Senior Python Engineer for AI Production Systems - Remote

Alignerr Corp.; United States; Remote; CAD 83,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an advanced Software Engineer specialized in Python to design and refine production-grade AI tooling. You will work on real-world data challenges, optimize performance, and contribute to scalable data pipelines in a fully remote, contract setting.

This hourly contract offers 10-40 hours per week, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for ongoing work as new projects launch. Ideal candidates will have strong consulting experience, deep Python expertise, and a track record of

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Advanced Python proficiency with clean architecture and debugging at depth.
• Strong data analysis experience with real-world production datasets.
• Solid SQL skills including complex queries, joins, and data validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize advanced Python code for production-level systems.
• Analyze and manipulate structured real-world datasets to support engineering and modeling workflows.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data.
• Review, debug, and improve existing codebases for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Translate ambiguous, high-level requirements into concrete, well-reasoned technical solutions.
• Apply consulting-style problem solving to evaluate tradeoffs and recommend best-fit approaches.
• Document assumptions, decisions, and implementation details with clarity and precision.
• Evaluate AI-generated code and analytical outputs for correctness and quality.

Skills

Advanced Python

Data analysis

SQL

Consulting experience

Job description

Alignerr is seeking an advanced Software Engineer specialized in Python to design and refine production-grade AI tooling. You will work on real-world data challenges, optimize performance, and contribute to scalable data pipelines in a fully remote, contract setting.

This hourly contract offers 10-40 hours per week, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for ongoing work as new projects launch. Ideal candidates will have strong consulting experience, deep Python expertise, and a track record of