- Costa Rican professionals will provide services such as application development for the different brands of the business conglomerate.
- They will install an outsourced Software Engineering operation under the leadership of SoftwareCraft
San José, Costa Rica. RVO Health, a business conglomerate specializing in consumer health and well-being, will begin outsourced operations in Costa Rica with the purpose of supplying software and mobile application development needs for its different brands.
The expansion of the company motivated them to hire SoftwareCraft, a nearshore outsourcing startup, that specializes in building remote and near-shore teams, guaranteeing some advantages for RVO Health such as logistical facilities, cultural proximity, and business scalability.
“I’m excited to grow our engineering base in Costa Rica, and we are confident that the office will expand in the coming years,” said Mike Oakman, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of RVO Health.
What kind of engineers will RVO Health hire in Costa Rica?
SoftwareCraft, outsourced, will oversee the recruitment and supervision process of at least 25 high-level technical computer engineers to cover different positions.
The company needs to hire Full-stack Engineers, senior professionals who can handle different technologies; Front-end and Back-end UI/UX Engineers; experts in Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Analysis; and app developers for Android and iOS systems.
“The culture of Costa Rican software engineers is very similar to that of the United States, goal-oriented and focused on results because Costa Rica’s long history of working with multinationals. In addition, they generally have a high level of English”, explained Albert Paredes, CEO of SoftwareCraft and who will lead the operation in the country.
“We are looking for full-time engineers who demonstrate a learning attitude, know how to work as a team, have experience working in agile development environments, who are focused on results, and with a minimum of 3 years of work experience,” he specified.
These professionals will have benefits such as a competitive salary in dollars, private medical insurance, access to certifications, the possibility of traveling and training abroad, payment of US B1/B2 visa expenses if needed, working remotely, but with the benefit that brings being a member of the WeWork facilities and community in Escazú.
“Costa Rica is a country recognized worldwide for the capabilities of its human talent and the possibilities of opening markets for any company. For this reason, I am proud to announce that WeWork will be the ideal ally of RVO Health and SoftwareCraft in this expansion process in the country, with the firm purpose of providing them with all the facilities, tools and spaces for interaction that allow them to develop new skills to each of its collaborators”, commented Juan Carlos Peñaloza, Country Manager of WeWork Costa Rica.
If you are a software engineer who wants to learn from the most innovative technologies and work for RVO Health, under the leadership of SoftwareCraft, send your CV to: careers@softwarecraftcr.com with the subject: RVO Health Costa Rica.
Background on RVO Health
RVO Health is born out of the union between UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) Optum Health and Red Ventures, a portfolio of industry-leading websites, products, and services, including brands such as Healthgrades, Healthline Media, Optum Perks, and the Optum Store.
Under that variety of brands, RVO Health operates the largest health and wellness platform in the United States, helping nearly 100 million customers a month find health related information so they can make better decisions around their health and wellness.
To sustain this business structure, RVO Health requires robust digital and technological systems and enterprise-wide applications, currently maintained by its more than 200 software engineers, to which will be added the Costa Rican professionals that SoftwareCraft expects to hire, through an official Costa Rican employer, in the coming months.
*For more info to contact Floribeth González, PR consultant at Costa Rica
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