
Software Engineer – AI Research & Evaluation (US-based)
Listing checked November 6, 2026 · details as published by Turing
Key details
- Pay
- Not published
- Location
- RemoteUnited States
- Job type
- contract
- Posted
- April 9, 2026
Overview
Turing, a research accelerator for frontier AI labs, seeks a Software Engineer to build and curate datasets that train and benchmark large language models. You will work with Python, C/C++, Rust, Go, Java, and JavaScript (including ReactJS), focusing on systems-level code, performance, and infrastructure. Your day involves evaluating and refining AI-generated code for correctness, efficiency, and reliability, and collaborating with researchers and cross-functional teams. This is a flexible contractor role, minimum 10 hours per week, based in the United States.
What You'll Do6
- Curate code examples and write solutions in Python, C/C++, Rust, Go, Java, and JavaScript (including ReactJS) for AI model training.
- Evaluate and refine AI-generated code, emphasizing systems-level correctness, performance, and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve AI-driven coding solutions against industry performance benchmarks.
- Build agents that verify the quality of systems-level and infrastructure code and detect error patterns.
- Formulate hypotheses about stages of the software engineering cycle (prototyping, architecture design, API design, production implementation, launch, experiments, monitoring, operational maintenance) and assess model capabilities on them.
- Design automated verification mechanisms for software engineering tasks.
Requirements6
- 3+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in systems programming, infrastructure, or backend development using languages such as Python, C/C++, Rust, and Go.
- Experience building and deploying scalable, production-grade software with modern languages and tools.
- Deep understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales.
- Must be based in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications2
- Experience at high-growth companies like Stripe, Airbnb, Cloudflare, Datadog, or Coinbase.
- Graduation from top computer science programs such as Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, or Georgia Tech.
Who Should Apply
The role suits engineers with 3+ years of experience in systems programming, infrastructure, or backend development, particularly those skilled in Python, C/C++, Rust, and Go. Candidates with a strong grasp of software architecture and code quality, plus clear communication skills, will thrive.
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