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Talent with evidence attached.

Every candidate we place graduated from the KDigital Academy's delivery-chain programs — which means every placement comes with a defended portfolio, a viva record, and a verifiable credential URL. Not CV keywords. Proof.

The Academy catalog

Seven tracks feeding two apex roles.

Each track maps to placeable roles — and the integration layer above them produces the two roles the market is scrambling for.

★ Apex role

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Owns an enterprise AI deployment end to end — discovery through adopted, measured production. Placed as deployment leads and customer-embedded engineers.

Squad practicum graduate Individual viva passed Deployment evidence chain
★ Apex role

AI Product Owner

Owns AI product strategy, autonomy policy, evidence-based acceptance, and unit economics. Placed as product owners and AI programme leads.

Defended portfolio Recorded product review Economics fluency

Applied AI Engineering

AI & Agents track
Applied AI Engineer RAG Engineer Agent Engineer

Full Stack & AI Apps

Engineering track
Full Stack Engineer AI Application Engineer Integration Engineer

Data Engineering

Data track
Data Engineer Lakehouse Engineer AI Data Engineer

DevOps & AI Operations

Production track
DevOps Engineer SRE LLMOps / AgentOps Engineer

Quality Engineering

Evidence track
Quality Engineer AI Evaluation Engineer Release Assurance

Modern Business Analyst

Functional track
Business Analyst AI Workflow Analyst Discovery Lead

AI Product Owner

Product track
Product Owner AI Product Manager Platform PO
Evidence-based placement

You interview the work, not the résumé.

Every shortlist arrives with the candidate's defended capstone, review-gate history, and credential verification link — so your panel spends its time on fit, not screening.

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Defended portfolio
The candidate’s capstone — pipelines, agents, eval suites — reviewed and defended in a viva, not self-reported.
2
Review-gate history
Every credential shows which gates were passed, when, and at what level.
3
Verifiable credential URL
Your panel checks the credential in ten seconds — no PDF back-and-forth.
4
Delivery-chain fluency
Every graduate learned the same Discover → Optimize spine your project runs on.
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Outcome accountability
We stay engaged after placement — the flywheel means their success is ours.
Engagement models

One specialist or a complete squad.

Embedded specialist

One Academy-certified individual plugged into your team, your tools, your standups.

Complete squad

A cross-functional 5–7 seat squad — the same shape as our FDE practicum teams — owning a workstream.

Contract-to-hire

Start on contract; convert when the evidence is on your side.

Train-and-place

We train your pipeline of candidates through the Academy and place the graduates with you.

Need the right people on it this week?

Tell us the roles or the squad. We'll come back with an evidence-backed shortlist — fast.

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At a glance

Staffing — Academy-trained AI talent

Academy-trained engineers, analysts and product owners placed into your delivery team.

What this covers

  • Academy-trained AI engineers
  • Forward Deployed AI Engineers
  • AI Product Owners
  • Evidence-based placement