Hire LLM developers · Riyadh

Hire LLM and RAG developers in Riyadh

A long-term partner working almost your exact hours, with Arabic and English built in from the first screen.

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.

Saudi organisations most often hire us for Arabic-ready apps, AI customer service on WhatsApp and voice, and enterprise platforms.

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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 Riyadh teams

Trust, partnership and Arabic-first products

Businesses across the Gulf value a partner they can rely on for years, available in their working hours and comfortable with Arabic, local data rules and national transformation goals.

01

Your hours, not ours

The Gulf is only one and a half to two and a half hours behind India, so calls, demos and fixes happen in your working day.

02

Arabic and English

Right-to-left layouts, Arabic content and bilingual AI assistants on WhatsApp, web and voice.

03

Local data rules

Hosting in the region and design that follows national personal data protection laws.

04

A partner for the long term

One in-house team that stays with you after launch, aligned with digital transformation programmes such as Saudi Vision 2030.

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 Riyadh

How we work with Riyadh clients

Time-zone overlap

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are two and a half hours behind India, so our team works almost exactly your hours.

The Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)

We design to the PDPL: consent, purpose limitation, access controls and encryption, with data hosted in Saudi or regional cloud regions when required. We support Arabic interfaces and sign NDAs before work starts.

Billing

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

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Industries we work with in Riyadh

Riyadh organisations work with us on bilingual Arabic and English apps, enterprise platforms and AI customer service on WhatsApp and voice, designed to the PDPL.

Energy and petrochemicals

Operators digitise plants, maintenance and safety. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

Giga-projects and construction

Vision 2030 developments need project and smart-city software. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.

Tourism and entertainment

New destinations sell experiences to visitors online. Add experienced developers without a long hiring process.

Retail and e-commerce

A young, mobile-first population shops through apps. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.

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How the hours line up

Our team's hours, in Riyadh 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

Riyadh time, plus written updates every evening

Local setup

Built for how Riyadh works

Languages

ArabicEnglish

Local payments

madaSTC PayApple Pay

Data hosting

Google Cloud me-central2 (Dammam), or AWS Middle East (Bahrain), 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 Riyadh

Do you work with companies in Riyadh?+

Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Riyadh, including Riyadh, Diriyah, Al Kharj, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Saudi organisations most often hire us for Arabic-ready apps, AI customer service on WhatsApp and voice, and enterprise platforms. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.

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

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are two and a half hours behind India, so our team works almost exactly your hours.

How do you handle the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)?+

We design to the PDPL: consent, purpose limitation, access controls and encryption, with data hosted in Saudi or regional cloud regions when required. We support Arabic interfaces and sign NDAs before work starts.

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

We bill in Saudi riyals (SAR) 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.

Where will our data be hosted?+

Usually in Google Cloud me-central2 (Dammam), or AWS Middle East (Bahrain), or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.

Do you work with energy and petrochemicals companies?+

Yes. Energy and petrochemicals is one of Riyadh's key sectors, and add experienced developers without a long hiring process.

What time are your meetings in Riyadh time?+

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

Can they work with our data securely?+

Yes. They follow data-minimisation, masking and access-control practices, and can deploy open-source models on your cloud when data must stay in-house.

Who owns the code and prompts?+

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