Software Engineer - Halifax

Outlier Ai; Virginia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier Ai is seeking backend engineers to help train advanced AI systems by providing high-quality human feedback and coordinating multi-step agent workflows. You will contribute to architectures for parsing, logic, and reporting, collaborating with AI teams to enhance performance and reliability in production environments.

The role emphasizes live environments, privacy-aware design, and careful risk assessment across complex workflows, with a salary range of $90,000–$130,000 per year and a

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or integrating complex systems.
• Experience building and supporting production-ready software with modular boundaries (parsing, logic, reporting).
• Proficient in at least two major programming languages and SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Assist in training advanced generative systems by providing human feedback to improve AI agents.
• Support development of proactive, multi-step agents coordinating complex real-world workflows.
• Contribute to projects teaching models to design, manage, and optimize architectural processes.

Skills

Backend engineering

AI automation

Complex systems integration

Production-ready software

Multiple programming languages

SQL databases

Live/non-simulated environments

Attention to detail

Multi-stage coordination workflows

Memory.md tracking

Privacy/security risk spotting

Tools

Java

JavaScript

Python

SQL

Go

Job description

Salary: $90,000 - 130,000 per year

Requirements

• We bring at least 2 years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or integrating complex systems.
• We have demonstrated success building and supporting production-ready software with clear modular boundaries, such as separate services for parsing, logic, and reporting.
• We are proficient in at least two major programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java, and we work confidently with SQL databases.
• We have practical experience developing in live, non-simulated environments and managing multi-step system interactions.
• We consistently show exceptional attention to detail and can deliver precise, high-value technical feedback on intricate system behavior.
• We bring experience in multi-stage coordination workflows where information gathering leads to reasoned outputs.
• We are comfortable working with persistent state and session discovery, including using MEMORY.md to track agent progress.
• We can identify subtle system risks such as privacy leakage, authority escalation, and indirect prompt injection.

Responsibilities

• We help train advanced generative systems by providing human feedback that improves AI agents.
• We support the development of proactive, multi-step agents capable of coordinating complex real-world workflows.
• We contribute to projects that teach models how to design, manage, and optimize architectural processes.
• We collaborate with AI teams to strengthen the performance and reliability of large language models.
• We evaluate complex system behaviors and deliver concise, detailed technical observations.
• We work on live integrations and agent workflows that connect to external tools and APIs to solve practical problems.

Technologies

• AI
• Backend
• Support
• Java
• JavaScript
• Python
• SQL

More

We are Outlier, and we help some of the worlds most innovative companies improve their AI agents through human feedback. Our work focuses on shaping the future of autonomous systems by partnering with leading AI organizations to train large language models that can act as proactive, multi-step agents. We value people who are passionate about orchestration or experienced in software development and want to help build the next generation of generative systems. This role is centered on advanced AI training projects with real-world complexity, including architectural workflow design and agent coordination.

last updated 40 week of 2026