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Hire skills-tested data engineers, analysts and scientists

Post a role free. The once-off fee is waived on your first hire.

Skills report · short video · working-style profile · ID checks on request

Every shortlist arrives with a skills report, short video and working-style profile, assessed once on Carbon. Post your first data role free; pay only if you verify someone or hire from Carbon’s talent.

Post a role free · Paid: verify a candidate or hire from Carbon’s talent

Post a data role. Review Carbon’s talent when you're ready. Request ID checks and sign contracts on carbon.talent.

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Hire data talent from chat

Connect your AI assistant to carbon.talent. Ask about your roles, see who applied, and search the talent catalog without leaving the chat.

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Who applied to my Data Engineer role this week?

3 new applicants. Maya L. (Applied, 6 yrs, SQL · dbt · Airflow), Lucas R. (Screened, 4 yrs, Python · Spark), Priya K. (Applied, 8 yrs, Snowflake · dbt). Contact details stay in your portal.

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Hire data engineers, analysts, scientists and analytics engineers

One profile, whichever role you're hiring. Pick the role to see the skills we assess, the tools the role asks for, pricing and salary context.

Data Engineer

Hire Data Engineers

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that move data from your apps and tools into a warehouse or lake, reliably and on time. Hire one when reports break, sources disagree or a cloud migration needs an owner. We assess SQL, Python, pipeline design and cloud judgment (Azure, AWS, GCP). Ingestion → transform → serving.

Analytics Engineer

Hire Analytics Engineers

Analytics engineers turn raw warehouse data into clean, tested, documented models, often in dbt, so every dashboard uses the same definitions. Hire one when three teams calculate the same metric three ways. We assess modelling craft: grain, keys, tests and docs. Tests, docs and trusted models.

Data Analyst

Hire Data Analysts

Data analysts turn business questions into answers people act on, using SQL, BI tools and clear writing. Hire one when decisions run on gut feel or the same report is rebuilt by hand every week. We assess SQL, metrics thinking and how they explain findings. Questions → insight → action.

Data Scientist

Hire Data Scientists

Data scientists use statistics, experiments and machine learning to improve decisions under uncertainty: forecasting, churn, risk, pricing and recommendations. Hire one when a clear decision would benefit from a model or a proper experiment. We assess problem framing, Python, statistics and production awareness. Problem → model → decision.

Two ways to hire on carbon.talent

Post a role (free).

Create a data role with the stack, seniority, engagement type and overlap hours. When you're ready, you review professionals already assessed on carbon.talent. You review each person's skills report, short video and working-style profile, request ID checks if you want them, then interview, agree the rate and sign the contract on the platform.

Verify a candidate you found.

Found someone on LinkedIn or through a referral? Before you make an offer, we run a skills test and send you a skills report. An ID check is a separate price. You pay per check, with no introduction fee.

The product

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What carbon.talent actually delivers

Most platforms send you a list of CVs. carbon.talent shortlists carry a skills report, short video and working-style profile. Request ID checks and sign contracts on carbon.talent.

Assessment report for every candidate

Every shortlist arrives with a skills report, short video and working-style profile, assessed once on Carbon. Request ID checks and sign contracts on carbon.talent. The Carbon behavioural assessment uses 12 work scenarios to produce a named working-style profile. Not a formatted CV.

Video recorded profile

Every assessed professional records a short video profile: introducing themselves, describing their current work and walking through a technical challenge. You see who you're talking to before the first call, which saves an entire round of "tell me about yourself."

AI-generated interview guide

Before each intro call, Carbon generates an interview guide tailored to your role requirements and the candidate's assessment profile: role-specific technical questions, red flags to probe and scoring rubrics. Arrive prepared, not improvising.

Full hiring pipeline, on platform

From first shortlist to contract signature, everything happens on Carbon: candidate screening, interview scheduling, feedback capture, rate negotiation, contract drafting and e-signature. One pipeline, no email threads.

Contract management & e-signature

Rate proposals, contract drafting and digital signature are all handled in Carbon. No back-and-forth by email, no unsigned agreements sitting in someone's downloads folder. Contracts execute and archive automatically.

Clear fees. No retainer.

Post a role free.

A CV is a claim. A skills report is evidence.

