IT recruitment: search and selection for direct hire

AI Engineer recruitment: search and selection of AI developers to hire

An AI Engineer brings language models into real products and processes, and it is a new profile, hard to assess for whoever hires. We define the role with you and verify in a live technical interview what candidates have built and put into use.

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What we assess in the technical interview

Technical interviews are live and run by people who work with the same technologies every day. These are the topics we cover for this role.

Language models and APIs
How they choose a model, write prompts and handle the limits, errors and costs of the calls.
Document search (RAG)
How they prepare and index documents and check that answers rest on the right sources.
Quality evaluation
How they measure whether answers are correct and notice when a change has made them worse.
Development and integration
Python, APIs and connecting to company systems: AI has to work inside a real application.
Privacy and security
Which data they send to models, how they protect confidential information and how they limit misuse.

Skills and tools we verify

In the briefing we agree with you on the ones that matter to your team; the technical interview verifies them.

Python
Language model APIs
Prompt engineering
LangChain or LlamaIndex
Vector databases
Hugging Face
FastAPI
Docker

Seniority

Junior, mid or senior: what changes in what you can expect from the person you hire.

Junior: Builds prototypes and integrations from clear instructions and learns to measure the quality of answers.
Mid: Takes an assistant or an automation into production, from the choice of model to monitoring.
Senior: Decides where AI really pays off, designs secure and cost-sustainable solutions and leads the team.

How the search works

01
Briefing
You tell us about the role, the team, the technologies and the contract you offer: this sets the assessment criteria.
02
Search and screening
We look for suitable profiles and screen them on experience, skills and motivation before proposing an interview.
03
Live technical interviews and shortlist
Live technical interviews are run by people who work with the same technologies every day. The shortlist is guaranteed within 4 working days.
04
Hiring and guarantee
You choose who to hire. You have a free replacement guarantee within the 3-month probation.

Costs

Free search
The search and selection of IT staff costs you nothing: briefing, screening, technical interviews and shortlist are free.
A fee of 15% of the gross annual salary
You pay it only once the hire has taken place. If you hire no one, you pay nothing.
Free replacement
If the person you hire does not pass the 3-month probation, we replace them free of charge.

Need the profile for a period rather than hiring them?

With Talent as a Service the professional works in your team for as long as you need, without you hiring them: contract and administration stay with us.

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to find an AI Engineer?

The shortlist is guaranteed within 4 working days. After that, timing depends on your interviews and on the notice period of the person you choose.

How do you assess technical skills?

With a live technical interview run by someone who works with language models and integrations every day: we talk about projects put into use, how they were evaluated and the problems met.

What happens if the person does not pass probation?

You have a free replacement guarantee within the 3-month probation: we reopen the search and present new profiles at no cost.

What is the difference between an AI Engineer and a Data Scientist?

A Data Scientist builds and validates models starting from data; an AI Engineer integrates ready-made models, often language models, into applications and processes. In the briefing we work out which one you need.