Alignerr
Senior Rust Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure (Remote)
Alignerr, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Senior Rust Engineer — AI Data & Infrastructure (Remote)
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.
Base Pay Range $50.00/hr - $75.00/hr
Position Type: Contract Commitment: 20–40 hours/week Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience)
Role Responsibilities
Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust supporting AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows
Develop 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
5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust
Strong systems programming background (performance, concurrency, memory safety)
Experience building backend services, tooling, or data pipelines
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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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.
Base Pay Range $50.00/hr - $75.00/hr
Position Type: Contract Commitment: 20–40 hours/week Compensation: Competitive, hourly (based on experience)
Role Responsibilities
Design, build, and optimize high-performance systems in Rust supporting AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows
Develop 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
5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust
Strong systems programming background (performance, concurrency, memory safety)
Experience building backend services, tooling, or data pipelines
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
#J-18808-Ljbffr