software engineers

TERAC INC.
United States
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Command-Line Interface Cloud Computing DevOps Github Performance Tuning Backend Docker

Job description

We’re hiring software engineers for an ongoing remote project focused on building robust evaluations for AI coding agents. Your expertise ensures these models can handle realistic, complex problems in a terminal environment. This work directly feeds into improving the accuracy and reliability of automated engineering tools. How It Works

You will design realistic, self-contained software-engineering problems from scratch. The work involves implementing features, debugging software, configuring Docker environments, and writing automated tests. You will also create reference solutions and verify that each task can be graded reliably by our systems. All work happens remotely via your own machine using standard command-line tools and GitHub. Who This Is For, This opportunity is best suited for experienced software engineers who are comfortable navigating unfamiliar codebases. We welcome backend developers, full-stack engineers, DevOps specialists, and systems engineers. Candidates must be highly proficient with command-line tools and writing clean, deterministic tests. What You’ll Do

  • Design self-contained software-engineering problems for AI agents to solve.
  • Build and configure development environments using Docker.
  • Write automated, deterministic tests to reliably grade AI performance.
  • Create accurate reference solutions for complex coding challenges.

Requirements

  • Professional experience working as a software engineer.
  • Comfortable navigating unfamiliar codebases independently.
  • Strong proficiency with GitHub and command-line tools.
  • Willingness to complete a one-time skills assessment before starting.

Benefits & conditions

Posted 11 Hours Ago Be an Early Applicant Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 175-175 Hourly Mid level Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 175-175 Hourly Mid level Design and implement self-contained software-engineering problems for AI coding agents. Build and configure Docker development environments, write deterministic automated tests, create reference solutions, and verify reliable automated grading. Work remotely using command-line tools and GitHub; participate in a one-time paid skills assessment. The summary above was generated by AI What We’re Researching, $175 per task

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