AI/ML Engineer for Automated Real Estate Photo Editing Pipeline (HDR, Enhancement, Sky Replacement)

We're a small photography company building an internal AI-powered photo editing pipeline. An in-house developer is already working on it, and we're looking for an experienced AI engineer to help solve technical challenges and move it toward production. **Scope:** - Review the existing architecture and code, and recommend improvements - Develop and refine models for HDR bracket merging, color and exposure correction, white balance, sky replacement and window pulls - Improve output quality and consistency across large batches of images - Work alongside and mentor our current developer **Ideal experience:** - Proven work on AI image processing or computer vision projects, with a portfolio or examples - Strong Python skills, plus PyTorch or TensorFlow - Experience with image enhancement, diffusion or GAN models, or similar - A plus: experience with commercial AI photo editing products, or with real estate or architectural imagery **Project structure:** The project will start with a paid **Milestone 1: Technical Audit**, budgeted at $400 to $1,200. You'll review our existing pipeline code and architecture, identify the main bottlenecks and quality issues, and send a written plan with recommended next steps, rough timelines and proposed pricing for the following milestones. If the audit goes well, we'll agree on the later milestones together. **To apply, please include:** 1. Examples of similar image-processing projects you've built 2. A short note on how you'd approach automated HDR merging and enhancement 3. Your availability and a proposed fixed-price quote, or your preferred milestone structure. We're open to discussing scope and pricing with the right candidate. Details will be shared after an initial call, and an NDA will be required.