Remote AI Backend Engineer (Contract)

Alignerr Corp.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products - from data pipelines and model-serving infrastructure to scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic at scale. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role open to engineers across the US.

Whether you're a seasoned engineer looking for meaningful project work or a strong developer ready to apply your skills to AI-adjacent infrastructure, this is your chance to

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining backend services and APIs.
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages and cloud platforms.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and distributed systems.
• Familiar with containerization and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back end services, APIs, and data pipelines
• Build scalable, high-performance server-side architecture to support AI training and inference workloads
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following engineering best practices
• Integrate with databases, message queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams of engineers, researchers, and product leads
• Troubleshoot production issues, conduct code reviews, and contribute to architectural decisions
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments on your own schedule

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Asynchronous work

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products - from data pipelines and model-serving infrastructure to scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic at scale. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role open to engineers across the US.

Whether you're a seasoned engineer looking for meaningful project work or a strong developer ready to apply your skills to AI-adjacent infrastructure, this is your chance to