Iron Recruit
Specialist AI & Machine Learning recruitment

Specialist AI & Machine
Learning Recruitment.

Helping startups and enterprise teams hire exceptional AI, Machine Learning, MLOps and LLM engineers — the people who build and ship models in production.

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AI TEAMS WE RECRUIT FOR
FOUNDATION MODEL LAB
GENERATIVE AI STARTUP
HEALTHCARE AI
ROBOTICS SCALE-UP
ENTERPRISE AI
FINTECH AI
01 / SERVICES

Built for AI hiring, nothing else.

We don't do generalist tech recruiting. Every search we run is in AI and machine learning — from the first ML hire to the person who leads the whole function.

ML
Machine Learning Recruitment
ML engineers and applied scientists who ship models into production — training, evaluation and serving.
MLOPS
MLOps Recruitment
Engineers who build the pipelines, CI/CD and observability that keep models reliable in production.
LLM / GENAI
LLM & Generative AI Recruitment
LLM engineers and applied GenAI specialists across RAG, agents, fine-tuning and evaluation.
INFRA
AI Infrastructure Recruitment
Platform, data and GPU-infrastructure engineers who make large-scale training and inference possible.
LEADERSHIP
AI Leadership Hiring
Heads of AI, Directors of ML and first AI hires who set the technical bar for a new team.
EXEC SEARCH
Executive Search
Retained, confidential search for VP and C-level AI leadership at labs, scale-ups and enterprises.
02 / ROLES WE RECRUIT

The people who build AI systems.

Machine Learning Engineer
MLOps Engineer
LLM Engineer
AI Research Scientist
AI Infrastructure Engineer
Data Engineer
Computer Vision Engineer
NLP Engineer
03 / TECHNOLOGIES

Technologies we recruit for.

We speak the stack. That means we can tell real hands-on experience from a padded CV — across the whole modern AI toolchain.

Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Databricks
MLflow
Kubernetes
AWS SageMaker
Vertex AI
LangChain
LangGraph
Hugging Face
OpenAI
Anthropic
Vector Databases
04 / PROCESS

How a search actually runs.

A focused process designed to save your team time — you see a short, high-signal shortlist, not a pile of applications.

01
Understand requirements
A working session with the hiring lead to pin down the real technical bar — not a job description.
02
Headhunt passive talent
Direct outreach into research groups and AI teams. Most people we place weren't job-hunting.
03
Technical screening
Every candidate assessed by someone who understands the work, before they reach your inbox.
04
Present 2–3 candidates
A tight shortlist of genuinely strong people, with our assessment notes — never a résumé dump.
05
Interview & offer support
Scheduling, structured feedback, comp benchmarking and offer management through to signature.
05 / INDUSTRIES

Where our AI talent goes to work.

We support teams applying AI across the sectors where it matters most.

Healthcare AI
FinTech
Robotics
Autonomous Vehicles
Cybersecurity
Enterprise AI
Generative AI
06 / INSIGHTS

AI hiring, from people who do it daily.

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MARKET
AI engineering comp benchmarks: mid-2026
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HIRING
How to screen LLM engineers when everyone lists RAG
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MLOPS
The MLOps hiring gap nobody is budgeting for
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