AI Infrastructure Backend Engineer (Remote)

Alignerr Corp.; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 207,000 - 317,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote hourly contract to design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. You will work on data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices for real-world traffic.

Join a distributed team across time zones, implement robust backend solutions, and contribute to architectural decisions while maintaining high standards for code quality and documentation.

Qualifications

• Proficient in back end languages such as Python, Go, Java, Node.js, or Rust.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back end services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architecture to support AI workloads.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following best practices.
• Integrate with databases, queues, cloud services, and third-party APIs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams across time zones.
• Troubleshoot production issues, review code, and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Work independently on task-based and project-based assignments.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Node.js

Rust

RESTful API design

Microservices

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Apache Kafka

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Apache Kafka

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Back End Developers for a fully remote hourly contract to design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. You will work on data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices for real-world traffic.

Join a distributed team across time zones, implement robust backend solutions, and contribute to architectural decisions while maintaining high standards for code quality and documentation.