Senior Backend Engineer | $50-$100/hr Remote
Overview
Senior Backend Engineer needed for a remote, contract-based role. You’ll help build advanced Reinforcement Learning environments to train and evaluate AI models, focusing on realistic cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and reliability. Expect to shape how models learn and behave by designing reproducible, high-quality test scenarios with strong DevOps practices. Your domain expertise across backend languages and cloud tooling will set this project apart.
What You'll Do7
- 1Design and implement authentic cloud environments to probe AI system capabilities in deployment, scaling, and troubleshooting
- 2Craft detailed, repeatable scenarios covering IAM, queues, durable storage, observability, rolling deployments, and disaster recovery
- 3Create deterministic validation tests and reference solutions to ensure environment reliability
- 4Generate defect and failure scenarios to stress test AI responses and recovery strategies
- 5Document architecture, edge cases, and operational flows to enable future use and replication
- 6Collaborate with leads to iteratively refine environment specs and acceptance criteria
- 7Apply DevOps automation to deliver scalable and secure cloud-based evaluation environments
Requirements3
- 1Proven experience with backend languages such as C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, or JavaScript
- 2Solid background in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and automation tools
- 3Track record of designing and operating distributed systems in production with an emphasis on reliability and security
Who Should Apply
The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who thrives at the intersection of backend engineering and cloud platform operations. You bring deep knowledge of distributed systems, networking, IAM, storage, and observability, and you can turn complex requirements into reproducible, scalable environments. You work well with cross-functional teams and can explain technical decisions clearly.
Salary Insight
Compensation is project-based and paid per completed task that meets specifications; weekly submission minimums apply.
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Application Tip
Highlight a past project where you built a reproducible testing environment for AI or distributed systems, including metrics on reliability improvements and deployment automation.
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