Fractional AI & ML Developers

Senior AI Engineers.
On Demand.
Zero Overhead.

Stop waiting 6 months to hire AI talent. AdmireTech gives you pre-vetted senior AI and ML engineers who embed in your team, ship production code, and scale with your project — in 48 hours, not 6 months.

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Engineers across London, Lagos & Pune
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Senior LLM Engineer

8 years

London, UK

LangChainRAGOpenAIPython
Available now
PR

ML / MLOps Engineer

6 years

Pune, India

PyTorchMLflowKubernetesAWS
Available now
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Full-Stack AI Engineer

7 years

Lagos, Nigeria

Next.jsFastAPIPineconeReact
Available in 1 week
48hr
Engineer matched & ready to start
Sr+
All engineers are senior-level
3
Continents of talent coverage
0
Recruitment fees or overhead

The Problem

AI talent is the hardest hire in tech. And the most expensive to get wrong.

The demand for AI engineers has outstripped supply by 10x. Here's what happens when you try to build an AI team the traditional way.

Hiring AI Talent Takes 6+ Months

AI and ML engineers are the hardest roles to fill. The average time to hire is 6-9 months — and the best candidates get snatched up in weeks. By the time you close a hire, your AI roadmap is already behind.

Full-Time Hires Don't Scale Both Ways

You need 3 ML engineers this quarter and 1 next quarter. But full-time hires come with 12-month contracts, benefits, and notice periods. Your AI team size can't flex with your actual project demands.

Freelancers Are Unreliable

You tried Upwork and Toptal. The first engineer disappeared mid-project. The second couldn't handle production-grade systems. The third delivered code nobody on your team could maintain. You're done gambling.

Your Team Lacks Specialised AI Skills

Your developers are strong — but LLM fine-tuning, vector databases, MLOps pipelines, and computer vision aren't skills you pick up from a weekend tutorial. You need depth that only comes from years of production AI work.

The Solution

What if you could add a senior AI engineer to your team this week — without a single interview loop?

AdmireTech maintains a curated network of senior AI and ML engineers who are pre-vetted, production-tested, and ready to embed in your team. You get the talent of a full-time hire with the flexibility of a contractor — and none of the overhead.

Who You Get

Six specialisations. All senior. All production-tested.

Every engineer in our network has 5+ years of experience and has shipped AI systems to production — not just trained models in notebooks.

LLM & NLP Engineers

Fine-tuning, RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and production LLM systems. Experienced with OpenAI, Anthropic, LLaMA, LangChain, and vector databases like Pinecone and Weaviate.

LLM fine-tuning
RAG systems
Prompt engineering
Embeddings & vector search

Computer Vision Engineers

Object detection, image classification, OCR, video analysis, and real-time visual processing. Production experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLO, and custom model training.

Object detection
Image classification
OCR & document analysis
Video analytics

Data & ML Engineers

Feature engineering, model training, A/B testing, and ML pipeline architecture. From data ingestion to model serving — building the infrastructure that makes AI work at scale.

ML pipelines & MLOps
Feature engineering
Model training & evaluation
Data architecture

MLOps & AI Infrastructure

Model deployment, monitoring, versioning, and scaling. CI/CD for ML, containerised model serving, GPU cluster management, and cost optimisation for AI workloads.

Model deployment & serving
ML monitoring & drift detection
GPU infrastructure
Cost optimisation

Conversational AI Engineers

Chatbots, voice assistants, and multi-modal AI interfaces. Specialists in dialogue systems, intent recognition, multi-turn conversations, and human-AI interaction design.

Chatbot architecture
Voice interfaces
Intent recognition
Multi-modal AI

Full-Stack AI Engineers

End-to-end product engineers who build AI-native applications. From React frontends to Python ML backends — developers who ship complete, production-ready AI features, not just notebooks.

AI-native web apps
API + ML integration
Production deployment
End-to-end delivery

Flexible Engagement

Three models. Your choice. No lock-in.

20 hrs/week

Part-Time Embedded

A senior AI engineer joins your team part-time — attending standups, using your repos, and shipping alongside your developers. Perfect for ongoing AI feature development without a full-time hire.

