Python AI Developer (Remote Contractor)
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We are a UAE-based company building an AI-powered recruitment platform that matches jobseekers to opportunities using advanced algorithms — semantic search, multi-stage scoring, embedding pipelines, and LLM integrations.
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Overview
We are a UAE-based company building an AI-powered recruitment platform that matches jobseekers to opportunities using advanced algorithms — semantic search, multi-stage scoring, embedding pipelines, and LLM integrations.
We're looking for a dedicated Python developer to join as a full-time remote contractor, working directly under the technical lead.
🔧 THE ROLE
This is a hands-on execution role.
You will receive clear specs, tickets, and technical direction.
Your job is to implement efficiently and reliably.
We value someone who:
→ Implements accurately — follows specs and existing codebase patterns
→ Asks the right questions — clarifies before building, never assumes
→ Writes clean, tested code — 90%+ test coverage standard
→ Communicates proactively — flags blockers early, daily updates
→ Ships consistently — delivers on deadlines without follow-up
💻 WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
- Maintaining and extending a 68K+ line Python codebase (Django REST API)
- Implementing features in the AI matching engine (scoring, ranking, filtering)
- Working with OpenSearch (KNN vector search, index management, queries)
- Integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Google GenAI, Groq, Mistral, Anthropic)
- Writing Celery tasks for async processing and event-driven workflows
- Building REST API endpoints with Django REST Framework
- Writing unit and integration tests (pytest)
- Docker containers and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- AWS services (S3, SQS, ECR)
- ✅ MUST-HAVE
- Python 3.12+ — 3+ years professional experience
- AI/ML hands-on experience — LLM APIs, embeddings, vector search, or NLP pipelines
- OpenSearch or Elasticsearch — index management, KNN queries, mapping design
- Django or similar Python web frameworks
- Celery or similar task queue systems
- PostgreSQL and relational database design
- Strong Git workflow — clean commits, PRs, code reviews
- Good written English — daily standups, PR descriptions, Slack
- ➕ NICE-TO-HAVE
- Arabic NLP or bilingual text processing
• AWS (S3, SQS, ECR)
- Docker and CI/CD
- Resume parsing / document extraction
- Information retrieval concepts (BM25, cosine similarity, re-ranking)
- 📋 WORKING CONDITIONS
- Full-time remote contractor
- Must overlap with UAE timezone (GST / UTC+4) — minimum 5-6 hours daily
- 3-month probation period
- $2,000 USD/month (fixed)
- Payment via bank transfer or Wise
- Daily async updates + calls as needed
- Tools: GitHub, Slack, Jira or equivalent
📩 HOW TO APPLY
Apply via LinkedIn Easy Apply.
Please include:
1. Your CV And resume
2.
A brief note on your experience with Python + AI/LLM integrations
3.
A link to your GitHub profile (if available)
⚡ Candidates who can demonstrate hands-on OpenSearch + LLM API experience will be prioritized.
We're looking for a long-term collaborator, not a short-term freelancer.
If you want a stable role where you execute with precision on an exciting AI product — we'd love to hear from you.
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