Backend Engineer - AI Agents (Remote)

Outlier; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payments

Remote work

Job summary

Outlier is seeking an OpenClaw Agent Builder for a freelance, remote role with pay up to $50 per hour. You will design and test agent workflows, write eval rubrics, debug traces, and stress test agent behavior.

Work remotely with flexible hours and weekly payments via ACH, PayPal, or AirTM. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, experience building production-grade services, and comfort with live multi-turn interactions and strong attention to detail.

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

System integration

Live multi-turn interactions

Technical feedback

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Earn Up to $50/hr as an OpenClaw Agent Builder

Shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw. Freelance, remote, up to $50 USD/hr. Weekly payments.

Trusted by 10,000+ software engineers worldwide

MIN EXP REQUIRED

2+ years

PAY RATE

Up to $50 USD/hr

Rates vary based on expertise and project requirements. Paid via ACH, PayPal and AirTM

Choose your own schedule. Most experts spend 5-10 hrs/week, up to 40 hours

Overview

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw?
We collaborate with leading AI organizations to train Large Language Models (LLMs) to function as proactive, multi-step agents. Our projects focus on teaching these systems how to design, coordinate, and optimize complex, real-world architectural workflows.
Whether you are a passionate orchestration guru or experienced software developer — we want you to help us train the world's most advanced generative systems.

Key Responsibilites

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

Ideal 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

• Expertise building multi-stage coordination tasks where data acquisition leads to reasoned output.
• Hands-on experience integrating agents with live tools such as Supabase, Gmail, and various APIs to solve real-world problems.
• High level of comfort implementing persistent state and session discovery using MEMORY.md to track agent progress.
• Experience identifying subtle failures like privacy leaks, authority escalation, or indirect prompt injections.

Currently accepting applicants from:

• Australia
• Canada
• Finland
• France
• Italy
• Norway
• United Kingdom
• United States

Why Join Outlier

Earn Up to $50 USD/hr— Plus Additional Incentives

On average, contributors earn an additional 7.5% through Missions — Outlier's version of surge pricing. The top quartile boosts their earnings by an average of 11%.

Future-Proof Your Skills With Real AI Work

Work flexibly from anywhere, anytime - no minimum hours

Free access to leading LLMs — worth $200+/month

Hear from other experts

Read about how MIT PhD Daniel Z earns extra income on Outlier

"Daniel has enjoyed the combination of earning extra cash while contributing to AI development and has made over $4,000 on Outlier."

I view Outlier as a great opportunity for contributors to work flexibly, improve their skills, and earn more money at their own pace. Working with other contributors on Outlier makes the experience even more engaging, offering a perfect mix of collaborating and earning.

India

Code Expert

As an engineer, I often use Al models to get the right answers, but this experience is the opposite: I need to make the models generate wrong answers. It is strange, exciting, and unforgettable.

Cuong N.

Vietnam

Code Expert

The result is fewer tasks returning to the queue for all contributors, higher-quality tasks being completed correctly on the first attempt, and happier contributors thanks to easy access high-touch, technical support channels.

Canada

Code Expert

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This is a 1099 contract opportunity on the Outlier.ai platform. Because this is a freelance opportunity, we do not offer internships, sponsorship, or employment. You must be authorized to work in your country of residence. If you are an international student, you may be able to sign up for Outlier if you are on a visa. You should contact your tax and/or immigration advisor with specific questions regarding your circumstances.

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