CVs are self-reported, and job titles mean different things at different companies. Remote hiring makes it harder to know who you're talking to. When hiring starts from CVs, your team does the checking in interviews, one expensive hour at a time. Shortlisted carbon.talent profiles are skills-tested, and you can request ID checks on the platform before you hire, so your first interview starts from evidence rather than "tell me about yourself."

Simple pricing.
No surprises.

Post your first role free. Pay only for what you use: no retainer, no agency markup, no lock-in.

Verify a candidate you found

Found someone good?

Test their skills before you make an offer. You found them on LinkedIn, through a referral or your own network. We send them a skills test. You get the report.

Verify a candidate you found

Found someone good?

Test their skills first.

We send the test. You get the report.

Basic skills test
About $110 · about €95 per candidate
For a quick, fair check before the first interview.
  • ✓ Real-world data scenarios, for their field
  • ✓ Data engineering and analytics, or data science and ML
  • ✓ Marked automatically, the same way for everyone
  • ✓ A score out of 100 and a clear recommendation
Candidate time: about 15 to 20 minutes
Report: as soon as they finish
Test a candidate
Basic skills test
About $110 · €95
Quick check before interview one.
  • ✓ Real-world data scenarios
  • ✓ For their field
  • ✓ Score out of 100 and a recommendation
Takes about 15 to 20 min
Report as soon as they finish
Test a candidate
Advanced skills test
About $270 · about €240 per candidate
For senior hires and big decisions.
  • ✓ Everything in Basic
  • ✓ Working-style profile: how they work, communicate and take risks
  • ✓ Short video intro, up to 2 minutes
  • ✓ Where they will do their best work, and what to watch for
Report: as soon as they finish
Test a candidate
Advanced skills test
About $270 · €240
For senior hires.
  • ✓ Everything in Basic
  • ✓ Working-style profile
  • ✓ Video intro, up to 2 min
Report as soon as they finish
Test a candidate
Volume plan
About $360 · about €330 a month
Testing four or more of your own candidates a month? This pays for itself.
  • ✓ Unlimited Basic and Advanced skills tests
  • ✓ No charge per candidate
  • ✓ The same reports as single tests
  • ✓ Cancel any time
Choose Volume
Volume plan
About $360 · €330 a month
Four or more tests a month? This pays for itself.
  • ✓ Unlimited Basic and Advanced tests
  • ✓ No charge per candidate
  • ✓ Cancel any time
Choose Volume

Need an ID check too? About $6 · about €5.50 per candidate, sold separately.
Prices shown in USD, excluding tax. Your exact amount and billing currency show at checkout.

ID check: about $6 · €5.50, sold separately.
USD, excluding tax. Exact amount at checkout.

Hire data professionals anywhere

You set the location, currency and overlap hours on each role. Hire remote, hybrid or on-site, in your country or abroad.

Questions companies ask

What roles can we hire on carbon.talent?
Data roles only: data engineers, analytics engineers, data analysts and data scientists, plus adjacent data specialists. Each role has its own page with skills, tools, pricing and salary context.
Is posting a role really free?
Yes. Posting a role is free. You pay when you verify a candidate you found, or when you hire from Carbon’s talent.
What does it cost to hire?
Permanent hire is about $2,500 once (about €2,300). Contract hire is about $1,250, then about $275 a month (about €1,150, then about €255). Prices exclude tax. Once-off fees waived on your first hire. The monthly contract fee still applies.
Can we verify someone we found ourselves?
Yes. A basic skills test is about $110 (about €95). An advanced skills test is about $270 (about €240) and adds a working-style profile and a short video. An ID check is about $6 (about €5.50). Testing four or more a month? The Volume plan is about $360 (about €330) a month.
Where can I hire?
Anywhere your role allows. carbon.talent is a global hiring platform for data roles. Post a role free and set the location you need.
Permanent, contract or fractional?
All three, on the same platform with the same profile.
What do we see for each candidate?
A skills report, a short video intro and a working-style profile, plus an interview guide tailored to your role. You can request ID checks on the platform before you hire.
How do we start?
Post a role free, or verify a candidate you found.

Also: carbon.iq, data maturity for teams

Ready to hire a data professional?

Get a shortlist of skills-tested talent for your role. Request ID checks and sign contracts on carbon.talent.

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