via Lever.co
$104K - 156K a year
Design and optimize high-performance systems and data workflows for AI training and evaluation.
5+ years in Go, Rust, Python, or C++, with experience building production services and data pipelines.
About the role 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 Systems Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure(Go, Rust, Python, or C++) Type: Contract Commitment: 20–40 hours/week Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience and location) Role Responsibilities - Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems using Go, Rust, Python, or C++ - Develop tooling and backend services for large-scale data annotation, validation, and evaluation workflows - Build and maintain reliable data pipelines supporting AI training and benchmarking - Improve performance, scalability, and safety across existing codebases - Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams on model-facing infrastructure - Identify bottlenecks, edge cases, and failure modes in data and system behavior - Participate in synchronous reviews to iterate on architecture and implementation decisions Qualifications Must-Have - 5+ years of professional experience in Go, Rust, Python, or C++ - Strong systems or backend engineering background - Experience building production services, tooling, or data pipelines - Ability to reason about performance, reliability, and correctness - Clear written and verbal communication skills - Ability to commit 20–40 hours per week Preferred - Experience with data annotation, data quality, or evaluation systems - Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, model training, or benchmarking pipelines - Experience with distributed systems or high-throughput data processing - Background in developer tooling or internal infrastructure Application Process - Submit your resume - Complete screening and assessment - Project matching and onboarding \n \n $50 - $75 an hour \n
This job posting was last updated on 12/12/2025