January 22, 2026

Inside a Real Customer Call on Hiring Senior AI Talent in LATAM

Struggling to hire ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ who can actually ship with LLMs and agentsโ€”not just talk about them?

This video lets you ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น with an AI product leader whoโ€™s facing that exact challenge.

To protect our customerโ€™s privacy, weโ€™ve replaced their video with an ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, but the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€”including their concerns, questions, and pushback.

In this call, Tesoro AI founder ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ง๐ญ walks through how we think about AI engineering roles, seniority, and what makes our recruiting approach different for teams building AI products across the Americas. This isnโ€™t a step-by-step tutorial; itโ€™s a front-row seat to the kind of conversation technical leaders are having before they decide whether to bring in a recruiting partner.

๐Ÿ” ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ:

  • Why โ€œAI engineersโ€ are a new category (and why your old JD doesnโ€™t work anymore)
  • What to look for when evaluating real hands-on experience with LLMs, agents, and AI-first architectures
  • The difference between research-heavy vs production-focused AI talent
  • How Tesoro AI vets candidates beyond resumes (technical depth, mindset, ownership)
  • Why LATAM is one of the best places to find senior AI talent right now
  • How a success-fee model + 90-day replacement guarantee helps de-risk your hiring

๐Ÿ‘ค ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ:

  • CTOs, Heads of Engineering, and VPs of Product building AI features or agentic systems
  • Heads of Talent/People struggling to fill critical AI roles with limited bandwidth
  • Founders who need senior AI talent but canโ€™t compete with Big Tech salaries

๐Ÿข ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—”๐—œ

Tesoro AI helps growth-stage companies build and scale AI teams by connecting them with vetted AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and software talent across Latin America. We focus on deep technical vetting, curated shortlists, and nearshore alignment, so your team can ship faster with less noise.

๐Ÿš€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—”๐— ?

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more & book a talent strategy call: https://tesoroai.com/

๐Ÿ‘‰ Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tesoro-ai/

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