Software Engineer, Part-time (Fully Remote)

AI Education Project; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 243,000; Part time

Job summary

AI Education Project is a non-profit focused on equitable AI literacy for students. They are a growing team dedicated to empowering learners and educators with AI knowledge and skills.

The role builds aiEDU's external-facing product foundation, sets up launch infrastructure and monitoring, and enforces robust security and data practices. It offers flexible remote work across the U.S. at $150/hour for up to 25 hours per week.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of software engineering experience with backend and infrastructure security expertise.
• Fluent in full‑stack development and AI-assisted development workflows.
• Able to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders and work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Build the technical foundation for aiEDU's external-facing products and collaborate with PMs and data lead.
• Set up infrastructure, monitoring, and alerts for new launches and manage feature lifecycle.
• Serve as first responder for security incidents and establish robust security and data practices.
• Ensure product quality through code reviews, standards setting, and production readiness checks.
• Audit and harden security across databases/hosting platforms and own credential management.
• Write documentation and runbooks for non-engineers and raise the team's technical capability.

Skills

Backend security

Full-stack development

Autonomy

Job description

• Build the technical foundation for aiEDU's external-facing products, collaborating with PMs and the data lead.
• Set up infrastructure, monitoring, and alerts for new launches, and manage the lifecycle of launched features.
• Serve as first responder for security incidents, and establish robust security and data management practices.

Your Responsibilities:

• Ensure product quality through code reviews, standards setting, and production readiness checks.
• Audit and harden security across databases and hosting platforms, and own credential management.
• Write clear documentation and runbooks for non-engineers, and raise the team's technical capability.

About You:

• You have 3-5 years of software engineering experience with backend and infrastructure security expertise.
• You are fluent in full-stack development and skilled in AI-assisted development workflows.
• You excel at explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and work autonomously.
• Part-time, non-exempt position with flexible remote work in the U.S.
• Compensation is $150 per hour, up to 25 hours per week.
• Not eligible for benefits, but the role offers impactful work in the education sector.

AI Education Project

aiEDU is a non-profit creating equitable AI literacy educational experiences for students. They are a growing team, focusing on empowering learners and educators with the knowledge and skills to thrive with AI.