Applied AI Engineer (Agentic AI) - Remote

Outlier AI
San Diego, US
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Why this role

Pace
Steady
Collaboration
Medium
Autonomy
Medium
Decision Impact
Individual
Role Level
Individual Contributor
Career Pivot Friendly
Welcomes transferable skills

What success looks like

  • production-grade software
  • modular separation
  • live, non-mocked environments
Typical background
2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration

Transferable backgrounds

Skills & requirements

Required

backend engineeringAI automationcomplex systems integrationmodular separationSQL databasesmulti-turn system interactions

Preferred

multi-stage coordination tasksintegrating agents with live toolspersistent state and session discoveryidentifying subtle failures

Stack & domain

Backend engineeringAi automationComplex systems integrationModular separationData parsingLogic processingReportingPythonJavascriptGoJavaSql databasesLive environmentsMulti-turn system interactionsMulti-stage coordination tasksSupabaseGmailApisPersistent stateSession discoveryMemory.mdPrivacy leaksAuthority escalationIndirect prompt injectionsAiSoftware development

About the role

About the Project

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw?

We collaborate with leading AI organizations to train Large Language Models (LLMs) to function as proactive, multi-step agents. Our projects focus on teaching these systems how to design, coordinate, and optimize complex, real-world architectural workflows.

Whether you are a passionate orchestration guru or experienced software developer — we want you to help us train the world's most advanced…

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