Remote Senior ML Engineer: LLM Reasoning Trainer

Alignerr Corp.; Auckland; Remote; NZD 147,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to craft high-fidelity reasoning traces that teach how to plan, reason, and decide for advanced AI systems. This remote hourly contract role suits senior professionals who enjoy tackling hard problems and want meaningful, lasting impact on AI development.

You will author structured reasoning traces, document step-by-step strategies, and help guide data strategies for robust model decision-making.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in machine learning and AI research.
• Ability to decompose complex problems into clear, logical steps.
• Experience with LLM evaluation, fine-tuning, or training.
• Comfort with architectural and implementation-level thinking.
• Rigorous focus on correctness, precision, and documentation.
• Ability to work independently and asynchronously.

Responsibilities

• Author high-fidelity reasoning traces for ML tasks.
• Design step-by-step problem-solving strategies for LLMs.
• Review traces for clarity, depth, and training usefulness.
• Apply architectural insight to improve model reasoning.
• Contribute to data strategies for edge-case model decisions.

Skills

ML research

Problem decomposition

LLM evaluation

Architectural thinking

Documentation quality

Independent work

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to craft high-fidelity reasoning traces that teach how to plan, reason, and decide for advanced AI systems. This remote hourly contract role suits senior professionals who enjoy tackling hard problems and want meaningful, lasting impact on AI development.

You will author structured reasoning traces, document step-by-step strategies, and help guide data strategies for robust model decision-making.