Remote Back End Engineer — AI Infrastructure (Contract)

Alignerr; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is hiring Backend Engineers to design and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. You’ll build data pipelines and scalable microservices, handling real-world traffic at scale, with remote, flexible hourly engagement.

We value strong backend skills across Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust, RESTful design, databases, and cloud/container expertise. Join a distributed team, contribute to architecture, and own meaningful back-end work at your own pace.

Qualifications

• Proficient in at least one back end language (Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust).
• Strong grasp of RESTful API design and microservices.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Familiar with cloud platforms and containerization tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architecture to support AI workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code with best practices.
• Integrate with databases, queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability as traffic grows.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams across time zones.
• Troubleshoot production issues, review code, and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Work independently on task- and project-based assignments.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Alignerr is hiring Backend Engineers to design and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. You’ll build data pipelines and scalable microservices, handling real-world traffic at scale, with remote, flexible hourly engagement.

We value strong backend skills across Python/Go/Java/Node.js/Rust, RESTful design, databases, and cloud/container expertise. Join a distributed team, contribute to architecture, and own meaningful back-end work at your own pace.