Smart, curious about code quality, no ego, hungry, and at least moderately experienced with the languages they'll need to use. You can't afford someone you need

Smart, curious about code quality, no ego, hungry, and at least moderately experienced with the languages they'll need to use. You can't afford someone you need to spend months training and can't risk someone that has to break bad habits they learned cowboying shit. Vet that they're hungry to get good and smart enough to eventually be good.