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For founders and hiring teams

AI and machine
learning recruiting.

Hire AI and machine learning engineers for your team. Work directly with Cheri Kruger to define the role and find candidates.

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Cheri Kruger

A personal search.
A clearer brief.
A better fit.

Specialized technical recruiting

Where I can help

Applied AI engineering ↗ Machine learning ↗ AI platforms & MLOps ↗ Data engineering ↗

Kruger Recruiting helps startups and growing companies hire AI engineers, machine learning engineers, and the platform and data engineers who support them. Cheri manages role definition, candidate sourcing, interview coordination, and offer discussions across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

For a detailed hiring checklist, read How to hire AI and ML engineers.

Which AI or machine learning role do you need?

AI engineering, machine learning, and platform roles overlap. Start with the work your next hire should own.

AI engineers for product development.

What they own

AI engineers integrate models into products. The work can include large language model applications, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluation, and API integration.

When to hire

You need to turn existing models into a useful product feature, with clear evaluation and reliable integration.

Relevant experience

  • LLM applications
  • Retrieval and evaluation
  • APIs and integration
  • Product engineering

A question to discuss

How did you decide the feature was ready for users?

A first hire and a growing team
need different things.

Compare what a first hire and an existing team need from the next person.

Your first AI hire

Give one person
a clear starting point.

An early hire may need broad product and engineering judgment. Define a specific outcome and the support the engineer needs.

  • A defined use case and a way to evaluate it
  • Access to the data and systems they need
  • A founder or technical lead to make decisions with
Before you search

What can this person realistically own, and who will support them?

An existing AI team

Fill the gap
between existing strengths.

Identify what the team already does well. The next hire can then take ownership of a specific missing capability.

  • Model development and evaluation
  • Deployment, monitoring, and reliability
  • Data pipelines and quality
Before you search

Which capability is missing, and where will the new hire's responsibility begin?

Shape a brief you can use.

Capture the essentials in three short steps. Download your notes before leaving.

Describe an outcome, rather than a list of tools.
Cheri Kruger, founder of Kruger Recruiting

Work directly with Cheri.

Cheri Kruger is the founder of Kruger Recruiting. She recruits software engineers, AI and machine learning engineers, founding engineers, and technical leaders. You work directly with Cheri throughout the search.

Let’s talk About Cheri and Kruger Recruiting ↗

AI recruiting
questions, answered.

Start with the outcome the engineer needs to deliver. Define the relevant experience, team support, location, compensation, and interview process. Use the hiring brief on this page to prepare those details before you speak with Cheri.