Remote Backend Engineer for AI Agents - Freelance, $50/hr

Outlier; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Weekly payments

Paid via ACH/PayPal/AirTM

Job summary

Outlier invites you to help shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw. This is a freelance, remote role offering up to $50 USD/hr with flexible scheduling and weekly payments.

You’ll contribute to building production-grade software for live AI systems and collaborate on multi-stage coordination tasks. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, with experience integrating live tools and APIs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
• Proven ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular separation (data parsing, logic processing, reporting).
• Practical experience building for live, non-mocked environments and handling multi-turn system interactions.
• Attention to detail and ability to provide high-density technical feedback on complex system behaviours.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

2+ years experience

Backend engineering

AI automation

Multi-turn systems

Tools

Supabase

Gmail

APIs

Memory tracking

Job description

Outlier invites you to help shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw. This is a freelance, remote role offering up to $50 USD/hr with flexible scheduling and weekly payments.

You’ll contribute to building production-grade software for live AI systems and collaborate on multi-stage coordination tasks. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in backend engineering or AI automation, with experience integrating live tools and APIs.