Clément Robin spent three intense days in Porto interviewing 17 AI engineers - and the bar turned out to be higher than expected.
The strongest candidates shared a few clear traits. Confident English. Claude Code as part of their daily workflow. Real curiosity - the kind that pushes you to test new frameworks the moment they appear. A solid grasp of AI agents beyond prompts, with a sharp focus on context management. A deep understanding of RAG that goes far past chopping text into neat vector chunks. And yes, they actually evaluate their GenAI products instead of trusting vibes.
But the real signal? The best engineers taught him something new.
Porto’s talent pool delivered. Mantu is building an AI hub there - and this is just the beginning. The plan is to come back in 2026 and scale the team further.
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