Chatbot Developer (Remote)

Job summary

This freelance position involves designing, building, and refining messaging bots for various platforms, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord, within a hybrid AI and human environment. The role requires collaboration with Tendem Agents to ensure bots are reliable and user-friendly.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in backend, integration, automation, or bot development.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related fields is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop bots for messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord.
• Design conversational flows and implement dialogue state management.
• Integrate bots with large language models for natural language processing.
• Connect bots to backend services, databases, and third-party APIs.
• Manage webhooks and platform-specific message formats.
• Refactor AI-generated bot code for reliability and error handling.
• Implement monitoring and recovery systems for bots in production.

Skills

• At least 1 year of experience building bots for major messaging platforms.
• Proficient in Python or Node.js for backend development.
• Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and asynchronous request handling.
• Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of LLM APIs and prompt design is a plus.
• Understanding of platform-specific limits and message templates.
• Experience with hosting and deployment technologies.

Education

• Portfolio or examples of previous bot projects are required.
• English proficiency at an upper-intermediate level (B2) or above is required.

Tools

• Familiarity with Docker, serverless architectures, and VPS or PaaS deployment options is beneficial.