Backend Engineer — AI Infrastructure (Remote Contract)

Alignerr; United States; On-site; USD 69,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote, hourly contract role focused on building and optimizing server-side systems and APIs for AI products. You will design data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices to handle real-world traffic with reliability and performance.

You should be proficient in Python, Go, Java, Node.js, or Rust, with strong RESTful API and distributed systems knowledge.

Qualifications

• Back-end focus with server-side services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Experience designing scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Proficient in RESTful APIs and database integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back-end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable, high-performance server-side architecture for AI workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, testable code following engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote, hourly contract role focused on building and optimizing server-side systems and APIs for AI products. You will design data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices to handle real-world traffic with reliability and performance.

You should be proficient in Python, Go, Java, Node.js, or Rust, with strong RESTful API and distributed systems knowledge.