Senior Software Engineer ML - Contractor position

Janea Systems (USA) is a dynamic team of the best & brightest software engineering specialists and solutions innovators, from around the world. From kernel to cloud, we provide high-impact software development services to Fortune 500 companies. We are seeking an exceptionally talented Senior ML Engineer (Contractor) to join our rapidly growing consulting team. This is a future opportunity role, not a live start. We evaluate strong freelance ML engineers ahead of client demand so that when a project matches your profile, we come to you with concrete scope, rate and start date — not with a three-week search. Being accepted into the pool is not a guarantee of work, and we will be direct with you about timing: it may be weeks or it may be months. In exchange, we keep our process short, we do not ask for unpaid work, and once you are in, you hear about relevant projects before we go to market. Basis Independent contractor. You invoice through your own company or registered sole-trader entity Rate Your quoted hourly or daily rate, in EUR or USD. Agreed in writing before any engagement starts Commitment Typically 40 hours per week unless specified differently, depending on the project Duration Typically 1–6 months per engagement. Extensions are common. Location Fully remote. Most engagements require a minimum of four hours of daily overlap with US business hours. Working setup You work as part of a Janea team on client projects, and are Client facing What engagements look like: Taking an ML or LLM proof-of-concept to production, with the reliability and cost characteristics a large enterprise needs. Designing and hardening data and training pipelines for enterprise ML systems. ML platform and MLOps work: deployment, versioning, monitoring, evaluation, CI/CD for models. Building LLM and RAG systems, including retrieval quality, evaluation and cost control. Filling a specific, deep gap in a client engineering team for a defined period. Short technical audits and advisory wor