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LinkedIn →Hire AI agent developers
who build agents you can trust.
An AI agent is software that uses a language model to decide its next step, then acts in your tools. It might look up an order, update a record or draft a reply. PixelCrayons scopes the role and writes the proposal. We then find and supply the developer, or a small team. You interview the actual builder before anything is signed. Want us to build a defined agent as a project instead? See our AI agents service.
Interview before signing · One contact throughout
Tell us about the role
Start Your Enquiry
Send a short brief. Once we have a complete brief, we confirm the date you will receive your itemised proposal.
What you get
Hire an AI agent developer through PixelCrayons, with one point of contact. We find a developer who has built agents that act in live tools. They set limits on what the agent may do and add a person's approval where it matters. You interview them before signing. One account team handles escalation, billing and status.
- Vetted on agents in live systemsEvery developer we propose has run an agent in a live system, vetted to our delivery standards.
- One point of contact for everythingPixelCrayons scopes the role and handles escalation, billing and status. Our developer builds the agent.
- Honest advice on the right routeYou hear early if a workflow, a chatbot or a scoped agent project fits better than a hire.
Our work
See what we've built
and the results it brought.
Real projects for real clients, with results we can show.
2004
Established
500+
Agencies served
4,500+
Projects delivered
340%
Revenue growth · 7 months
eCommerce
+127%
Organic traffic · 5 months
SaaS
85%
Faster delivery · backlog cleared
via agency partner
Where the work happens
What they cover
AI agent developer skills
for agents that act inside your tools.
Each developer is vetted on agents that ran in live systems, not only demos. Each one is matched to your gap.
Building the agent
- Connecting a language model to your tools through APIs, so it can look things up and take actions
- Breaking a task into steps the agent can plan, check and retry
- Agent frameworks and the model providers' own tool-calling features, chosen for the job
- Memory that keeps the right context between steps, and drops what it should not keep
- Handing a conversation or task to a person cleanly, with the history attached
Keeping the agent safe
- A short list of actions the agent may take, and everything else blocked
- A person's approval before anything that costs money, sends a message or cannot be undone
- Spending and step limits, so a loop cannot run up a bill
- A log of every step and tool call, so you can see why the agent did what it did
- Test runs against real tasks before launch, and again after every model change
Working well with your team
- Working inside your existing systems and access rules, not around them
- Agreeing with your team which jobs stay manual, and writing that down
- Pointing you to a simpler workflow automation when an agent is not needed
- Notes that let another engineer maintain the agent after handover
- Clear reports on what the agent handled, what it passed to a person and what failed
In practice
What an AI agent developer
does once the demo works.
Practical notes for briefing, interviewing and working with the person who builds your agent.
Most of the work is limits and checks
Getting an agent to call a tool once is quick. The real work is everything around it. The developer decides which actions are allowed and which need a person's approval. They build test tasks from your real cases. They log each step so a strange result can be traced. They also cap spending and the number of steps per task. Expect more time on these checks than on the prompt itself.
Interview questions that show real agent experience
Ask the candidate about an agent they shipped, and the worst thing it did after launch. Strong candidates name a real failure, such as a loop that kept calling a tool or an action taken on the wrong record. Ask how they stopped it happening again. Then ask which actions they would never let an agent take alone in your business. Someone who cannot name any has not thought about your customers yet.
Have your tools and rules ready
Before the first day, list the tools the agent will use and who owns the access. Collect real examples of the task, including the awkward ones. Decide who holds the model provider account and billing, and set a spending limit. Write down which actions need a person's approval. Settle these early and the first week goes on building, not waiting.
Why agent projects go wrong
The common failure is giving the agent too much freedom too soon. It works in testing, then takes an action nobody expected on live data. The second failure is no record of what it did, so nobody can explain a bad result. The third is using an agent where a fixed workflow would do. If the steps never change, a workflow is cheaper and easier to trust.
When this is the wrong hire
If the task always follows the same steps, hire a workflow automation engineer instead. If you need a chatbot that answers questions from your documents, a chatbot developer fits better. If your data is scattered or out of date, clean it up first. And if nobody can say what a correct result looks like, wait until someone can. This hire works best when the task and its limits are already clear.
How it works
How hiring works,
with one contact throughout.
Start
Brief and a call
We sign an NDA, and you talk PixelCrayons through the task, the tools involved and the gap.
Once the brief is complete
Proposal and interview
We confirm when your proposal will arrive. We name the developer whose track record fits. You interview them directly before anything is signed.
Your decision
You sign off
You confirm the scope, the payment and the access we need. Nothing starts before this.
Typically 2 to 3 business days later
The developer starts
Once they have tool and API access, they review your systems and join your stand-ups.
Every month
Scale up or down
Add a specialist when the agent needs one, or step down once it ships. The same PixelCrayons account team handles it throughout.
You make requests, give approvals and see the weekly review in your Prism workspace. Each decision is written down with the result it was meant to bring. See how Prism runs the work →
Get a Proposal
Meet the people who will do the work before you sign
Why through us
Why hire through us:
one contact and the right developer.
PixelCrayons defines the agent role, supplies the developer and manages your account. You deal with one contact and get the right builder. It is always clear who answers for what the agent does.
Vetted on agents in live systems
Every developer we propose has run an agent in a live system before yours. They are vetted against our own delivery standards. A demo shows the agent when everything goes right. A track record shows what it does when a tool fails.
One point of contact for everything
PixelCrayons scopes the agent role and writes the proposal. One PixelCrayons team then handles escalation, billing and status. Our developer builds the agent.
