Remote Backend Engineer — AI Infrastructure

Alignerr Corp.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers based in or around New York to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products—ranging from data pipelines to scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role. Whether you're an experienced engineer seeking meaningful project work or a strong developer ready to apply your skills to AI-adjacent infrastructure, this is your chance to build things that matter.

Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more back end languages (Python, Go, Java, Node.js, Rust).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Comfortable with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiar with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving and asynchronous, independent work capability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architecture to support AI workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following 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 and researchers.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in architectural decisions.
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers based in or around New York to design, build, and optimize the server-side systems and APIs powering AI products—ranging from data pipelines to scalable microservices handling real-world traffic.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role. Whether you're an experienced engineer seeking meaningful project work or a strong developer ready to apply your skills to AI-adjacent infrastructure, this is your chance to build things that matter.