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Hire AI & ML developers to ship real AI products, not demos.
Machine-learning and LLM engineers who build production AI — RAG assistants, agents, computer vision, and predictive models — with the data and MLOps to back them.
Overview
Why hire ai / ml developers from Shyftr
An AI / ML developer builds intelligent features into your product — large language model (LLM) apps, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, computer vision, recommendation engines, and predictive models — and the data pipelines and MLOps that keep them reliable in production.
Shyftr's AI engineers focus on shipping systems that actually work in production, with evaluation and guardrails, not throwaway prototypes. Hire them to:
- Build LLM apps, chatbots, and RAG over your private data
- Develop AI agents and workflow automation
- Build computer vision, NLP, forecasting, and recommendation models
- Set up data pipelines, fine-tuning, evaluation, and MLOps / deployment
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Rates & Engagement
Transparent pricing, senior talent.
Typical AI/ML engineer rates. Final quote depends on seniority and scope — no hidden marketplace markup.
$45–$80/hr
Typical hourly range
from $7,000/mo
Dedicated developer, full-time
3–5 days
Average time to onboard
4–8 hrs
Daily time-zone overlap
What they solve
Problems our AI/ML developers fix
Challenge 01
Our AI prototype works in a demo but not in production.
Our Approach
Evaluation harnesses, guardrails, monitoring, and MLOps so the system stays accurate and reliable at scale.
Challenge 02
We want AI answers grounded in our own data.
Our Approach
RAG pipelines with vector search and chunking so the LLM answers from your documents, not hallucinations.
Challenge 03
Our model is accurate but too slow or costly.
Our Approach
Model selection, quantization, caching, and prompt/token optimization to cut latency and cost.
Challenge 04
We don't know if our AI is actually good.
Our Approach
Offline and online evaluation, A/B tests, and metrics so quality is measured, not assumed.
Sample profiles
Talent you can expect (anonymized)
Representative profiles from our bench. Share your stack and we'll send real, matched CVs within 24 hours.
Senior ML Engineer · 7 yrs
Python, PyTorch, LLMs, RAG, vector DBs. Shipped production AI assistants and CV models; strong on evaluation and MLOps.
LLM / GenAI Developer · 4 yrs
LangChain/LlamaIndex, OpenAI & open models, Pinecone. Builds RAG apps and agents with guardrails and observability.
Data Scientist / ML · 5 yrs
Forecasting, recommendation, NLP. Owns data pipelines, feature engineering, and model deployment end-to-end.
30 / 60 / 90 days
What they ship after you onboard them.
30
Prototype that works
Onboarded to your data and goals. Ships a working prototype with an evaluation baseline and clear metrics.
60
Production-ready
Hardens the system — guardrails, monitoring, cost/latency tuning — and deploys behind your product.
90
Improve & scale
Owns the AI roadmap: evaluation-driven improvements, new capabilities, and MLOps maturity.
Engagement models
Pick the model that fits your team.
Dedicated Developer / Team
Full-time engineers embedded with your team for the long term — your roadmap, your standups, your tools. From $4,500/mo per developer.
Time & Material
Flexible monthly contracts billed against work actually delivered. Scale up or down sprint by sprint — ideal when scope is still evolving.
Fixed Scope
Clear deliverables, fixed timeline, fixed price. Best when the spec is well defined and you want budget certainty up front.
Stack
Tools our AI/ML developers work with daily.
Comparison
Shyftr vs Toptal vs Turing vs Upwork
If you're comparing ways to hire ai / ml developers, here's an honest side-by-side. Marketplaces like Toptal, Turing, and Upwork each have a place — Shyftr's edge is a managed, agency-backed team (PM, QA, and code ownership included) at offshore rates, not a freelancer you manage alone.
| What matters | Shyftr | Toptal | Turing | Upwork |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical rate | $45–$80/hr | $60–$200+/hr | $40–$100+/hr | $15–$80/hr (varies wildly) |
| Vetting | Senior-led technical + live trial week | Top 3% screening | AI + technical screening | Self-reported; you vet |
| Time to start | 3–5 days | 2–4 weeks | 1–3 weeks | Same day–weeks |
| Project manager + QA | Included on team plans | Add-on / your job | Your job | Your job |
| Time-zone overlap | 4–8 hrs guaranteed | Varies | Varies | Varies |
| Code, IP & NDA | You own it; NDA + MSA standard | You own it | You own it | Depends on contract |
| Risk-free trial | Paid trial week, swap or refund | Trial period | 2-week trial | Milestone-based |
| Best for | Teams wanting a managed, accountable pod | Premium short engagements | Long-term remote roles | One-off tasks, tight budgets |
Want the same talent quality as a premium marketplace without paying premium-marketplace rates — and without managing freelancers yourself? Talk to us and we'll send matched profiles with transparent rates.
Testimonials
What Our Client Says
Client feedback from real projects, shaped by clear communication, disciplined delivery, and long-term product thinking.
FAQs
Hiring ai / ml developers: common questions
AI/ML engineers typically range from $45–$80/hr, or from $7,000/mo for a full-time dedicated developer, depending on specialization (LLM, CV, data science).
Ready to hire AI & ML developers?
Get 2–3 matched profiles and transparent rates within 24 hours. Start with a paid trial week — keep them only if they fit.