Remote AI Agent Architect — Build Autonomous Systems

Outlier; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelance contract

Remote work

Weekly payments

Job summary

Outlier is seeking contributors to shape the future of autonomous AI agents, offering freelance, remote work with compensation up to $50 USD/hr. The role involves collaborating on real-world agent orchestration, data parsing, and multi-turn interactions, with weekly payments and flexible hours.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, and a track record of building production-grade software with modular architecture.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend engineering

Modular architecture

Live systems

Attention to detail

Multi-stage coordination

APIs integration

State management

Security risks

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier is seeking contributors to shape the future of autonomous AI agents, offering freelance, remote work with compensation up to $50 USD/hr. The role involves collaborating on real-world agent orchestration, data parsing, and multi-turn interactions, with weekly payments and flexible hours.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, and a track record of building production-grade software with modular architecture.