1 month ago
Senior Rust Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
Alignerr
Hybrid
Contractor
$150,000
Hybrid
Job Overview
Job TitleSenior Rust Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
Job TypeContractor
Offered Salary$150,000
LocationHybrid
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Job Description
About Alignerr
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 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 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.
- 3-5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust.
- Strong background in building distributed services using RPC frameworks and handling distributed state or consensus.
- Experience debugging complex concurrency issues (deadlocks, race conditions) using asynchronous instrumentation and tracing tools.
- 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.
Key skills/competency
- Rust
- Distributed Systems
- Full-Stack Development
- AI Data Pipelines
- System Design
- Concurrency
- RPC Frameworks
- Data Annotation
- Quality Control
- Performance Optimization
How to Get Hired at Alignerr
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 3-5+ years of production Rust experience and distributed systems expertise, emphasizing RPC frameworks and concurrency debugging.
- Showcase relevant projects: Detail your experience with AI data pipelines, annotation systems, or developer tooling in your application.
- Prepare for screening: Be ready to demonstrate your deep understanding of Rust, distributed systems, and asynchronous programming during technical assessments.
- Communicate clearly: Emphasize your native or fluent English proficiency and strong written/verbal communication skills throughout the process.
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