Remote Senior Software Engineer for AI Coding Environments

YO AI Labs; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Contractor) to support an AI training project by creating reinforcement learning environments that evaluate AI models on complex software engineering tasks using MCP tools. This remote role is approximately 15 hours per week.

You will design reproducible environments, deterministic verification, and reference solutions for tasks such as bug fixing, feature development, codebase refactoring, and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in one or more listed languages and solid CS fundamentals.
• Experience debugging complex software systems and identifying performance bottlenecks.
• Experience designing testable, reproducible environments for ML/AI tasks.
• Familiarity with distributed codebases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create reinforcement learning environments for software engineering tasks.
• Design tasks involving bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization.
• Build deterministic verification systems and maintain reference solutions.
• Evaluate AI agents' ability to reason through codebases using MCP tools.
• Develop realistic, reproducible software engineering scenarios.
• Document solutions and provide clear technical feedback.

Skills

Python

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Algorithms

Bug fixing

Refactoring

Performance tuning

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Contractor) to support an AI training project by creating reinforcement learning environments that evaluate AI models on complex software engineering tasks using MCP tools. This remote role is approximately 15 hours per week.

You will design reproducible environments, deterministic verification, and reference solutions for tasks such as bug fixing, feature development, codebase refactoring, and performance optimization.