Remote Backend Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Contract)

Alignerr Corp.; West of England; Remote; GBP 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for fully remote contracts in the UK. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and data pipelines powering AI products, including model-serving infrastructure and scalable microservices.

Work with Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.Experience with Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis, and CI/CD is valued. Flexible hours and remote collaboration across time zones are offered.

Qualifications

• Proficient in backend languages (Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust).
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices design.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis).
• Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Comfortable with Git, CI/CD, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Good problem-solving and asynchronous collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architectures 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 asynchronously with distributed teams across time zones.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural decisions.
• Work independently on task- and project-based assignments.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Apache Kafka

Spark

Airflow

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for fully remote contracts in the UK. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and data pipelines powering AI products, including model-serving infrastructure and scalable microservices.

Work with Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.Experience with Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis, and CI/CD is valued. Flexible hours and remote collaboration across time zones are offered.