Senior Backend Engineer
$50–$100/hr
RemoteRemote micro1 is engaging Senior Backend Engineers to participate in an advanced project for a customer, focused on creating sophisticated Reinforcement Learning Environments for AI model training andContracttechnology
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Build realistic, production-grade cloud infrastructure environments that help evaluate and train next-generation AI systems. This remote contract role focuses on reinforcement learning environments for AI model training and evaluation, with no prior AI experience required.
Key Responsibilities- Design, develop, and implement realistic cloud infrastructure environments that assess AI capabilities in systems design, deployment, troubleshooting, security, scaling, and recovery.
- Create reproducible scenarios involving distributed systems, networking, IAM, message queues, durable storage, observability, rolling deployments, and disaster recovery.
- Develop deterministic validation tests, golden reference solutions, and intentionally defective variants to test model responses and recovery strategies.
- Document architecture, edge cases, and operational flows so environments are clear and reproducible.
- Collaborate with technical leads and project participants to refine environment specifications and acceptance criteria.
- Apply DevOps and infrastructure automation practices to deliver scalable, secure, maintainable cloud-system evaluation environments.
- Proven backend engineering expertise using one or more of C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, or JavaScript.
- Strong hands-on experience with DevOps, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
- Demonstrated ability to architect, scale, and secure distributed systems in production-grade environments.
- Deep understanding of networking, IAM, queues, durable storage, and disaster recovery.
- Remote independent-contractor engagement.
- Expected commitment of 20 hours per week.
- Roles are typically filled within 48 hours; candidates should be ready to begin promptly.
- Minimum weekly task-submission requirements apply.
- Advertised rate: $50 to $100 per hour.
- Compensation is output-based and paid per task that meets project specifications. Time required may vary based on experience and workflow.
- Submit an application and complete screening questions.
- Complete an approximately 30-minute AI interview reviewed by recruiters.
- Proceed to hiring-manager review.