Backend Engineer – AI Agents (Remote)

Backend Engineer – AI Agents (Remote, Freelance Project Work)

Industry: Artificial Intelligence / LLM Systems / AI Automation

Work setting: Fully Remote | Freelance / Project-Based Contract Work

About the Opportunity

Seeking experienced Backend Engineers to contribute to cutting-edge AI agent projects focused on improving next-generation large language model systems.

This is a flexible, project-based freelance opportunity suited to engineers interested in AI automation, backend systems, orchestration workflows, and autonomous agent technologies. Contributors will work on real-world AI agent tasks involving multi-step reasoning, tool usage, workflow coordination, and system optimisation.

Ideal for engineers looking to apply their backend expertise to advanced AI systems in a remote, flexible-capacity environment.

What You’ll Work On

• Build and improve backend systems powering AI agent workflows
• Develop modular services for data processing, logic execution, reporting, and orchestration
• Support production-style environments involving multi-step agent interactions
• Analyse and evaluate AI-generated outputs and system behaviour
• Provide structured technical feedback to improve agent performance and reliability
• Integrate APIs, databases, and external tools into agent workflows
• Identify and troubleshoot system failures, edge cases, and reasoning breakdowns

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or systems integration
• Strong programming skills in Python plus at least one additional language (JavaScript, Go, Java, etc.)
• Experience working with SQL databases and structured data systems
• Background building production-grade or modular backend architectures
• Experience working with live environments and multi-turn workflows
• Strong analytical thinking and high attention to detail

Nice to Have

• Experience building AI agents, orchestration systems, or workflow automation tools
• Hands-on API integration experience (Supabase, Gmail, SaaS tools, etc.)
• Familiarity with memory/state management systems for AI agents
• Experience identifying AI failure patterns such as prompt injection, privacy leaks, or reasoning inconsistencies
• Exposure to evaluation and optimisation of LLM-driven systems

Additional Information

• Fully remote opportunity
• Freelance / independent contractor engagement
• Flexible, project-based work structure
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced AI and autonomous agent development projects