Remote Backend Engineer - AI Infrastructure

Alignerr Corp.; Stockholms kommun; Remote; SEK 895,000 - 1,378,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Back End Developer to design, build and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI projects. This is a fully remote, hourly-contract role in Stockholm-area market, with 10–40 hours per week flexible scheduling.

You will work with distributed teams to deliver scalable microservices and data pipelines across cloud environments. Ideal candidates have strong Python/Go/Java or Node.js expertise, experience with RESTful APIs, databases, and containerization, and a

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Familiar with Git, CI/CD, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable, high-performance server-side architecture to support AI training and inference workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following engineering best practices.
• Integrate with databases, message queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams of engineers, researchers, and product leads.
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments on your own schedule.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a Back End Developer to design, build and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI projects. This is a fully remote, hourly-contract role in Stockholm-area market, with 10–40 hours per week flexible scheduling.

You will work with distributed teams to deliver scalable microservices and data pipelines across cloud environments. Ideal candidates have strong Python/Go/Java or Node.js expertise, experience with RESTful APIs, databases, and containerization, and a