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Our Talent Is
Finding Yours

FlowMint Talent is the go-to recruitment partner for AI, ML, and Robotics hiring.

Your Vision. Our Experts. Your AI Talent Partner.
3×
AI job growth vs all tech
$200k+
Senior AI salaries, US
81%
Companies adopting AI by 2027
70%
Of top AI talent are passive
Why FlowMint Talent

Specialist search.
No shortcuts.

Deep sector knowledge. A network built over time. And a straightforward commitment to quality over volume.

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Passive talent is where it starts

The professionals worth hiring aren’t scrolling job boards. They’re delivering at companies that value them — and they move only when the approach is right and the opportunity is better. We spend our time building those relationships before a role ever exists, so when your brief lands, we already know who fits.

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Genuine AI knowledge

We understand the sector, not just the job titles. That means we can have a real conversation with a candidate about their work, assess whether they’re genuinely exceptional, and brief you accurately — no guesswork.

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Built around your brief, not our database

We take the time to understand exactly what you need — the team, the culture, the technical requirements, and the reason someone outstanding should choose you over anyone else. Then we go and find that specific person.

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Dual-market reach

One relationship gives you access to the US and UK simultaneously. We actively work across San Francisco, New York, Austin, London and Manchester — and handle remote roles across both markets from a single point of contact.

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Retained and contingency

Senior and leadership AI roles handled on a retained basis — giving us the time and exclusivity to do the search properly. Mid-level roles on contingency, meaning you only pay on a successful hire.

90-day placement guarantee

Every placement is backed by a full 90-day replacement guarantee. If it doesn’t work out within that window for any reason, we find the right person at no additional charge.

The AI Talent Market

Why AI hiring is unlike
anything that’s
come before.

The demand for AI talent is not a trend — it is a structural shift in how every industry operates. Companies that don’t hire the right people now will spend the next decade trying to catch up. The numbers make it clear.

3×
Faster growth in AI job postings vs all other tech roles combined
$1.3B
Global AI recruitment market size projected by 2033
54%
Of enterprises plan to increase AI hiring budgets in 2026
+58%
Year-on-year salary growth for AI specialists in the UK

Technology sector AI adoption

Tech companies89%

Financial services AI adoption

Banks, insurers, fintech76%

Healthcare AI adoption

Hospitals, biotech, pharma62%

Enterprise AI adoption by 2027

All sectors81%
How It Works

Every search starts
with your brief.
Not our archive.

We don’t recycle. Every assignment is approached as if the right person doesn’t exist yet — because often, for your specific situation, they haven’t been found yet.

1
Brief

We listen before we look

Before a single approach is made, we take time to understand the role properly — the team, the culture, the technical environment and the honest reasons this is a compelling move for the right person. That depth shapes everything that follows.

2
Search

Targeted. Discreet. Direct.

We identify the specific people worth approaching through market mapping and long-term relationship building — not keyword searches. We reach out directly, with a tailored conversation, to professionals who are performing well and only open to the right move. That’s a fundamentally different pool of talent to what a job posting reaches.

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Qualify

You see fewer people. Better ones.

Every candidate is assessed properly before they reach you — their technical background, their motivations, their fit with your team and what they genuinely want next. You receive a shortlist with our written rationale for each person. Not volume. The right people, with a clear explanation of why.

4
Manage

Both sides, all the way through

We stay close from first conversation to signed offer — briefing candidates before each stage, relaying honest feedback and keeping exceptional people engaged. In a market where great candidates have options, how you run a process is part of your employer brand.

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Placed

Placed. And supported.

We advise on offer structure, manage the acceptance and stay in contact after the start date — making sure both sides are happy well beyond day one.

Who We Work With

Two conversations.
One standard.

Whether you’re building a team or looking for your next move, we approach both sides with the same level of care.

For Employers

You need to hire exceptional AI talent.

We find the people your competitors are already trying to hire — and we reach them first.

  • ✓Every search built from scratch around your specific brief
  • ✓We headhunt passive candidates — the ones not on job boards
  • ✓You only see candidates we genuinely believe in, with our reasoning
  • ✓US and UK coverage from a single relationship
  • ✓Market salary benchmarking included as standard
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For Candidates

You want a role worth moving for.

