Backend Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Remote)

Alignerr Corp.; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 909,000 - 2,044,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking experienced Back End Developers to design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. This is a fully remote, hourly contract role offering flexible hours and the chance to work on data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product leads across time zones, implement robust APIs, ensure performance and reliability, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Proficient in back end languages and API design.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong problem-solving and independent work in async teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back end services and data pipelines.
• Build scalable server-side architecture for AI workloads.
• Write clean, tested, and well-documented code.
• Integrate with databases, queues, cloud services, and APIs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate asynchronously with distributed teams of engineers.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in code reviews.
• Work independently on task- and project-based work.

Skills

Backend languages

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Databases

Cloud platforms

Git

CI/CD

Asynchronous work

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Alignerr is seeking experienced Back End Developers to design, build, and optimize server-side systems and APIs powering AI products. This is a fully remote, hourly contract role offering flexible hours and the chance to work on data pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, and scalable microservices that handle real-world traffic.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product leads across time zones, implement robust APIs, ensure performance and reliability, and contribute to