Senior AI Platform Engineer — Self-Hosted LLMs, RAG & Python
Contract evidence involving Python, FastAPI, pgvector. First observed 3 Sept 2026; the response opens on upwork.com.
- Budget
- Not provided by source
- Work format
- Contract
- Role family
- AI / ML engineer
- Seniority
- Senior
- Observed
- 3 Sept 202655 days old
- Deadline status
- Deadline not provided — verify source
- Response destination
- upwork.com
Opportunity summary
Senior AI Platform Engineer — Self-Hosted LLMs, RAG & Python. The source classifies this as contract work involving Python, FastAPI, pgvector, Docker, RAG, Vector search and knowledge systems, Monitoring and alerting. Location or remote eligibility: Worldwide remote; agency eligibility not stated — confirm named B2B contractor route.
Technology and scope
The reported stack is Python, FastAPI, self-hosted/open-source LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector search, vLLM, Hugging Face, LangChain/LlamaIndex, Qdrant/Milvus/pgvector, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, authentication, observability. Check the source for required versions, deliverables and which technologies are mandatory.
Engagement details
Contract: time-bounded or ongoing contractor capacity. Source timing: 30+ hrs/week; 6+ months
Budget
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Dates and availability
First observed by Leadiy on 3 Sept 2026, 02:33 UTC. Public since 13 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC. Deadline not provided — verify source. A listed deadline does not confirm that applications are still accepted. These are observation and publication dates, not a reconstruction of the source posting date. Date-only deadlines have no supplied timezone; the date changes here at midnight UTC.
Related market context
In the current 30-day Hiring Pulse, Python appears in 83 of 372 observed opportunities (22.3%). Counts are multi-label, so one opportunity may contribute to several technology buckets. This is a separate aggregate sample, not a confirmation of this opportunity’s availability.
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