Hire AI engineers who make LLM features reliable

Every candidate is screened for problem-solving, technical depth and communication before you see a profile, so you interview only people who fit your AI roadmap.

  • Production LLM experience shipping real features
  • Proficient in building RAG pipelines, agents and LLM cost controls
  • Screened on AI cost savings alongside capability
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Hire AI engineers without a six-month search

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Ships LLM features to prod
Evals before release

Deverr places senior AI engineers from Latin America into US product teams. You direct the work. We employ them in their own country and run payroll, benefits and local compliance.

Deverr screens AI candidates on production model work and evaluation work, so you see people who have shipped. Two or three candidates reach you per role, matched to the part of the stack you actually need help with.

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How we vet artificial intelligence engineers

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Shipped under real traffic

Every candidate has run a model-backed feature in production with real users.

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Owns the model layer

Model choice, prompting, retrieval and fallbacks sit with one person.

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Evaluation before shipping

They show how they measured output quality and caught regressions.

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Cost and latency control

Token spend and response time are treated as engineering constraints, so your AI bill stays predictable as usage grows.

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Remote communication

English tested in live conversation, because a remote AI developer works inside your standups and working hours.

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Same bar for every hire: problem solving, communication, self management, collaboration.

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The requirements we screen against

Area
What we require
Experience
5+ years of software engineering, at least one of them shipping model-backed features to production
Core language
Strong Python, plus JavaScript or TypeScript for the application layer
Model layer
Hands-on work with hosted model APIs, prompt design and fallback handling
Retrieval and data
SQL and NoSQL database experience, plus vector search and chunking for retrieval
Evaluation
Has run an eval set or scoring harness against model output before release
Agents and orchestration
Experience wiring tool-calling, function calls, and multi-step agent flows
Observability
Tracing, logging, and monitoring for model outputs in production
Model deployment
Serving models on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including hosted and open-source options
LLMOps
Versioning prompts, datasets, and models through CI/CD
Cost and performance
Token spend and latency tracked live in production
Security
Working understanding of web application security, including prompt injection and data handling
Soft skills
Problem solving, communication, planning and self management, collaboration, attention to detail, managing several projects, continuous learning
Degree
We evaluate demonstrated skill over credentials
Certifications
None required for this role
Christo Brown, Head of Product at Connect Financial

“What stands out about Deverr is their engineering team’s ability to work efficiently without compromising quality.”

Christo Brown

Head of Product, Connect Financial.

Deverr has done a great job of meeting and exceeding our expectations. What stands out about Deverr is their engineering team's ability to work efficiently without compromising quality.
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Christo Brown
Christo Brown
Head of Product, Connect Financial
Deverr built our ingestion and data modeling engine for Shopify data. They built rock-solid infrastructure, were professional, and responsive. True partners in every sense.
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Mubeen Ibrahim
Mubeen Ibrahim
Head of Data, Superbalist
We needed a senior full-stack developer fast. Deverr placed someone in under two weeks who was shipping code by day three. Six months later he's one of our core team members.
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
Founder, SOVRUN
We couldn't be happier with the full-stack, AI, and WordPress developers Deverr found for us. They saved us a ton of time recruiting and brought in highly experienced developers who fit our culture perfectly, at a fraction of what we'd pay for U.S. developers of the same skill level. 5 stars, I can't recommend them enough.
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Cam Fulton
Cam Fulton
CEO, SearchActions
Alvis.Care started as my garage project, built on Lovable, held together by vision and duct tape. Within a month of bringing on Deverr, they placed Allan as our lead engineer and our code was professionalized and stabilized. Allan took ownership of the team and gave me back time to sell the vision. If you built something real and need it to become a company, this is how you do it.
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Srdjan Stakić
Srdjan Stakić
Founder, Alvis.Care
Deverr is officially the gold standard for scaling a team without the usual headaches. We will never go back to traditional recruiting after seeing how effortless this was.
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Brandon Sheiner
Brandon Sheiner
Founder, Promethean Innovations, Inc
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Why teams choose Deverr for AI roles

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Founder-accessible from day one

Founders are involved in accounts directly. Clients name them in reviews rather than a rotating account manager.

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Senior talent, fully vetted

Every AI candidate clears the technical and soft skills bar before you meet them. Every shortlist stays senior.

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Matched on your AI stack

A team building retrieval gets a retrieval engineer who has shipped it.

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Shipping in your model pipeline fast

Your AI hire starts inside your existing prompts, evals, and model calls, shipping improvements in the first sprint.

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Employment and compliance handled

We employ your remote AI engineer in their own country and run payroll, benefits and local compliance.

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Your AI spend stays visible

Your hire treats token cost and latency as part of the build, so your model bill stays predictable as usage grows.

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How hiring works, start to finish

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  1. 1

    Book a free consultation

    Tell us what you are building with AI, the seniority you need and your timing.

  2. 2

    Get your vetted shortlist

    Two or three AI engineers who already cleared technical and soft skills screening.

  3. 3

    Interview your top candidates

    You run the interviews your way, on your own questions.

  4. 4

    Onboard and start

    Your artificial intelligence engineer starts on your tools and your current sprint. We stay on as your point of contact.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does it cost to hire AI engineers through Deverr?

Your AI engineer costs 30 to 50% less than a comparable US hire, billed as one line item covering salary, benefits, payroll and local compliance. Rates depend on seniority and specialty.

How long until an AI engineer starts?

Seven days on average from the first call to their first day. A narrow specialty can take longer, and we tell you that on the call rather than after.

What is the difference between an AI and ML engineer?

An AI engineer builds features on existing models, covering retrieval, prompting, evaluation and cost. A machine learning engineer trains and serves models. We place both, on separate benches.

Is an AI developer the same as an AI engineer?

The titles are interchangeable in practice. Companies hire artificial intelligence developers and AI engineers for the same work, building features on top of existing models. We screen both against the same bar.

Can you hire generative AI engineers specifically?

Yes. Generative AI is the most common ask, usually LLM features on a product that already has users. Tell us the model layer and we match on it.

Can they work in our time zone?

Yes. Latin America overlaps the full US business day, so your hire is in standups and code review live rather than leaving comments overnight.

How many candidates will we interview?

Two or three per role. A short list is the point of screening. If none of them fit, we source again rather than sending more profiles.

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Meet your next senior team member

Fill in the form and you will go straight to our calendar to pick a time that suits you. Here is what happens next:

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    You choose a consultation time on the next screen
  2. 2
    We scope the role, seniority and timing on the call
  3. 3
    You meet 2 to 3 vetted candidates
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