Hire AI-Native Engineers
Engineers who build with AI every day, tested before you meet them. Remote, US-based or forward-deployed. One engineer or a full team.
Building engineering teams for companies like these
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Every Résumé Says AI. Few Engineers Ship With It.
We test engineers on how they really build with AI, then match them to your stack, your team and the way you work. Our vetting was designed by engineering leaders, including our CTO, a former Amazon engineering leader.
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We know the struggle
You need engineers who can build with AI now, but hiring takes months and résumés all look the same. A wrong hire costs time, money and momentum. We take the guesswork out so you can focus on what you're building.
How we do it
Every engineer goes through four steps: a communication and experience check, role-specific technical tests, a hands-on AI build task and a live interview with a senior engineer. You only meet the people who pass.
The result?
Engineers who get up to speed fast, matched on skills and team fit. Remote, US-based or forward-deployed, they work like part of your team, because they are.
Our engineers have worked at companies like these.
Pick the Setup That Fits Your Team
At the heart of every great product is a great team. Hire remote, US-based or forward-deployed engineers on contract, or hire full-time through our recruiters. Change the mix as you grow.
Remote Engineers
AI-native engineers who join your standups, your repo and your sprint. Contract or contract-to-hire, and we can run payroll for you.
US-Based Engineers
Engineers in the US for on-site work, US work authorization or tighter security review. Many of our FDEs are US-based so they can work at your office.
Forward-Deployed Engineers
Engineers who embed with your business to turn AI pilots into tools people use. On-site or online, wherever the work happens.
Direct Hire & Recruiting
Hiring full-time? We find and test candidates, and you pay only when you hire. Add a fractional recruiter when hiring picks up.
Look Who Chose ThirstySprout
Leaders at Mailchimp, Rover and fast-growing startups on what it's like to work with us.
Your team has been fantastic and we've greatly enjoyed working with ThirstySprout. The work your team has delivered is world class!
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I'm very happy with the team and how the project is progressing. Tests are being merged in and have been both robust and highly readable. All in all, ThirstySprout helped us develop & significantly expand the coverage of our UI test suite by providing us access to highly qualified engineers with flexible terms.
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We really appreciate the partnership with ThirstySprout and the speed at which they’ve supported our engineering hiring.
The engineer ThirstySprout placed with us was awesome. Within a week we were asking how to lock him down, and a year later we hired him and a second ThirstySprout engineer full-time.
ThirstySprout’s engineers have been excellent to work with and have really impressed everyone. They’ve been so impressive that we asked them to take on our uMotif products too.
We sourced a developer from ThirstySprout and one from another company. We fired the other company after three weeks. With ThirstySprout, you get top talent. They heavily vet their people.
We truly appreciate our partnership with ThirstySprout and the work they did to get us out of a tough spot and deliver a working product for the Goodwill network.
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David’s company is trustworthy, honest and dependable. We’ve worked on several projects together. You can always count on them to deliver you the unvarnished truth when it comes to any engagement, even when it’s not self-serving.
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ThirstySprout is super easy to work with and trustworthy. The developer they connected me to was awesome and the best HubSpot dev I’ve worked with ever.
Your team has been fantastic and we've greatly enjoyed working with ThirstySprout. The work your team has delivered is world class!
I'm very happy with the team and how the project is progressing. Tests are being merged in and have been both robust and highly readable. All in all, ThirstySprout helped us develop & significantly expand the coverage of our UI test suite by providing us access to highly qualified engineers with flexible terms.
We really appreciate the partnership with ThirstySprout and the speed at which they’ve supported our engineering hiring.
The engineer ThirstySprout placed with us was awesome. Within a week we were asking how to lock him down, and a year later we hired him and a second ThirstySprout engineer full-time.
ThirstySprout’s engineers have been excellent to work with and have really impressed everyone. They’ve been so impressive that we asked them to take on our uMotif products too.
We sourced a developer from ThirstySprout and one from another company. We fired the other company after three weeks. With ThirstySprout, you get top talent. They heavily vet their people.
We truly appreciate our partnership with ThirstySprout and the work they did to get us out of a tough spot and deliver a working product for the Goodwill network.
