Backend Engineer — AI Infrastructure (Remote)

Alignerr Corp.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 14,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking a Back End Developer for a fully remote, hourly contract role in the United States. You will design and optimize server-side systems, data pipelines, and APIs to support AI products and scalable microservices.

Applicants should be proficient in one or more backend languages, possess strong API and distributed systems knowledge, and be comfortable with cloud platforms, databases, and container technologies. Remote collaboration across time zones is expected.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages (Python, Go, Java, Node.js, Rust).
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back end services and APIs.
• Build scalable server-side architecture for AI workloads.
• Write clean, documented, and testable code.
• Integrate with databases, queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in reviews.
• Work independently on task-based projects.

Skills

Backend languages

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Databases

Cloud platforms

Git & CI/CD

Docker & Kubernetes

Asynchronous work

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Alignerr Corp. is seeking a Back End Developer for a fully remote, hourly contract role in the United States. You will design and optimize server-side systems, data pipelines, and APIs to support AI products and scalable microservices.

Applicants should be proficient in one or more backend languages, possess strong API and distributed systems knowledge, and be comfortable with cloud platforms, databases, and container technologies. Remote collaboration across time zones is expected.