Remote Backend Engineer for AI Infrastructure

Alignerr Corp.; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Freelance autonomy

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers in Edinburgh for a fully remote, hourly contract role. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products, from data pipelines to scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

You will work asynchronously with a distributed team, writing clean, documented code and following best practices while contributing to architecture decisions and ensuring performance at scale.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages (Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust or similar).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.).
• Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Version control with Git and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable, high-performance server-side architecture for AI training and inference workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following engineering best practices.
• Integrate with databases, message queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams of engineers, researchers, and product leads.
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments on your own schedule.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers in Edinburgh for a fully remote, hourly contract role. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products, from data pipelines to scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

You will work asynchronously with a distributed team, writing clean, documented code and following best practices while contributing to architecture decisions and ensuring performance at scale.