Python AI Developer (Remote Contractor)

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/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.