Python Developer

Set Europa; Valencia; Remote; EUR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Set Europa is seeking a Python Developer to join a remote project building an AI-driven document analysis platform. You will implement AI-powered applications, integrate LLMs, and design document processing pipelines.

Responsibilities include developing hybrid retrieval, multi-agent workflows, and ensuring data governance and security while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Fluency in English and EU citizenship are required for the role.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional Python development experience.
• Hands-on AI application development using LLMs and RAG.
• Experience with AI agents and agent-based workflows.
• Experience with embeddings, vector databases and semantic search.
• Knowledge of prompt engineering and LLM evaluation techniques.
• Experience processing unstructured documents (PDFs) and OCR.
• Familiarity with AI security, governance, and data protection.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Technical engineering background or equivalent qualification.
• Good command of English; EU citizenship is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AI-powered applications using Python, LLMs, RAG, and AI agents.
• Design provider-agnostic interfaces for LLMs and embedding models.
• Build document ingestion pipelines (PDF parsing, OCR, chunking, metadata, vector indexing).
• Implement hybrid retrieval with semantic and keyword search.
• Develop AI agents with defined schemas and outputs.
• Integrate embeddings and vector databases into AI apps.
• Design evaluation frameworks for retrieval quality, accuracy, and LLM performance.
• Optimize prompts and AI workflows for reliability and efficiency.
• Ensure AI security, governance, and data residency compliance.
• Collaborate with teams to translate business requirements into AI solutions.
• Produce clear technical documentation.

Skills

Python development

LLMs and RAG

AI agents

Embeddings & vector DBs

Prompt engineering

PDF/OCR processing

Independent problem solving

English communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

FAISS

ChromaDB

Weaviate

Qdrant

PyMuPDF

pdfplumber

Tesseract OCR

Unstructured

Job description

Location: Europe (Remote)

Contract: Freelance (6-12 months)

THE COMPANY

Our client is a recruitment consultancy specializing in IT, Finance, HR, and Digital Technology.

We are seeking an experienced Python Developer with strong hands-on experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and AI agents to join a remote project focused on developing an AI-driven document analysis platform. The successful candidate will be responsible for building scalable AI-powered solutions, integrating LLMs, developing document processing pipelines, implementing intelligent retrieval systems, and designing multi-agent workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain AI-powered applications using Python, LLMs, RAG architecture, and AI agents.
• Design and implement provider-agnostic interfaces for LLMs and embedding models.
• Build document ingestion pipelines, including PDF parsing, OCR, intelligent chunking, metadata extraction, and vector indexing.
• Implement hybrid retrieval systems combining semantic search and keyword-based search.
• Develop AI agents with structured inputs, defined schemas, and validated outputs.
• Integrate embedding models and vector databases into AI applications.
• Design evaluation frameworks to measure retrieval quality, classification accuracy, citation validity, and LLM performance.
• Optimize prompts and AI workflows to improve accuracy, reliability, and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with AI security, data governance, and data residency requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams and subject matter experts to translate business requirements into AI solutions.
• Produce clear technical documentation.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3–5 years of professional experience in Python development or software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Mandatory hands-on experience developing AI applications using LLMs and RAG.
• Practical experience with AI agents and agent-based workflows.
• Experience working with embeddings, vector databases, and semantic search.
• Knowledge of prompt engineering and LLM evaluation techniques.
• Experience processing unstructured documents, including PDFs and OCR.
• Familiarity with AI security, governance, and data protection principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Technical engineering background or equivalent relevant qualification.
• Good command of English.
• European Union citizenship is mandatory.

VALUEABLE

Experience with some of the following technologies will be highly valued:

• AI frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, CrewAI.
• LLMs: OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, open-source models.
• Vector databases: Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB, Weaviate, Qdrant.
• Embeddings: Sentence Transformers, Hugging Face, OpenAI Embeddings.
• Document processing: PyMuPDF, pdfplumber, Tesseract OCR, Unstructured.
• AI evaluation: Ragas, DeepEval, LangSmith.
• Backend development: FastAPI, REST APIs.