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Staff Software Engineer (AI Evals)

Evals & BenchmarksRemote3w ago
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The role

Staff Software Engineer (AI Evals)

Contract | $100–$200/hour | 20-40 hrs/week | Start ASAP

We’re looking for highly experienced software engineer to help evaluate the quality of interactions with modern coding agents such as OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.

This is not a traditional engineering role.

You won’t be writing production code.
You’ll be evaluating something harder: whether the model thinks like a great engineer.

What This Role Actually Is

You will assess how AI coding agents behave in real-world scenarios — focusing on:

  • Whether the response makes sense

  • Whether the preamble and reasoning are useful

  • Whether the output reflects strong engineering judgment

  • Whether the interaction feels right to an experienced developer

This role is about engineering taste — not syntax correctness.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Evaluate AI-generated coding interactions end-to-end

  • Judge whether outputs are:

  • Useful

  • Correct (at a high level)

  • Aligned with how a strong engineer would think

  • Assess the quality of explanations and reasoning, not just code

  • Distinguish between different levels of response quality (e.g. what makes something a 2 vs 4)

  • Provide clear, opinionated feedback on:

  • What worked

  • What didn’t

  • What felt “off” or misleading

  • Help define what great looks like when interacting with tools like Cursor

    • What We Mean by “Taste”

    We’re specifically looking for engineers who can answer questions like:

    • Does this feel like something a strong engineer would actually say?

    • Is this explanation helpful, or just technically correct?

    • Is the model guiding the user well, or just dumping output?

    • Would this interaction build or erode trust?

    You should be comfortable making subjective but rigorous judgments.

    Who You Are

    • Staff / Principal-level engineer (or equivalent experience)

    • Strong background in one of the below:

    • Go

    • Python

    • Rust

    • TypeScript / JavaScript

  • Hands-on experience using:

  • OpenAI Codex

  • Claude Code

  • Cursor

  • Deep familiarity with modern AI-assisted dev workflows

  • Able to evaluate code without needing to fully execute or deeply review every line

  • Comfortable giving direct, opinionated feedback

  • High bar for what “good engineering” looks like

    • Nice to Have

    • Experience with tools like Cursor or similar AI-first IDEs

    • Prior exposure to prompt design or evaluation workflows

    • Experience mentoring senior engineers or defining engineering standards

    Engagement Details

    • Rate: $100–$200/hour

    • Hours: ~20 hours+

    • Duration: Through October w/possible extentions

    • Start: ASAP

    • Process:

    • Take-home evaluation exercise

    • Background Check

    • Offer

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