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Hire AI developers from our in-house team in India, matched to your project within 48 hours and building inside your process within two weeks.
to matched developer profiles
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AI systems running in production
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Dedicated engineers from $1,799 a month, full-time and billed monthly.
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- What does it mean to hire a dedicated AI developer?
- A dedicated AI developer is a full-time engineer who works only on your product, inside your tools and process, while the vendor handles employment, payroll and equipment. The role covers LLM features, RAG pipelines, AI agents and machine learning models, and you direct the work day to day like any member of your own team.
AI developers available to hire
Hire one AI engineer for a single feature, or a full AI pod with ML, data and MLOps.
AI and ML engineers
They turn a business problem into a working model or AI feature, from data preparation through training to the API your app calls.
Hire ML engineersLLM engineers
They build RAG, prompt pipelines, guardrails and evaluation for LLM products, and measure every change against a test set before it ships.
Hire LLM engineersAI agent engineers
They build agents that plan a task, call your tools and finish multi-step work, with approval steps where a person must decide.
Hire AI agent engineersMLOps engineers
They deploy models, set up monitoring and run the retraining pipelines that keep production models accurate as your data shifts.
Hire MLOps engineersAI voice engineers
They build voice agents that answer calls, take bookings and handle front-line support, with a clean handoff to your staff.
Hire AI voice engineersData engineers
They build the pipelines, warehouses and data infrastructure your AI features depend on, so models train and answer on clean, current data.
How we vet AI developers
Every engineer on the roster is full-time and in-house, and passed these checks before you see a profile.
Systems design interview
Candidates make trade-offs under fixed limits on volume, latency and cost, such as choosing between RAG and fine-tuning.
Live build exercise
Candidates build a working component, such as a retrieval pipeline or an agent step, and we review the code and the evaluation design.
Production work checked
References and work samples confirm AI features shipped to production users.
Your own interview
You interview the shortlist and choose. Nobody joins your team until you approve them.
How hiring an AI developer works
From first call to first commit in about two weeks.
Get AI developer profiles this week
Tell us the role and stack, and matched profiles reach you within 48 hours.
Cost to hire AI developers
Dedicated AI developers start from $1,799 a month, full-time, the same rate as every other role. Pick the model that fits how you run the work.
Dedicated developers
1 to 5 developers work with you long term, on a contract you can resize.
Best for startups, SMEs and enterprises.
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Dedicated teams
4 to 10+ specialists bring the mix of skills a complex project needs.
Best for large and growing businesses.
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Staff augmentation
Add 1 to 10+ developers to your existing team to close a skill gap or meet a deadline.
Best for teams that need to move faster.
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| ScalaCode | Hiring in-house | Freelancers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Profiles in 48 hours, building in about two weeks | Months of recruiting | Fast, quality varies |
| Who they are | Salaried ScalaCode engineers | Your employees | Independent contractors |
| Scaling up or down | Change team size as needs change | Hiring and notice periods | Find and vet each person |
| Code ownership | Yours | Yours | Depends on the contract |
What our AI engineers build with
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Candidate ranking latency, per the client
Rated 4.8/5 by the clients we build for
Verified reviews from Clutch and GoodFirms, and clients on camera.
33 verified reviews on Clutch
Clutch review★★★★★“Their engineers responded with remarkable agility.”
GoodFirms review★★★★★“Their team displayed exceptional technical expertise and a deep understanding of AI technologies, which significantly enhanced the functionality of our app.”
Clutch review★★★★★“What sets ScalaCode apart is their technical AI expertise and an understanding of a client's organizational ethos.”
GoodFirms review★★★★★“They built a high-performance, AI-powered platform that transformed video engagement for learning.”
Clutch review★★★★★“What stood out to us as most impressive and unique about ScalaCode was their ability to humanize complex AI.”
Clutch review★★★★★“They managed to balance technical skill with an understanding of the marketing world.”
Clutch review★★★★★“Their team often proposed innovative features we hadn't considered.”
Hire AI developers FAQs
Dedicated engineers start from $1,799 a month, full-time, the same for AI and every other role. Project work starts with a free discovery sprint.
How much does it cost to hire an AI developer?
Dedicated AI developers start from $1,799 a month, full-time and billed monthly. Project work starts with a free discovery sprint, and an AI proof of concept on your own data starts at $4,999.
How fast can an AI developer start?
Matched profiles reach you within 48 hours of the first call. Interviews and onboarding take about a week, so most engineers make their first commit around two weeks after that call.
How do you vet AI developers?
Every engineer is a salaried member of our in-house team who passed a systems design interview and a live build exercise. For AI roles we also check production work through references and work samples, and we share those notes with each profile.
Can we interview the developer before starting?
Yes. You interview every shortlisted engineer yourself, on your schedule, and you can add your own coding test. Nobody joins your team until you choose them.
What happens if the developer is not a good fit?
Tell us and we replace them at no cost. We share new profiles, and you interview and choose again the same way.
Who owns the code and IP?
You do. The contract and NDA assign all code and IP to you, and the engineer commits to your repositories from the first day.
Which time zones do your developers cover?
Our engineers work from India and overlap with US, UK and European business hours. For US clients the standard overlap is 4 to 6 hours of the US working day.
Are these engineers employees or freelancers?
They are employees. Every engineer is a salaried member of our in-house team in India, and we don't use freelancers or subcontractors.
Can you join an existing project?
Yes. Our engineers work inside your codebase, tools and process, including maintenance of AI features already in production. That can mean chatbot developers for a bot that is already live, or DevOps engineers for the infrastructure around it.
Your engineers work in your hours
Timezone overlap is built in. Your matched engineers keep 4 to 6 hours of daily overlap with US hours and a full working day with the UK, Europe and the Middle East, so standups, reviews and fixes land during your working day.
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Tell us the role and we will send matched AI engineers
- Profiles matched on skills and domain within 48 hours
- You interview and choose who joins
- You commit only after you choose
“They delivered on time and even offered ideas I hadn't considered.”
John-Paul Hatala, CEO, SnagPad