Hire AI Developers
Hire dedicated AI engineers, LLM developers, machine learning engineers and AI solution architects who ship to production.
HandsOnTech lets you hire AI developers with senior specialists, embedded in your Slack and repo, overlapping U.S. business hours, with foundational SEO and schema built into every web deliverable.
Why teams hire AI developers instead of recruiting
A full-time search for a senior AI developer takes three to six months, recruiter fees, interview loops, a notice period, and a coin-flip on fit. Meanwhile the roadmap doesn't wait. Hiring dedicated through HandsOnTech inverts the math: you interview a vetted senior this week, they're embedded in your Slack and standups within two, and if the fit isn't right you swap or stop instead of restarting a six-month cycle. You get AI features that survive production, grounded, evaluated, monitored and cost-controlled, without adding permanent headcount before the workload justifies it.
What a senior AI developer actually does for you
Your dedicated AI developer works inside your tools and your process, joins sprint planning, demos working output every two weeks, and documents decisions so knowledge stays with your team.
How we vet before you ever meet them
The staffing-industry trick is showing you a strong resume and staffing a different person. We don't run a bench of anonymous juniors, the specialists we place are the same seniors who ship our own client work. Vetting means production AI systems they can walk you through, including the eval suites and the failure modes they designed for. The person you interview is the person who shows up on day one, covered by NDA and full IP assignment from the first hour. The risk we screen out is a developer who can wire an API call but has never handled hallucinations, latency spikes or a runaway token bill, the expensive lesson most teams learn one bad contract too late.
Pricing and how to start
Dedicated engagements are quoted as a flat monthly rate based on seniority and hours of overlap you need, in writing, before you commit, with no recruiter percentage or agency markup maze. Most placements start within one to two weeks of the intro call. Tell us the stack, the sprint goals and the hours, and we'll propose the specialist and a start date within two business days, or tell you honestly if we don't have the right person, instead of staffing a warm body.
AI hiring is the wild west
Prompt engineers are not architects. You need production LLM experience.
Toy projects
Candidates show ChatGPT wrappers, not eval harnesses or cost controls.
Security gaps
API keys in frontend. PII in prompts. Auditors notice.
No UX
Streaming, confidence and failure UI ignored.
From intro call to embedded, in two weeks
No six-month recruiter search, no staffing-agency markup maze.
Intro call
Tell us the role, stack and hours you need. We ask the questions a recruiter wouldn’t know to ask.
Meet your specialist
You interview the actual person, portfolio, code, communication. No bait-and-switch with a different face on day one.
Embedded and working
NDA and IP assignment signed, access granted, first tickets picked up. They join your standup like any teammate.
First demo
Working output in the sprint review. If the fit isn’t right, swap or stop, you only continue if it’s working.
Three ways to add capacity
Every model starts with a free consultation and a written quote, the price you sign is the price you pay.
Dedicated Specialist
A single senior specialist embedded in your team, the depth of a hire without the recruiting cycle.
- Start within 1–2 weeks of the intro call
- Works in your Slack, repo and standups
- U.S. business-hours overlap guaranteed
- Monthly engagement, scale with 2 weeks notice
- NDA and full IP assignment from day one
Team Pod
A complete pod that ships a product end to end, one accountable unit, one invoice.
- Designer, engineers and a delivery lead
- Two-week sprints with Friday demos
- One point of accountability for the outcome
- Ramp the pod up or down by role
- Ideal for MVPs and major product pushes
Sprint Engagement
A defined deliverable (audit, design system, integration) in a fixed block of sprints.
- Written deliverable list before start
- Fixed price for the sprint block
- Senior specialist, not a junior on trial
- Extends into a dedicated engagement if you want
- Fastest way to evaluate working with us
AI engineers & architects
LLM, integration, ML and strategy roles.
AI engineers
RAG, agents, APIs and observability.
LLM specialists
Prompt systems, eval and routing.
Integrations
OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic and open models.
Architects
Roadmaps, security and build-vs-buy.
The stack we ship with
Chosen per project for your team and roadmap, never by our habits.
Design
Frontend
Backend
Platforms
Mobile
AI
HandsOnTech vs. AI freelancers
30-day warranty
Bugs found in the first month get fixed free, in the contract.
You own everything
Code, designs and content transfer on final payment.
U.S. hours overlap
Standups and demos on ET, CT, MT or PT, your pick.
Fixed price, fixed date
Quoted in writing before work starts. No surprise change orders.
