Remote Backend Engineer — AI Infra & Pipelines

Alignerr Corp.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote, hourly contract in the Seattle area. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs for AI-related products, including data pipelines and scalable microservices, with 10–40 hours per week commitment.

This role offers flexible, asynchronous collaboration with distributed teams and the chance to work on high-impact AI infrastructure projects from anywhere.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages — Python, Go, Java, Node.js, Rust
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems
• Experienced with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
• Comfortable working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiar with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

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

Back-end development

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote, hourly contract in the Seattle area. You will design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs for AI-related products, including data pipelines and scalable microservices, with 10–40 hours per week commitment.

This role offers flexible, asynchronous collaboration with distributed teams and the chance to work on high-impact AI infrastructure projects from anywhere.