Remote AI Tools Engineer for Autonomous Agents

Outlier; Aberdeen City; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier invites engineers to shape the future of autonomous agents by building and refining agent orchestration and evaluation tools. This freelance, remote position pays up to $50 USD/hr and offers flexible hours with weekly payments.

The role focuses on designing, testing, and improving agent performance, reliability, and interaction quality. Ideal candidates have deep backend engineering experience, and a track record of delivering production-grade software across modular services such as

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

Complex systems

Modular architecture

Live environments

Attention to detail

Multi-turn interactions

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Memory.md

Job description

Outlier invites engineers to shape the future of autonomous agents by building and refining agent orchestration and evaluation tools. This freelance, remote position pays up to $50 USD/hr and offers flexible hours with weekly payments.

The role focuses on designing, testing, and improving agent performance, reliability, and interaction quality. Ideal candidates have deep backend engineering experience, and a track record of delivering production-grade software across modular services such as