David’s company is trustworthy, honest and dependable. We’ve worked on several projects together. You can always count on them to deliver you the unvarnished truth when it comes to any engagement, even when it’s not self-serving.
ThirstySprout is super easy to work with and trustworthy. The developer they connected me to was awesome and the best HubSpot dev I’ve worked with ever.
Trusted by enterprises and high-growth startups alike.
How We're Different
One partner for every way you add engineers. Hire one engineer, a managed team, or forward-deployed engineers who sit with your business, and we stay accountable for the result.
Tested for AI Work
Every engineer takes a hands-on AI build task: they work with coding assistants, LLMs or agents while we check how they review, test and fix what the AI writes.
100+ skills covered. From LLM apps and data to cloud, mobile and QA, one partner can staff the whole team.
Remote, US-Based or Forward-Deployed
Remote engineers for your core team, US-based engineers when you need them close, and forward-deployed engineers when AI has to reach production.
Days, not months. You'll meet pre-vetted engineers within 48 to 72 hours. Roles we recruit from scratch take 1 to 4 weeks.
Accountable After Day One
We don't disappear after the start date. You get one point of contact and regular check-ins. If a contract engineer isn't the right fit in the first week, we replace them for free or refund you in full.
Grow into a team. Start with one engineer or FDE and add people as the work grows, without switching partners.
Results From Teams Like Yours
Enterprises like Intuit, Mailchimp and Goodwill and startups like Ravenna build with our engineers.
Engineers trusted with production work held to a 99.95% uptime SLA.
A remote engineering team whose work Mailchimp’s partnerships director called “world class.”
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Forward-deployed engineers embedded with Hopper’s team.
Engineers who joined The RealReal’s product teams to build and scale features on its luxury resale marketplace.
Engineering support for Goodwill’s digital teams, from online retail tools to internal systems.
A full-stack team that built Rover’s end-to-end testing platform, expanded its UI test coverage and took on a large part of its core front-end work.
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AI-native engineers who helped a fast-growing startup ship its AI help desk product.
Meet Our Engineers
Engineers, data and ML specialists, designers and product managers who’ve shipped at startups and large companies. Each one passes our four-step vetting, including a hands-on AI build task, before they reach you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Need help with something? Here are our most frequently asked questions.
ThirstySprout helps companies hire AI-native engineers: remote, US-based or forward-deployed. We find and test engineers, match them to your team and stay involved after they start. Clients include Intuit, Mailchimp, Hopper, The RealReal and Goodwill.
An engineer who builds with AI every day. Coding assistants, LLM APIs, agents and evals are part of how they work, and they know when not to trust the output. We test for this before you meet anyone.
An engineer who works inside your business, close to the people who will use what they build. They scope the problem with your team, build the tool, get it into production and keep improving it. You can start with one FDE and add more as the work grows.
Both, with the same roles and the same vetting. Most work remotely and join your team online. When the work needs someone on-site, US work authorization or tighter security review, we staff US-based engineers. Many of our FDEs are US-based so they can work at your office.
Mostly forward-deployed engineers, AI engineers and software engineers (frontend, backend, full-stack). We also hire data, DevOps and cloud engineers, product designers, product managers and QA engineers.
Four steps: a communication and experience check, role-specific technical tests, a hands-on AI build task and a live interview with a senior engineer. You get a short list with notes on how each person did.
If we already have pre-vetted engineers who fit, you’ll meet them within 48 to 72 hours. For roles we recruit from scratch, it takes 1 to 4 weeks to line up vetted candidates.
Contract (staff augmentation), contract-to-hire, direct hire, forward-deployed engineers and fractional recruiting. We can also employ engineers for you as employer of record.
Contract engineers come with a one-week guarantee: if they’re not the right fit in the first week, we replace them for free or refund you in full. For direct hires, we set the replacement guarantee case by case, starting at 3 months.
Engineers tested for real AI work, every way to staff from one partner, and a team that stays accountable after day one. We made the Inc. 5000 at No. 247 and hold a 5.0 rating on Clutch and G2.
Build Your AI-Native Team
Tell us what you're building. You'll usually meet pre-vetted engineers who fit within 48 to 72 hours.
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