Talent · UK & Europe

Specialist AI/ML talent for the UK & Europe

Precision placement, built on 12+ years of practice

Synesaia Talent combines 12+ years of talent architecture experience with deep knowledge of the UK and European AI/ML market — from London through to the established technology hubs across Western Europe.

Placements250+ globally
Active CorridorsUK · Europe
EngagementFull-process placement

What Synesaia does across the UK & Europe

01 / Search

Technical & Executive Search

Retained search into the UK and European AI/ML engineering and leadership markets. A deliberate cap on concurrent mandates so each one gets full attention.

  • Senior AI / ML engineers
  • Data & platform engineering
  • Computer vision / NLP specialists
  • Heads of AI / ML leadership
02 / RPO

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Embedded hiring capacity for scaling teams. We run the search function as your own — sourcing, screening, coordination — on a fixed monthly retainer.

  • Dedicated embedded recruiter(s)
  • Sourcing & pipeline build
  • Interview coordination & scorecards
  • ATS & process infrastructure
03 / Fractional Leadership

Fractional Talent Leadership

We embed at the strategic level and own the function until you don't need us to.

  • Hiring architecture & team design
  • Interim Head of Talent
  • Process & scorecard build-out
  • Compensation framework design
Oliver Taylor — founder, Synesaia Talent
Oliver Taylor Founder · Synesaia Talent linkedin.com/in/ojtaylor →
§ 03 — Who's behind this

Twelve years across the UK and European markets.

Oliver Taylor began his recruitment career in 2011 at Hays before specialising in technology placement at Pure Resourcing Solutions. He has placed engineers, operators, and technology leaders across the UK and Europe for over a decade. Synesaia Talent · UK & Europe is the continuation of that work, now focused on AI and engineering search for scaling employers — retained mandates only, with a deliberate cap on concurrent searches so each one gets the attention it needs.

12+ Years Recruitment career
UK · Europe Active coverage
Norwich, UK Practice base

Two mature corridors with deep AI ecosystems

Market 01

United Kingdom

Europe's largest AI hub — scale-up density, sponsorship-ready pipelines, deep applied-ML bench

£21B
UK AI sector contribution — third-largest national AI economy globally after the US and China.
DSIT / Tech Nation, 2024
Market 02

Europe

EU AI Act now in force — capital deployed, hubs maturing in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin

€200B+
Combined EU AI investment commitment by 2030 — InvestEU, Horizon Europe and member-state pledges.
European Commission, 2025

Specialisms we place

AI/ML engineering, MLOps, applied ML, data science, AI leadership.

Indicative ranges · by specialism

Annual market ranges we see across our two active corridors

UK GBPPer annum
ML Engineer Core ML
£ 75,000110,000 /yr
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Data Scientist Applied
£ 70,000100,000 /yr
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MLOps Engineer Platform
£ 80,000115,000 /yr
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LLM / GenAI Engineer Senior
£ 100,000150,000 /yr
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Head of AI Leadership
£ 150,000250,000 /yr
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Europe EURPer annum
ML Engineer Core ML
70,000110,000 /yr
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Data Scientist Applied
65,000100,000 /yr
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MLOps Engineer Platform
75,000115,000 /yr
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LLM / GenAI Engineer Senior
95,000145,000 /yr
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Head of AI Leadership
140,000220,000 /yr
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How We Work

For companies hiring

Audience 01 / UK & EU
01 / Search

Search

A targeted brief against our active network of vetted AI/ML engineers across a global network

02 / Compliance

Compliance

UK Skilled Worker sponsorship, EU Blue Card routing, and labour compliance handled end-to-end.

03 / Placement

Placement

Relocation logistics, onboarding support, and routine check-ins so the hire lands.

For applicants

Audience 02 / Global network
01 / Register

Register

A short technical profile and your career preferences. Reviewed by a human, not a filter.

02 / Vetted

Vetted

Technical validation and market-fit mapping against live roles across the UK and Europe.

03 / Placed

Placed

Offer, visa, relocation. Supported through arrival and the first ninety days on the ground.

No fees to candidates. Ever.

For companies

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For candidates

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