Remote Freelance Autonomous Agent Engineer

Outlier; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier is offering a freelance role that lets you shape the future of autonomous AI agents from any location. You will work on real-world projects, evaluate agent performance, and contribute to robust multi-step orchestration tasks.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, with a track record of delivering production-grade software in live environments. Remote, flexible hours, and competitive per-hour compensation are provided.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
• Proven ability to build 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.
• Nice to have: multi-stage coordination tasks where data acquisition leads to reasoned output.

Responsibilities

• Write Eval Rubrics
• Debug Agent Traces
• Stress Test Agent

Skills

Backend eng

AI automation

Systems integration

Live environments

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier is offering a freelance role that lets you shape the future of autonomous AI agents from any location. You will work on real-world projects, evaluate agent performance, and contribute to robust multi-step orchestration tasks.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, with a track record of delivering production-grade software in live environments. Remote, flexible hours, and competitive per-hour compensation are provided.