Hire LLM developers · Zurich
Hire LLM and RAG developers in Zurich
GDPR-first, fully documented and hosted in the EU, with a senior team working your morning 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.
Swiss companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare and enterprise software with strong data protection.
10+
Years of delivery
600+
Projects delivered
20+
Countries served
25-30
Days to a live MVP
Get a free consultation
Tell us what you need. A senior engineer replies within one working day.
Privacy, quality and clear documentation
European teams tell us they want a partner who treats data protection and quality as the starting point, not an add-on. That is how we work.
GDPR by design
Data minimisation, consent, EU hosting and a signed data processing agreement before any personal data is touched.
Documentation you can audit
Written specifications, architecture notes, test reports and handover documents, so your team or auditors can follow every decision.
Accessible by default
Interfaces built to WCAG guidelines, helping you meet the European Accessibility Act for digital products and services.
Predictable contracts
Fixed scope and price, clear milestones and acceptance criteria, and full ownership of the code and IP.
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.
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.
How we work with Zurich clients
Time-zone overlap
Central European and Indian working days overlap by three and a half to four and a half hours, so your team is online for stand-ups and calls every morning your time.
The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP)
We design to the revised FADP: privacy by design and default, access controls, encryption, data hosted in Switzerland or the EU when you need it, and NDAs and data agreements signed before work starts.
Billing
Invoices in Swiss francs (CHF), euros or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.
Industries we work with in Zurich
Zurich and Zug companies in finance, insurance and crypto work with us on secure platforms and AI, designed to the revised FADP with full source-code ownership.
Banking and wealth management
Private banks digitise client portals with strict data protection. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.
Pharma and life sciences
Basel firms use AI for research and regulatory documents. Senior engineers who understand this sector's systems and data.
Precision manufacturing and watchmaking
Premium brands invest in e-commerce and brand storytelling. Add experienced developers without a long hiring process.
Insurance
Insurers automate claims and underwriting. Our developers have built products for this sector and join your team quickly.
How the hours line up
Our team's hours, in Zurich time
05:30–15:00
Monday to Friday
Overlap with your working day
09:00–15:00
About 6 hours every day
Daily stand-up
09:30
Zurich time, plus written updates every evening
Built for how Zurich works
Languages
Local payments
Data hosting
AWS Europe (Zurich), Google Cloud europe-west6 (Zurich) and Azure Switzerland North, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.
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
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.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
Hire LLM and RAG developers: questions from Zurich
Do you work with companies in Zurich?+
Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Zurich, including Zurich, Zug, Winterthur, as part of clients in 20+ countries. Swiss companies most often hire us for fintech, healthcare and enterprise software with strong data protection. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.
What time-zone overlap do we get from Zurich?+
Central European and Indian working days overlap by three and a half to four and a half hours, so your team is online for stand-ups and calls every morning your time.
How do you handle the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP)?+
We design to the revised FADP: privacy by design and default, access controls, encryption, data hosted in Switzerland or the EU when you need it, and NDAs and data agreements signed before work starts.
Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+
We bill in Swiss francs (CHF), euros 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 AWS Europe (Zurich), Google Cloud europe-west6 (Zurich) and Azure Switzerland North, or wherever your data rules require. Everything runs in your own cloud account, so you stay in control.
Do you work with banking and wealth management companies?+
Yes. Banking and wealth management is one of Zurich's key sectors, and add experienced developers without a long hiring process.
What time are your meetings in Zurich time?+
Our team works 05:30–15:00 Zurich time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–15:00. 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.
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