Senior Software Engineer
Micro1 • Remote
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate (by country)
$30–$80/hr
Actively Hiring
50 openings
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About this Role
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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Job Type: Contract Location: Remote Job Summary: In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications and backend systems.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs, integrations, and distributed architectures supporting high reliability and performance.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, robust, and cloud-native solutions.
- Contribute to architectural decisions, technical strategy, and system design discussions.
- Develop and deploy applications and services across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments.
- Support DevOps initiatives by enhancing CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and improving monitoring systems.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a remote-first environment.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in software development using one or more modern programming languages.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of modern DevOps practices including CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience with NLP, LLM, and building AI-powered or data-driven systems.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React; experience with frontend development is a plus.
- Solid understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and engineering best practices.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in multi-cloud or distributed system environments.
- Experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring fellow engineers.
- Active contributions to open-source projects or technical communities.
Requirements
- Python
- MySQL
- RESTful API
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- NLP
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications and backend systems.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs, integrations, and distributed architectures supporting high reliability and performance.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, robust, and cloud-native solutions.
- Contribute to architectural decisions, technical strategy, and system design discussions.
Why This Role
Work from anywhere, at any time. This fully remote Senior Software Engineer position ($55/hr) breaks down geographic barriers, allowing you to earn US-competitive rates regardless of your local market. It is a perfect stepping stone for building a career in the Software Engineering ecosystem.
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Practical, hands-on data work: recording short videos, categorizing images, rating text responses, or analyzing data. Tasks are designed to be short and distinct, typically 5 to 60 minutes each.
What does asynchronous AI training work mean in practice?
No set hours, no check-ins, no meetings. You log in when you want, pick up an available task, complete it, and submit; nobody is waiting on you in real time. That's different from remote employment, where you're expected online during business hours. The tradeoff: you're competing with others for available tasks, so an empty queue means there's simply nothing to do until more work is released.
What does Software Engineering work look like for a Senior Software Engineer ?
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