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Team Augmentation

Dedicated AI expert for your team.

Overview

Bring a senior AI developer onto your team, without the talent shortage pain.

A dedicated AI expert is a senior AI engineer embedded full or part time inside your team, picked for your stack and use case. At MAWT, that expert masters LLMs, RAG, agents and MLOps, works as a direct extension of your team, and ships under our quality guarantee.

Target

Built for Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies that have a concrete AI use case and need senior LLM, RAG, agent or MLOps delivery without the cost and delay of permanent recruiting. Ideal when your team has solid developers but no dedicated AI specialist.

Details

The AI talent market is tight. Good profiles are rare, expensive, and switch jobs every six months. You need a dedicated AI expert without taking the hit of that market.

We bring a senior AI expert from our team or network. Mastery of LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open source models), RAG, agents, MLOps. Picked for your real use case, not a generalist who skims. Embedded in your team, under MAWT quality guarantee.

Why a dedicated AI expert beats the talent shortage

The AI talent market is tight. Strong profiles are rare, expensive, and tend to switch jobs every few months. For a Swiss SMB or a growing commercial company, that turns a single AI initiative into a recruiting marathon with no guarantee at the finish line.

A dedicated AI expert removes that friction. You get senior capability on demand, matched to your real use case, without carrying the full cost and risk of a permanent hire in an overheated market.

Benefit first: you move from idea to working AI faster, with someone who has already shipped LLM and RAG systems in production rather than someone learning on your budget.

  • No multi-month recruiting cycle for a scarce profile
  • Senior humans only, no juniors padding the timeline
  • Capacity that flexes with your roadmap, not a fixed headcount
  • Geneva-based partner accountable for the outcome

How MAWT embeds a senior AI engineer in your team

Our approach is built so the expert behaves as an extension of your team, with no intermediaries and no extra layers between you and the person doing the work.

A dedicated AI expert at MAWT is a senior engineer selected from our team or trusted network specifically for your context, then embedded full or part time as a direct extension of your team. They master large language models (OpenAI, Anthropic, open source models), retrieval augmented generation, autonomous agents, and the MLOps discipline that keeps those systems reliable in production. We do not parachute in a generalist who skims the surface. We match the person to your stack, your data, and the outcome you need, then embed them directly in your workflows and your code base, with no intermediaries and no extra layers. Throughout the engagement MAWT stays on as quality guarantor, reviewing architecture and output so the work meets a senior bar even when the topic is new to your internal team. You keep full control of priorities and direction. The expert adds depth, not dependency, and leaves your team stronger.

  • 1. We scope your use case, data, and stack in a short discovery
  • 2. We select a senior AI profile matched to that exact context
  • 3. The expert embeds in your team, tools, and rituals
  • 4. They build LLM, RAG, agent or MLOps work in production
  • 5. MAWT reviews architecture and output as quality guarantor
  • 6. We scale the engagement up or down with your roadmap

What you get from a dedicated AI engagement

Every engagement is sur-mesure, framed around outcomes rather than hours billed. You get production work and knowledge that stays with your team after the expert ramps down.

Because the expert is embedded, your internal developers learn the patterns firsthand: prompt design, evaluation, retrieval pipelines, and the operational habits that keep AI dependable.

  • A senior AI expert matched to your stack, not a generic resource
  • LLM, RAG, agent and MLOps work shipped to production
  • Architecture and code reviewed under MAWT quality guarantee
  • Knowledge transfer so your team keeps the capability
  • Flexible scope that adapts to your roadmap and budget

Who a dedicated AI expert is for

This service fits Swiss SMBs and growing commercial companies that have a real AI use case and need senior delivery without the wait and cost of permanent recruiting.

It is the right call when you have momentum and a clear problem, but the internal team lacks deep LLM, RAG or MLOps experience to ship it safely.

  • Swiss SMBs launching their first serious AI feature
  • growing companies adding AI to an existing product or workflow
  • Teams with strong developers but no senior AI specialist
  • Founders who need production AI, not a slide of intentions
What it includes
  • Senior AI profiles only
  • LLM, RAG, agents, MLOps mastery
  • Selection on your use case
  • Embedded in your team
  • MAWT stays as quality guarantor
Deliverables
  • A senior AI expert selected for your exact stack and use case
  • Production LLM, RAG, agent and MLOps work, not prototypes left on a shelf
  • Architecture and code reviewed under MAWT quality guarantee
  • Hands-on knowledge transfer so your team keeps the capability
  • A flexible engagement that scales with your roadmap and budget
Comparison

Permanent AI hire vs dedicated AI expert

Permanent AI hireMAWT dedicated AI expert
Months of recruiting in a scarce marketMatched and embedded in days
High fixed salary plus retention riskFlexible scope tied to your roadmap
You vet seniority aloneSenior profile vetted, MAWT guarantees quality
Knowledge leaves if they switch jobsKnowledge transferred to your team
One generalist for every AI topicSpecialist matched to your use case
Takeaways
  • A dedicated AI expert is a senior engineer embedded in your team, matched to your stack and use case

  • Coverage spans LLMs, RAG, agents and MLOps, shipped to production

  • You skip the months and cost of recruiting a scarce permanent AI hire

  • MAWT stays on as quality guarantor with no intermediaries between you and the expert

  • Knowledge transfers to your team, so the engagement builds lasting capability

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Frequent questions

How is a dedicated AI expert different from a permanent hire?

A permanent hire means months of recruiting in a scarce market, a high fixed cost, and retention risk. A dedicated AI expert from MAWT is matched to your use case and embedded in days, with senior quality guaranteed and the engagement sized to your roadmap rather than a fixed salary.

What does a dedicated AI expert actually work on?

They build the AI parts of your product or operations: large language model integrations, retrieval augmented generation pipelines, autonomous agents, and the MLOps that keeps those systems reliable. The exact scope is set with you up front, framed around the outcome you need rather than a fixed task list.

Is this right for a small Swiss team?

Yes. Many Swiss SMBs have one clear AI use case and capable developers, but no senior AI specialist in house. A dedicated expert covers that gap, ships the work to production, and transfers the patterns to your team, so you gain capability instead of long term dependency.

How is pricing structured?

Engagements are sur-mesure and framed around outcomes, with capacity that flexes between full and part time as your roadmap evolves. You avoid the fixed salary and retention risk of a permanent hire, and you scale the commitment up or down rather than locking in headcount. Contact us for a scoped estimate.

Does MAWT stay involved during the engagement?

Yes. MAWT stays on as quality guarantor for the whole engagement, reviewing architecture and output so the work meets a senior bar. The expert is embedded directly in your team with no intermediaries, while we make sure delivery stays sound even on topics new to you.
Next steps

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