Back-end Engineer Integration and AI (PHP/Python)

Job description

We’re looking for engineers with experience in PHP/ back-end development and AI integrations to join our integrations team! You would work with the engineering team to bring new features and improvements to the server back-end like new authentication or storage mechanisms, audio/video chat and more, as well as integrating AI into the Nextcloud platform (e.g. LLMs, speech-to-text, and image processing services). You ideally have open source experience, know your way around git and Github. Tasks Feature development Integration of AI services and models (Python / APIs / microservices) Database design Systems design Quality assurance Project-based development, working on one project for a defined timeframe Requirements Technical experience with PHP and bit of HTML, CSS, Javascript Experience with Python for AI/ML integrations Experience with one or more frontend frameworks like VueJS or React, Angular, Svelte Familiarity with AI/LLM frameworks (e.g. Hugging Face, LangChain) Familiarity with REST APIs and REST-based AI services Understanding of containerization (Docker) and model deployment workflows Experience with speech, vision, or NLP integrations (e.g. Whisper, OCR, embeddings) Knowledge around open source technology Ideally experience with Nextcloud AI features or similar platforms Reliability, independent and self-reliant working style Benefits A distributed, open team with a passion for working on and within the open source community Developing a product which pushes the boundaries of technology and with a global user and contributor community A competitive salary Flexibility for a healthy work-life balance Time for personal growth and education We are looking for somebody with ambition and drive who would like to grow and learn. A distributed, open team with a passion for working on and within the open source community Developing a product which pushes the boundaries of technology and with a global user and contributor community A competitive salary Flexibility for a healthy work-life balance Time for personal growth and education We are looking for somebody with ambition and drive who would like to grow and learn.