SOLVING THE NOISE PROBLEM
AI hiring has a noise problem. Candidates use AI to inflate CVs and cheat standard tech tests. We stop the guessing.
The SNR Advantage: A decade of technical search experience prior to the current market noise provides a signal-to-noise ratio that generalist firms cannot replicate. This is the proof of work behind our network.
Technical search for outliers
Most agencies rely on keyword matching. We solve the quality control problem. By sanity-checking candidate logic through our Industry Advisory Panel, we remove the noise before it reaches your desk.
Computer Vision candidates
AI Logistics experts
LLM/GenAI talent
Cyber Security & AI Defence
Checking the Work: We don't rely on keyword matching. Every shortlist is operationally assessed by our Industry Advisory Panel to prove leadership reality.
13 Years of Network History: Search strategy informed by real-time data from the Global Cyber Security community and exclusive media partnerships.
Our 2-step process
Step 1 – The Reality Check: We sanity-check work, logic, and decisions. We filter out test-passers and AI-polished CVs to ensure you find builders, not just those who know how to pass a test. ​
Step 2 – The System Check: Every candidate is interviewed by active CTOs and CISOs. They check the candidate’s system design and logic to ensure they haven't just "AI-passed" a generic test.
The Deliverable: The 30-Day Technical Shortlist. We don’t run open-ended searches. We deliver a shortlist of verified outliers, checked by our technical panel, within 30 days. This is the certainty required in a noisy market.
OUR FOUR FOCUS AREAS
LLMs/GenAI
The Talent: Chief AI Scientists, Principal LLM Engineers, AI Systems Architects.
The Focus: Not the ones building chatbots. The ones building the infrastructure that powers them.
Proof of Work: Head of GenAI (Series C, $2B valuation).
Computer Vision
The Talent: Director of Computer Vision, Perception Leads, Embodied AI Engineers.
The Focus: From 3D geometry to SLAM. We find the engineers who make robots "see."
Proof of Work: Perception Lead (Autonomous Robotics Unicorn).
AI Logistics
The Talent: Chief Decision Scientists, Process Intelligence Leads, Senior Directors of AI.
The Focus: Candidates who don't just analyze data, but automate the physical world.
Proof of Work: Architected the AI & Data function for a Fortune 50 Logistics Giant (30+ hires).
Cyber Security & AI Defence
The Talent: Global Head of AI Ethics, CISO, AI Security Architects.
The Focus: Securing the code that runs the world.
Proof of Work: CISO (FinTech Scale-up).
THE REANEY.AI DIFFERENCE
reaney.ai focuses on the talent that drives evolution – whether scaling a 'Day Zero' startup to a unicorn valuation, or driving complex AI transformation within global logistics and healthcare giants.
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Having placed leadership teams at Apprente (acquired by IBM Watson) and Headroom (acquired by Upwork), reaney.ai operates beyond standard recruitment.
We focus exclusively on the scarcest talent in the market: verified Artificial Intelligence leadership.
PROOF OF WORK
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Global Scale: Search partner for a Big 4 consultancy, building their core AI function from the ground up.
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Startup Growth: Found the founding engineers for startups from Seed to successful exit.
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13-Year History: Building AI and Machine Learning teams since 2013.
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Data Certainty: Utilising history from our annual Data Science & ML Salary Surveys (2017–2023) to ensure we do not guess on pay or potential.
Built the core AI function for the German consultancy.
Secured core ML Engineering talent during high-growth expansion.
Found NLP and Machine Learning leadership to drive core product logic.
Placed key members of the team at Apprente prior to its acquisition.
Search partner for machine learning leadership.
Built technical leadership teams from Seed through Series C.
Found perception leads and core ML for autonomous robotics.
Placed key members of the team at Headroom prior to its acquisition.
Architected the AI and Data function, delivering 30+ technical hires.