Built for hiring in the AI era

See how engineers actually
use AI while they code.

Give candidates a real task (code or written) with AI available. DevTrace captures every prompt, edit, and revision, then tells your team exactly how they think.

RunAsk AISubmit
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Telemetry Stream
first edit0:28β€’
ai prompt1:47β€’
ai prompt3:02β€’
large paste4:15β€’
run code6:30β€’
run code7:45β€’
tab blur8:10β€’
run code9:22
The Cost of Bad Hiring

A bad engineering hire is expensive.
A bad AI-era hire is worse.

$30,000+

Average cost of one bad engineering hire (salary, recruiting, lost productivity).

3–6 months

Time before you realise the hire isn't performing.

68%

Of engineers now use AI tools daily β€” yet no assessment measures this.

Product Demo

See DevTrace in action

Watch how DevTrace captures every signal during a real coding assessment.

Product walkthrough Β· No sign-up required to watch

Signal, not surveillance

See the thinking, not just the answer

DevTrace captures every prompt, edit, and run β€” then generates an AI-powered evaluation of how the candidate actually works.

No screen recordingNo extensionsCode & written tasksFull event timeline
Anish Sβ€’Senior Backend Engineer
Task: `process_batch` β€’ Python β€’ 14m 22s
AI Insight Report
47
Code edits
3
AI prompts
4
Code runs
1
Large pastes
28s
First edit
14m
Duration
Anish worked through the problem from scratch before reaching for AI, and when he did, the question was targeted: a clarification about whether range defaults the start parameter, not a request to write the solution. He ran the code four times, tightening edge case handling on each iteration. The one large paste came from his own scratch notes.
β€œThis is a developer who thinks before they reach for AI.”
Prompt SpecificityTop 10%
Contextual, dense prompts with error logs included
DecompositionTop 18%
Isolates hypotheses before asking the AI
Critical VerificationHigh
Tests AI suggestions against edge cases
Iteration QualityStrong
Adapts quickly to bad AI responses
AI Over-RelianceHealthy
Makes architectural decisions independently
Context RichnessTop 5%
Provides environment and traffic conditions
Captured Telemetry Event Stream
first editStarted writing from scratch0:28
ai prompt"Does range need 0 as the start?"1:47
large paste+286 chars pasted from scratch notes4:15
run codeExit 0 • 0.4s (3rd attempt)9:22
tab blurLeft editor • returned after 18s10:04
run codeExit 0 • 0.3s (final submission)13:55
Why DevTrace?

Traditional interviews simply weren't built
for the AI era.

Traditional interview

  • βœ•Memorisation over real skills
  • βœ•AI banned: completely unrealistic
  • βœ•No insight into reasoning
  • βœ•Anxiety distorts performance

Take home assignment

  • βœ•Easily outsourced or cheated
  • βœ•AI use is entirely unverifiable
  • βœ•Zero process visibility
  • βœ•Hard to compare fairly

DevTrace Platform

Recommended
  • βœ“Real engineering tasks, real conditions
  • βœ“AI fully allowed and tracked
  • βœ“Full workflow state captured
  • βœ“AI generated qualitative insight
Workflow overview

Get your first insight in under 30 minutes.

01

Create an assessment

Describe the role and the task. AI drafts the title, description, and starter code for you.

02

Send a magic link

One click generates an invite. No account needed, no app to install. Candidates just open the link.

03

DevTrace records every move

Candidates work in a real editor with AI available. Every prompt, edit, paste, and revision is recorded, whether it's code or a written answer.

04

Get an AI evaluation

A prose summary lands in your dashboard, showing how the candidate actually thinks and works.

Pricing

Simple pricing. Pay as you hire.

Pay per candidate evaluated, not per seat. All plans include full telemetry capture, AI-generated insights, and unlimited magic-link invites.

Free

Testing the waters. One role, a handful of candidates.

Free
5 sessions / mo
1 active role
  • βœ“Full telemetry capture
  • βœ“AI-generated insight
  • βœ“Code & written task types
  • βœ“Magic-link invites

Starter

Active hiring. A technical founder or eng lead running 1-2 open roles.

Early Access
40 sessions / mo
5 active roles
  • βœ“Everything in Free
  • βœ“Priority email support
  • βœ“Session history (90 days)
Most popular

Growth

Scaling fast. An eng manager running multiple roles in parallel.

Early Access
200 sessions / mo
Unlimited roles
  • βœ“Everything in Starter
  • βœ“Priority insight generation
  • βœ“Multi-file project tasks
  • βœ“Metrics CSV export
  • βœ“Slack notifications (coming soon)

Enterprise

For large orgs with compliance needs.

Custom
Unlimited sessions
Unlimited roles
  • βœ“Everything in Growth
  • βœ“SSO / SAML (coming soon)
  • βœ“Custom data retention
  • βœ“Dedicated support & SLA
  • βœ“Custom onboarding

All paid plans include a 14-day free trial. No credit card required to start. Overages billed at $1.75 / session.

Hire the engineers who actually
know how to use AI.

Join the waitlist β€” be first to get access when we launch.