AI Engineer with German - Freelance

Netguru is a trusted partner in digital commerce. The company helps leading brands modernize B2B solutions, marketplaces, and retail ecosystems. Since 2008, it has empowered businesses with cutting-edge technology, AI-powered personalization, and world-class engineering and design teams. A certified B Corporation®, Netguru is trusted by major brands including IKEA, VW, OLX, Delivery Hero, Żabka, Wolt, Careem, and Vinted.

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As a Freelancer, you can choose what works well for you. You decide when, where, and how you work on projects and tasks.

We match you with work that fits your skills. Plus, you have access to various opportunities across different industries and companies. That means you will not only gain more experience, but also develop various skills.

But there's more. Netguru freelancers can benefit from full-time collaboration and really be a part of the team.

So, are you ready to make an impact? Join Netguru, and let's build beautiful software together.

We are looking for AI Engineer with German:

• Hands-on experience with LLM prompting in real scenarios.
• Analytical, structured, experimentation-oriented.
• Comfortable working in German (B2+).
• Understands AI limitations and integration context.
• Clear communicator with strong critical thinking.

Location: European Union

Contract type: B2B only

Salary rate: 26-36€/h

Start date: 16/03/2026

End date: 12/05/2026

Project focus: Designing, testing, and optimizing prompts and AI-assisted workflows (LLMs), including German-language use cases.

Requirements

• Experience with LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, Gemini, open-source models).
• Understanding of:
• Zero-shot / few-shot prompting
• Chain-of-thought prompting
• Role prompting
• Structured output prompting (JSON schemas, formatting control)
• Context window management
• Prompt iteration and refinement
• Ability to:
• Diagnose hallucinations
• Reduce ambiguity in outputs
• Improve output consistency
• Design evaluation criteria for response
• Basic understanding of:
• APIs
• JSON
• Structured data
• Model parameters (temperature, top_p, max_tokens)
• Familiarity with:
• Prompt frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex – nice to have)
• AI workflow automation tools (Zapier, Make, etc. – optional)
• Versioning prompts and documenting changes
• Soft Skills:
•  Precision & Clarity
• Communication Skills
• Iterative & Patient
• Critical Thinking

Benefits

In return, we offer:

• Flexibility: 100% remote work.
• Professionality: dev-friendly processes, like Continuous Integration and Code Review, work in line with Agile methodology.
• Diversity: projects from various industries like fintech, healthcare, insurance, or education.
• Growth: work with a team of experts and continuous development of your hard and soft skills.
• Knowledge: knowledge sharing sessions, internal knowledge base.

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