Supporting the recruitment of software development experts: aligning technical knowledge to an industry domain

Abstract

Finding experts that meet specific technical skills, combined with expertise in an industry domain, is essential in software development environments. However, this may be a complex task once different information about software developers is scattered among diverse databases. This work aims to detect experts and assemble a list of recommended experts regarding technologies and industry domains of interest. Data from LinkedIn, GitHub, and Topcoder platforms were used to achieve this goal. Our approach matches data using semantic and syntactic techniques and infers non-obvious information through an ontology. The information regarding the recommended software developers has the potential to support decision-makers and recruiters.