Remote Rust Engineer: Distributed AI Pipelines & Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Remote Work

Flexible Schedule

Freelance Autonomy

Potential for Ongoing Engagement

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking a seasoned Rust developer to design, build, and optimize high-performance backend systems and tooling for AI data pipelines. This freelance, remote role offers flexible hours and the chance to impact production reliability at scale.

You will work 20–40 hours weekly, tackle concurrency challenges, and collaborate with research, data, and engineering teams on infrastructure decisions. Fluent English is required, and 3–5+ years of production Rust experience is expected.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of professional production Rust experience.
• Strong background in distributed services, RPC frameworks, and distributed state or consensus.
• Ability to debug complex concurrency issues and communicate clearly.
• Willing to work 20–40 hours per week, fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-performance Rust systems, backend services, and tooling for AI data pipelines.
• Improve production reliability, safety, and performance by diagnosing bottlenecks and concurrency failures.
• Collaborate with research, data, and engineering teams on infrastructure decisions.

Skills

Rust

Distributed Systems

Distributed Services

RPC Frameworks

Distributed State

Consensus

Concurrency

Async Instrumentation

Tracing Tools

Backend Development

Data Pipelines

Data Annotation

Data Validation

Quality Control

Systems Performance

AI/ML Infrastructure

Job description

Alignerr Corp. is seeking a seasoned Rust developer to design, build, and optimize high-performance backend systems and tooling for AI data pipelines. This freelance, remote role offers flexible hours and the chance to impact production reliability at scale.

You will work 20–40 hours weekly, tackle concurrency challenges, and collaborate with research, data, and engineering teams on infrastructure decisions. Fluent English is required, and 3–5+ years of production Rust experience is expected.