We only represent people who are genuinely exceptional. If that’s you, we’ll find something worth moving for.

  • ✓Access to roles that never reach public job boards
  • ✓Honest salary benchmarking across the US and UK
  • ✓Interview preparation from people who know this sector
  • ✓We negotiate your offer — most candidates earn more than their ask
  • ✓Completely confidential — your employer never finds out
  • ✓US visa and relocation guidance for UK candidates
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Live Roles

Current Opportunities

A selection of the roles we are currently working. Select any role to read the full brief. All applications are handled in strict confidence.

Senior Perception Engineer

$170,000 — $230,000
Boston, MA Hybrid Permanent Confidential Client
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A venture backed robotics company building autonomous mobile robots for logistics and industrial environments is hiring a Senior Perception Engineer. You will design and ship the detection, tracking and scene understanding stack that lets its fleet operate safely alongside people, working closely with hardware, planning and controls teams. The team is based in Boston with a hybrid working pattern.

Essential Skills
  • Production experience building perception systems for robotics or autonomous platforms
  • Object detection, segmentation and multi object tracking with deep learning
  • Strong C++ and Python, with PyTorch for model development
  • Experience with camera, depth and LiDAR data in real world conditions
  • Model optimisation and deployment on edge hardware (TensorRT, CUDA)

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Perception Engineer — Sensor Fusion

$150,000 — $195,000
Boston, MA On-site Permanent Confidential Client
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A well funded autonomy company developing robotic systems for unstructured outdoor environments is looking for a Perception Engineer focused on sensor fusion and state estimation. You will combine camera, LiDAR, radar and IMU data into a reliable world model, own calibration and fusion pipelines, and validate performance through field testing. This role is on-site in Boston, close to the test facility.

Essential Skills
  • Sensor fusion experience across camera, LiDAR, radar or IMU
  • State estimation — Kalman filters, factor graphs or SLAM
  • Strong C++ and Python in a ROS or ROS 2 environment
  • Multi sensor calibration and time synchronisation
  • Hands on field testing and debugging of real robotic systems

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

ML Engineer — 3D Perception (AV)

$175,000 — $240,000
Austin, TX Hybrid Permanent Confidential Client
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An autonomous trucking company scaling its driverless freight operations across Texas is hiring an ML Engineer to advance its 3D perception models. You will train and deploy networks for 3D object detection, tracking and occupancy from LiDAR and multi camera inputs, own data and evaluation pipelines and push improvements onto vehicles running on public highways. The team is based in Austin with hybrid flexibility.

Essential Skills
  • Deep learning for 3D perception — 3D detection, BEV or occupancy networks
  • Experience with LiDAR point clouds and multi camera fusion
  • Strong Python and PyTorch, with large scale training experience
  • Building data, labelling and evaluation pipelines for AV datasets
  • Background in autonomous vehicles, robotics or safety critical ML

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Senior ML Engineer — 3D Vision (AV)

$190,000 — $270,000
Pittsburgh, PA On-site Permanent Confidential Client
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A leading autonomous vehicle company with a major engineering hub in Pittsburgh is looking for a Senior ML Engineer to lead work on its 3D vision stack. You will drive research and production efforts across 3D scene reconstruction, depth estimation and neural scene representations, and use them to improve perception, mapping and simulation. You will mentor engineers and work closely with the autonomy and simulation teams.

Essential Skills
  • Senior level ML experience in 3D computer vision for AV or robotics
  • 3D reconstruction, depth estimation, NeRF or Gaussian splatting
  • Strong Python and PyTorch, with C++ and CUDA a plus
  • Geometry fundamentals — multi view geometry, camera models, calibration
  • Track record of taking 3D vision research into production systems

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Applied AI Engineer — LLM Agents

$170,000 — $225,000
New York, NY Hybrid Permanent Series B Confidential Client
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A Series B AI company automating complex workflows for financial services clients is hiring an Applied AI Engineer to build its agent platform. You will design multi step LLM agents, tool use and evaluation frameworks, and take them from prototype into production with enterprise customers. The team is based in New York and moves quickly with a strong product focus.

