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Stefan Ojanen
Last position:
Founder at ProtocolEngine.io
Evidence-led health intelligence platform turning published research into personal health protocols. It scores 430 habits, foods, and supplements against the studies behind them, and moves the score when the evidence moves. Built solo.
- Built the daily ingestion pipeline across PubMed, bioRxiv, and medRxiv: 43,000+ papers from 3,400+ journals processed into 230,000+ typed evidence claims, each one traceable back to the study it came from.
- Designed the six-factor evidence scoring model and the public changelog behind it, so no recommendation ever appears without the papers underneath it. 23,000+ grade changes recorded and explained to date.
- Shipped an entity information model connecting every intervention to its mechanisms, biomarkers, and outcomes: 118 biomarkers with region-specific reference ranges, 77 mechanisms, 32 graded outcomes.
- Built the personalisation layer: blood panel ingestion that reads lab PDFs with a vision model and corrects results for draw time against the user's wake anchor, plus Oura, WHOOP, and Withings integration for daily readiness context.
- Operate eleven specialised review agents over the corpus and codebase, covering paper curation, retrieval quality, health-claim compliance across EU and US regimes, and security.
- Shipped the Evidence Assistant, a RAG assistant that answers from the claim database and cites the underlying papers, plus a B2B practitioner tier, an Expo React Native app, and localisation across 3 languages and 7 markets.
Stack: Next.js 16, TypeScript, Supabase, pgvector, Anthropic Claude, Vercel, DeepInfra.
Karin Albiez
Last position:
AI Benchmark Engineer | Native language specialist German at Lilt
- Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.
- Asset Creation: Building realistic task environments using datasets and files in German. Crucially, these assets must remain in the target language to genuinely measure multilingual handling.
- Prompting & Translation: finding failure points where AI does not work, in German.
- Implementation & Verification: Supporting the development of robust solutions (reference implementations) and write highly reliable, deterministic verifier scripts (using rubric-based judging only when strictly necessary).
- Calibration & Execution: Analyze execution logs and calibrate task difficulty (Easy to Very Hard) using standard Terminal-Bench run configurations against various model tiers (Haiku, Opus).
- Quality Assurance: Participation in a rigorous, 4-layer human quality control process (creation, human review, calibration review, and audit) alongside automated LLM-based checks to ensure fairness, grammatical accuracy, and benchmark integrity.
- Linguistic Review: Reviewing AI benchmark tasks across Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Czech and Turkish.
Chintan Padaliya
Last position:
Product Owner and Technical Product Lead at Sustamize GmbH
LLM-based features for automated CO₂e data extraction from unstructured documents (70% reduction)
Agentic AI pipeline for automated Scope 3 emissions calculation with 150,000+ validated data records
Smart API workflows for real-time carbon footprint calculations in ERP and ESG systems
ML algorithms to predict emission hotspots and optimize product design
Automated data validation pipelines with NLP for quality assurance of CO₂e datasets
Led a 15-person cross-functional team to develop 10+ AI features
Strategic product planning and AI roadmap with 35% shorter time to market
Stakeholder management with DAX companies (40% higher satisfaction, 95% retention)
On-time project delivery with 95% budget adherence through data-driven backlog management
Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) with continuous AI/ML integration (25% team velocity increase)
Product-market fit for AI features through A/B testing and analytics (60% higher adoption rate)
Daryoosh Dehestani
Last position:
FP&A Data & AI Architect at Epta Group
Scope: Embedded as FP&A Data & AI Architect within the Finance function of a major European refrigeration manufacturer, leading the transformation of manual, fragmented financial reporting into an automated, governance-driven intelligence platform. Driving the shift from Excel-based controlling to structured data architecture, Power BI analytics, and AI-assisted financial operations.
