Embedded AI & data talent
Nearshore engineers and scientists working your hours, vetted on real delivery and backed by the same consultancy that builds production systems for our clients.
Every person is vetted by practitioners who do the same work on our own engagements.
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Your team
Embedded engineer Nearshore
Typical offshore team
Roles
Assistants, agents and retrieval systems, built for production.
Pipelines, lakehouses, migration and data quality.
Forecasting and detection models, deployed, monitored and retrained.
Platform and solution design, and the decisions that are costly to reverse.
Semantic models, dashboards and reporting automation.
Need an outcome, not a person? A scoped engagement may fit better. See the practices
The bench
We are a data and AI consultancy first. The bench exists because we staff our own work from it:
Use this model when
You need senior technical talent fast, without the overhead of permanent hiring.
What you get back
Two or three people, each with the evidence behind them. You interview everyone we put forward.
Illustrative profile
9 years · Latin America · 6 hours’ overlap with Central time
Illustrative profile
8 years · Latin America · 7 hours’ overlap with Eastern time
Illustrative profile
14 years · United States · Central time
These three are examples of the format, not people. A real shortlist names each person, and you meet them before anything is agreed.
Why this route
| Permanent hire | Typical staffing firm | Data Products, embedded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical vetting | Your own interviewers | Usually a recruiter’s screen, then your interviews | A technical screen and a paid trial task, run by practitioners |
| When they get stuck | Your team’s time | Depends on the individual | A senior bench to call on |
| If they leave, or the fit is wrong | You rehire | A new search | We replace them and manage the handover |
| Delivery context | Learned on your project | Varies by person | They work on our own client engagements |
| When the need changes | Headcount stays | A new contract | Scale up, down or swap the skill |
“Typical” is not “every”. Some staffing firms do more than this; ask each one who runs the technical screen and what happens when someone leaves.
How it works
The work, the stack, the team they join and how long.
From a bench we have already vetted on real work.
You choose. Nobody is placed you have not met.
Your tools, your rituals, your security policies.
Senior oversight, and cover if the need changes.
What we take responsibility for
A screen by a senior practitioner and a paid trial task, before anyone is put forward.
If someone becomes unavailable or the fit is wrong, we replace them and manage the handover.
Every person is under a signed agreement and NDA. Ownership of the work is written into yours before access is granted.
They join on your accounts, tools and policies. At the end the work is handed over in writing and access is returned.
A senior person on our side stays with the engagement, and is the one you call.
How to engage
1 person
One senior engineer or scientist inside your team, directed by you day to day.
Fits when you have the plan and the team, and are short one skill.
2 to 5 people
A small team with a mix of experience, led by a senior engineer who is hands-on in the work.
Fits when a workstream needs to move and you cannot staff it in time.
Request a shortlistDays, not months
Short, senior help: an architecture review, a second opinion, a hard problem unblocked.
Fits when you need judgment more than capacity.
Talk to a practitionerAre you an engineer or scientist? We are always meeting senior people for the bench. Join the talent network
Before you commit
The bench is nearshore, largely in Latin America, working in time zones that overlap the US working day. Engagements are run and overseen from our Chicago headquarters.
Three things before anyone is put forward: a technical screen run by a senior practitioner, a paid trial task on real work, and a check of past engagements. Agreements and confidentiality terms are signed before a person joins the bench.
For skills already on the bench there is no search to start: we shortlist from people we have vetted. We give you a date on the first call, and you interview everyone we put forward.
You direct the work, as you would for any member of your team. We handle performance, continuity and cover, and a senior person on our side stays close to the engagement.
Tell us early. We would rather change the person than have you carry a poor fit. If someone has to leave, we replace them from the bench and manage the handover.
It is sized to the work. Some are a few months to get a workstream moving; others run longer as part of a standing team. The duration is agreed up front and can change as the need does.
A rate per person, agreed in writing before anyone starts. You get the figure for your role on the first call. What you are buying is senior capacity without a hiring cycle, and the rate reflects that seniority.
Our people work inside your environment, on your tools, under your policies and access controls. Confidentiality and ownership of the work are written into the agreement before any access is granted, and access is returned when the engagement ends.
Vetted by the people who do the work
If a scoped engagement would serve you better than a placement, we’ll say so.
Request a shortlistNeed a senior pair of hands? Tell us the role and the stack. We will tell you who we would put forward.
