis. 
  • Poor design requirements.
  • Incorrect or incomplete functionality flows.
  • Vulnerability in terms of security.
  • Scalability issues.

Some of the most significant reasons why early testing in Software is important

  • QA can save you money from a dev perspective and a customer perspective.
  • QA increases the quality of the product.
  • QA reduces the number of vulnerabilities and increases security.
  • A QA process improves and structures the software delivery process.
  • QA inspires client confidence and customer satisfaction.

 

Conclusion

Considering the previous points and applying them to your business will allow you to become more efficient and guarantee the quality of your product. Involve testers in different stages of the SDLC will help ensure the software matches the initial requirements and expectations, achieving maximum efficiency, reducing efforts, and saving time and money, which might be translated to customer loyalty.

References: 
Siroky, D. (2020a, April 2). The glitch economy: Counting the cost of software failures. Cloud Computing News. https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2017/oct/30/glitch-economy-counting-cost-software-failures/
uTest – The Professional Network for Testers. (2022,October 25). https://www.utest.com/articles/small-history-of-software-testing
Case Studies

Case Study: Revinate – Development of a Hotel Guest Platform

In 2015, Revinate partnered with Mismo to recruit, onboard and nurture a Latina America-based team of software developers that could meet Revinate’s needs. Revinate’s Mismo team continues to develop and improve on a state of the art hotel guest platform for hoteliers that includes CRM and reputation management modules. The platform allows hoteliers to gain deeper insights into their guests, market to them at optimal times, get real feedback, track their online reputation, and build robust and meaningful reporting.

“With Mismo, we have been able to quickly scale our engineering teams with highly skilled developers that know how to deliver products,” said Jason Standiford, CTO for Revinate. “We can make product updates faster and more cost-effectively with our team in Latin America. They really are an extension of Revinate and a long-term part of our product road map.”

 

About Revinate

Revinate is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional locations in Amsterdam and Singapore. The company chose Mismo because it is a full-service platform with expertise in recruiting, onboarding and nurturing engineering talent in the Latin American market. Mismo’s founders and teams have a deep understanding of the challenges tech companies face, and what it takes to succeed in the Bay Area startup scene and global markets everywhere.

Revinate’s biggest challenge before working with Mismo was speed to market. The company had a solid product road map and could see market opportunities that fit with its core capabilities and wanted to expand its product suite at a much faster pace to take advantage of those opportunities. With a need for developers in a convenient time zone to speed up the product road map, the Revinate team interviewed candidates and quickly hired three Mismo team members. The onboarding process was fast, with the Mismo team fully up to speed on Revinate’s platform, tech stack and development cycles in less than 6 weeks.

Technology and Capabilities

Mismo had the talent pool to meet Revinate’s needs. As with all clients, Mismo handled recruiting, hiring and onboarding — arranging all interviews and coordinating the hiring and onboarding processes. Coordinating in-person travel as needed is also a specialty of Mismo’s and helped kickstart Revinate’s team so they could start producing fast.

At first, Revinate’s Mismo team was tasked with expanding and improving their reputation management module and building a tool that helps hoteliers compare their hotel ratings to other, similar hotel’s ratings across multiple sites. Improvements were made quickly, adding efficient features for complex surveys, in-depth reporting and flexible solutions to enable hoteliers to better understand their customers.

With the product road map for the reputation management module back on track, Revinate and its Mismo team shifted its focus to expand the CRM module. The teams improved segmentation capabilities, generated robust customer insights and targeting features.

Today, Revinate and Mismo’s focus has expanded to further improve the architecture of the platform. Modernizing the tech stack to achieve better security, improved scalability and sustainability to reach the goals of the organization. Revinate’s Mismo team is enhancing the platform while improving the underlying architecture and the process of development.

Originally, Revinate’s platform was originally built on PHP & JQuery. The Mismo team is migrating the platform to React, Java and Apache Kafka, breaking the monolith into microservices. Using microservice architecture allows companies to improve fault isolation on their platforms, have a better understanding of their platforms, deploy new features more efficiently and develop greater platform scalability.

Processes

Revinate’s business goals are what drives its Mismo team. The teams grow together, improve each other and continue to accomplish goals as one cohesive unit.

Revinate’s Mismo team meets with Revinate’s product owner, director of engineering, team leads and development team every week — sometimes multiple times a week. These meetings keep everyone on the same page and ensure accountability. Revinate’s Mismo team has gone to San Francisco several times to meet team members in person, and developers and leads from Revinate have gone to Costa Rica to work with the Mismo team directly for periods of time. They know each other, and they trust each other.

Being fully integrated with Revinate’s development process means that both teams can work toward the same goals. This level of integration is what makes Mismo different, what makes Mismo’s people your people, and what makes all the difference for success.

With Mismo, as is the case with Revinate, we don’t just do a project and move on. We are a unique platform, conducive to long term partnerships, growing with our clients and adapting along the way. Mismo helps companies recruit, onboard and grow remote software engineering teams that are based in the Latin America market quickly and easily. Mismo and its partners accomplish broad organizational goals by truly integrating to become a cohesive team. Mismo grows with you, we understand your needs, and we continue to tackle new challenges and make improvements that benefit your company’s goals.

Mismo is your long term solution for hiring and growing your remote development team.

 

Fully Integrated Team Members, Building Connections Every Day

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Mismo Employee Spotlight: Marcos Aruj

The Mismo team is unique, you’ll hear that a lot. And not just because we’ve been doing the remote thing all along, but because we’ve always been about people. That’s what makes us, us. We’re built on people who want to be a part of something bigger. We’re a unique experience for tech companies looking to grow at scale and for team members who want to be a part of the future of innovative tech. Our team is a family. We look out for each other and understand our team members and their value. So much so, we want you to get to know them, too.

Employee spotlights are all about our team, the genuine relationships we’ve built with them and our clients, and a shoutout to all of their hard work over the years. Who knows, they might be a member of your team soon enough, too.

Meet: Marcos Aruj

Tell us a bit about yourself

I’ve been with Mismo for more than 6 years now and for almost 2 of them, I’ve been an engineering lead. I love playing and watching soccer, playing the guitar and drums (newbie), and staying up-to-date with the latest trends in IT, development, and architecture in general.

What made you choose Mismo?

From the first interview I had, I loved the people, the office and the vibe I got from everyone. I knew right then I wanted to work here.

I also noticed that the tech stack they were using back then was very innovative. I wanted to learn new things as well and Mismo seemed like the right choice for this.

The quality of the people here is amazing, and I have made some life-long friendships with people and we’ve shared our best life experiences with one another (weddings, babies and more).

What projects are you working on?

Revinate, for more than 5 years now.

What has been your favorite project to work on?

Revinate!

What do you love most about your job?

I love that I have been growing since I joined, both personally and professionally. The way that Mismo relates to its clients it’s pretty unusual, in the sense that we actually form part of our clients teams, instead of just being contractors or outsiders. It’s encouraged and common for us to be able to make architectural and technical decisions, and get involved with them in solving their various and exciting challenges. I keep learning and looking for ways to improve things and having the empowerment from Mismo and Revinate to apply them is awesome and motivating.