Honest advice on the right route
You hear early if the task needs a fixed workflow or a chatbot, not an agent. You also hear if it is really a scoped project for our AI agents service. We never stretch a hire to cover work they can't do.
One company answers for the work
You sign with PixelCrayons, and we answer for every commitment in the proposal. That holds for as long as the work runs. It stays clear who answers for the agent long after it goes live.
Side by side
Hiring on your own,
compared with hiring through us.
An in-house hire is worth it once agents become core, ongoing product work. We'll tell you plainly if that is where you are. Most agent work starts smaller, or fits a scoped agent project better than a hire.
| Hiring it yourself | Through PixelCrayons | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a working agent | A full recruiting cycle of sourcing, interviews and notice periods, then a prototype that isn't safe for live use | Eligible work can typically start two to three business days after scope, payment and required access are confirmed |
| Vetting | A demo that works in the interview. Problems with live tools show up after launch | A track record on agents in live systems, checked against our own standards |
| Management work | All yours: recruiting, then checking every action the agent could take | PixelCrayons' account team handles the day-to-day contact; you review the work and set the limits |
| Number of suppliers | However many agencies or freelancers it takes to cover the gap | One proposal and one point of contact, whichever developer is assigned |
| Risk when it doesn't work | An agent takes an unexpected action on live data, with no log to explain it | If the fit is wrong, we propose someone else; leaving takes a handover call with notes, not a negotiation |
Who is accountable
The people responsible
for your work.
Saundaraya Gupta
Technical Manager
Brings technical work, client updates and project management together, so work moves smoothly from brief to launch.
LinkedIn →Every engagement
A named coordinator and escalation contact
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Before you sign
Our commitments
Each one says where it applies and links to its full terms.
Time-zone overlap
At least four hours a day inside your core working hours. Two hours plus a daily written handover for the US West Coast.
Managed specialists only; not a staffing promise for project teams.
Full termsClear IP & Ownership Terms
Your materials remain yours. Bespoke deliverable rights, licences and handover are agreed before work starts.
All engagements.
Full termsClear Delivery & Escalation Ownership
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Full termsWhy not just hire a freelancer?
A freelancer can be the right choice for a single, well-defined task. We are set up for work that needs an accountable team: a named coordinator, delivery reviewed by QA and a senior lead before release, and continuity arrangements written into the engagement. Confidentiality, ownership and escalation terms are agreed in writing before work starts.
How does time-zone overlap work?
Your engineers work at least four hours a day inside your core working hours. We set the window with you before the engagement starts and hold it for as long as the engagement runs. For the US West Coast the live overlap is two hours each morning, with a written handover at the end of every Indian day. We do not run night shifts: engineers who work nights leave quickly, and keeping the same people on your team matters more to us than a longer overlap.
Can we try you before we commit?
For eligible managed specialists, yes: up to 14 calendar days or 80 logged working hours, whichever comes first. Stop within it and eligible trial hours are free; continue and they're billed at the agreed rate. Unpaid trial work stays ours. Project work and other roles get a paid pilot with scope, acceptance criteria, duration and fee agreed first.
What if we want to stop?
Cancellation, notice and any renewal terms are written into your proposal or statement of work before you accept it. If an engagement ends early, we hand over completed, paid-for work and list any unfinished work separately. For an eligible specialist trial, you can stop within the trial window and pay nothing for eligible trial hours.
How we handle claims, credentials and your data: group credentials, dated ratings, how case figures are signed off, client permissions and data handling.
How we vet
How we vet an AI agent developer
and what to ask them.
We propose developers vetted on agents in live systems. Your interview is the second check. These five questions show whether a candidate builds safe agents or only demos.
| Ask about | A strong answer | A weak answer |
|---|---|---|
| An agent they shipped, and the worst thing it did after launch | A real failure, such as a loop that kept calling a tool, and how they stopped it happening again. | The launch, and nothing after it. |
| Which actions the agent may take alone | A short list, with a person's approval for anything that costs money, sends a message or cannot be undone. | Whatever the model decides. |
| How they would find out why the agent did something odd | A log of every step and tool call, kept where your team can read it. | Running it again to see if it happens twice. |
| How they test the agent before and after launch | A set of real tasks, run before launch and again after every model change. | Trying a few examples by hand. |
| When an agent is the wrong tool | A fixed workflow when the steps never change, or a chatbot when the job is answering questions. | Never. Every task gets an agent. |
A task that always follows the same steps is usually simpler as a workflow automation build. A defined agent with an end date often fits our AI agents service better than a hire.
Questions
Frequently
asked.
The developer you interview and work with comes from our Vinove group engineering team. PixelCrayons scopes the role, writes the one proposal and stays your contact throughout. You contract with PixelCrayons, and we answer for every commitment on this page.
It depends on what you need. A hire fits when you want a person joining your team to build and run agents over time. A defined agent with a clear scope and end date often fits our AI agents service (/ai/agents) better. We'll tell you on the first call which one fits.
A workflow follows the same fixed steps every time. An agent decides its next step based on what it finds, then acts. Agents suit tasks that vary from case to case. Workflows suit tasks that never change, and they are cheaper to run and easier to check.
One. You sign with PixelCrayons, and one account team handles the whole relationship. Escalation, billing and status updates all come through the PixelCrayons account team you signed with.
Tell us early, and we propose a replacement. The new developer gets the notes, limits and test tasks the first one kept. So a switch costs days, not a restart.
Get one proposal
with the right developer for your agent.
Tell PixelCrayons about the task and the tools the agent will use. We scope the role, supply the developer under a written proposal and stay your point of contact throughout. You interview the actual person before anything is signed. If a scoped agent project fits better than a hire, we'll say so on the first call.
Interview before signing · One account team
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