Freelance NLP Engineer

We are looking for a freelance NLP engineer to collaborate with us on a remote, hourly basis for an initial 3–6 month project.

This role is a good fit for someone with strong programming skills, hands-on NLP experience, and a genuine interest in language technology and linguistic detail. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working in a fast, iterative environment, can take ownership of well-scoped tasks, and communicates clearly while working remotely with a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Work on practical NLP engineering tasks across data preparation, dataset cleaning, training workflows, and evaluation
• Take ownership of well-scoped tasks, typically with 1–3 day turnaround
• Contribute to debugging, data cleanup, evaluation, and incremental improvements to existing systems
• Document work clearly and communicate blockers early
• Collaborate remotely with the team, including at least 1 hour of overlap per day for coordination when needed
• Use AI-assisted development tools productively and critically to speed up implementation, debugging, and documentation

Must-haves

• Strong programming skills, especially in Python
• Practical experience in NLP engineering

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• Experience with data preparation, dataset cleaning, training workflows, and evaluation
• Strong interest in language technology, with care for linguistic detail and edge cases
• Clear and disciplined approach to documentation
• Ability to work independently and move quickly on well-scoped tasks
• Good written communication
• Comfortable working remotely in a practical, fast-moving setup

Nice to have

• Experience with multilingual NLP
• Familiarity with MLOps / ML engineering practices
• Familiarity with C
• Familiarity with Java
• Experience working with existing codebases and real-world systems, not just building new prototypes from scratch
• Familiarity with Git, DVC, Docker, and reproducible development workflows

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Working setup

• Fully remote
• Hourly collaboration
• Expected workload: 4–7 hours per day
• At least 1 hour of overlap per day with the core team
• Initial project duration: 3–6 months

Terms

• Rate: €25–€50/hour, depending on experience and fit
• Monthly invoicing

We are especially interested in people who are comfortable with the less glamorous side of NLP work as well: debugging, data cleanup, evaluation, incremental improvements, and making things actually work in practice.

If this sounds like a fit, we’d be interested in hearing from you.