Remote AI Agent Engineer (Contract) — Up to $50/hr

Outlier; Manchester; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier is seeking contributors to help shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw. This freelance role is remote, offering up to $50 USD/hr with flexible scheduling and weekly payments.

You’ll work on building and evaluating multi-step agent workflows, focusing on data parsing, logic processing, and reporting across live environments. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend/AI automation, plus experience delivering production-grade software with modular design.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
• Proven ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular separation (e.g., distinct services for data parsing, logic processing, and reporting).
• Practical experience building for live, non-mocked environments and handling multi-turn system interactions.
• Outstanding 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

Systems integration

Production-grade software

Detail-oriented

Tools

Supabase

Gmail integration

APIs

Memory.md

Job description

Outlier is seeking contributors to help shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw. This freelance role is remote, offering up to $50 USD/hr with flexible scheduling and weekly payments.

You’ll work on building and evaluating multi-step agent workflows, focusing on data parsing, logic processing, and reporting across live environments. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend/AI automation, plus experience delivering production-grade software with modular design.