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Hire the Engineers and Technical Leaders Your Production AI Depends On

For AI-native vendors serving regulated financial institutions.

We help hiring teams define the accountability a role needs to carry, then search for engineers and technical leaders with evidence of owning comparable production outcomes under real customer, security, reliability, governance, and regulatory constraints.

Tell Us About Your Search

SEARCH COVERAGE

Match the Search to the Accountability You Need

Production AI Engineering

For mandates where the hire needs direct technical ownership of production AI systems, customer deployments, infrastructure, reliability, security, governance, or corrective work.

Technical Leadership

For mandates where the hire needs accountability beyond personal execution, including responsibility for teams, systems, technical decisions, resources, standards, or operating mechanisms that shape production AI outcomes.

What You Get with Our Engagement

You get a search built around the actual mandate, with clear evidence for why each candidate belongs in the process.

Defined search mandate We clarify the production outcome, technical scope, accountability, and operating constraints the hire needs to carry.
Focused candidate shortlist You receive a concentrated group of candidates with demonstrated experience relevant to the mandate, rather than broad title or keyword matches.
Clear candidate rationale For each candidate, we explain the relevant ownership, decision authority, operating experience, and material gaps or considerations.
Process support through acceptance We stay involved through interviews, feedback, references, offer, and acceptance so the search remains aligned and moving.

Where Does the Accountability Sit?

Design, Deploy, and Operate describe three primary accountability surfaces across production AI. A role may center on one or span several, depending on what the hire is actually responsible for.

Design Accountability

Accountability for AI system behavior, including evaluation, data and model interfaces, decision logic, and failure modes.

Deploy Accountability

Accountability for integrating production AI into real customer or enterprise environments, including infrastructure, security, compliance, and go-live execution.

Operate Accountability

Accountability for running production AI reliably over time, including monitoring, governance, incident response, cost control, and ongoing production performance.

How the Engagement Works

We keep the search focused around the mandate, the evidence required, and the decisions the hiring team needs to make.

Define the Search
We clarify the production outcome, technical scope, accountability, and operating constraints the hire needs to carry.
Map the Market
We build the search around demonstrated responsibility and relevant operating experience, not title matches alone.
Assess the Evidence
We evaluate candidates against the accountability and experience required by the mandate, with different evidence expectations for individual contributors and technical leaders where appropriate.
Build a Focused Shortlist
You receive a concentrated slate with clear rationale for why each candidate belongs in the process and any material considerations that should remain visible.
Support the Process
We stay engaged through interviews, feedback, references, offer, and acceptance so the search remains aligned and moving.

Out of Scope

We stay deliberately narrow. Jane Michael does not focus on:

Research-only, exploratory, prototype, pilot, or demo-stage AI work.
AI limited to analytics, dashboards, internal tooling, or convenience features.
Roles adjacent to production AI without material technical accountability for production outcomes.
Consumer-first, prosumer, or lightly regulated products.
Companies where regulated financial institutions are incidental rather than core customers.
Companies where AI is not critical to the product's primary value.

Ready to Start a Technical Search?

If you are hiring a production AI engineer or technical leader for an AI-native product serving regulated financial institutions, tell us about the role and the outcomes the hire needs to own.

We'll review the search and respond with next steps within 1 business day.