Remote Backend Engineer for AI Infrastructure

Alignerr Corp.; Greater London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Contract work with potential extension

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote hourly contract. Design, build, and optimize server-side APIs and data pipelines that power AI products, with scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

Work asynchronously with distributed teams across time zones while following best coding practices. You will leverage Python/Go/Java/Node.js, RESTful design, and cloud services, and integrate databases and queues.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages such as Python, Go, Java, Node.js, or Rust.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Able to debug complex systems and work asynchronously without close supervision.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architecture to support AI workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, testable code following best practices.
• Integrate with databases, queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows.
• Collaborate with distributed teams across time zones.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to architectural decisions.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote hourly contract. Design, build, and optimize server-side APIs and data pipelines that power AI products, with scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

Work asynchronously with distributed teams across time zones while following best coding practices. You will leverage Python/Go/Java/Node.js, RESTful design, and cloud services, and integrate databases and queues.