Financial Data Integrity & ERP Governance
- Initiated and led GL vs. subledger reconciliation investigations, identifying and resolving structural mismatches between General Ledger and subledger data that had gone undetected prior to engagement
- Conducted asset analysis to identify items missing from General Ledger postings, surfacing gaps in fixed asset tracking and period-end completeness
- Validated SAP reports, establishing baseline data quality standards for Finance team consumption
- Established systematic SAP data validation framework ensuring ongoing integrity between ERP postings and downstream reporting outputs
Finance Reporting Transformation
- Designed and implemented a structured Transformation Project approach for converting manual Finance reports into fully automated processes
- Created and owns the Data Reporting Audit Log; a centralized tracking system capturing report owners, stakeholders, data sources, manual effort estimates, and automation opportunity scores across the Finance function
- Mapped the full reporting landscape identifying quick-win automation targets and strategic Power BI migration candidates
- Actively reducing manual Excel and PowerPoint dependency across FP&A workflows; replacing point-in-time snapshots with live, governed data models
Power BI & Analytics Enablement
- Introduced and presented Power BI as the strategic reporting platform to Finance leadership, building internal buy-in for the BI transformation roadmap
- Designed initial Power BI architecture aligned with SAP, Salesforce and Oracle data structures and FP&A reporting requirements
- Established report ownership, governance documentation, and data lineage standards enabling sustainable self-service analytics across the Finance team
Transformation Infrastructure & Collaboration
- Configured and deployed Jira as the transformation project management hub, establishing structured sprint workflows, backlog management, and progress visibility for Finance IT initiatives
- Proposed and initiated a dedicated FP&A Communication & Transformation Hub, a structured cross-functional forum aligning Finance, IT, and business stakeholders around the reporting transformation roadmap
- Positioned the Finance function as an active driver of data governance and digital transformation within the broader organization
Outcomes
- GL/subledger reconciliation gaps identified and investigation framework established within first two weeks of engagement
- Data Reporting Audit Log deployed; first structured inventory of Finance reporting landscape in company history
- Power BI transformation roadmap presented and approved by Finance leadership
- Jira-based project governance live; Finance transformation now tracked with full sprint visibility
Technologies: SAP FI/CO · Power BI · DAX · SQL · Excel (advanced) · Power Query (M) · Power Automate · VBA · Jira · Microsoft 365 · SharePoint · Salesforce (Sales Data) · Oracle HCM · Python
Hervé Teguim
Last position:
Senior Data Engineer at Schweizerische Post AG
Tools: Fabric, AWS, dbt, Power BI, SQL, DWH, R, Python
- Supported customers in implementing an architecture design for extracting and preparing data
- Planned the design and implementation of the BI and DWH platform
- Ensured the scalability and performance of the data platform
Philipp Grunert
Last position:
Data Scientist & ML Engineer at Data-Science Factory GmbH
- Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
- Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
- Development of LLM and NLP models
- Creation of interactive reports
- Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects
Sumalatha Bhuchupalle
Last position:
Copilot Cloud Security Chatbot | AI / LLM at Banyan Cloud
Conversational AI assistant for cloud infrastructure and security queries
- Designed FastAPI backend with multi-turn conversation handler, token budgeting, and context window management.
- Integrated Amazon Bedrock (Claude 3 Sonnet/Haiku); built RAG pipeline with MongoDB chat history and semantic search.
- Implemented Factory Pattern for modular LLM provider switching; reduced model onboarding effort by 60%.
- Reduced LLM inference cost by 35% through model tiering (Haiku vs Sonnet) and prompt/entity consolidation.
Tech: Python, FastAPI, Amazon Bedrock, MongoDB, Streamlit, Pydantic.
Stanley Agwu
Last position:
Senior AI Engineer & Technical Lead at Independent / Freelance
- TrendReel, production LLM agent and RAG system (Python, LangChain, OpenAI, Groq/Llama 3, Claude, FastAPI, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL).
- Designed and built a production multi-step LLM agent system: a script generation agent with a per-platform psychology database, 7 viral narrative frameworks, and structured quality scoring, switching between Claude and Groq backends in real time based on output metrics.
- Implemented multi-provider LLM routing (Claude primary, Groq/Llama 3 fallback) with priority-chain failover and quality-based provider switching, achieving 95% inference cost reduction while holding measurable quality thresholds.
- Built an advanced RAG-style retrieval pipeline with per-platform knowledge bases, semantic content matching, and structured output evaluation across 7 decision frameworks, directly analogous to multi-tenant context-based reasoning for enterprise document workflows.
- BrainyAI, adaptive AI learning platform (Python, LangChain, Groq Llama 3.3-70B, OpenAI, Next.js, Supabase, Redis).
- Integrated Groq Llama 3.3-70B with education-level-aware prompting, dynamically adjusting vocabulary depth, citation complexity, and reasoning style across four student proficiency tiers.
- Nexus Prime, multi-tenant SaaS platform for marketing and growth automation (25 modules, 99 backend routers, 153 frontend files).
