About the Role
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 Freelance NLP Engineer remote role is a great fit for someone with strong programming skills, hands-on NLP experience, and a genuine interest in language technology and linguistic detail.
What You'll Do
- Work on practical NLP engineering tasks across data preparation, dataset cleaning, training workflows, and evaluation.
- Take ownership of well-scoped tasks, typically with a 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.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills, especially in Python.
- Practical experience in NLP engineering.
- Interested in remote work opportunities in Development & Programming.
- 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 skills.
- 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 and 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.
What We Offer
- Fully remote work setup.
- Hourly collaboration with an expected workload of 4–7 hours per day.
- At least 1 hour of overlap per day with the core team.
- Initial project duration of 3–6 months.
- Competitive hourly rate of €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.
This Freelance NLP Engineer role offers a unique opportunity to work remotely on exciting language technology projects with a flexible schedule and competitive pay.
Who Will Succeed Here
Proficient in Python for data manipulation and model development, with hands-on experience using libraries such as NLTK and SpaCy to implement NLP solutions.
Self-motivated and disciplined, thriving in a remote work environment, with the ability to manage time effectively and deliver results independently while collaborating remotely with team members via tools like Git.
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker for deploying machine learning models, and a basic understanding of MLOps practices to streamline the deployment process.
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