CET · Remote-native · Direct contract
Freelance AI engineer
in Europe.
I'm Ergini - a senior freelance AI engineer working from Pristina, Kosovo. I ship OpenAI and Anthropic Claude integrations, production RAG, AI agents, and full AI MVPs for clients across the EU, UK, and US East Coast. Direct contract. No agency layer.
What I take on
AI integration (2-6 weeks)
OpenAI, Claude, or open-source LLMs wired into your stack. Streaming, tool-calling, structured outputs. $3.5K-$25K fixed.
Production RAG (3-8 weeks)
Hybrid retrieval, reranking, citation grounding, eval suite. See the tutorial. $15K-$40K fixed.
AI MVPs (6-10 weeks)
Full product builds. Design, frontend, backend, model, eval, deploy. $5K-$60K fixed.
Hourly retainer (ongoing)
Post-launch changes, optimization, eval iterations. $100/hr.
Why CET works for an AI engagement
CET gives you a 9-hour workday that overlaps cleanly with both continental Europe (full) and US East Coast (mornings my time, your afternoon). For AI projects this matters: most prompt and eval iterations happen in pairs, and the loop is fastest when someone's awake to ship and verify.
For Pacific time clients, async-heavy collaboration with weekly demos works well. I run weekly demo calls every Friday so you see the system, not just commits.
Frequently asked questions
Where in Europe are you based?
Pristina, Kosovo. I work fully remotely with clients across the EU, UK, and US East Coast. CET / UTC+1.
What contract types do you work under?
Fixed-scope SOW with milestones, or hourly retainer at $100/hr. I invoice as a Kosovo-registered freelancer; reverse-charge VAT applies for EU B2B.
Can you sign EU DPAs / SCCs?
Yes. Standard data processing addenda and standard contractual clauses are routine. GDPR-compliant by default.
Do you work with US clients too?
Yes - strong overlap with US East Coast (UTC-5 / UTC-4). Late evenings for Pacific. Most existing clients are in the US or Western Europe.
Why hire a freelance AI engineer instead of an agency?
Speed and signal-to-noise. With me you talk to the engineer building the system. No project manager layer, no rebranded juniors, no rotating staff. The same person writes the code, reads the logs, and owns the outcome.