Essential Skills
  • Production experience building LLM powered applications or agents
  • Tool use, function calling, retrieval and multi step orchestration
  • Strong Python and modern backend engineering
  • Designing evaluation and monitoring for LLM systems
  • Experience shipping AI products to real enterprise users

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Robotics Software Engineer — Motion Planning

$165,000 — $215,000
Seattle, WA Hybrid Permanent Confidential Client
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A fast growing embodied AI company building general purpose manipulation robots is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer to own motion planning and control. You will develop planners and trajectory optimisation that let its robots move safely and efficiently in cluttered real world spaces, working alongside learning, perception and hardware teams. The team is based in Seattle with hybrid working.

Essential Skills
  • Motion planning for manipulators or mobile robots (sampling based or optimisation based)
  • Strong modern C++ with Python for tooling and experimentation
  • Kinematics, dynamics and trajectory optimisation
  • Experience with ROS 2, MoveIt or similar robotics frameworks
  • Shipping robotics software onto real hardware

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Autonomous Vehicle ML Engineer

$180,000 — $260,000
San Francisco, CA Remote Permanent Confidential Client
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A fast growing autonomous mobility company is hiring an ML Engineer to develop the perception and prediction systems behind its next generation vehicle platform. You will train and deploy models using large scale sensor datasets, work closely with robotics and systems engineers and help translate cutting edge research into safe, reliable performance on the road. The team is based in San Francisco with remote flexibility.

Essential Skills
  • Production machine learning experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics or intelligent systems
  • Deep learning for perception, prediction or sensor fusion
  • Strong Python and PyTorch or TensorFlow experience
  • Experience working with camera, LiDAR or radar datasets
  • Track record of deploying and evaluating safety critical ML systems

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Robotics Reinforcement Learning Engineer

$200,000 — $300,000
San Francisco, CA Remote Permanent Confidential Client
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A well funded robotics company is looking for a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to build learning systems that enable robots to perform complex tasks in dynamic real world environments. You will own research and engineering across policy learning, simulation and deployment, collaborating with controls and hardware teams to move new capabilities from experiment to reliable robot behaviour. The team is based in San Francisco with remote flexibility.

Essential Skills
  • Deep reinforcement learning experience applied to robotics or embodied AI
  • Strong Python and PyTorch or JAX expertise
  • Experience with simulation environments and sim to real transfer
  • Knowledge of robot control, motion planning or manipulation
  • Track record of turning research ideas into robust deployed systems

Full details and client name shared at first conversation stage. All enquiries handled in strict confidence.

Don’t see the right role? Send your CV to talent@flowmint-talent.com and we will be in touch when something relevant comes up.

Our Markets

Two of the world’s largest
AI hiring markets. One firm.

One relationship covers both the US and UK — giving employers a single contact for international hiring and candidates access to both markets.

United States

Highest salaries, deepest demand — our primary market
LevelBaseTotal comp
Junior0–2 yrs$120K – $170K$150K – $220K
Mid3–5 yrs$170K – $240K$230K – $380K
Senior5–8 yrs$220K – $310K$340K – $550K
Staff8–12 yrs$280K – $400K$500K – $800K
Principal12+ yrs$350K – $500K$700K – $1.2M+
Total comp includes base plus bonus and equity.
Key citiesSF · NY · Austin · Chicago
Remote roles60%+ of all briefs

United Kingdom

Fastest-growing AI talent market in Europe
LevelBaseTotal comp
Junior0–2 yrs£90K – £125K£110K – £165K
Mid3–5 yrs£125K – £180K£170K – £280K
Senior5–8 yrs£165K – £230K£250K – £410K
Staff8–12 yrs£205K – £295K£370K – £590K
Principal12+ yrs£260K – £370K£520K – £890K+
UK figures converted from US benchmarks at approximately £1 = $1.35.
Key citiesLondon · Manchester · Birmingham
Salary growth year on year+58%

The conversation
costs nothing.
The wrong hire does.

Tell us what you need or tell us what you want. Either way, we’ll give you a straight answer on whether we can help.

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