Backend & Tooling Engineer (Rust)

Alignerr connects top technical experts with leading AI labs to build, evaluate, and improve next-generation models. The role involves designing and optimizing high-performance systems in Rust to support AI data pipelines and collaborating with teams to enhance model training and evaluation workflows.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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