More South Korean information technology companies are seeking engineers with business capabilities as artificial intelligence is expected to handle development tasks. Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, promoted a developer to a leader of its job-matching service, one of its core new growth businesses, according to industry sources on Sunday.
“We need someone who can prioritize business factors in a conflict between technical and business issues,” said an official at , which operates Karrot app in overseas markets. “Developers with entrepreneurial perspectives on products are a good fit for our company,” added the official of the SoftBank-backed unicorn. The fast-growing AI technology is predicted to eliminate jobs for engineers without business capabilities or unique development skills.
About 84% of developers expected generative AI to replace some of their tasks, according to a report by Wanted Lab Inc., a local referral-based recruiting platform. IT companies, which had looked for engineers only with new technology capabilities, preferred developers who could make an impact on their businesses.
“ in the development sector are different now ,” said a tech industry source. “Companies are searching for talent who can quickly solve problems and make practical performance.” Viva Republica Inc.
, the operator of South Korea’s fintech platform Toss, appointed several developers as product owners, who are responsible.
