SWE Infrastructure Specialist (JS/TS/Python) – Freelance AI Trainer Project

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Meridial is seeking SWE Infrastructure Specialists to evaluate and teach AI models using real-world infrastructure scenarios on a contract basis. You will work with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python to analyze architecture, performance, and deployment risk in distributed cloud environments.

Effective communication of system tradeoffs is essential as you interact with models and re-create failure cases for improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong infrastructure engineering or DevOps experience in cloud environments.
• Fluency with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python.
• Experience in performance analysis and QA practices.
• Clear technical communication and ability to articulate system-level tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Engage with AI models on infrastructure and platform engineering tasks using JS, TS, and Python
• Verify architectural soundness and logical correctness of model outputs
• Assess code quality, testing strategies, and performance bottlenecks
• Analyze deployment risks and capture reproducible failure cases
• Suggest improvements to prompt design and evaluation metrics

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Cloud/DevOps

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Job description

About the role

Meridial seeks SWE Infrastructure Specialists with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python expertise to evaluate and teach AI models using real-world infrastructure scenarios. The role focuses on systems thinking, architecture, performance, and quality engineering for cloud and deployment environments. You will interact with models to assess architectural soundness, code quality, and deployment risk in distributed systems on a contract basis.

What you'll do

• Engage with AI models on infrastructure and platform engineering tasks using JS, TS, and Python
• Verify architectural soundness and logical correctness of model outputs
• Assess code quality, testing strategies, and performance bottlenecks
• Analyze deployment risks and capture reproducible failure cases
• Suggest improvements to prompt design and evaluation metrics

What they're looking for

• Strong infrastructure engineering or DevOps experience in cloud environments
• Fluency with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python
• Experience in performance analysis and QA practices
• Clear technical communication and ability to articulate system-level tradeoffs
• Bachelor’s or higher in computer science or a related field

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states worldwide eligibility, so Nigeria is eligible to apply
• The pay is hourly and varies by experience and location; exact rate determined after evaluation
• Contractor arrangement; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply