Senior ML Engineer: AI Reasoning & Trace Architect (Remote)

Alignerr Corp.; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 83,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Hourly contract

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (AI Data Trainer) to author advanced reasoning traces that teach LLMs to think step-by-step. This fully remote hourly contract role offers flexible hours (10–40 hours/week) and is ideal for experts who want to shape next-gen AI model reasoning.

You will break down complex problems, review traces, and design data strategies that guide multi-step decision making while working asynchronously on your own schedule.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of machine learning and AI research principles.
• Ability to break down hard problems into explicit, checkable steps.
• Clear, precise technical writer with ability to document complex reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Author high-fidelity reasoning traces that guide how LLMs should plan and decide.
• Break down real-world problems into clear, structured decision steps.
• Review and refine traces from other contributors for quality and consistency.
• Design data strategies to help models navigate multi-step scenarios.
• Provide architectural insights to improve model handling of edge cases.
• Work independently and asynchronously on your schedule.

Skills

ML/AI expertise

Problem decomposition

Technical writing

LLM evaluation

RLHF pipelines

Self-directed

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (AI Data Trainer) to author advanced reasoning traces that teach LLMs to think step-by-step. This fully remote hourly contract role offers flexible hours (10–40 hours/week) and is ideal for experts who want to shape next-gen AI model reasoning.

You will break down complex problems, review traces, and design data strategies that guide multi-step decision making while working asynchronously on your own schedule.