Contingent Recruitment

No upfront fees. We only charge when you hire our candidate.

Why Contingent

  • Zero financial risk — no upfront fees
  • Ideal for scaling data and engineering teams
  • Access to our specialist AI network
  • Transparent fee structure
  • Multiple hires across the AI stack

How It Works

  • Role brief and requirements
  • Sourcing from specialist network
  • Technical screening
  • Candidate presentation
  • You hire, then we invoice

What You Get

No upfront commitment and access to our specialist AI network. We source, screen, and present candidates, and you only pay when you hire.

Contingent recruitment: common questions

How does contingent recruitment work at Sonitec?

There are no upfront fees. We take the role brief, source from our specialist network, screen candidates technically and present them. You pay a fee only when you hire a candidate we introduced.

When does contingent recruitment fit?

Scaling data and engineering teams, and making several hires across the AI stack, where the roles can be filled from an active specialist network rather than a confidential or exclusive search.

How quickly do we hear back?

Submit a Role and the Sonitec recruitment team comes back with a search plan.

Start hiring on a pay-on-success basis

Build your AI team without upfront investment. We source, screen, and present — you pay only when you hire.