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

Title: Back-end Engineer Integration and AI (PHP/Python) Location: Remote (Stuttgart, Germany) 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.