Jose Neto

I’m a software engineer and engineering leader with a deep interest in how companies evaluate technical talent. After years working with large-scale systems and interviewing engineers, I noticed a consistent problem: traditional technical interviews rarely measure real engineering ability. Many hiring processes focus on short algorithmic exercises rather than the skills developers use every day—debugging systems, reasoning about architecture, and solving production problems. To address this, I founded TrueDev.ai. TrueDev.ai is an AI-powered platform that generates scenario-based technical interviews and evaluates how engineers approach real-world engineering challenges. Instead of simply checking whether someone can write code, the platform analyzes reasoning, debugging ability, systems design thinking, and engineering maturity. Our goal is to help companies identify true engineering capability before hiring, and ultimately build a global credibility layer for software engineers. The future of technical hiring will rely less on manual interviews and more on data-driven evaluation of real engineering thinking.