Hire LLM developers · Kenya

Hire LLM and RAG developers in Kenya

Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.

Hire senior LLM developers from Clarigo Infotech who have built and run generative AI in production: RAG search, assistants, agents and AI features inside real products. They work across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and open-source models, and care about evaluation, guardrails and cost. Rates are typically $25 to $49 per hour, and you own all the code.

Kenyan companies most often hire us for fintech and mobile-money apps, healthcare and AI.

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10+

Years of delivery

600+

Projects delivered

20+

Countries served

25-30

Days to a live MVP

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What matters to Kenya teams

Mobile-first and built for real conditions

African businesses need products that work on any phone and any connection, with mobile money and local payments built in.

01

Works on any connection

Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.

02

Mobile money and local payments

M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.

03

Overlapping hours

Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.

04

Cost-effective delivery

Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.

What we do

What our LLM developers do

RAG and AI search

Answer questions from your documents and data, with citations.

AI agents

Agents that use tools and take actions in your systems, with clear limits.

LLM features in your product

Summaries, drafting, classification and chat built into your app.

Evaluation and testing

Test sets and automated checks that measure answer quality.

Guardrails and privacy

PII masking, content filters and permission-aware retrieval.

Cost optimisation

Model routing, caching and prompt design to control spend.

In depth

What to expect when you hire

How we vet developers

Every developer has shipped LLM features to real users and passes a practical review covering retrieval design, prompt and tool design, evaluation and production monitoring.

How they work with you

Your developer joins your tools and stand-ups, shares evaluation results regularly and has a named lead at Clarigo for support and cover.

Working with us from Kenya

Remote, but close to Kenya

Time-zone overlap

Kenya is two and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of the day.

Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019

We design to Kenya's Data Protection Act: lawful processing, consent, security controls and data-subject rights, and we sign NDAs before work starts.

Billing

Invoices in Kenyan shillings (KES) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.

Developers · Kenya

Built for Kenya's key sectors

Kenyan startups and businesses use us for fintech and mobile-money integrations, healthcare software and AI, designed to the Data Protection Act.

Mobile money and fintech

M-Pesa made mobile payments the default for most customers. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.

Agriculture

Tea, coffee and flower exporters adopt agtech and traceability. Add experienced developers without a long hiring process.

Logistics

Mombasa port serves East Africa through tracking platforms. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

Tourism

Safari operators sell to international travellers online. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.

Kenyan time · Nairobi

How the hours line up

Our team's hours, in Kenyan time

07:30–17:00

Monday to Friday

Overlap with your working day

09:00–17:00

About 8 hours every day

Daily stand-up

09:30

Kenyan time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

Local platforms and setup

Languages

EnglishSwahili

Local payments

M-PesaAirtel MoneyFlutterwave

Data hosting

Nearest: AWS Africa (Cape Town) or Europe (Frankfurt), in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.

How to hire

Choose how you work with us

Dedicated developer

A full-time senior engineer who works only on your product, inside your tools and stand-ups.

Best for ongoing product work

Dedicated team

A small pod (for example 2 engineers, a designer and a project lead) that owns a product end to end.

Best for building a new product

Fixed-scope project

A clear scope, timeline and price, such as an MVP live in 25 to 30 days.

Best for a defined first version

Process

How it works

1. Tell us what you need

Share the role, skills, time zone and how long you need the developers. Free, no commitment.

2. Meet your developers

Within days we introduce senior engineers matched to your stack. Interview them before you decide.

3. Start with a trial sprint

Begin with a short paid sprint so you can judge code quality, communication and speed.

4. Scale up or down

Add or remove developers as your roadmap changes. You keep full ownership of all code.

FAQ

Hire LLM and RAG developers: questions from Kenya

Do you work with companies in Kenya?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Kenya, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Kenyan companies most often hire us for fintech and mobile-money apps, healthcare and AI. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

What time-zone overlap do we get from Kenya?+

Kenya is two and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of the day.

How do you handle Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019?+

We design to Kenya's Data Protection Act: lawful processing, consent, security controls and data-subject rights, and we sign NDAs before work starts.

Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+

We bill in Kenyan shillings (KES) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.

Do you work with mobile money and fintech companies?+

Yes. Mobile money and fintech is one of Kenya's key sectors, and our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

What time are your meetings in Kenyan time?+

Our team works 07:30–17:00 Kenyan time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–17:00. Daily stand-ups are usually at 09:30 your time.

Can you build in English and Swahili?+

Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Swahili, and test them with native speakers before launch.

Who owns the code and prompts?+

You do: all code, prompts, evaluation sets and accounts are yours.

How much does it cost to hire an LLM developer from India?+

At Clarigo Infotech, senior LLM and generative AI developers typically cost $25 to $49 per hour, depending on experience and engagement length. Dedicated monthly engagements and fixed-scope projects are also available, quoted after a free consultation.