via Lever.co
$104K - 156K a year
Design, build, and optimize high-performance Rust systems supporting AI data workflows.
Over 5 years of professional Rust experience, strong systems programming skills, and experience with backend services or data pipelines.
About the Job Alignerr connects top technical experts with leading AI labs to build, evaluate, and improve next-generation models. We work on real production systems and high-impact research workflows across data, tooling, and infrastructure. Position Senior Rust Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure Type: Contract Commitment: 20–40 hours/week Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience) Role Responsibilities - Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust supporting AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows - Develop tooling and backend services for large-scale data annotation, validation, and quality control - Improve reliability, performance, and safety across existing Rust codebases - Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and evaluation workflows - Identify bottlenecks and edge cases in data and system behavior, and implement scalable fixes - Participate in synchronous reviews to iterate on system design and implementation decisions Qualifications Must-Have - 5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust - Strong systems programming background (performance, concurrency, memory safety) - Experience building backend services, tooling, or data pipelines - Clear written and verbal communication skills - Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week Preferred - Prior experience with data annotation, data quality, or evaluation systems - Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, model training, or benchmarking pipelines - Experience with distributed systems or developer tooling Application Process - Submit your resume - Complete a short technical screening - Project matching and onboarding \n \n $50 - $75 an hour \n
This job posting was last updated on 12/12/2025