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Data Platform Engineer (Python)

Alignerr
York, NY Contractor
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2026
About The Role

What if your Python expertise could directly shape the infrastructure powering next-generation AI? We're looking for a Senior Python Full-Stack Engineer to build and optimize the data pipelines, annotation tooling, and evaluation systems that leading AI labs depend on to train and improve their models.

This is a fully remote contract role working on real production systems — not toy projects. You'll be embedded alongside data, research, and engineering teams doing meaningful, high-visibility work at the frontier of AI development.

  • Organization: Alignerr
  • Type: Hourly Contract
  • Location: Remote
  • Commitment: 20–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

  • 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
  • Identify and fix bottlenecks, edge cases, and reliability issues across production Python codebases
  • Collaborate directly with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and benchmarking
  • Participate in synchronous design reviews to iterate on architecture and implementation decisions
  • Improve performance, safety, and scalability across existing infrastructure

Who You Are

  • Native or fluent English speaker with clear written and verbal communication skills
  • 5 years of professional experience writing production-grade Python for data engineering
  • Strong full-stack developer background with solid systems programming fundamentals
  • Proficient with workflow orchestration tools for managing complex dependency graphs
  • Experienced with dataframe processing libraries and cloud data warehouse SDKs
  • Able to commit reliably to 20–40 hours per week

Nice to Have

  • 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

Why Join Us

  • Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs at the frontier of the field
  • Fully remote and flexible — work from wherever you do your best thinking
  • Freelance autonomy with the structure and consistency of meaningful, ongoing technical work
  • Make a direct, tangible impact on the systems that shape how AI models learn and improve
  • Potential for extended engagement and expanded scope as projects evolve

Salary : $50 - $75

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