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

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.

Experience with PHP, Python for AI/ML, frontend frameworks (VueJS, React, Angular, Svelte), AI/LLM frameworks (Hugging Face, LangChain), REST APIs, Docker, and speech/vision/NLP integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• developing features
• integrating AI services
• designing databases

Skills & Tools

PHP, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VueJS, React, Angular, Svelte, Hugging Face, LangChain, REST APIs, Docker, Whisper, OCR

Job Details

• Category: Software Development
• Seniority: Mid Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Germany
• Languages: English

About Nextcloud

A distributed open-source team developing a cloud collaboration platform with AI integration. — Industry: Information Technology