Remote Backend Engineer for AI Agent Systems

Outlier; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 113,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payments

Remote work

Flexible schedule

AI access $200+/month

Job summary

Outlier is seeking skilled contributors to build OpenClaw-like autonomous agent components. Remote freelance role with pay up to $50 USD/hour. You can set your own schedule, typically 5–10 hours/week, potentially up to 40 hours. Payments are made weekly and via multiple payment methods.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and experience integrating live systems. The role focuses on writing evaluation rubrics, debugging traces, and stress testing agents.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
• Production-grade software with modular separation (data parsing, logic processing, and reporting).
• Experience building for live environments and multi-turn system interactions.
• Attention to detail and the ability to provide clear, high-density technical feedback on complex system behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Write Eval Rubrics
• Debug Agent Traces
• Stress Test Agent

Skills

Backend engineering

AI automation

Complex systems integration

Live environment testing

Technical feedback

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier is seeking skilled contributors to build OpenClaw-like autonomous agent components. Remote freelance role with pay up to $50 USD/hour. You can set your own schedule, typically 5–10 hours/week, potentially up to 40 hours. Payments are made weekly and via multiple payment methods.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and experience integrating live systems. The role focuses on writing evaluation rubrics, debugging traces, and stress testing agents.