Putting together the right engineering team is difficult, but with the current hiring climate, it’s harder than ever to identify and fill capability gaps.
It’s hard enough to put together an engineering team to tackle the upcoming sprint. But rapidly evolving technology, developments in generative AI, changing organizational objectives, and a shifting skills landscape, means engineering leaders must constantly ask themselves if they have the right set of capabilities on hand, not just for now, but looking into an uncertain future.
It doesn’t help that demand for tech talent is set to outstrip supply until at least 2026, according to research firm Gartner, with the IT skills shortage reaching “critical” levels, particularly in key areas such as data science, software engineering, and cybersecurity.
