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Senior Backend Engineer

micro1 is hiring Remote Senior Backend Engineers to help train next-generation AI systems by building Reinforcement Learning Environments. This contractor role is ideal for engineers with expertise in C++, Python, Rust, Go, Java, JavaScript, backend development, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, networking, IAM, Kubernetes, Docker, observability, disaster recovery, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and AI model evaluation.

Department

Backend Engineering

Experience

Senior Backend Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Design and build realistic cloud infrastructure environments for AI model evaluation.
  • Develop production-grade backend systems and distributed architectures.
  • Create reproducible Reinforcement Learning environments with deterministic validation tests.
  • Build golden reference implementations and intentionally defective environments for AI training.
  • Design scenarios involving networking, IAM, message queues, durable storage, observability, rolling deployments, and disaster recovery.
  • Document architecture, workflows, edge cases, and operational procedures.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to refine AI evaluation environments.
  • Apply DevOps best practices to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable backend infrastructure.