Permanent
Recruitment

Permanent hires for AI and ML teams, from senior individual contributors to engineering leadership.

Why Use a Specialist?

We focus exclusively on AI and ML roles, so we know the candidates, the compensation benchmarks, and what good looks like in this market. That means better shortlists and fewer wasted interviews.

Our Permanent Recruitment Process

Here's how we run every permanent search:

Step 1: Engagement

Share the role details, requirements and information on what character attributes you are looking for with us so we're aligned on exactly who and what you need.

Step 2: Market Mapping

We map the market against your requirements and give you an honest view of candidate availability, compensation expectations, and realistic timelines.

Step 3: Talent Attraction

We identify and approach candidates across our network and the wider market, including passive candidates who aren't actively looking.

Step 4: Showcase

We present a shortlist with detailed candidate profiles, including our assessment of each candidate's strengths, risks and fit against your brief.

Step 5: Interviews

We coordinate first-stage interviews with your shortlisted candidates. If you'd prefer, we can conduct them on your behalf through our Synergy video interview service. Leading candidates then progress through your process.

Step 6: Hiring

We manage offer negotiations, working with both sides to agree a package that secures the candidate and works for your budget.

Step 7: Aftercare

We stay in contact with both you and the candidate through the notice period, onboarding and beyond. If anything isn't working, we address it early.

Our Recent Permanent Placements

AI and ML roles we place regularly:

AI Machine Learning

AI Roles

AI Engineering Lead
AI Software Engineer
AI Product Manager
AI Research Scientist
Computer Vision Engineer
NLP Engineer
AI Data Scientist
Data Engineer (AI)
AI Solutions Architect
AI Infrastructure Engineer
Prompt Engineer
AI Safety Engineer

Machine Learning Roles

ML Engineering Manager
Staff ML Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning Architect
ML Platform Engineer
MLOps Engineer
Data Scientist (ML)
Research Scientist (ML)
Principal ML Engineer
ML Infrastructure Engineer
Applied ML Engineer
ML Systems Engineer

“Digitalent got us the right candidate with the exact skills and capabilities that we need, also the right cultural fit for us! Nailed it.”

Erica Tan
Arkade

Permanent Recruitment FAQS

What is permanent recruitment?

Permanent recruitment is the process of finding a candidate to fill a permanently contracted position within a business, organisation or company. The employee remains under the same contract, which may be subject to change in the future (for example changes to salary and working hours). Permanent employees are typically brought in with a view to a long-term working relationship.

What’s the difference between permanent and contract recruitment?

While permanent employees have an ongoing contract with the employer, contract recruitment differs in that the candidate is placed with a business for a set period of time. This could be anything from a few weeks to several months or longer. Another way contract recruitment is slightly different to permanent is the recruiter often negotiates a day rate of payment with the employer, rather than a fixed salary.

What does a permanent job type mean?

A permanent job is one where the employee is contracted on a permanent basis, rather than over a set or pre-defined period of time. Permanent employees are usually hired for a long-term role with the intention of progressing alongside the business.

What is a permanent recruitment service?

A permanent recruitment service is where a specialist recruitment agency takes over the search and negotiation to help the business find a suitable candidate. In some situations, the recruitment agency may also support first stage interviews and other parts of the process.

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