Lead AI / Data Engineer - Maritime Intelligence System (MVP & Long-Term)

Start your proposal with the word CAPTAIN so I know you read this. I am the Founder of a specialized Maritime AI Agency. We are building an industrial-grade intelligence engine that parses highly unstructured shipping circulars (messy emails, PDFs, WhatsApp messages) into structured, real-time market data. A simple RegEx scraper will break after a week because the formats constantly change. I need a systems architect who understands how to combine deterministic extraction (Python/RegEx) with LLM-based semantic parsing (OpenAI/Gemini) to achieve 99% accuracy without hallucination. The Challenge: Ingest messy broker emails via Gmail/Outlook APIs. Extract key entities (Vessel Name, Laycan, Cargo Size, DWT, Rates). Enforce strict JSON schemas and validate the data. Output to a clean UI/Dashboard (React/Streamlit) for commercial operators. The Deal: I am funding Phase 1 (The MVP Architecture) as a fixed-price milestone to prove we can work together. However, I am not looking for a short-term gig worker or an agency middleman. I am looking for a direct technical partner who wants to scale a platform that the global shipping industry relies on. For the right architect who builds this end-to-end, this transitions into a highly lucrative, performance-driven, long-term partnership as we deploy to our first 3 clients. If you are a solo developer who understands how to build defensible data infrastructure, answer the screening questions and let's talk.