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Labelbox

Backend & Tooling Engineer (Rust)

Labelbox, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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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 Full-Stack Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure

Type: Contract, Remote | Commitment: 20–40 hours/week | Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience) | $50 - $75 an hour

Role Responsibilities

Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust supporting AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows

Develop full-stack 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

Native or fluent English speaker

5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust

Proficiency building high-performance backend web services and robust, user-friendly command-line interface (CLI) tools

Experience with type-safe database interactions and connection pooling for handling large-scale data

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

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