Remote Research Engineer - Code Gen & Model Evaluation

YO AI Labs; Dubai; Remote; AED 251,000 - 752,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Research Engineer to work on code generation, software engineering, and AI model evaluation. This remote contractor role focuses on developing, reviewing, and evaluating real-world coding tasks to improve next‑generation AI systems.

You'll collaborate with technical contributors, document decisions, and provide feedback to support model training. Strong programming skills across Python, Java, Rust, C++, Go, or TypeScript are valued, with an emphasis on correctness and

Qualifications

• Strong algorithms and data structures knowledge.
• Proficiency in Python 3, Java, Rust, C++, Go, or TypeScript.
• Experience debugging, implementing features, refactoring, and optimizing performance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, debug, and resolve issues across codebases.
• Implement new features for code generation workflows.
• Refactor and optimize code for performance and maintainability.
• Develop and review coding tasks to evaluate AI-generated code.
• Provide clear feedback to support model training and evaluation.
• Collaborate with contributors on software quality and direction.
• Document technical decisions and best practices.

Skills

Competitive programming

Python

Java

Rust

C++

Go

TypeScript

Algorithms

Data structures

Debugging

Code refactoring

Open-source

Communication

Remote work

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Research Engineer to work on code generation, software engineering, and AI model evaluation. This remote contractor role focuses on developing, reviewing, and evaluating real-world coding tasks to improve next‑generation AI systems.

You'll collaborate with technical contributors, document decisions, and provide feedback to support model training. Strong programming skills across Python, Java, Rust, C++, Go, or TypeScript are valued, with an emphasis on correctness and