- Built a 25-module, 99-router multi-tenant SaaS platform covering ad remix, affiliates, WhatsApp inbox, email, and cart recovery, serving four subscription tiers from $199 to $1,999 per month with integrated Stripe, Paystack, and Flutterwave billing.
- AI Video Surveillance Platform, multi-tenant edge and cloud computer vision system currently in active client pitch.
- Designed a multi-tenant AI video surveillance platform combining edge YOLO26 inference on NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX boxes with a central GKE cloud layer (Postgres, Pub/Sub, ClickHouse, R2, Keycloak) for event storage, dashboards, alerting, and multi-tenancy.
Julia Lach
Last position:
AI Consultant at Premium & Luxury Retail / Regulated Sectors
- Strategic consulting on AI implementation and innovation for companies in high-end sectors such as fashion, beauty, retail, and hospitality.
- Developing strategic roadmaps and decision support for AI implementation in product-related and creative domains.
- Supporting internal storytelling to foster team and leadership buy-in.
- Structured evaluation of potential AI use cases based on maturity, impact, and technical feasibility.
- Simplifying complex AI concepts, LLM structures, and agentic workflows for decision-makers.
- Applying a clear evaluation model for rapid value realization (Build–Buy–Vibe decision framework).
- Identifying common pitfalls in AI implementation and deriving sustainable deployment patterns.
- Developing curated trend radars and positioning AI within high-end brands and regulated environments.
Abhishek Nair
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at DAMALO GmbH
- Own full-stack development of an AI-native enterprise platform built on TypeScript, React, Vite, tRPC, Hono, and PostgreSQL, delivering AI-powered consulting workflows to B2B clients.
- Designed and shipped a multi-agent AI system using ReAct framework and Claude skills-style workflow patterns, including an intelligent PM assistant with rich system prompts, slash commands, tool integrations, and streaming chat UI.
- Architected an LLM evaluation framework: rubric-based LLM-as-judge, golden datasets, regression testing, and automated quality gating — ensuring consistent AI output quality at scale.
- Integrated LangFuse for end-to-end LLM tracing, conversation replays, and evaluation pipelines, enabling data-driven prompt optimisation that reduced token costs and response variance.
- Built with Drizzle ORM, pgvector, and knowledge graphs for structured data access, semantic search, and relationship-aware AI reasoning across the platform.
- Led TanStack React Query migration across the application — replacing manual state management with centralised caching and automatic refetching, reducing data-fetching boilerplate significantly.
- Practiced AI-native development throughout: Claude Code, Codex, Perplexity SDK, and LLM-assisted testing across the full development lifecycle. Deployed on Vercel + Azure ACA with Biome for linting/formatting.
Samuel Kopp
Last position:
Founder & Agentic AI Engineer at Agentakt LLC
Independent engineering practice focused on custom AI systems, production delivery, and fractional technical leadership.
Selected client engagement: Scalutions
Role: Serve as fractional CTO and hands-on technical lead, responsible for the architecture and agentic infrastructure behind its managed B2B outbound operation.
Product: Designed and built OutboundLoop, an agentic SDR operating system for research, qualification, personalized outreach, campaign management, human approvals, measurement, and continuous improvement.
Scope: Own the full system lifecycle—from business processes and agent behavior to context design, model routing, integrations, evaluation, telemetry, reliability, cost control, and production operations.
Robin Walter Scherler
Last position:
Developer at agentic-engineer.online
agentic-engineer.online is my publicly testable live demo and at the same time the platform where I show my work. Originally created as a recruitment trial task, I have since continued to run it as my own demo, learning, and product project — on a Hetzner VPS behind a Cloudflare tunnel, through a multi-stage AI-orchestrated deploy pipeline with snapshot rollback. If a deploy step breaks, the system falls back to the last clean snapshot, the script is adjusted, the test repeated — empirical, test-driven, without hand tuning.
- Technically behind it: Python and FastAPI, an OpenRouter model cascade, SQLite persistence, and Cloudflare edge tuning.
- I am the developer and the strictest customer of my own AI work in one person — what started as a prototype has become a tool I use every day and against which I test my own products.
Aruldass Arulanandu
Last position:
Web Module Lead at Mphasis Limited
- Led the end-to-end delivery of enterprise full-stack web applications by driving requirement analysis, solution design, frontend and backend development, database design, API integration, code reviews, team coordination, Agile execution, CI/CD deployments, production support, performance optimization, security implementation, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions.
