Data Infrastructure Engineer; Rust - Computing

Data Infrastructure Engineer (Rust) – High Performance Computing

Contract, Remote – 20–40 hours per week. Competitive hourly pay.

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 workloads across data, tooling, and infrastructure.

$50.00/hr – $75.00/hr

• Design, build, and optimize high‑performance Rust systems 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.

• Native or fluent English speaker.
• 5+ years of professional experience writing production Rust.
• Expertise in data parallelism and concurrency patterns to maximize CPU saturation.
• Deep understanding of memory layout, SIMD optimizations, and minimizing heap allocations to identify and fix performance bottlenecks.
• 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.

• Submit your resume.
• Complete a short technical screening.
• Project matching and onboarding.