Remote AI Agent Automation Engineer

Outlier; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Freelance, remote work, up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments. Rates vary by expertise and project; you can choose your own schedule, typically 5–10 hrs/week, up to 40 hours.

You will shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw, writing eval rubrics, debugging traces, and stress testing agents. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and a track record

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

Systems integration

Software design

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Freelance, remote work, up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments. Rates vary by expertise and project; you can choose your own schedule, typically 5–10 hrs/week, up to 40 hours.

You will shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw, writing eval rubrics, debugging traces, and stress testing agents. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation and a track record