MK.Serving
Talent collective

Vetted once.
Placed for years.

MK Serving isn't a course or a job board. We're a collective of senior AI-native operators in emerging markets — and a standing relationship with the US founders who hire from us.

Member of the MK Serving talent collective

Acceptance no. 0211 · AI-Native Engineer · Placed with a Series A founder

§ 02Who we accept

Senior, shipping, and AI-native.

Already shipping

You have production work in the niche you're applying for. Not a portfolio — a system someone uses today.

AI-native fluency

Working LLMs, evals, retrieval, and tool use are part of how you build. Not a bolt-on.

Founder-grade communication

Async writing that a US founder can act on without a follow-up call.

§ 03How to apply

Four steps. About a week.

  1. 01

    Submit your work

    Not a résumé. Two links — something you've shipped, and a five-line note on what you owned in it.

  2. 02

    Take the paid review

    A representative work sample, graded against our public rubric. Compensated whether you advance or not.

  3. 03

    Sit the practitioner round

    A 60-minute working session with a senior practitioner. Real problems, no whiteboard puzzles.

  4. 04

    Join the collective

    Once you clear the bar, you stay. We present you to founders that fit your shape — for the rest of your career.

§ 04What you get

A relationship, not a referral.

Paid in USD, monthly

Through Deel or Remote as legal employer of record. Predictable cycle, predictable FX.

Founders, not body shops

Every placement is a direct relationship with a funded US team that already knows our bar.

Vetted once, placed for years

You don't re-interview every six months. The collective is a standing relationship.

Senior peers, real referrals

Most of the people we accept were referred by someone already inside. The network compounds.

The bar is high. The door is open.