Software Engineer - YAML Experience
Posted Today by Alignerr
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Software Engineer role focuses on managing YAML configurations to enhance structured data workflows and system integrations. Ideal candidates will have a keen eye for detail and experience in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of YAML structures. The position is remote and offers flexible hours, making it suitable for engineers who thrive in configuration-heavy environments. Candidates will collaborate with teams to maintain data quality and system reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Author, review, and maintain YAML files used for configuration, data pipelines, and system definitions.
- Ensure YAML structures are accurate, well-organized, and compliant with required schemas.
- Identify formatting issues, logical inconsistencies, or edge cases in configuration files.
- Collaborate with engineers and researchers to support reliable system behavior and data quality.
- Apply strong attention to detail to prevent errors that could impact downstream systems.
Key Skills:
- 1+ year of professional Software Engineering experience.
- Comfortable working with YAML in real-world production or data-driven environments.
- Highly detail-oriented, with a strong ability to spot subtle errors or inconsistencies.
- Familiar with version control workflows (e.g., Git) and structured engineering processes.
- Able to work independently and follow precise technical requirements.
- Experience with configuration-driven systems, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure tooling (nice to have).
- Exposure to schema validation, linting, or structured data formats such as JSON or XML (nice to have).
- Prior experience supporting AI, data, or automation workflows (nice to have).
Salary (Rate): £40.00/hr
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
About The Role
We’re looking for a detail-oriented Software Engineer with hands-on experience working with YAML configurations to support structured data workflows and system integrations. This role focuses on precision, consistency, and clear reasoning, and is ideal for engineers who enjoy working close to configuration, schemas, and system logic.
Organization : Alignerr (Powered by Labelbox)
Type : Hourly Contract / Task-Based
Compensation : $40–$55 /hour
Location : Remote
Commitment : 10–40 hours/week
What You’ll Do
- Author, review, and maintain YAML files used for configuration, data pipelines, and system definitions.
- Ensure YAML structures are accurate, well-organized, and compliant with required schemas.
- Identify formatting issues, logical inconsistencies, or edge cases in configuration files.
- Collaborate with engineers and researchers to support reliable system behavior and data quality.
- Apply strong attention to detail to prevent errors that could impact downstream systems.
Who You Are
- 1+ year of professional Software Engineering experience.
- Comfortable working with YAML in real-world production or data-driven environments.
- Highly detail-oriented, with a strong ability to spot subtle errors or inconsistencies.
- Familiar with version control workflows (e.g., Git) and structured engineering processes.
- Able to work independently and follow precise technical requirements.
Nice to Have
- Experience with configuration-driven systems, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure tooling.
- Exposure to schema validation, linting, or structured data formats such as JSON or XML.
- Prior experience supporting AI, data, or automation workflows.
Application Process (Takes 15-20 min)
- Submit your resume
- Complete a short screening
- Project matching and onboarding
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