Software Engineer - Python (Advanced)

Alignerr; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 83.000 - 138.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Alignerr is seeking seasoned Python engineers to shape how AI systems reason about code, data, and engineering challenges. This fully remote, hourly contract role emphasizes autonomy and tackling production-level, data-driven tasks on a contract basis.

You will design Python code for AI workflows, work with structured data, and craft SQL queries while maintaining high standards of reliability and clarity in documentation.

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Python — architecture, performance, debugging.
• Strong hands-on data analysis with structured datasets.
• Solid SQL skills, complex queries, data validation.
• Prior consulting or client-facing experience, ability to solve open-ended problems independently.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and optimize Python code for production-level AI workflows.
• Analyze and manipulate structured datasets to support engineering tasks.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries to extract/transform/validate data.
• Review and improve existing codebases for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Translate high-level requirements into concrete technical solutions.
• Evaluate tradeoffs and recommend best-fit approaches with problem-solving skills.
• Document assumptions, decisions, and implementation details clearly.
• Assess AI-generated code and outputs for correctness and quality.

Kenntnisse

Python

Data analysis

SQL

Consulting experience

Jobbeschreibung

About The Role

What if your Python expertise could directly influence how AI systems reason about code, data, and complex engineering problems? We're looking for seasoned Python engineers to work on challenging, real-world technical problems that sit at the frontier of AI development — building, evaluating, and improving the software and data workflows that power next-generation AI systems.

Software Engineer – Python (Advanced)

About The Role

What if your Python expertise could directly influence how AI systems reason about code, data, and complex engineering problems? We're looking for seasoned Python engineers to work on challenging, real-world technical problems that sit at the frontier of AI development — building, evaluating, and improving the software and data workflows that power next-generation AI systems.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for engineers who thrive on autonomy, love solving hard problems, and can bring production-level discipline to ambiguous challenges.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, and optimize advanced Python code for production-level systems and AI-driven workflows
• Analyze and manipulate structured datasets to support engineering and modeling tasks
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data
• Review, debug, and improve existing codebases for performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Translate ambiguous, high-level requirements into concrete, well-reasoned technical solutions
• Evaluate tradeoffs and recommend best-fit approaches using consulting-style problem solving
• Document assumptions, decisions, and implementation details clearly and precisely
• Assess AI-generated code and analytical outputs for correctness and quality

Who You Are

Must-Have

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Advanced proficiency in Python — clean architecture, performance optimization, and debugging
• Strong hands-on experience with real-world data analysis and structured datasets
• Solid SQL skills, including complex queries, joins, and data validation
• Prior consulting or client-facing experience, with the ability to reason through open-ended problems independently

Nice to Have

• Experience working with large, messy, or unstructured datasets
• Familiarity with backend systems, REST APIs, or data pipelines
• Comfort evaluating and critiquing AI-generated code or analytical outputs
• Strong written communication and meticulous attention to detail

Why Join Us

• Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
• Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based engineering work
• Apply your deepest technical skills to problems that genuinely matter at scale
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch