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Python Engineer (FastAPI + AI Integration) job description

This Python Engineer job description is the spec our practice leads vet against: 6 responsibilities, 6 requirements, 4 nice-to-haves. Copy it, or hire a vetted specialist.

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  1. Role summary
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Requirements
  4. Nice-to-have
  5. What this role costs, by market

Role summary

We are hiring a Python Engineer to build fast, well-typed services and integrate large language model features into our product. You will own FastAPI services from design to production and build background processing and data pipelines. You will also ship AI features such as semantic search and document Q&A, held to the same security and reliability standards as any other endpoint.

Responsibilities

  1. Design and build async FastAPI or Django services with typed models and clear contracts.
  2. Integrate LLM APIs, RAG pipelines and vector search into product features.
  3. Build background jobs, queues and data pipelines with Celery and Redis.
  4. Implement authentication, rate limiting, token budgets and observability for every service.
  5. Maintain tests, type checks and CI/CD steps that keep the main branch releasable.
  6. Measure AI feature quality with evaluation sets and user feedback.

Requirements

  1. 4+ years of professional Python, including production web services.
  2. FastAPI or Django in production, with async patterns and Pydantic models.
  3. PostgreSQL and Redis, with confidence in query optimisation and caching.
  4. Hands-on integration of at least one LLM provider SDK in a shipped feature.
  5. Testing with pytest, typing with mypy or Pyright, and CI/CD pipelines.
  6. Docker-based deployment on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

Experience bands offered by Remote Pro Ai (years) Mid 4–⁠6 · Senior 6–⁠9 · Lead 9+

Nice-to-have

  1. pgvector or a dedicated vector database in production.
  2. Arabic text processing or bilingual search experience.
  3. LangChain, LlamaIndex or a custom orchestration layer.
  4. OpenTelemetry tracing across services.

What this role costs, by market

In-house figures are indicative annual gross salaries for a Senior-level direct hire, before employer costs such as social insurance, medical cover, visas, recruitment fees and equipment. Remote Pro Ai seats are monthly and all-inclusive. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026). Design, marketing, business-development and sales seats are priced at the base band.

Senior level
MarketCur.In-houseannual salarySeatfrom, per monthSeat × 12from, per year
Saudi ArabiaSAR378,00021,900262,800
United Arab EmiratesAED420,00021,500258,000
QatarUSD—15,85070,200
United StatesUSD—15,85070,200
GermanyEUR—15,23062,760
United KingdomGBP79,8004,43053,160

“—” means we do not yet publish an in-house benchmark for that market. Remote Pro Ai pricing is quotation-based; VAT shown separately.

GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026, Remote Pro Ai Research estimates: the midpoint of the Senior monthly gross range × 12. Benchmarks are updated every October. Updated: October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. The text is free to copy and adapt for your own vacancy, and the DOCX download keeps the formatting. It reflects the specification our practice leads use when they vet specialists for this role, so it doubles as a scope document when you brief stakeholders, recruiters or procurement.

Each responsibility and requirement maps to something we test. Candidates complete a live technical assessment scored by a practice lead, then a client-fit interview and reference checks. 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates, and only those specialists appear on the shortlists we send.

Pay for the same role varies widely between Riyadh, Dubai and London, and employer costs differ again. Each figure is the annualised midpoint of the Senior range in our Salary & Rate Guide, so you can compare an in-house hire with an all-inclusive Remote Pro Ai seat on equal terms. Your exact Remote Pro Ai price comes from a quotation valid for 30 days.

Often, once employer costs and time-to-hire are counted: there is no placement fee, and the specialist starts within 4 working days instead of after a months-long search for a permanent hire. Remote Pro Ai’s base monthly rates for vetted Mid, Senior and Lead engineers are at least 30% below the median published by comparable vetted-talent vendors serving the GCC, and 37–⁠47% below the European and US medians (Remote Pro Ai price benchmark, October 2026).

Match the level to the scope. Mid specialists deliver well-defined work inside your architecture, Senior specialists own a component end to end, and Leads set direction and run the squad. This role is offered at Mid, Senior and Lead level, and the level line under Requirements shows the bands Remote Pro Ai can staff.