Ute Von Der Grün
Last position:
MSFT Copilot Champion (AI) - DACH at SoftwareONE
- Developing global ACM Copilot services and shaping their evolution on a global scale
- Evangelizing the benefits and capabilities of Copilot to internal and external audiences
- Onboarding, mentoring, and training new ACM colleagues in services and methodologies
- Acting as point of contact for internal Copilot proof of concept adoption and change management
- Leading Copilot adoption strategy, communicating benefits, usage and ethical considerations
- Organizing events and workshops and fostering an interactive community to share updates, findings and best practices
Katharina Vnoucek
Last position:
Business Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness at Independent
Supporting organizations and leadership teams in business transformation, organizational effectiveness and strategic initiatives.
FOCUS AREAS: Business Transformation | Organizational Effectiveness | Strategy & Operations | Executive Advisory & Partnership | AI & Technology Organizations
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Statistics of experts using Natural Language Processing
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
13 years
Position duration
2.1 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Research and Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Education, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Research and Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
98%
Master's degree or higher
80%
Doctorate
19%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 6 Sep 2026.
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About the technology
What NLP does
Natural Language Processing turns text and speech into usable signals. Companies use it to classify messages, extract entities, summarize documents, power search, and support chat experiences. It sits inside products that need to understand tickets, contracts, reviews, emails, calls, and knowledge bases.
Common project work
- Text classification and intent detection
- Named entity extraction and document parsing
- Search, semantic retrieval, and ranking
- Summarization, generation, and QA flows
- Sentiment and topic analysis
Tools and stack
Strong specialists work across Python, spaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face, PyTorch, and TensorFlow. They also know transformers, prompt design, evaluation sets, vector search, and data pipelines. Good work connects model choice to clean inputs, stable outputs, and simple integration.
When companies bring help
Teams bring in freelance NLP expertise when an internal product needs language features fast, or when existing models do not handle domain language well. That often happens with customer support, compliance review, knowledge search, and internal assistants. External specialists can also help with model selection, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
What strong specialists do
Strong NLP professionals start with the business task, not the model. They define labels, build test sets, measure precision and recall, and check failure cases in real text. They also handle preprocessing, multilingual edge cases, privacy concerns, and deployment details that keep the system usable.
Fit for your team
NLP work fits teams that need clear text output and repeatable quality. It is useful for startups building a first assistant and for larger companies modernizing search, support, or document workflows. For remote collaboration, clear examples and annotated data matter more than long meetings.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Natural Language Processing? These answers cover the essentials.
Natural Language Processing is used to make software understand and work with text or speech. Common uses include ticket routing, document extraction, search, chat experiences, summarization, and sentiment analysis. It is a practical fit whenever language is part of the workflow.
NLP is the broader field; LLMs are one approach inside it. For some tasks, a smaller classifier, parser, or retrieval setup is more reliable and easier to control than a large generative model. The right choice depends on accuracy needs, latency, and how much output control you need.
A strong Natural Language Processing specialist should be comfortable with Python, text preprocessing, annotation design, and evaluation. Experience with transformer models, embeddings, vector search, and data labeling is often important too. They should also know how to turn language problems into testable tasks.
A good NLP freelancer needs enough context to define the language task clearly, the target users, and the examples that matter most. They do not need every internal detail, but they do need representative text, edge cases, and a way to judge output quality. Clear input data saves time and improves results.
A single Natural Language Processing specialist is often enough for a focused feature, a proof of concept, or a model improvement project. Larger efforts with data engineering, product integration, and monitoring may need several specialists working together. The decision depends on scope, not on the technology name itself.
For NLP, quality comes from measurable behavior on real text, not from a demo alone. Look at labeled test sets, error analysis, and how the system handles ambiguous inputs, typos, and domain terms. A strong result should stay useful on data that looks like production traffic.
Yes, Natural Language Processing can work well in multilingual settings, but it needs the right data and evaluation. Language-specific spelling, grammar, and domain wording can change performance a lot. That is why local examples and native review are important when the product serves more than one language.
Most NLP work can be done remotely because text data, labels, and model experiments travel well. On-site sessions can help when teams need to align on sensitive documents, legal language, or complex internal workflows. The best setup is the one that makes review and iteration easiest.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects is 85 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 684 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects, 98% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 80% hold at least a Master's degree, and 19% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects have 13 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects are English (99%), German (97%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Education (49%), and Professional Services (36%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Natural Language Processing in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Product Development (83%), and Research and Development (74%).
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