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Talent with evidence attached.

Every candidate we place has been assessed against KDigital's delivery-chain standard — which means every placement comes with a defended portfolio, a technical review record, and verifiable references. Not CV keywords. Proof.

The role catalog

Seven specialisms feeding two apex roles.

Each specialism 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-delivery experience Technical review passed Deployment evidence chain
★ Apex role

AI Product Manager

Owns AI product strategy, autonomy policy, evidence-based acceptance, and unit economics. Placed as product managers 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 Manager

Product track
AI Product Manager Product Owner 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 work — pipelines, agents, eval suites — reviewed and defended in a technical panel, 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 candidate works 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 vetted AI specialist plugged into your team, your tools, your standups.

Complete squad

A cross-functional 5–7 seat squad — the same shape as our delivery squads — owning a workstream.

Contract-to-hire

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

Train-and-place

We assess and upskill your pipeline of candidates against our delivery-chain standard, then place them with you.

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At a glance

Staffing — Deployment-ready AI talent

Deployment-ready engineers, analysts, and AI Product Managers placed into delivery teams using evidence-based selection.

What this covers

  • Deployment-ready AI engineers
  • Forward Deployed AI Engineers
  • AI Product Managers
  • Evidence-based placement