AI engineer staffing from Asia, ready in 24 hours. Pre-vetted on Cursor, Claude Code, LangChain, n8n, and MLOps. AI-native vetting built into every screen. Talent Subscription or Direct Hire under one MSA.
Our AI engineer staffing solutions bring senior, AI-native engineers from Asia onto your team in 24 hours, vetted, EOR-managed, and ready to ship.
Every candidate tested on Cursor, Claude Code, LangChain, and modern AI tooling fluency. Under 2% acceptance rate.
AI Automation, AI Agents, LLM Engineering, RAG, MLOps, Computer Vision, Prompt Engineering. Specialty pool maintained for 24-hour matching.
Senior AI engineers in Asia run $4,500-$8,000 a month all-in. US onshore equivalents run $18,000-$25,000 a month.
Engineers fluent with AI-assisted development workflows: code review with Claude, async PRs with rich context, prompt-first feature design.
Every AI hire is screened on the tools they will actually use, then matched to your stack in 24 hours.
Start HiringSpecialty pools maintained for 24-hour matching across every AI engineer staffing role, from generative AI engineers to MLOps specialists. Average rate $4,500-$8,000 per month all-in for senior offshore AI engineers.
AI Automation Engineer
n8n, Zapier, Make, Temporal, custom Python orchestration. Builds end-to-end automated workflows with LLMs in the loop.
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AI Agent Developer
LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, custom agent frameworks. Builds autonomous and semi-autonomous agent systems.
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LLM Engineer
Model selection, prompting, fine-tuning, evaluation, cost optimization across OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Mistral.
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LangChain Developer
LangChain and LangGraph specialist. RAG pipelines, tool calling, multi-step LLM chains, observability with LangSmith.
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n8n Developer
n8n workflow specialist. Custom nodes, API integrations, LLM-augmented automations, self-hosted deployments.
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AI Developer (Generalist)
Full-stack AI engineer. Builds AI features into existing products: chat interfaces, embeddings search, classification, summarization.
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ChatGPT Developer
OpenAI API specialist. ChatGPT plugins, custom GPTs, Assistants API, structured outputs, function calling.
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Prompt Engineer
Prompt design, evaluation harnesses, prompt-as-code, multi-shot prompting, structured output reliability.
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MLOps Engineer
Model deployment, monitoring, drift detection, A/B testing, GPU infrastructure, model serving at scale.
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All-inclusive monthly rates. Covers salary, employer taxes, benefits, vetting, EOR compliance, and provider margin. AI-native skills typically add a 15-20% premium per Gartner.
Mid-Level (3-5 yrs)
per engineer / month
Strong fundamentals plus 1-2 years of LLM or AI workflow experience. Ships AI features under senior guidance.
Senior (5-8 yrs)
per engineer / month
Architects AI features, leads multi-week AI projects, mentors mid-level. Fluent with modern AI tooling and evals.
Lead / Staff (8+ yrs)
per engineer / month
Senior individual contributor with deep AI specialty. Designs AI systems end-to-end, sets technical direction.
24 Hours
to vetted AI profiles
70 %
cost savings vs US onshore
4.9
avg G2 client rating
92 %
engagement retention rate
Tell us the AI stack, seniority, duration, and engagement model. We classify the engagement and confirm pricing within the hour.
Six to eight candidate profiles, each passed our AI-native skills screen (Cursor, Claude Code, LangChain, evals). Includes prior AI project highlights.
Run your AI-specific interview loop. We support live coding with AI tools, take-home AI evals, and reference checks with prior AI engagement clients.
Contracting, EOR setup where needed, payroll, and AI tooling access (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) all handled. Engineer joins your standups using your tools.
6
Specialists hired
8
Engineers hired in Vietnam across five requisitions.
14
Developers hired across five role types in 18 months.
70%
Jump in productivity after building the team.
$1.5B
Exit via acquisition by a major automotive marketplace.
70%
Reduction in labor costs across store operations.
70%
Increase in business efficiency after the build.
50%
Productivity boost after scaling the engineering team.
3
Role types staffed for the group's technology team.
3 days
To source and onboard their first sales hire.
2 mo
Of hiring time saved on their lead engineer search.
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