Should the budget go in the post?

A range is enough, and it changes the quality of the replies. Engineers cannot tell whether a brief is serious without one, and the entries that get answered are the ones with a number or a clear fixed-scope fee.

How long does an entry stay up?

Until it is filled or withdrawn. Edits go through the same form, and the board shows the date an entry went up so readers can judge how stale it is.

Will my organisation be named?

Only if you say so. The organisation field is optional and contact details are never published; interest arrives through the site.

Demand

Teams that need a forward deployed engineer — an AI rollout, an on-site pilot, a customer-facing build that has to land inside a quarter.

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What belongs on this board

A defined piece of delivery work: a system that has to run inside the customer's environment, with a start date and a definition of done.
The constraints stated up front — data residency, security review, legacy systems that cannot move, and who signs off on acceptance.
The commercial frame: a budget range or a fixed-scope fee, how long the engagement runs, and whether travel is expected.
What has already been tried, including the pilot that failed. It usually changes who is a fit for the work.

Example entry — illustrative, not an open listing

Manufacturing quality inspection · 6-week pilot, on-premise

A parts manufacturer wants a vision inspection pilot on one production line: four camera stations, a 30-day labelled history, and a plant network that cannot reach the public internet.

Definition of done: defect recall above the current manual baseline on a held-out week of footage, a shift-level dashboard the line supervisor trusts, and a handover runbook for the plant's own IT team. Constraints: inference runs on-premise, no customer images leave the site, and the security questionnaire has to be completed before week one. Team and shape: one FDE plus one ML engineer, six weeks, two site visits. Commercial: fixed-scope pilot fee, with a go/no-go gate at week four.

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Should the budget go in the post?: A range is enough, and it changes the quality of the replies. Engineers cannot tell whether a brief is serious without one, and the entries that get answered are the ones with a number or a clear fixed-scope fee.
How long does an entry stay up?: Until it is filled or withdrawn. Edits go through the same form, and the board shows the date an entry went up so readers can judge how stale it is.
Will my organisation be named?: Only if you say so. The organisation field is optional and contact details are never published; interest arrives through the site.

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