Hire a Generative AI Engineer
Pre-screened Generative AI Engineers matched to your stack and use case in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
When to hire a Fractional Generative AI Engineer
You don't need a 60-page AI strategy deck. You need someone who has already built what you're trying to build. These are the signals it's time to bring in a Generative AI Engineer.
Your LLM prototype isn't making it to production
You've got a working demo but no one on your team has the experience to harden it into a reliable, scalable production system with proper evaluation, guardrails, and observability.
You're spending engineering cycles on prompt trial-and-error
Your team is burning time iterating on prompts without a systematic approach to prompt engineering, model selection, or output quality measurement.
Your AI features are slow, expensive, or hallucinating
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Generative AI Engineer
Access senior Generative AI Engineers who have already shipped production LLM systems, without the cost and delay of a traditional full-time search.
Cost Efficiency
Get hands-on generative AI expertise scoped to exactly what you need. Avoid the full-time salary, equity, and benefits package that senior AI engineers command in today's market.
Speed to Hire
Our AI-powered matching and pre-screened network means you meet qualified Generative AI Engineers in as little as 3 days, not the 3-to-6 months a traditional search takes.
Pre-Screened Expertise
Every operator is pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters on track record, references, and hands-on delivery across LLMs, RAG architectures, fine-tuning, and AI-driven data pipelines.
How to hire a Fractional Generative AI Engineer
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Generative AI Engineer is easy with Go Fractional.
Discovery Call
Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of our executive recruiters to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Within days, we'll introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened Fractional Generative AI Engineer candidates to interview, each pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters before you meet them. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start Work
Finalize contract details with Go Fractional and get working within less than a week of your discovery call.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Generative AI Engineer
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Generative AI Engineer on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
Fractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Generative AI Engineer leadership, and where each one wins.
| Factor | Fractional / Contract | Full-Time Hire | Agency / Dev Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to Hire | ~3 days | 3-6 months | 1-4 weeks |
| Cost Structure | Monthly retainer, scoped SOW | Salary + equity + benefits | Project markup, hourly billing |
| Commitment | Flexible, scales up or down | Long-term, fixed headcount | Project-bound, no continuity |
| Operator Accountability | Named engineer, direct relationship | Direct employee |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“Hiring a fractional Head of Data Science has been transformative for our company. At just 50% of the cost of a full-time data scientist, we secured a seasoned data leader with over 12 years of experience in top startups. This strategic move has significantly enhanced our data strategy and execution. The expert leadership has instilled confidence in our data capabilities, driving measurable results for our business.”
Frequently asked questions
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