Remote AI Backend Engineer — Flexible, Autonomous Agents

Outlier; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple payment methods

Flexible schedule

Weekly payments

Free AI tool access

Job summary

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw? This is a freelance, remote role paying up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration and a track record of production-grade software. Rates vary by project and expertise.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
• Ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular services.
• Experience with live environments and multi-turn system interactions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to provide clear technical feedback.
• Nice to have experience with live tools and API integrations.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend engineering

AI automation

Complex systems integration

Production-grade software

Live environments

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Job description

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw? This is a freelance, remote role paying up to $50 USD/hr with weekly payments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration and a track record of production-grade software. Rates vary by project and expertise.