Practitioner-led recruitment · Data & AI · E-commerce
Digital, data and AI talent for retail and consumer brands.
Send us a role and get 3 vetted profiles, usually within 48 hours, screened by people who have delivered e-commerce and AI programmes for brands like yours since 2012.
Example profile
Available in 2 weeks
Senior Data Engineer
- Experience
- 8 years
- Day rate
- £575, outside IR35
- Stack
- Azure, Databricks, Python
- Last project
- Data migration, UK retailer
Technical screen, references and availability confirmed
2012
Founded, and delivering ever since
18+ yrs
UK digital and e-commerce delivery
48 hrs
Typical time to 3 vetted profiles
4 yrs
Our longest current placement
Vinpro has delivered projects for
- ASOS
- Unilever
- De Beers
- Waitrose
- House of Fraser
- Argos
Professional indemnity insured- GDPR-compliant process
- Right-to-work checks
- IR35 assessed on every role
Practitioner-led
Not a typical recruitment agency
We've delivered e-commerce, data and AI programmes for consumer brands ourselves. That changes who we find, and how we screen them.
Typical agency
Matches keywords on CVs- Generalist recruiters
- Sends as many CVs as possible
- Learns your industry on the job
- Disappears after the placement
Vinpro
Screens on the real delivery work- Practitioners who have run e-commerce, data and AI programmes
- Sends 3 strong, available profiles
- Knows retail and consumer brands from the inside
- Stays involved for the whole contract
What we supply
Data and AI, built on 15 years of digital commerce.
Data and AI
Architects and engineers who build applied AI: personalisation, search, GenAI content, forecasting and the data platforms underneath.
- AI architects
- GenAI and LLM engineers
- ML engineers
- Data engineers
- Data scientists
- Azure
- Databricks
E-commerce and digital platforms
Developers, architects and leads for the platforms that run online retail.
- Salesforce Commerce
- SAP Hybris
- Magento
- Shopify
- Sitecore
- Optimizely
Digital delivery
The people who get programmes over the line, on time and under control.
- Project managers
- Programme managers
- Business analysts
- Scrum masters
We also fill CMS, CRM, QA and wider IT roles. Send us any role
How it works
From open role to shortlist in two days
Step 1
Send the role
Job spec, day rate, IR35 status, start date and must-have skills. A five-minute form or a quick call.
Step 2
We screen on the real work
Our sourcing team searches in parallel, then a practitioner screens every candidate on platforms, delivery and outcomes.
Step 3
3 profiles, usually in 48 hours
Three vetted, available contractors with clear notes on fit, rate and start date.
Our team
A dedicated team behind every search
Our recruiters work across time zones, so your role is being worked on around the clock. That's how we can usually deliver 3 vetted profiles within 48 hours, without cutting corners.
Dedicated sourcing team
Specialist recruiters focused only on digital, data and AI roles.
Working across time zones
Searches continue overnight, so shortlists arrive fast.
Practitioner review
Every shortlist is reviewed by someone who has delivered the work.
Compliance built in
Right-to-work, references, IR35 and GDPR handled as standard.
Recent placements
Who we’ve placed
A few recent examples. Client names are withheld.
Digital Enterprise Architect
UK loyalty and rewards technology company
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Kafka
- Microservices
Data Engineers
UK loyalty and rewards technology company
Engineers placed into the client's data team.
AI Programme Managers
Global consumer goods company
Programme managers for the client's AI programmes.
Senior IT Contractor
European organisation · placed 2022
Extended every year since. Still delivering four years on.
Why Vinpro
We’ve delivered the projects we recruit for
That experience is in every screening call. A few examples of Vinpro's delivery work:
E-commerce
Department store replatforming
Led the move of a UK department store's online store from Demandware to SAP Hybris, across the UK and Australia.
Data and AI
AI trend engine for food brands
Delivered an AI insight engine for global food brands, combining Google, TikTok, Meta and Pinterest data to spot trends.
Digital delivery
Rewards platform for 3M+ customers
Delivered the app and web platform for a UK bank's premium rewards programme, coordinating multiple vendors.
Project delivery
Need a team, not just a contractor?
We also scope and deliver digital, e-commerce and AI projects on a statement-of-work basis.
Talk to us about a project2007
Started in UK technology
2012
Founded Vinpro
PGDBM, Manchester Business School
Prince2 · Agile · SAFe
Founder
Sridhar Ramanathan
Sridhar founded Vinpro in 2012 and has spent over 18 years in UK digital and e-commerce. He personally reviews every shortlist Vinpro sends.
Have a role open right now?
Send it today. We usually share 3 vetted profiles within 48 hours.