Systems Software Engineer - Machine Learning Ops

Alignerr Corp.; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote Work

Flexible Schedule

Freelance Autonomy

Potential for Ongoing Engagement

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an experienced C++ systems engineer to design, build, and optimize high-performance C++ systems, data pipelines, annotation tools, backend services, and evaluation infrastructure for AI model training and evaluation.

You will collaborate with research, data, and engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and implement scalable fixes, improving reliability, performance, and correctness across complex distributed systems.

Qualifications

• At least five years of professional experience writing production-grade C++ and a strong systems programming background.
• Experience with C++ frontends for machine learning frameworks or inference runtimes preferred.
• Familiarity with hardware acceleration APIs is a plus.
• Fluent English communication skills and availability for 20–40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high-performance C++ systems, data pipelines, annotation tools, backend services, and evaluation infrastructure for AI model training and evaluation.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement scalable fixes in collaboration with research, data, and engineering teams.
• Improve reliability, performance, and correctness across systems.

Skills

C++

Systems Programming

Full-Stack Development

Machine Learning Operations

Data Pipelines

Data Annotation

Data Validation

Quality Control

Backend Services

Machine Learning Frameworks

Inference Runtimes

Hardware Acceleration

Distributed Systems

Performance Profiling

Model Evaluation

Production Systems

Job description

Design, build, and optimize high-performance C++ systems, data pipelines, annotation tools, backend services, and evaluation infrastructure for AI model training and evaluation. Improve reliability, performance, and correctness by identifying bottlenecks and implementing scalable fixes in collaboration with research, data, and engineering teams.

Requirements

Candidates need at least five years of professional experience writing production-grade C++ and a strong systems programming background, along with full-stack development experience. They should have experience with C++ frontends for machine learning frameworks or inference runtimes, familiarity with hardware acceleration APIs, fluent English communication skills, and availability for 20–40 hours per week.

Key Skills

• C++
• Systems Programming
• Full-Stack Development
• Machine Learning Operations
• Data Pipelines
• Data Annotation
• Data Validation
• Quality Control
• Backend Services
• Machine Learning Frameworks
• Inference Runtimes
• Hardware Acceleration
• Distributed Systems
• Performance Profiling
• Model Evaluation
• Production Systems

Benefits

• Fully Remote Work
• Flexible Schedule
• Freelance Autonomy
• Potential for Ongoing Engagement