Remote OpenClaw Backend Engineer: AI Agent Builder

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

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payments

Remote freelance work

AI access included (>$200/month)

Job summary

Outlier is seeking backend engineers to shape the future of autonomous agents. This freelance, remote role offers pay up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and a track record building production-grade software for live systems.

Join our team to design multi-step agent workflows, improve AI agent performance, and collaborate with top engineers worldwide. Remote work is supported with flexible hours.

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

Complex systems integration

Production-grade software

Live environments

Technical feedback

Tools

Modular separation

Job description

Outlier is seeking backend engineers to shape the future of autonomous agents. This freelance, remote role offers pay up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and a track record building production-grade software for live systems.

Join our team to design multi-step agent workflows, improve AI agent performance, and collaborate with top engineers worldwide. Remote work is supported with flexible hours.