Freelance Software Engineer - Halifax

Outlier Ai; Virginia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier Ai in the United States (Virginia) seeks experienced backend engineers to join our AI automation and systems integration team. You will design production-grade services with modular boundaries and contribute to live, multi-step workflows that power proactive agents.

Candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering, strong Python/JavaScript/Java/Go skills, SQL proficiency, and a track record delivering robust, real-world software.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend engineering, AI automation or complex systems integration.
• Production-ready software with modular boundaries (parsing, logic, reporting).
• Proficiency in at least two major languages and SQL databases.
• Experience with live, real-world environments and multi-step system interactions.
• Ability to provide concise technical feedback on complex behavior.

Responsibilities

• Help train advanced generative systems by providing human feedback on AI agent behavior.
• Support leading AI organizations in teaching LLMs to operate as proactive, multi-step agents.
• Contribute to projects that train systems to design, coordinate, and optimize complex real-world workflows.
• Evaluate and refine agent orchestration performance across realistic scenarios.
• Identify and report nuanced system failures, edge cases, and behavioral weaknesses.
• Provide detailed technical observations to improve autonomous agent capabilities.

Skills

Backend engineering

AI automation

Complex systems integration

Python

JavaScript

Go

Java

SQL

Job description

Salary: $90,000 - 130,000 per year

Requirements

• We bring 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.


• We can design and maintain production-ready software with clear modular boundaries, such as separate services for parsing, logic handling, and reporting.


• We have strong proficiency in at least two major programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java, and we are comfortable working with SQL databases.


• We have practical experience building in live, real-world environments and managing multi-step system interactions.


• We pay close attention to detail and can deliver concise, high-value technical feedback on intricate system behavior.


• It is a plus if we have built multi-stage coordination workflows where information gathering leads to well-reasoned outcomes.


• It is a plus if we have integrated agents with live tools such as Supabase, Gmail, and other APIs to solve practical problems.


• It is a plus if we are comfortable implementing persistent state and session tracking using MEMORY.md to monitor agent progress.


• It is a plus if we can spot subtle issues such as privacy leaks, authority escalation, or indirect prompt injection.

Responsibilities

• We help train advanced generative systems by providing human feedback on AI agent behavior.


• We support leading AI organizations in teaching large language models to operate as proactive, multi-step agents.


• We contribute to projects that train systems to design, coordinate, and optimize complex, real-world architectural workflows.


• We evaluate and refine agent orchestration performance across realistic scenarios.


• We identify and report nuanced system failures, edge cases, and behavioral weaknesses.


• We provide detailed technical observations that help improve autonomous agent capabilities.

Technologies

• AI


• Backend


• Support


• Java


• JavaScript


• Python


• SQL

More

We are Outlier, a company that helps some of the worlds most innovative organizations improve their AI agents through human feedback. Our work focuses on training large language models to act as proactive, multi-step systems that can design, coordinate, and optimize complex real-world workflows. We are looking for passionate orchestration specialists and experienced software developers to help us advance some of the most sophisticated generative systems.

last updated 40 week of 2026