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Open Source Applied Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
Not specified
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Job Description
Role Description
This role involves supporting a leading AI research lab working on improving how advanced AI systems understand real-world software engineering workflows and open-source development practices.
- Design and oversee evaluations for coding tasks across multiple programming languages including Python, Java, C, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Develop test cases to assess system behavior across diverse engineering scenarios
- Analyze system performance on real-world software engineering workflows and use cases
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities in AI-generated engineering outputs
- Provide structured feedback to support the development and optimization of advanced AI systems
- Collaborate with research teams to refine evaluation methodologies and technical benchmarks
Qualifications
- A strong GitHub or open-source presence with consistent, high-quality contributions to major repositories
- Expertise in one or more languages such as Python, Java, C, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Deep familiarity with widely-used libraries, frameworks, and tooling ecosystems in their language of expertise
- Strong understanding of software architecture, performance optimization, and scalable system design
- Experience collaborating in distributed and asynchronous engineering teams
- Strong analytical thinking and excellent technical communication skills
Requirements
- Experience working on large-scale open-source frameworks or infrastructure projects (Nice to Have)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and open-source governance practices (Nice to Have)
- Experience contributing to widely adopted developer tools or libraries (Nice to Have)
Benefits
- Contribute professional expertise to frontier AI research projects
- Help improve how AI systems understand real-world software engineering and open-source development workflows
- Apply open-source engineering expertise to improve next-generation AI systems
- Flexible remote project work with competitive compensation
Contract Details
- Independent contractor role
- Fully remote and flexible scheduling
- Part-time engagement
- Compensation: $100–$140 per hour
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may extend or adjust depending on scope and performance
About the Platform
This opportunity is available through a leading AI-driven work platform partnering with top AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise.
Job Requirements
- A strong GitHub or open-source presence with consistent, high-quality contributions to major repositories
- Expertise in one or more languages such as Python, Java, C, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Deep familiarity with widely-used libraries, frameworks, and tooling ecosystems in their language of expertise
- Strong understanding of software architecture, performance optimization, and scalable system design
- Experience collaborating in distributed and asynchronous engineering teams
- Strong analytical thinking and excellent technical communication skills
- Experience working on large-scale open-source frameworks or infrastructure projects (Nice to Have)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and open-source governance practices (Nice to Have)
- Experience contributing to widely adopted developer tools or libraries (Nice to Have)
Benefits
- Contribute professional expertise to frontier AI research projects
- Help improve how AI systems understand real-world software engineering and open-source development workflows
- Apply open-source engineering expertise to improve next-generation AI systems
- Flexible remote project work with competitive compensation
- Contract Details
- Independent contractor role
- Fully remote and flexible scheduling
- Part-time engagement
- Compensation: $100–$140 per hour
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may extend or adjust depending on scope and performance
- About the Platform
- This opportunity is available through a leading AI-driven work platform partnering with top AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise.
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