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Backend Engineer

$60–$110/hr

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About this role

Role Overview

Build scalable backend systems that support the training and evaluation of next-generation AI models. Your real-world engineering expertise will help improve how these systems learn, reason, and perform. Prior AI experience is not required.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs.
  • Translate business needs into technical specifications and effective backend solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Improve system reliability, security, and efficiency to support seamless user experiences.
  • Write clean, documented, thoroughly tested code that follows engineering best practices.
  • Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production backend issues, addressing root causes and driving continuous improvement.
  • Contribute ideas and technical judgment to architecture discussions and decisions.
Qualifications
  • At least 1 year of proven backend development experience using modern programming languages.
  • Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and data modeling principles.
  • Understanding of security, authentication, and authorization best practices.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, plus containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative, proactive working style.
  • Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, fully remote team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with event-driven or serverless architectures.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
  • Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership on backend teams.
Work Terms
  • Remote contract engagement.
Compensation
  • $60 to $110 per hour.

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