Remote Backend Engineer, AI Infrastructure

Alignerr Corp.; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers in Vancouver to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products, from data pipelines to scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic at scale.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role based in Canada with flexible hours. You will collaborate asynchronously with engineers and researchers across time zones to deliver robust infrastructure for AI training and inference.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages: Python, Go, Java, Node.js, Rust.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back end services, APIs, and data pipelines
• Build scalable, high-performance server-side architecture to support AI training and inference workloads
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following engineering best practices
• Integrate with databases, message queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams of engineers, researchers, and product leads
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architectural decisions
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments on your own schedule

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers in Vancouver to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products, from data pipelines to scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic at scale.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role based in Canada with flexible hours. You will collaborate asynchronously with engineers and researchers across time zones to deliver robust infrastructure for AI training and inference.