Guide de recrutement

Comment recruter un expert Technology

Technical decisions made early have a long half-life — the wrong architecture, stack, or vendor choice can cost years of refactoring. Whether you're a non-technical founder or an engineering team looking for an outside technical review, here's how to find and evaluate the right technology expert.

Signes que vous avez besoin d'un expert technology

You're a non-technical founder who needs to evaluate technical decisions or vendors
Your engineering team is struggling with performance, scalability, or technical debt
You're choosing a tech stack for a new product and want to avoid costly mistakes
You need a technical review before a fundraise or acquisition
You're hiring engineers and want help writing job specs or assessing candidates

Comment évaluer un expert technology

Look for someone who has built at your scale and with your type of system

Ask to see something they've built or architected, not just companies they've worked at

Confirm they can communicate to non-technical stakeholders

Look for humility — the best engineers know what they don't know and say so

Check reviews from founders or PMs, not just engineers

Questions à poser avant d'embaucher

Utilisez ces questions lors d'un premier appel ou d'une consultation initiale pour évaluer rapidement l'adéquation professionnelle.

1.Given what you know about our stack and stage, what would you be most concerned about?

Pourquoi c'est important : This reveals how quickly they can pattern-match from limited information. Senior technical advisors will immediately identify 1–2 real risks.

2.How do you decide between building something custom versus using an off-the-shelf solution?

Pourquoi c'est important : Build vs. buy is one of the highest-leverage decisions a technical team makes. You want someone with a principled framework, not a reflexive preference either way.

3.Tell me about a technical decision that turned out to be wrong. What happened and what would you do differently?

Pourquoi c'est important : Every experienced engineer has made significant mistakes. Advisors who can talk candidly about their own failures are more trustworthy.

4.How would you approach evaluating my current codebase or architecture?

Pourquoi c'est important : You want a structured thinker. A good technical reviewer will describe what they'd look for: code quality signals, test coverage, dependency risks, scalability bottlenecks.

5.What's your opinion on a specific technology choice we've made or are considering?

Pourquoi c'est important : Ask something specific and technical. You want an informed opinion, not diplomatic hedging.

À quoi s'attendre

Technology consulting sessions are highly practical. Your expert will quickly get up to speed on your technical context, ask the right diagnostic questions, and give you direct recommendations — not a 50-page report. Expect frank opinions, trade-off analysis, and actionable next steps you can act on immediately.

Tarif habituel : $150 – $450 per session

Signaux d'alerte

Recommends a specific technology before understanding your use case, scale, or team

Can't explain technical concepts in plain language when asked

Has strong opinions about tools but no direct experience building with them at relevant scale

Won't give a direct opinion — hedges every answer with 'it depends' without elaborating

Their most recent hands-on experience is significantly dated

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