Rust Software Engineer Distributed Systems

Alignerr; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI solutions provider is seeking a Senior Rust Full-Stack Engineer to design and optimize high-performance systems supporting AI data pipelines. The role involves developing full-stack tooling for data annotation and improving code reliability. Candidates should have 3-5+ years of Rust experience, be native or fluent English speakers, and commit 20-40 hours per week. This is a remote contract position offering competitive hourly compensation based on experience.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust.
• Native or fluent English speaker.
• Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust.
• Develop full-stack tooling and backend services for data annotation.
• Improve reliability and performance across existing Rust codebases.

Skills

Rust programming

Distributed services

Concurrency debugging

Communication skills

Asynchronous instrumentation

Job description

About The Job

Alignerr connects top technical experts with leading AI labs to build, evaluate, and improve next-generation models. We work on real production systems and high-impact research workflows across data, tooling, and infrastructure.

Position

Senior Rust Full-Stack Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure

Type: Contract, Remote | Commitment: 20–40 hours/week | Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience)

Role Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust supporting AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows
• Develop full-stack tooling and backend services for large-scale data annotation, validation, and quality control
• Improve reliability, performance, and safety across existing Rust codebases
• Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and evaluation workflows
• Identify bottlenecks and edge cases in data and system behavior, and implement scalable fixes
• Participate in synchronous reviews to iterate on system design and implementation decisions

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native or fluent English speaker
• 3-5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust
• Strong background in building distributed services using RPC frameworks and handling distributed state or consensus
• Experience debugging complex concurrency issues (deadlocks, race conditions) using asynchronous instrumentation and tracing tools
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week

Preferred

• Prior experience with data annotation, data quality, or evaluation systems
• Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, model training, or benchmarking pipelines
• Experience with distributed systems or developer tooling

Application Process

• Submit your resume
• Complete a short technical screening
• Project matching and onboarding