Remote Python Engineer - Shape AI & Data Systems

Alignerr Corp.; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,130,000 - 1,809,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an advanced Python Engineer for a fully remote, hourly contract role focused on production-grade AI workflows. You will design, implement, and optimize Python code, and work with structured datasets to support modeling pipelines.

You’ll also write and optimize SQL queries, review existing code for performance and reliability, and translate high-level requirements into concrete solutions. Flexible 10–40 hours per week, remote freelance work with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Advanced Python proficiency — you think about clean architecture, performance, and debugging instinctively.
• Strong experience analyzing real-world datasets.
• Solid SQL skills, including complex queries and data validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize advanced Python code for production-level systems.
• Analyze and manipulate structured datasets to support engineering and modeling workflows.
• Write and optimize SQL queries to extract, transform, and validate data.
• Review, debug, and improve existing codebases for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Translate ambiguous or high-level requirements into concrete, well-reasoned technical solutions.
• Evaluate tradeoffs and recommend best-fit approaches with a consulting mindset.
• Document assumptions, decisions, and implementation details with clarity and precision.
• Evaluate AI-generated code and analytical outputs for correctness and quality.

Skills

Advanced Python

Data analysis

Consulting / client-facing

Code optimization

Tools

SQL

Job description

Alignerr is seeking an advanced Python Engineer for a fully remote, hourly contract role focused on production-grade AI workflows. You will design, implement, and optimize Python code, and work with structured datasets to support modeling pipelines.

You’ll also write and optimize SQL queries, review existing code for performance and reliability, and translate high-level requirements into concrete solutions. Flexible 10–40 hours per week, remote freelance work with potential for extension.