SWE Infrastructure Specialist (Java) – Freelance AI Trainer Project

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Meridial is seeking SWE Infrastructure Specialists fluent in Java with deep systems thinking and performance engineering skills. You will help train AI models by evaluating Java-centric infrastructure scenarios and detailing where models struggle to reason about correctness, scalability, and operations.

You will engage JVM-based services, cloud deployments, evaluate concurrency, latency, throughput, and resource utilization, assess testing strategies, capture failure modes, and provide

Qualifications

• Strong Java software engineering background with infrastructure experience.
• Experience with enterprise Java systems and cloud infrastructure or SRE/DevOps.
• Systems thinking and performance engineering skills.
• Excellent written communication.

Responsibilities

• Engage AI models on JVM-based services, distributed systems, and cloud native deployments.
• Evaluate concurrency, latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
• Assess infrastructure and application level testing strategies and reliability risks.
• Capture reproducible failure modes and provide structured feedback for model evaluation.

Skills

Java

Infrastructure

Systems thinking

Performance engineering

Cloud deployments

Job description

About the role

Meridial seeks SWE Infrastructure Specialists fluent in Java with deep systems thinking and performance engineering expertise. You will help train AI models by evaluating Java-centric infrastructure scenarios, detailing where models struggle to reason about correctness, scalability, and operations.

What you'll do

• Engage AI models on JVM based services, distributed systems, and cloud native deployments
• Evaluate architectural decisions related to concurrency, latency, throughput, and resource utilization
• Assess infrastructure and application level testing strategies and reliability risks
• Capture reproducible failure modes and provide structured feedback for model evaluation

What they're looking for

• Java focused software engineering background with strong infrastructure experience
• Experience with enterprise Java systems and cloud infrastructure or SRE/DevOps adjacent roles
• Systems thinking, architectural design, and performance engineering skills
• Strong written communication to clearly explain system behavior and design decisions

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states worldwide eligibility and remote work; Nigeria is not excluded in the text
• Pay range is $80 to $150 per hour; exact rate may vary by experience and geographic location