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Hire AI Engineers
Hire AI engineers building real products on modern foundation models.
Mid-level base · UK · DE · US
£80k–£110k · €90k–€125k · $115k–$160k
Amelia Hughes
Senior AI Engineer
ai_summary7 yrs shipping production-grade ai engineer work. Strong on LLMs & RAG.
LLMs
Vector databases7+
Years
£82k
Expects
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Markets
UK · DE · US
24h
First shortlist
from kick-off call
14–21
Days to hire
median across roles
£80k–£110k
Typical mid pay (UK)
Why Haystack
The fastest way to hire ai engineers without the agency tax.
AI engineers are the new product-focused specialism - building features on top of foundation models, with strong instincts for evaluation, latency, cost and safety.
Haystack matches you with AI engineers shipping LLM-powered features, RAG systems and agentic workflows in production.
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AI Engineers ready to interview
A sample of ai engineers currently active on Haystack. Sign in to browse full profiles, see expected salaries, and start a conversation.
Priya Shah
Lead AI Engineer
9+
Years
£95k
Expects
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Liam Walker
Lead AI Engineer
4+
Years
£60k
Expects
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Lena Schneider
Staff AI Engineer
TypeScript6+
Years
€78k
Expects
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Maximilian Weber
Senior AI Engineer
10+
Years
€105k
Expects
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Hannah Becker
Senior AI Engineer
4+
Years
€68k
Expects
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Jonas Krüger
Lead AI Engineer
8+
Years
€92k
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View profileSalary benchmark
Salary benchmark for ai engineers across UK, Germany & US
Anchored to live Haystack data. London, Berlin tech hubs and US coastal markets skew toward the upper bound.
GBP · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
£55k–£70k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
£80k–£110k
Senior · 6+ yrs
£115k–£170k
EUR · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
€65k–€85k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
€90k–€125k
Senior · 6+ yrs
€130k–€195k
USD · base salary
Junior · 0–3 yrs
$80k–$105k
Mid · 3–6 yrs
$115k–$160k
Senior · 6+ yrs
$165k–$245k
EUR and USD bands are indicative conversions from live UK data using current market multipliers. Local seniority, sector and equity packages can push offers higher.
What strong ai engineers ship with
4 core · 4 nice to have
Core stack
Nice to have
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Interview prep
Sample ai engineer interview questions
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Blueprint
Hiring through Haystack takes days, not months
A repeatable five-step playbook our employers run for every role.
- 01
30-min kick-off
Day 0We capture the brief, scorecard and salary band. No long forms.
- 02
Matches in 24h
Day 1A curated shortlist of vetted candidates lands in your dashboard.
- 03
Interview rounds
Day 2–10We handle scheduling. You focus on the conversation.
- 04
Offer & references
Day 10–14We support both sides through offer and reference checks.
- 05
Onboard
Day 14–21Structured ramp template so your new hire ships in week one.
92%
Offer acceptance
Because every candidate has already aligned on level, comp and working pattern before you meet, ai engineer offers via Haystack are accepted 92% of the time.
Leading tech employers use Haystack to hire world-class candidates
"For anyone in the industry struggling with tech hiring and finding those really niche candidates, I'd highly recommend using Haystack. Ultimately Haystack helped us find great candidates that we couldn't find anywhere else."
"Working with Haystack has helped us widen our brand, it's helped us recruit great people, and it's been an easy thing to do. When we think about our candidate experience and the experience of people in my team, I want that rounded experience and that's what we've seen with Haystack."
"I'm really impressed with the candidates that I'm finding on Haystack, I'm looking at them and thinking, 'wow, this looks like a great engineer'. We made multiple hires in our first year. It's been a really nice way to hire tech talent, with a very unique approach."
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