# carbon.talent by Carbon Data Solutions > carbon.talent helps companies worldwide hire data professionals. Companies hire data engineers, analytics engineers, data analysts and data scientists, full-time, contract or fractional. Vetted profiles come with scenario-based vetting, a working-style profile and a short video intro instead of just a CV. The real-world data experience test is not a SQL or Python coding test. SQL and Python skills tests are on paid plans. Companies post a role on the Free plan, or send the real-world data experience test to someone they found. The real-world data experience test is included on every plan. > Connect carbon.talent in Claude (https://claude.ai/directory/carbon), Cursor or ChatGPT: https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/mcp > Full reference: [llms-full.txt](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/llms-full.txt) ## Hire data professionals - [Hire data professionals (all roles, pricing)](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire): overview of roles, how hiring works, published pricing, and the $290 skills-assessed shortlist. - [Skills-assessed shortlist](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/skills-assessed-shortlist): done-for-you shortlist from a hiring brief; $290 paid upfront; skills scores and shortlisted videos; hire fee applies on start date. Request a shortlist on /hire; talent@ replies with payment details. - [Hire Data Engineers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-engineer): pipelines, SQL, Python, cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP); ingestion → transform → serving. - [Hire Analytics Engineers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/analytics-engineer): dbt/SQL modelling, tests, documentation, trusted metrics. - [Hire Data Analysts](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-analyst): SQL, BI (Power BI, Looker, Tableau), metrics and stakeholder communication. - [Hire Data Scientists](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-scientist): problem framing, Python, statistics, experimentation, production ML. - Stack pages: [Python](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/python-data), [Power BI](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/power-bi), [machine learning engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/machine-learning-engineer), [AWS data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/aws-data-engineer), [Azure and Fabric](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/azure-data-engineer), [Snowflake](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/snowflake), [Databricks](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/databricks), [AI and LLM engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/ai-llm-engineer). Hire skills-assessed talent anywhere. Ashby, with more ATS connectors on the way. Brief to shortlist. Vetting on those pages is a real-world data experience test, a working-style profile, a video interview, and ID checks on Team and Scale. Those pages do not name an ID vendor. Test a candidate you found is a quiet text link under Hire skills-assessed talent. dbt and Airflow are not separate pages. - By country and advisory: [Hire a data engineer in the United States](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-engineer-united-states), [in the United Kingdom](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-engineer-united-kingdom), [in Germany](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/data-engineer-germany): time zones, how to employ (own entity, contractor rules, or an employer of record through Deel) and local data protection law, on a global platform. [Hire an AI consultant](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/ai-consultant): contract or fractional advice and delivery. - [Hire contract data and AI consultants](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract): fixed-term contract hires across data and AI roles; Carbon offers contract and fractional consultants. - [Hire fractional data and AI consultants](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional): part-time senior ownership across data and AI roles. - [Hire a contract data analyst](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-data-analyst) · [Hire a fractional data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-data-engineer). - [Carbon AI connector: connect your AI assistant (MCP)](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/mcp): find assessed data and AI talent and post a data role from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Server: https://mcp.carbondatasolutions.com/mcp. Claude directory: https://claude.ai/directory/carbon. On Team and Scale plans. - [How it works](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/how-it-works): the hiring flow step by step. - [Pricing](https://carbontalent.carbondatasolutions.com/pricing): Free, Starter, Team and Scale. ## Guides (answer pages) - [Data engineer skills test](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/data-engineer-skills-test): real-world data experience test on every plan; SQL and Python skills tests on paid plans. - [Cost to hire a remote data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/cost-to-hire-remote-data-engineer): Free, Starter, Team and Scale a month. - [Toptal alternatives for data hiring](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/toptal-alternatives-data-freelancers): data and AI talent platform; hire skills-assessed talent. Company and freelancer comparison on one page. - [Job board for data roles](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/free-job-board-data-roles): hire skills-assessed talent; no cost to candidates. - [How to hire a data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/how-to-hire-a-data-engineer) - [How to hire an analytics engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/how-to-hire-an-analytics-engineer) - [How to hire an AI engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/how-to-hire-an-ai-engineer) - [Rates and salary guide](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/data-and-ai-salary-guide): official pay data sources for data and AI roles (BLS and ONS only). - [How to hire a fractional head of data](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/how-to-hire-a-fractional-head-of-data) - [How to hire a contract AI engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/how-to-hire-a-contract-ai-engineer) ## Job description templates - [Templates index](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/templates) - [Data engineer job description template](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/templates/data-engineer-job-description) - [Azure data engineer job description template](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/templates/azure-data-engineer-job-description) - [Analytics engineer job description template](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/templates/analytics-engineer-job-description) - [AI engineer job description template](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/templates/ai-engineer-job-description) ## How hiring works 1. Post a role on the Free plan: stack, seniority, engagement type, location and overlap hours. 