Remote Python AI Agent Engineer — Up to $50/hr

Outlier; Sardegna; Remote; EUR 37,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Outlier is seeking specialists to help shape autonomous AI agents. This freelance, remote role offers pay up to $50 USD/hr with flexibility and weekly payments.

Join and contribute to designing, coordinating, and optimizing multi-step agent workflows for live environments. Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, a track record of building modular systems, and the ability to provide precise, actionable feedback on complex behaviors.

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.
• Nice to have experience with live tools integration and performance testing.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend engineering

AI automation

Complex systems integration

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier is seeking specialists to help shape autonomous AI agents. This freelance, remote role offers pay up to $50 USD/hr with flexibility and weekly payments.

Join and contribute to designing, coordinating, and optimizing multi-step agent workflows for live environments. Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, a track record of building modular systems, and the ability to provide precise, actionable feedback on complex behaviors.