AI Development specialists you can hire
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Hire Generative AI DeveloperHire OpenAI Developer
Hire OpenAI Developer, a dedicated OpenAI developer who builds on the OpenAI stack (GPT models, assistants, function calling) with the cost controls and
Hire OpenAI DeveloperHire ChatGPT Developer
Hire ChatGPT Developer, a dedicated ChatGPT developer who builds ChatGPT-style conversational products on your data, chat UX, context management and
Hire ChatGPT DeveloperHire LLM Developer
Hire LLM Developer, a dedicated LLM developer who works across model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, open-weight) behind abstractions that let you swap models
Hire LLM DeveloperHire AI Consultant
Hire AI Consultant, a dedicated AI consultant who maps where AI genuinely pays in your business and hands you a build-ready roadmap, from someone who ships
Hire AI ConsultantHire AI Software Developer
Hire AI Software Developer, a dedicated AI software developer who builds complete AI-powered applications (data pipeline to interface) as one engineer who
Hire AI Software DeveloperHire AI Integration Expert
Hire AI Integration Expert, a dedicated AI integration expert who wires AI into the systems you already run (CRM, helpdesk, ERP) adding summarization,
Hire AI Integration ExpertHire Machine Learning Engineer
Hire Machine Learning Engineer, a dedicated machine learning engineer who builds and deploys models beyond the LLM API (classification, forecasting,
Hire Machine Learning EngineerHire AI Solution Architect
Hire AI Solution Architect, a dedicated AI solution architect who designs the system around the model (data flows, security boundaries, human review gates
Hire AI Solution ArchitectPrefer a fixed-price project instead?
Hiring FAQ
Why hire AI developers from HandsOnTech?
You get senior specialists embedded in your team, not junior bench rotation. The people we place are the same seniors who ship our own client work, so what you get is AI features that survive production, grounded in your data, evaluated against a scored test set, monitored and cost-controlled. Direct Slack access, daily U.S. hours overlap and sprint-based delivery, without signing a long agency contract.
How fast can we hire AI developers?
Most dedicated roles start within 1–2 weeks of the intro call. We match stack, overlap hours and sprint goals before day one, and you should expect a use-case narrowing session and an evaluation set in the first sprint, before any model work starts.
Should we hire dedicated talent or buy a fixed-price project?
Choose a dedicated AI engineer when you are building AI capability inside your own product and team over time. Choose a fixed-price project when you want one workflow proven, a pilot with a defined payback question, before committing headcount to it.
What is the engagement model and how is it priced?
A flat monthly rate based on seniority and the hours of overlap you need, quoted in writing before you commit, with no recruiter percentage and no agency markup maze. Scale up or down with two weeks’ notice. If the fit is not right in the first sprints you swap or stop, so a bad hire costs you two weeks instead of six months.
Do you work U.S. business hours?
Yes. Every engagement guarantees daily overlap with your time zone, Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific, so standups, sprint reviews and pairing happen during your working day. Contracts, invoicing and IP assignment run through Hands On Technologies, a U.S. entity headquartered in Sacramento, California.
Do we interview the actual person who will do the work?
Yes. The specialist you interview is the specialist who starts, with their real portfolio, code and communication in front of you, not a recruiter’s summary of someone you never meet. NDA and full IP assignment are signed before day one.
Is SEO included when we hire developers?
Foundational SEO is baked into every web deliverable: clean URLs, meta structure, schema markup, GA4 and Core Web Vitals targets. Ongoing SEO, AEO and content programs are scoped separately as a service engagement.
Is this remote or on-site?
Remote-first with video standups during your business hours. On-site workshops in major U.S. metros are available by arrangement from our Sacramento, California headquarters.
How do we start?
Email sales@handsontech.io or call (866) 965-8749 with the role, the stack and the hours of overlap you need. We propose a specialist and a start date within two business days, or tell you honestly if we do not have the right person, instead of staffing a warm body.
Tell us the role, the stack and the hours.
We propose a specific specialist and a start date within two business days. If the fit is not right in the first sprints you swap or stop, so a bad hire costs two weeks instead of six months.
Tell us what you're building.
You'll get a timeline, a price range and the next step, usually within two business days. A technical lead reads every message, not a sales development rep. No deck, no discovery-call maze.
- ✉️sales@handsontech.ioWe reply within one business day
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- 🔒NDA on requestSigned before you share anything sensitive