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Software Engineer (Trajectory)
Location
United States
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
This role is for one of our clients
Compensation: $70-$130 per hour
Location Requirements
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We are seeking experienced Software Engineers to contribute to high-impact research collaborations with leading AI labs. In this role, you will help build high-quality training datasets that enhance AI models’ reasoning and problem-solving capabilities on real-world software engineering tasks.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your practical development experience to advance the next generation of intelligent systems.
Job Requirements
- You will work on annotating frontier-model trajectories across SWE-bench–style tasks derived from real-world open-source repositories. Since many closed-source models do not expose internal reasoning traces, this project focuses on reconstructing and annotating the reasoning process behind model-generated solutions.
- Using your own problem-solving expertise and the full technical context of each task, you will infer and articulate the underlying chain-of-thought that explains how a solution is derived step by step.
- Key Responsibilities
- Review model-generated code trajectories on realistic software engineering tasks
- Reconstruct detailed reasoning steps that explain the solution process
- Annotate key decision points, debugging logic, and problem-solving strategies
- Analyze full task context, including codebases, issue descriptions, and test cases
- Ensure annotations reflect accurate, realistic developer reasoning and technical soundness
- Deliver structured, high-quality written explanations aligned with engineering best practices
- Ideal Qualifications
- 2+ years of hands-on software engineering experience working with real-world codebases
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred)
- Strong proficiency in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar commonly used open-source languages
- Familiarity with Git workflows, pull requests, and issue tracking systems
- Strong debugging and analytical skills
- Ability to clearly articulate technical reasoning in structured written form
- Project Details
- Start Date: Immediate
- Duration: 1–2 months
- Commitment: Part-time (15–25 hours per week, with flexibility up to 40 hours per week)
- Fully remote with flexible scheduling
- Application & Onboarding Process
- Submit your resume
- Participate in a short (approximately 15-minute) AI-based conversational interview to discuss your background and interest
- Receive follow-up communication within a few days regarding next steps and onboarding
- Contract & Payment Terms
- Engagement will be structured as an independent contractor agreement
- Work can be completed remotely on your own schedule
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early based on performance and business needs
- Work assignments will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution
- Payments are processed weekly via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
- Visa sponsorship is not available; H1-B and STEM OPT candidates cannot be supported at this time
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