Hiring remote developers in the age of AI: what actually works and what doesn't

Tekkon's sales lead and Nepal CEO talk through how AI has changed what to look for when hiring remote devs and what still matters.

Matt Ainsworth from Tekkon and Amulya Lohani, who runs the company's Nepal operations, will dig into what's actually shifted in remote developer hiring since AI tools became standard. They'll cover how AI fluency now factors into candidate evaluation, what fundamentals still make or break a remote relationship (communication, context, clear direction), and where engagements actually fail regardless of tooling quality. This is a no-slides conversation designed for founders and CTOs scaling dev capacity, with time for your questions at the end. You'll get practical insight into how Tekkon's hiring bar has changed in two years and what the current hiring model looks like in practice.