Meet Your Next Engineer Night - Healthtech IRL Company x Tech Engineer Meetup (Invite-only)
The Dev Difference is hosting the next event in our From Me to We series, this time for the people looking to work with or build engineering teams in Chicago.
For companies, hiring a top engineers is hard enough, no matter if its your first engineer or 10th. How do you know who can truly execute, make sure they're not a bot, if you'll vibe.
For jobseekers, finding the right early-stage company to join is just as hard. How do you know who to trust, who has real traction, if their brilliant enough for you to work with.
Most connects happens through people who already know each other. This is a night to widen that circle.
If you're hiring, you'll meet engineers who are open to founding and early-team roles.
If you're an engineer, you'll meet the founders and CTOs building here and get to ask the things you can't ask in an interview.
We're taking The Dev Difference off online-only and into IRL for a real meet up.
Who should come
Startup founders and technical co-founders
CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and Engineering Managers
Software engineers curious about early-stage startups
Targeted focus on AI Engineers, ML Engineers, and Data team members
Greater-Chicago Based
Event style
Come in, grab a light bite
Open networking by area of interest
Expect 4-6 companies & 20-30 candidates
Mini-pitches & asks - no slides, just 1 min mini-pitches from all companies and 1 min from candidates who volunteer
After pitches will be open networking - last chance convos
After event, companies & candidate fill out a form ranking their companies in order. We'll send anyone who matches a connection email to set up the next interview!
Prep for Candidate
After signing up, you'll be asked to complete a pre-assessment with The Dev Difference assessments, as a 20-minute skills validation before getting approval to event.
Prep for Companies
Targeted for healthtech or biotech companies
Looking for ML / AI Engineers or AI-native engineering talent
Based in Chicago or open to Chicago talent
This is in-person only and must have a C-suite or hiring manager of the company present to be matched to talent.
Space is intentionally limited to keep conversations high quality.
If you're interested as a company or a candidate but didn't receive an invite, reach out to us: info@thedevdifference.com
See you there,
The Dev Difference Team
About The Dev Difference: Hiring beyond the resume. An AI-native hiring intelligence platform and candidate fraud detection. Where growing teams hire top talent.