AI/ML Engineer (Contract)

Sofia - Bulgaria

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

AI / ML Engineer (Contract)

Location: Remote (Balkans-based role)
Engagement: 12-month contract
Start Date: ASAP

About hedgehog lab

Were a digital product consultancy of 20 years partnering with global brands to ship high-impact software through technical excellence and human-first collaboration. Youll join a team that values craft clear thinking and getting great products into users hands.

What youll work on

Help build and scale a category-defining AI-led operations platform in the property domain. The core architecture is live; your mission is to evolve intelligent autonomous workflows that replace manual processes end-to-end.

Youll:

Design build and optimise LLM-powered agentic systems and multi-step graphs.
Integrate directly with enterprise tooling and internal APIs to automate real business workflows (e.g. renewals maintenance triage).
Ship production-ready Python services and collaborate on JVM-based APIs where needed.
Work in an embedded four-person hedgehog lab team alongside a small high-calibre product/engineering group across US/EU time zones.
Operate in a trusted partnership model focused on capability building and sustainable delivery.

The team setup

Youll be part of an embedded squad of 4 engineers collaborating closely with a lean product design and engineering group. Expect fast feedback loops clear ownership and plenty of space to influence architecture and roadmap.

What youll bring:

Core skills (most critical)

Deep experience with LangGraph LLMs and agentic systems
Strong Python development for production services
Experience with Java and Spring Boot for API work (including MCP Spring Boot & Python variants)

Supporting skills

Pydantic
SQL & general database design/optimisation
AWS / DevOps (nice to have)

Key capabilities

Hands-on delivery of agents prompts and graphs in LangGraph
Ability to architect intelligent resilient workflows end-to-end
Pragmatic product-minded engineering with a bias to ship

If this sounds like you apply now or book a chat in my diary:

AI / ML Engineer (Contract)Location: Remote (Balkans-based role)Engagement: 12-month contractStart Date: ASAPAbout hedgehog labWere a digital product consultancy of 20 years partnering with global brands to ship high-impact software through technical excellence and human-first collaboration. Youll j...