AI talent specialists · Australia

Put a brilliantAI engineerinside your business.

Full time or fractional, from one day a week. We find and place the AI talent that moves your business forward. You get someone brilliant building inside your team, fast.

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40,000+ network Founder, ex KPMG Australia wide
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You already know you need AI. Finding the right person to build it is the hard part.

It does not matter whether you are an AI company delivering for clients, or a business taking your first real step with AI. It comes down to the same thing. The right person, doing the work, inside your team.

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Many of the best aren't looking

A lot of strong engineers are already employed and not actively looking. The ones easiest to find are rarely the ones you actually want.

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Hard to tell who can really build

Plenty say they are good. Separating the ones who can actually build, or the junior with real potential, from the rest is the hard part. Most agencies cannot tell either.

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Sourcing eats months

Finding, screening and interviewing AI talent properly takes weeks you do not have, while the opportunity sits there waiting.

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A full hire is a big bet

A full time salary and the cost of getting it wrong, committed before you even know exactly what the work is.

AI is not the hard part anymore. Finding the people who can actually build it is.

The fix

Put the right engineer in your team. Then watch what happens.

A great AI engineer working inside your business learns how you actually work and builds what you actually need. Whether you run an AI consultancy that needs to deliver for clients, or a business getting started with AI, the answer is the same. The right person, close to the work.

Have them how you need them

Scale up and down as the work changes.

1 day
2 days
3 days
Full time

Start with a day a week on a simple hourly rate. Add days as the value shows. Bring them on full time when you are ready. No headcount locked in before you know what you need.

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Rent the talent, or hire it for good.

Two simple ways to bring an engineer on. Not sure which fits? That is what the free deep dive is for.

Option 1 · Flexible

Embedded engineer

We provide the engineer and you pay a simple hourly rate. Start at a day a week, scale up or down as the work changes, with no salary and no headcount on your books.

  • Pay by the hour, no long term lock in
  • Start in days, not months
  • We handle the engagement, you get the work
Best when you are testing what AI can do, want to move fast, or are not ready to commit to a full time salary.
Option 2 · Permanent

Placed on your team

We find and place an AI engineer onto your team for good. Part time or full time. You pay a placement fee once, and they go on your books as your hire.

  • One placement fee, then they are yours
  • Sourced via a 40,000 strong network
  • Chosen by someone who understands the work
Best when AI is core to where you are heading and you want someone to own it for the long run.
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Two kinds of business call us. We understand both.

Two very different needs, one answer. Whether you are hunting for talent you cannot find, or starting with AI from scratch, I get you the right person.

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AI companies and consultancies

You need brilliant AI, data and software people to deliver for your clients. A lot of the best are not actively on the market, or are simply hard to find, and you do not have time to chase them down yourself.

What I do

My network and the way I source do the work. I reach people you would struggle to find or get to on your own, whether they are on the market or not, and bring them to you.

AI consultancies · startups · agencies
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Businesses getting started with AI

You know you need AI. You just do not have time to work out what is possible, keep up with the tools, or build any of it. And there are plenty of people happy to charge you a fortune for very little, so it is hard to know who is actually any good.

What I do

I put someone genuinely good in front of you, at a fair rate, as flexible as you need. They sit down with you, walk you through it, and build the thing, so you actually get value.

manufacturing · construction · professional services

Helping companies find AI talent right across Australia, from Adelaide to Melbourne to Sydney.

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Run by a recruiter who actually understands the work.

Mackenzie Thompson

Mackenzie Thompson

Founder · AI & tech recruiter

Former KPMG, now a specialist who places AI, data and software engineers. I build with AI myself, so I can tell a brilliant engineer from someone who just interviews well. It is the only kind of talent I place.

40,000+ network Former KPMG consultant AI, data & software only

Technical enough to judge talent

I build with AI myself, so I know what good looks like. Most agencies are matching keywords and hoping.

A 40,000 strong network

I reach the AI, data and software engineers who are hard to find or not actively looking, through people and reputation built over years.

I diagnose before I sell

The first thing I do is understand your business, then tell you what you really need. Sometimes the honest answer is not a hire at all.

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Recent placements.

A few from this year. Names and clients kept private, the work is real.

PermanentFull timeAI consultancySydney

Principal Consultant, AI & Technology

An early career consultant with rare end to end delivery across Azure and Microsoft Copilot Studio, who had shipped production systems as the sole developer. Placed into a fast growing Sydney AI advisory firm, days after his interview.

PermanentFull timeAI consultancySydney

AI Engineer with a UX background

A designer turned AI engineer, formerly at a Big Four firm working on conversational AI for government clients. She brought the rare crossover between human centred design and how AI actually gets used. The offer came the same day she interviewed.

EmbeddedFlexibleManufacturerSydney

AI Engineer, embedded part time

An AI engineer placed into a 30+ year old Sydney manufacturer in the construction industry, working directly with the GM and CEO to build AI into the business. He is mapping and automating their order processing, invoicing and inventory. Started at one day a week.

PermanentFull timeAI agencyMelbourne

Conversational AI Developer

A developer placed into one of Australia's leading voice and conversational AI agencies, a Melbourne team building AI customer service for major Australian brands. Matched to a role most agencies would never have filled with the right person.

PermanentFull timeStartupSydney

Full Stack Software Engineer

An engineer who builds end to end, from serverless AWS backends in Python to polished React front ends. Near the top of his class and still finishing his degree, he had already shipped a mobile app to the App Store and built secure APIs and authentication for an early stage startup. Placed permanently into a Sydney startup.

Free · 60 minutes · No pressure

Start with a free deep dive.

Before you spend a dollar, we sit down with you for an hour. Whether you are looking to hire brilliant AI talent, or to bring AI into your business, we help you work out the right move. No cost, no pressure.

Prefer to chat first? DM Mackenzie on LinkedIn

Worst case, you walk away with a clear plan for AI in your business, and it cost you nothing.

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You talk, we listen

Tell us about your business and what you are after, whether that is finding brilliant AI talent or bringing AI into the business.

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We work out what you need

The right person or the right move, and where it genuinely fits. Honest about what will help and what will not.

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We tell you the right move

Hire, embed, or hold. Straight advice, even when the honest answer is not a placement for us.

Every business needs AI. Let us get you the person who builds it.

One free hour. No pressure. A clear plan either way.

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