CO · 8 yrsEmbedded
Senior Backend
ex-Rappi
Shipped RAG pipeline for insurtech in 3 weeks · Claude + pgvector in production
→ Insurtech · Europe
FP · Hire — For engineering leaders
Stop interviewing 47 candidates to find one senior AI engineer.
We pre-vet the funnel for you. 2,000 engineers sourced monthly → 12 accepted. You get 3 ready-to-embed profiles in 48 hours, contracts signed same day, first PR inside two weeks. From $13.5K/mo, all-in — no recruiter fees, no equity, no 6-month ramp.
For engineering leaders at Series A–D companies hiring 1–4 senior AI engineers. Need enterprise procurement? See /enterprise.
Acceptance rate
12 / 2,000
per month
First profiles
48 hrs
Time to first PR
2 weeks
median
Replacement SLA
7 days
at no cost
§ I — In-house vs staffing platforms vs FutureProofingI / III
The numbers your CFO will run anyway.Without the marketing gloss.
| US in-house FTE | Toptal / Turing / Andela | FutureProofing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $22–38K loaded | $16–35K hourly | From $13.5K, scales with seniority |
| Time to shipping | 6+ months | 1–4 weeks to start, ramp varies | 2 weeks to first PR |
| Vetting depth | Your team's funnel | Often "top 3%" with no detail | 5-stage gate, 0.6% acceptance |
| Engagement lock-in | FTE — high switching cost | 3–12 month minimums common | Monthly, cancel anytime |
| Replacement if fit fails | PIP + months of process | Often per-contract | 7 days, no cost |
| AI-native tooling | Depends on hire | Rarely a filter | Claude Code Max-fluent, day 1 |
In-house numbers anchored to Levels.fyi 2026 senior AI engineer band + loaded cost (base + equity + recruiter + benefits + employer tax). Staffing platform ranges from our cited comparison post.
✦ Behind the bench · 17 years operating together03 OPERATORS
Founders who've shipped before.
Jess and Andrea co-founded inDinero together at 19/20 and scaled it to a nine-figure valuation. Seventeen years later, they’re still operating side by side — now applying the same selectivity lens to AI engineering hiring. When something breaks at month 3, you call operators who’ve built before, not a sales rep.
- Co-founder · Data Scientist
Jess Mah
- Data Scientist · UC Berkeley CS at 19 — final technical filter on every engineer we accept
- Founded inDinero — Inc. cover · Forbes 30 Under 30 · 150+ employees
- Executive Chair, Mahway — venture creation firm, $1.5B combined portfolio
- Co-founder
Andrea Barrica
- Co-founded inDinero with Jess at age 20 — Y Combinator 2010, scaled to 150+ employees
- Venture Partner + Entrepreneur-in-Residence, 500 Startups
- Founder of O.school. Owns onboarding, ramp speed, and engagement health.
- Co-founder
Gabe Murillo
- 15+ years in senior talent acquisition
- Built the sourcing strategy at Shopify Logistics
- Founder of Enjoy Talent · TA Consultant at Mahway
§ VI — Meet the engineersVI / VII
Real anonymized profiles from our network.
3 available now· 5 ramping next month · 14 senior AI engineers in the active bench, 3+ added every month. Each one vetted, AI-native, and ready to ship. 6+ years of production experience on average.
BR · 6 yrsEmbedded
Senior Backend
ex-Nubank
Built multi-agent orchestration at scale · LangGraph + Temporal specialist
→ AI-native ops · Series A
AR · 7 yrsEmbedded
Full-stack
ex-MercadoLibre
LangChain + Cursor production specialist · shipped AI checkout flows at scale
→ Fintech · YC W23
§ IV — How it worksIV / VII
Three steps to get started.
- 01
Book a 30-minute call
Tell us about your project, stack, and timeline. We'll match you with engineers who fit your needs.
No commitmentSame week available - 02
Meet your engineers
Review CVs and interview candidates. All engineers are pre-vetted and AI-native.
Pre-screenedSenior level only - 03
Start building in weeks
Engineers onboard with your tools and processes. Ship your first feature within the first sprint.
3–6 week timelineFlexible contracts
§ III — What engineering leaders actually askIII / III
Frequently asked
What does the 5-stage vetting actually test?
Stage 01 — initial screen: production AI failure narrative (kills 88% of applicants in 30 minutes). Stage 02 — technical assessment: real codebase, no LeetCode. Stage 03 — EQ + behavioral: how they handle ambiguity and pushback. Stage 04 — paired AI challenge: a 90-minute live build inside Cursor or Claude Code. Stage 05 — final founder interview with Jess or Andrea. 12 engineers per 2,000 sourced make it through.
How can I evaluate a senior AI engineer in 48 hours?
We send 2–3 anonymized profiles with: full stack history, production-AI war stories, paired-challenge recording link, references, and rate. You take a 30-min intro call with the top match, validate against your codebase. If you say go, contracts ship same day. First PR typically lands within 7–10 days of contract signature.
What happens if the engineer leaves or under-performs mid-engagement?
No-cost replacement. If fit isn't right inside the first weeks, we re-source from the pre-vetted bench — typically within 7 business days. No replacement fees, no extended notice, no fine print. You can also walk anytime: contracts are monthly, cancel-anytime. Your runway is protected, not ours.
Will they work inside my GitHub org, Linear, and Vercel?
Yes. Engineers operate inside your tools — your repo, your Linear/Jira, your Slack, your Vercel/AWS. They join your standups, attend your code reviews, ship through your branch protections. No middleman platform sits between your code and the engineer. They look and feel like FTEs from day one.
Do they actually know Claude Code, Cursor, and modern AI tooling?
Yes — that's the whole point. Every accepted engineer ships AI-native: Claude API, OpenAI, RAG (Pinecone/pgvector), agents (LangGraph, custom orchestrators), evals (Braintrust/Promptfoo), and full agentic-IDE fluency in Cursor and Claude Code Max. Most clients sponsor the 20x Claude Code Max seat from day one — it pays for itself in the first sprint.
What's the contract, IP, and NDA setup?
Engineers sign your NDA + standard contractor IP-assignment terms before touching any repo. All work product belongs to you on commit — zero retained rights for FutureProofing or the engineer. We sign your MSA or provide ours as a starting point. Procurement-friendly invoicing, net 30 standard.
Are they really senior, or is this offshore-tier dressed up?
Every accepted engineer has shipped production LLM, RAG, or multi-agent systems at companies you'd recognize. Median experience: 8 years. Anchored against Levels.fyi senior bands (E5/L5 equivalent). We don't accept mid-level engineers wearing senior titles — Stage 02 + 04 catch that within an hour. If they pass our gate, they'll pass yours.
§ FIN — Ready to hire?END
Get 3 vetted profiles in 48 hours.
Tell us your stack and engagement shape — we'll match from the active bench, send anonymized profiles, and you take a 30-min intro call with the top match. Contracts ship same day if you say go.