Remote Backend Engineer — AI Agents (Freelance)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Missions incentives

Free AI access (>$200/month)

Job summary

Outlier is offering a freelance, remote opportunity to help shape autonomous AI agents like OpenClaw. Earn up to $50 USD/hr with optional incentives and flexible scheduling. Contributors can expect payments weekly and access to leading AI tools, with multiple payout methods.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and can deliver production-grade software across data parsing, logic processing, and reporting. Remote work across select countries is supported.

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

Multi-turn interactions

Attention to detail

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier is offering a freelance, remote opportunity to help shape autonomous AI agents like OpenClaw. Earn up to $50 USD/hr with optional incentives and flexible scheduling. Contributors can expect payments weekly and access to leading AI tools, with multiple payout methods.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and can deliver production-grade software across data parsing, logic processing, and reporting. Remote work across select countries is supported.