2. When ready, the role is compared with professionals already assessed on carbon.talent. 3. Review each applicant's vetting report, short video and working-style profile, plus a tailored interview guide. 4. Interview, agree the rate and sign the contract on the platform. Alternative: test a candidate you found. Send a SQL or Python skills test or the real-world data experience test, then review the report. The real-world data experience test is on every plan; SQL and Python tests are on paid plans. Add a working-style profile and a short video. ## Full-time hiring through an employer of record - Hire full-time data and AI talent on carbon.talent. For employment abroad without your own entity, Deel can act as employer of record. - [Hire full-time](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/full-time) - [Hire a full-time data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/full-time-data-engineer) - [Hire data talent internationally](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/hire-data-talent-internationally) ## Contract and fractional by role - [Contract hub](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract) · [Fractional hub](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional) - Contract: [data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-data-engineer) · [analytics engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-analytics-engineer) · [AI/LLM engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-ai-llm-engineer) · [ML engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-ml-engineer) · [data analyst](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/contract-data-analyst) - Fractional: [head of data](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-head-of-data) · [data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-data-engineer) · [analytics engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-analytics-engineer) · [data analyst](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-data-analyst) · [data scientist](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-data-scientist) · [AI/ML engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/fractional-ai-ml-engineer) - [Full-time data engineer](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/hire/full-time-data-engineer) ## Pricing - Paid plans are shown on the pricing page. Your exact amount and billing currency show at checkout. - A once-off hire fee of 10% of first-year salary applies (7.5% for subscribers), due at the candidate's start date. For contract hires, 10% of the contract fee for up to 12 months. - The done-for-you skills-assessed shortlist is $290, paid upfront, and is separate from the hire fee. - Plans are shown in full in the app before you pay. - The real-world data experience test, working-style profile and video are included on every plan. Connect your AI assistant (MCP) on Team and Scale. SQL and Python skills tests are on paid plans. Webhooks and ID checks are on Team and Scale. - ID checks are not on Free or Starter, and they are not included in the Team trial. - Try Team for 30 days at no cost. No card needed. ID checks on paid Team and Scale. On day 31 the company moves to Free. - Joining and applying are at no cost to candidates. - You can invite colleagues with a link. The person who shares the link is not paid. Source of truth: https://carbontalent.carbondatasolutions.com/pricing ## For data professionals - [Join as talent](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/join): at no cost to data professionals. - [Open data roles](https://carbontalent.carbondatasolutions.com/jobs) - [Remote full-time data jobs via EOR](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/remote-data-jobs-full-time-eor) - [Contract and freelance data jobs](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/contract-data-jobs) - [Fractional data jobs](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/fractional-data-jobs) - Job hubs (/jobs/remote, /jobs/contract, /jobs/fractional, /jobs/full-time) stay noindex until they have live roles. ## Also from Carbon Data Solutions ## carbon.iq (data maturity and AI readiness) - [carbon.iq](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/carboniq): carbon.iq is a data intelligence platform by Carbon Data Solutions. It gives data leaders a data maturity snapshot, a gap analysis, their first recommendation and privacy and compliance readiness checks (GDPR, CCPA, POPIA and more). Pro is a paid plan. See the pricing page. It adds every recommendation, the Team, AI Readiness, Technology Stack and extended capabilities assessments, the AI Advisor, the Intelligence Roadmap and native Google Workspace / Microsoft 365 export. Built for data teams anywhere. - [Data maturity assessment](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/carboniq/data-maturity-assessment): what a data maturity assessment measures and how to score it. - [AI readiness assessment](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/carboniq/ai-readiness-assessment): how to measure AI readiness (a carbon.iq Pro module). - [Data governance maturity](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/carboniq/data-governance-maturity): levels of governance maturity and how to move up. - [90-day data roadmap](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/carboniq/data-roadmap-90-day): turning assessment results into a 90-day plan. - Disambiguation: carbon.iq is not a carbon-emissions or carbon-footprint tool, and is unrelated to other products named Carbon IQ. - [The Chemistry of Data](https://thechemistryofdata.substack.com/): newsletter on analytics, AI and data teams. ## Disambiguation - Carbon Data Solutions (carbondatasolutions.com) is not affiliated with Carbon Talent (Boston, carbontalent.com). - Carbon Data Solutions (carbondatasolutions.com) is not affiliated with Carbon Data Solutions (Melbourne, Australia) or any other company using a similar name. - carbon.iq is a data maturity and AI readiness platform. It is not a carbon-emissions or carbon-footprint tool, and is unrelated to Carbon IQ, carboniq.com, carboniq.uk, carboniq.app or other products with similar names. ## Contact talent@carbondatasolutions.com ## Comparisons - [Platform comparisons hub](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/comparisons): company and candidate alternatives guides. - Company: [LinkedIn Recruiter alternatives](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/linkedin-recruiter-alternatives-data-hiring), [Indeed alternatives](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/indeed-alternatives-data-hiring), plus Toptal, Upwork, OfferZen, Fiverr and recruitment-agency guides. - Candidate: [Toptal alternatives for freelancers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/toptal-alternatives-data-freelancers), [Upwork alternatives for freelancers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/upwork-alternatives-data-freelancers), [OfferZen alternatives for job seekers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/offerzen-alternatives-data-job-seekers), [Malt alternatives for freelancers](https://www.carbondatasolutions.com/guides/malt-alternatives-data-freelancers).