#AI Engineer

01 #ai-agents · #whatsapp

From Screen to Dialogue: Natural Language Interfaces Are the Biggest Open Opportunity for Brazilian Devs

Brazilians live on WhatsApp, adopted Pix in five years and already buy through chat. Companies are still shipping forms: only 17% used AI in 2025. With data from Gartner, Cetic.br, the Central Bank and Opinion Box, why the shift from screens to natural language interfaces is the biggest open opportunity for Brazilian devs, what building an agent means in practice and the caveats the thesis has to face.

14 Sep · 15 min ›

02 #ia · #observabilidade

10 AI Tools for AI Engineers in 2026 (and the Criteria for Choosing When They Change)

Tool lists rot in twelve months, yours included. That's why each of the ten comes with a swap criterion: the ten slots in the AI engineer's stack in 2026, the default for each one, and the objective signal that tells you when to rip it out. With data from the 2026 OWASP Top 10 and the Pragmatic Engineer survey.

03 Sep · 16 min ›

03 #ia · #engenharia-de-software

AI Engineer Salary in Brazil in 2026: R$ 7k to R$ 38k as an Employee, and Why Contractors Earn 50% More

There are three markets running in parallel for AI Engineers in Brazil, and each one has its own range, tax rate and negotiation criteria: CLT (salaried employment), PJ (contractor) and foreign contracts through an EOR. Here are the three 2026 ranges by level, with sources, plus the 1.5x ratio between CLT and PJ, the all-in cost a foreign employer actually pays for you, and the three specializations that move the number more than stack or tenure.

10 May · 17 min ›