Best for:

Continuous AI feature work

40 hrs/week

Full-Time Embedded

A dedicated AI engineer works full-time as part of your team for a defined period. Same commitment as a hire, without the recruitment timeline, benefits overhead, or notice period.

Best for:

Major AI initiatives

Fixed scope

Project-Based

An AI engineer (or team) delivers a defined scope — model training, pipeline build, PoC, or integration. Clear deliverables, fixed timeline, and transparent pricing agreed upfront.

Best for:

Specific AI deliverables

How It Works

From brief to shipping code in under a week

01Day 1-2

Brief & Match

Tell us what you need — skills, domain experience, engagement model, and timeline. We match you with pre-vetted senior engineers from our talent network within 48 hours.

02Day 3-5

Interview & Validate

You interview your matched engineer(s) — technical deep-dive, culture fit, and project discussion. If it's not a perfect match, we send alternatives. No pressure, no fees until you're satisfied.

03Week 1

Onboard & Embed

Your engineer gets access to repos, joins standups, and starts contributing from week one. We handle contracts, payments, and admin. You get productive AI talent with zero overhead.

04Ongoing

Deliver & Support

Ongoing delivery management, performance tracking, and account support. Need to scale up or down? Change engagement model? We flex with you — no lock-in contracts.

Why Fractional

Fractional AI hire vs. traditional hiring

Factor
Fractional via AdmireTech
Full-Time Hire
Time to start
48 hours
6-9 months
Commitment
Flexible, no lock-in
12-month+ contracts
Cost
Pay only for hours used
Salary + benefits + overhead
Quality
Pre-vetted senior engineers
Months of interviews
Scaling
Scale up/down instantly
Hiring/firing cycles
Risk
Replace in days if needed
Notice periods, severance

Client Results

Teams that scaled with fractional AI talent

We needed an LLM engineer who understood RAG architecture and could integrate with our existing Python backend. AdmireTech matched us with a senior engineer in 3 days. He was shipping code by the end of week one. It would have taken us 6 months to hire that skillset.

VP of Engineering

Cloud Solutions Provider

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Shipping code in 5 daysachieved

We scaled from 1 fractional AI developer to a team of 3 as our project scope grew — then back to 1 for maintenance. That flexibility is impossible with full-time hires. AdmireTech's engineers felt like part of our team from day one.

CTO

National Microfinance Bank

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Team scaled 3x in 2 weeksachieved

FAQ

Questions we get asked every week

Still have questions? Book a free call and we'll match you with the right AI engineer for your project.

Typically within 48 hours. We maintain a pre-vetted network of senior AI and ML engineers across LLMs, computer vision, NLP, MLOps, and full-stack AI development. For niche specialisations, matching may take 3-5 business days.

All of our fractional engineers are senior-level (5+ years experience) or above. We don't place junior developers. Every engineer has production AI experience — not just Kaggle competitions or academic research. They've built and deployed AI systems that serve real users.

Three differences: (1) We specialise in AI and ML — our vetting process tests production AI skills, not generic coding. (2) We provide ongoing account management, not just a marketplace transaction. (3) Our engineers are used to embedding in teams — they understand standups, code reviews, and production deployment, not just solo freelancing.

We replace them within days — no questions asked, no additional fees for the replacement search. It rarely happens because our matching process is thorough, but we never lock you in with an engineer who isn't delivering. You have zero risk.

Yes. Our talent network spans London, Pune, and Lagos — covering GMT, GMT+5:30, and GMT+1. For US-timezone clients, we have engineers who overlap with EST and PST working hours. We always match timezone compatibility as part of the brief.

Rates vary by specialisation and engagement model. Senior AI engineers typically range from $60-$120/hour depending on skills and domain expertise. Part-time embedded (20hrs/week) starts from around $5,000/month. All pricing is transparent and agreed before engagement begins.

48-Hour Matching · No Commitment

Ready to add senior AI talent to your team this week?

Book a free call. Tell us what you need. We'll match you with a pre-vetted senior AI engineer in 48 hours — no recruitment fees, no long-term lock-in.

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