Mahala is a specialized staffing firm for senior freelance Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI/ML Engineers. We serve enterprises across Europe and the GCC.

Founded by Amir Grabic (change management, IT & Data projectmanagement)and Jos Preusting (20+ years in HR and staffing), we built Mahala because we kept seeing the same problem from both sides: companies waiting weeks for generic CVs from agencies that don't understand the work, and top specialists getting burned by slow, opaque hiring chains.

What we do differently is simple: we vet the people ourselves. Not with keyword filters, but with technical assessments, structured interviews, and real-world problem solving. Our vetting reject rate is high because our standard is. When we send you a profile, it's because we'd hire them ourselves.

How it works:
→ You tell us what you need and what phase your project is in
→ We match from our vetted bench of senior specialists
→ You receive 2-3 curated, anonymized profiles within 72 hours
→ We handle contracts, compliance, and cross-border regulation
→ The specialist starts. Remote, compliant, ready to deliver.

We work with companies that are building serious data and AI capabilities and can't afford to wait 6 weeks for a recruiter to figure out the difference between a Data Engineer and an ML Engineer.

Don't search. Select.

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