Principal Python Engineer — ML Infrastructure
Alignerr
Location
🇮🇳 India
Type
contractor
Salary
$50–$75
Posted
2w ago
Job Description
Principal Python Engineer — ML Infrastructure (AI Training)
About The Role
What if your Python expertise could directly shape the infrastructure that powers the most advanced AI systems in the world? We're looking for a Principal Python Engineer in Bangalore to design and build the data pipelines, annotation tooling, and evaluation systems that leading AI labs depend on — real production work with real impact at scale. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role for a seasoned engineer who thrives in high-performance, distributed environments and wants to work on problems that genuinely matter. • Organization: Alignerr • Type: Hourly Contract • Location: Remote • Commitment: 20–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and optimize high-performance Python systems that power 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 production Python codebases
- Identify bottlenecks and edge cases in data and system behavior — then implement scalable, elegant fixes
- Collaborate with data, research, and engineering teams to support model training and evaluation workflows
- Drive architectural and system design decisions through synchronous technical reviews