Alignerr is seeking a Senior Python Full-Stack Engineer to build and optimize the infrastructure behind advanced AI systems. The role involves designing high-performance Python systems for data pipelines and collaborating with teams to enhance model training and evaluation processes.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimize high-performance Python systems supporting large-scale AI data pipelines and evaluation workflows
- Develop full-stack tooling and backend services for data annotation, validation, and quality control at scale
- Improve the reliability, performance, and safety of existing Python codebases
- Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and evaluation infrastructure
- Identify bottlenecks and edge cases in data and system behavior — then implement scalable, production-ready fixes
- Participate in synchronous design reviews to iterate on architecture and implementation decisions
Requirements:
- Native or fluent English speaker with clear written and verbal communication skills
- Full-stack developer with a strong systems programming background
- 5+ years of professional experience writing production-grade Python
- Deep understanding of performance optimization and concurrency — asyncio, multiprocessing, threading
- Comfortable with type safety tooling such as Pydantic and mypy
- Experienced building robust backend services (FastAPI, Django, or similar) or scalable data pipelines
- Able to commit 20–40 hours per week with consistency
- Prior experience with data annotation, data quality pipelines, or evaluation systems
- Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, model training, or benchmarking infrastructure
- Experience with distributed systems or developer tooling
- Background working alongside research or applied ML teams