Back-End Engineer
$50 - $120/hourpay
Required Skills
Python
Node.js
.NET
C#
C++
PHP
Wordpress
Job Description
Job Title: Back-End Engineer
Job Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
Job Summary:
Join our customer’s team as a Back-End Engineer and play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust server-side solutions for complex and creative software projects. We are seeking an expert-level engineer with a passion for clean code, well-architected systems, and seamless collaboration across remote teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and optimize server-side logic and APIs using Python, Node.js, .NET, C#, C++, PHP, Wordpress, etc.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end, scalable web applications and software solutions.
- Develop and maintain database structures, ensuring data integrity, security, and high performance.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and refactor existing code to improve maintainability and reliability.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation for new and existing projects.
- Implement testing strategies to ensure code quality and coverage for mission-critical applications.
- Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies, sharing insights with the team.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience building complex or creative back-end systems and web applications.
- Expertise in Python, Node.js, .NET, C#, C++, PHP, or WordPress development.
- Strong grasp of object-oriented programming, RESTful API design, and server architecture.
- Proficiency in database management (SQL and NoSQL), data modeling, and optimization techniques.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a strong emphasis on collaboration in distributed teams.
- Solid knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills and attention to detail in code and documentation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience contributing to open source projects or delivering solutions used at scale.
- Background in DevOps, containerization, or automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Previous work on highly creative or unconventional software or website projects.
About micro1
micro1 is a data engine that helps AI labs train foundational models and enterprises build AI agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments used to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations used to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings. Our data engine includes an AI recruiter agent that sources and vets domain experts, a data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data, and a pipeline performance system that ensures both quality and velocity.
Our goal is to have 1 billion people doing meaningful work by contributing their expertise to the development of frontier AI models. We’ve raised $40M+ in funding, and our AI recruiter has powered more than 1 million AI-led interviews as our global network of experts expands to form the human intelligence layer for AGI.