Talent
The people who make AI work in production.
Forward deployed engineers and strategists, AI and data specialists, full stack engineers and technical leaders. Trained inside our own system and accountable to you.
In short
What talent can I hire from Code Colonies?
23 roles across forward deployed engineering and strategy, AI and data, engineering, and product and delivery, from Forward Deployed Engineers to a Fractional CTO. Everyone is trained in the company's own on the job programme, and you interview each person before they start.
- How quickly can someone start?
- Matched profiles usually arrive within one to two weeks, and work starts one to two weeks after you approve them.
- What does it cost?
- USD 2 or INR 199 an hour, a 150 hour minimum, no advance and payment after you accept the work, with senior review, QA and project management included.
- Can I hire a whole team?
- Yes. The pod builder lets you put a team together and send it to us as a request.
- What if someone is not the right fit?
- Fit is reviewed regularly, and the person is changed if it is not working.
Forward Deployed
Embedded where the work is
- Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who sits with your team, works in your codebase and takes one AI or integration use case from a working idea to something your staff rely on every day.
- Forward Deployed StrategistA consultant who writes down how the work is done today and what result you need, then stays with the engineers so the finished system moves a number you care about.
- AI Solutions ArchitectA senior engineer who decides how AI fits your existing systems: which models, where data lives, security, cost and integration, written up so your team can maintain it.
AI and Data
AI, ML and data specialists
- AI Engineer (LLM and Agents)An engineer who builds LLM features, agents and document search that give the same good answer on the hundredth try.
- Machine Learning EngineerAn engineer who trains, checks and deploys models for forecasting, scoring, classification and image work.
- Data ScientistAn analyst who works through your sales, operations or finance data and tells you what to do differently.
- Data EngineerAn engineer who builds the pipelines, warehouses and quality checks that your reports and AI work need.
- MLOps and LLMOps EngineerAn engineer who keeps AI systems running once they are live: releases, monitoring, cost and model upgrades.
- Prompt and Evaluation EngineerA specialist who writes prompts, test sets and quality checks so the AI answers the same way each time and stays within limits.
- AI QA and Annotation SpecialistPeople who label data and check AI output by hand, so models learn from good examples and errors are caught early.
Engineering
Engineers who ship
- Full Stack EngineerAn engineer who builds the screens and the server side, across common web stacks, and adds AI features where they help.
- Frontend EngineerAn engineer who builds screens that load fast, work for everyone and look finished.
- Backend EngineerAn engineer who builds the services, APIs and databases that sit behind your product.
- Mobile EngineerAn engineer who builds and releases iOS and Android apps, native or cross platform.
- DevOps and Cloud EngineerAn engineer who scripts your servers, releases and monitoring on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
- QA and Test Automation EngineerAn engineer who writes and automates tests so you find the bugs before your customers do.
- Security EngineerA specialist in application and cloud security who tests your systems the way an attacker would.
Product and Delivery
Product, design and leadership
- UI and UX DesignerA designer who talks to your users first, then designs screens they can use without a manual.
- AI Product ManagerA product manager who decides which AI features to build and weighs what users gain against quality, risk and cost.
- Business AnalystAn analyst who turns what your team asks for into requirements a developer can build from.
- Project and Delivery ManagerThe person who keeps scope, dates and quality in check and tells you every week where things stand.
- Privacy and Compliance ConsultantA consultant who works out what DPDP, GDPR and the EU AI Act mean for your products, forms and processes.
- Fractional CTOA senior technical lead for a few days a week, for founders and growing companies: architecture, hiring, vendors and roadmap.
Why our people
Trained for the work before they join yours
- Trained in house
- New joiners come through our 500 hour Forward Deployed programme. Senior people are tested on the same delivery bar before they lead client work.
- Matched to your domain
- We match people by the problems they have already solved in businesses and systems similar to yours.
- Accountable to outcomes
- Weekly reporting, senior review on deliverables and a monthly performance check.
- Flexible shapes
- One expert, a pod, a fractional setup or a long term embedded team.
Questions
Hiring with us
How quickly can someone start?
Usually within one to two weeks after you approve the profiles, depending on the role and seniority.
Can we interview candidates?
Yes. You review profiles and interview before anyone starts.
What does it cost?
Delivery runs at the published 2good.dev rate of USD 2 or INR 199 per hour, minimum 150 hours, taxes extra, with senior review, QA and project management included. There is no advance: you pay after you accept each output. Use the instant estimate for a quick view.
What if someone is not the right fit?
We review fit and progress regularly and change the person if it is not working.
Start a conversation
Tell us the roles. We will match the people.
Share the problem in a short call. You leave with a clear view of the approach, the team and the cost.
A specialist replies within one working day. The first conversation is free.