Backend Engineer (Remote)
Role summary
This remote Backend Engineer role focuses on designing, evaluating, and training autonomous AI agents across various LLMs for domains like health and education. Responsibilities include developing evaluation rubrics, debugging agent traces, stress testing agents, assessing software architecture, analyzing system interactions, and providing technical feedback for LLM training. Qualifications include experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or systems integration, proficiency in at least two major programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java), SQL database experience, and practical experience in live environments. Preferred skills involve integrating agents with tools like Supabase and Gmail, and understanding state management and security vulnerabilities.
- Job Title:
Backend Engineer (Remote)
- Location
:
Remote
(United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia)
- Work Mode:
Fully Remote
Role Overview
Help design and evaluate autonomous AI agents across multiple LLMs, spanning health, education, daily life, and other real-world domains (all coding work). Shape the future of agentic AI systems by providing expert human feedback to leading AI organisations. Help train Large Language Models (LLMs) for complex, multi-step architectural workflows.
Key Responsibilities
*AI Agent Evaluation*
- Write evaluation rubrics with objective pass/fail criteria
- Debug agent traces to identify failure patterns
- Stress test agents against edge cases, prompt injection, and tool misuse
*Technical Assessment*
- Assess production-grade modular software architecture
- Analyse multi-turn system interactions and behaviours
- Provide high-density technical feedback for LLM training
*Project Workflow*
- Create an account and upload a resume/ID
- Complete the onboarding assessment
- Start earning through flexible task assignments
Qualifications
- Experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration
- Proven ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular separation (e.g., distinct services for data parsing, logic processing, and reporting)
- Strong command of at least two major languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java) and experience working with SQL databases
- Practical experience building for live, non-mocked environments and handling multi-turn system interactions
Preferred (Nice to Have)
- Experience integrating agents with live tools such as Supabase, Gmail, and other APIs
- Familiarity with persistent state and session-tracking patterns
- Experience identifying privacy leaks, authority escalation, or indirect prompt injection vulnerabilities
Compensation
- Hourly compensation ranges from USD $30–$50, depending on experience and task complexity
- Payments are issued weekly via supported payout platforms (e.g., PayPal or AirTM)
- Full compensation details are provided prior to task acceptance
Equal Opportunity Statement
Selection decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and project requirements. We are committed to inclusive and fair engagement practices and consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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