Recruitment · Upskill-to-Hire · Contract Staffing Source AI and cloud professionals who are already trained, assessed, and job-ready. Connect hiring to practical skill evidence and the work your technical team needs to deliver.
CA Chandan Agrawal — Co-founder & Director, Corporate Training & Talent Solutions, Technovids
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AI and cloud hiring can stall when a job description mixes too many unrelated duties, or when screening looks for tool names instead of proven skills. A clear brief of the skills needed helps separate what someone must already have from what they can learn.
A CV or keyword match alone does not show whether a candidate can handle your production responsibilities. Technovids is different — we run our own training pipeline, which means we place candidates who have been hands-on with the exact tools your team uses.
- Candidates assessed on real AI/cloud tasks — not just interview performance
- A training-to-hire pathway can widen the candidate pool; compare its full cost with direct hiring
- Industry-specific vetting: fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, SaaS
- Honest skill gap reporting — we tell you what a candidate can and can't do
🎯 Most Requested Direct AI & Cloud Recruitment
Permanent placement
We shortlist checked AI and cloud professionals for permanent roles. Agree a technical assessment for the role with your team, instead of relying only on keyword screening.
- Shortlisting timeline agreed for the role
- Technical assessment by domain trainers
- Reference checks + background verification
- Offer negotiation support
- Replacement terms agreed in writing
Find a Permanent Hire 🚀 Cost Saver Upskill-to-Hire Programme
Train + place model
We find promising people in related roles, put them through our intensive AI and cloud training and place them with you. Compare the cost of training, assessment, supervision and salary with the cost of hiring an experienced specialist.
- Candidate sourcing + skills assessment
- Scoped intensive AI/cloud training
- You interview post-training graduates
- Compensation aligned to the candidate’s skills and role
- Built-in cultural and skills alignment
Build Your Pipeline ⚡ Fast Deploy Contract & Interim Staffing
Flexible engagement
Need cloud architects for a migration, or MLOps engineers for a short project? Talk to us about trained contract staff for as long as you need. Availability, start date, responsibilities and terms are confirmed for each role.
- Start date confirmed against availability
- Pre-trained and tool-ready professionals
- Flexible contract terms (T&M or fixed)
- Extension or permanent conversion subject to agreed terms
- Compliance and payroll responsibilities agreed in the contract
Get Contract Talent 1 Discovery Call
We understand the role, team culture, tech stack, and timeline. The initial discussion establishes the scope.
2 JD Refinement
We help craft a realistic job description based on current market availability.
3 Technical Screening
Our trainers conduct domain-specific assessments — not just HR screening.
4 Shortlist Presentation
Review the shortlisted profiles with the technical evidence you agreed. How many profiles and how soon depends on the role and who is available.
5 Offer & Onboarding
Agree in the engagement how we support the offer, notice periods and the person’s first weeks.
ML / AI Engineer
Mid–Senior
Python TensorFlow PyTorch MLflow Kubeflow Data Scientist
Mid–Senior
Python R SQL scikit-learn Spark Prompt Engineer
Junior–Mid
GPT-4 Claude LangChain RAG Fine-tuning Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Senior
Terraform Kubernetes IaC FinOps DevOps / MLOps Engineer
Mid–Senior
CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Jenkins Airflow Data Engineer
Mid–Senior
Spark Kafka dbt Airflow Snowflake Cloud Migration Specialist
Senior
AWS Migration Hub Azure Migrate lift-and-shift AI Product Manager
Senior
LLM product design roadmap stakeholder mgmt The Upskill-to-Hire Advantage: Build the Talent You Need
India does not have enough experienced AI engineers to meet today’s demand. The companies that win are building their own pipeline: finding promising people and training them into the specialists they need.
Our upskill-to-hire model combines Technovids' training expertise with structured recruitment. You get candidates who are trained on your exact tech stack, pre-assessed on real tasks, and motivated to succeed in a role that was designed for them.
Cost comparison: Upskill-to-Hire vs. Market Hire
Compare salary, recruitment fees, training time, assessment effort, how much supervision you can give and how fast the person gets up to speed. Hiring directly may suit an urgent need for a specialist; upskill-to-hire may suit someone from a related field when your team can support their learning. Work out both from your own role and budget, not from a general saving percentage.
How a staged upskill-to-hire pipeline works
- Stage 1
Finding and assessing candidates
We find people in related roles (developers, analysts, admins) and test their technical aptitude and how well they learn.
- Stage 2
Intensive AI/Cloud Training
Selected candidates go through our accelerated training programme — hands-on, project-based, assessed weekly.
- Stage 3
Final project and skills check
Candidates complete a final project built around the role. You get a detailed technical scorecard for each one.
- Stage 4
Client Interviews & Placement
You interview shortlisted candidates. Offer, onboarding and follow-up support are scoped in the agreement.
How to Evaluate Talent Placement Evidence
When you judge a hiring partner, ask for relevant examples shared with permission: the role, the person’s starting skills, how they were assessed and what they did after joining. Compare similar roles, rather than assuming one placement predicts another.
- Review a practical technical scorecard and the candidate’s own contribution.
- Separate time to shortlist, time to offer and time to joining.
- Assess total hiring and onboarding costs, not salary alone.
- Agree what successful onboarding means for your team.
For Job Seekers: Break Into AI & Cloud
Are you a developer, analyst, or IT professional who wants to transition into AI or cloud roles? Our upskill-to-hire pipeline is open to individual applicants. Ask about current opportunities, eligibility, training costs and any employer sponsorship. Training or an application does not guarantee placement. Experienced practitioners looking to teach rather than be placed can apply to the Technovids trainer panel instead.
- Discuss an AI/cloud skills assessment
- Ask whether employer-sponsored training is available
- Access to pre-vetted job openings
- Resume & interview preparation
- Placement support subject to the available programme
Apply to the Talent Pipeline Pay depends on the role, location, seniority and proven skills. Ask us about the current range for a specific opening.
How is Technovids different from a regular IT staffing agency?
We bridge training and recruitment. The engagement can combine practical assessment and targeted learning, not just CV screening. Define the evidence needed for the role; onboarding and retention depend on the candidate and workplace.
What AI and cloud roles do you recruit for?
We focus on ML and AI engineers, data scientists, prompt engineers, cloud architects (AWS, Azure and GCP), DevOps and MLOps engineers, cloud migration specialists and AI product managers. We also handle related roles, such as data engineers and BI developers.
What is the upskill-to-hire model?
We find promising people in related fields (software developers, data analysts, IT admins) and put them through our intensive training, planned for your needs. You interview candidates who are already trained, with their skills, test results and costs weighed against your requirement.
How long does it typically take to fill a role?
The timeline depends on seniority, location, technology, the number of assessment stages, when candidates are free and notice periods. Upskill-to-hire also needs time for training and checks. We agree target dates once we have reviewed your hiring brief.
Do you provide a replacement guarantee?
Any replacement period, who qualifies, exclusions and fees must be set out in the written agreement. Do not assume there is a standard replacement guarantee.
Which cities do you recruit in?
We recruit across India, with our strongest networks in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Delhi NCR. We also support remote roles for companies open to teams in different places.
Hire Pre-Skilled AI & Cloud Talent Today
Whether you need a single ML engineer or a cloud team of 20, we can source, assess, and place the right talent — with practical assessment aligned to your requirement.
- Discuss the role and compensation expectations
- Placement fees and payment milestones agreed before engagement
- Technical assessment scope and fees agreed in advance
- Replacement eligibility and exclusions agreed in writing
- PAN India coverage — Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Delhi
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