Elite AI Engineers.
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XOR finds, vets, and manages world-class ML, RL, and AI engineers for companies pushing the frontier. You direct the work. We handle everything else.

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Trusted by high-growth AI teams and research labs. Curated from the OpenDataScience community of 0+ professionals.

The Platform for AI Engineering Teams

Curated Talent Network

65,000+ ML, RL, and AI engineers sourced from OpenDataScience and vetted before they ever reach a client.

AI-Assisted Matching

Submit a brief through the platform. Aurora and your assigned recruiter build a shortlist of verified engineers in 72 hours.

End-to-End Management

Contracts, payroll, time tracking, compliance, and IP protection. All handled through the platform.

Built by veterans of the recruiting and HR technology industry.

What We Deploy

ML Engineers (LLM)

Training, fine-tuning, alignment, and deployment.

ML Engineers (Computer Vision)

Detection, segmentation, generative models.

RL Engineers

Environment design, reward modeling, RLHF, policy optimization.

Low-Level & Kernel Optimization

Kernel inference optimization, CUDA, compiler-level performance.

AI Researchers

Novel architectures, paper-to-production.

Data & ML Infrastructure

Distributed training, pipelines, MLOps.

Single engineers or full teams. Scale up or down as your needs change. All senior. All verified. All managed by XOR. $110 to $160/hr.

How It Works

01

Get Onboarded

We work with select AI companies. Once you're in, you get access to the XOR platform, your assigned recruiter, and Aurora.

02

Submit a Brief

Describe what you need through the platform. Aurora takes it from there and your recruiter builds the shortlist. Every engineer is ID-verified and liveness-checked.

03

Deploy and Scale

Engineers start within days. The platform handles time tracking and reporting. XOR manages contracts, payroll, and compliance. Scale from one engineer to a full team, and scale back down when the project shifts. Rates from $110 to $160/hr depending on seniority and specialization.

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Sarah Chen

Meridian Labs

Your team and hiring pipeline at a glance.

Active Team

12

engineers deployed

Hours This Week

496h

902h this month

Open Briefs

5

97 candidates in pipeline

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RL Environment Engineer

19 candidates

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Kernel Systems Researcher

21 candidates

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ML Infrastructure Lead

18 candidates

Open

Research Scientist — RLHF

22 candidates

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Computer Vision Engineer

17 candidates

Filled

Recent Activity

Dmitri V. interview scheduled for RL Environment

2 hours ago

Arjun M. moved to offer stage for RLHF Scientist

5 hours ago

Wei L. interview scheduled for Kernel Systems

1 day ago

Lena K. updated profile for ML Infra Lead

2 days ago

Tomás R. take-home completed for RL Environment

3 days ago

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Time Reports

Meet Aurora

Aurora is XOR's AI recruiting assistant, built into the platform from the ground up. She takes your brief, surfaces shortlists, tracks your team's hours, and answers questions about your contractors in real time.

For candidates, she reads every CV before asking a question and guides engineers through onboarding. When something needs a human, she brings in your assigned recruiter seamlessly. Aurora is how the platform stays fast and personal as the network grows.

Aurora

XOR AI Assistant

How many hours did the team log last week?

Across 12 contractors, your team logged 483 hours last week. Here's the detailed breakdown by person.

Kacper W.42h
Arsenii I.40h
Denis K.38h
9 others363h

The Best Talent Works From Everywhere

The top RL researchers and ML engineers were trained in Moscow, Beijing, Warsaw, and Zurich. Today they live and work across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and beyond. XOR gives you the infrastructure to manage them across borders, timezones, and jurisdictions: contracts, compliance, payroll, time tracking, IP protection, and a dedicated recruiter who knows your team by name.

It has been a pleasure working with XOR. The team is very hands-on and responsive, and the quality of the candidates has been consistently strong.
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Ning Cao

Co-founder, Stealth AI startup

For Engineers

XOR places senior ML, RL, and AI engineers with vetted companies doing real research and production AI. No ghost jobs. No unverified clients. Our onboarding is fast, our contracts are clean, and a human recruiter is always one message away.

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